July 1, 2019 - Nature Cure by Richard Mabey

 

Reviewed by Jonathan Bate in The Guardian 

Who is Richard Mabey?

. . .  one of England's greatest nature writers. He is author of some thirty books including Nature Cure which was shortlisted for the Whitbread, Ondaatje and Ackerley Awards -- goodreads.com

Author's website -

June 3, 2019 - The Revolutionary Genius of Plants: A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior by Stefano Mancuso

 

Review by Mark Ciotola

April 1, 2019 - The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson (a Stephen suggestion).

 

Audio review and reading of 1st chapter

Audubon article about smuggling of song birds

Monday, 28 January 2019: The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White.

Wikipedia Commentary

Also read the 1996 article by our own Cecily Nabors, A Cuckoo Sings in Selborne,  in the Washington Post.

This book was first published in 1789 and has never been out of print.

Gilbert White is said by some to be the first ecologist and environmentalist.

Monday, 26 November 2018: The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization by Vince Beiser.

Review on NPR.org

Amazon's "Look Inside"

Preview in Google Books

Monday, 24 September 2018: The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—and Us by Richard Prum.

Reviewed in New Scientist

Monday, 25 June 2018 - NOTES FROM THE SHORE by Jennifer Ackerman.

Reviewed at Smithsonian.com

Monday 21 May 2018 - Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren

Review in New York Botanical Garden's Science Talk

Review in New York Times

March 19, 2018 - The Winter Beach by Charlton Ogburn,

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jan 22, 2018 - The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations by Brian Fagan.

                                                                                             Reviewed in Physics Today

Nov 20, 2017: I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong

Read this very entertaining Review by Tim Radford in The Guardian

Interview with the author by NPR's Terri Gross

Consider also the related book: 10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness, by Alanna Collen

Sept 25, 2017 - The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, An Ancient Crab & An Epic Journey by Deborah Cramer

Review by Thomas Urquhart,
former director of Maine Audubon,
author of “For the Beauty of the Earth."

This book is about the red knot, its migration, breeding, and conservation status.

Description and PR blurbs 








Habitat loss, climate threaten eastern forest birds  - study from Cornell

Readers with children might also be interested in Red Knot: A Shorebird's Incredible Journey by Nancy Carol Willis