Island Press
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The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit
$32.00 Add to cart“A deeply meditative book in the vein of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass.”
As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar wa
–Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus- Author: Kumar, Priyanka
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1642833630
- Language: English
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Living Off Grid: 50 Steps to Unplug, Become Self-Sufficient, and Build the Homestead of Your Dreams
$25.00 Add to cartRyan Mitchell never thought he would go off the grid. Yet this self-described desk-jockey with no carpentry skills today lives on 11 acres in a house he designed and powers with solar, gets his water … [more below]
- Author: Mitchell, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1642833592
- Language: English
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Barn Gothic: Three Generations and the Death of the Family Dairy Farm
$30.00 Add to cartWhen Ryan Dennis’s father was crushed by heavy machinery on their New York dairy farm, both men accepted the accident as a risk of agricultural life. But it was harder to comprehend being crushed by l… [more below]
- Author: Dennis, Ryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1642834475
- Language: English
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New York’s Secret Subway: The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit
$35.00 Add to cartIn the nineteenth century, Manhattan’s streets were so choked with pedestrians, horses, vehicles, and vendors that a trip from City Hall to Central Park could take hours. Alfred Beach had the perfect … [more below]
- Author: Algeo, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1642833657
- Language: English
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A Northern Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators
$35.00 Add to cartFew sights are as charming as a hummingbird hovering over cardinal flowers in your backyard or a butterfly lighting on the black-eyed Susans potted on your balcony. Yet pollinators do more than beguil… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Lorraine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1642832995
- Language: English
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Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America’s Energy Future
$30.00 Read moreImagine one day you receive a letter in the mail that informs you that a large energy company is planning to build a massive pipeline through your property. That surveyors will be coming out soon. Tha… [more below]
- Author: Mingle, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1642832480
- Language: English
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Bird Brother: A Falconer’s Journey and the Healing Power of Wildlife
$21.95 Read moreTo escape the tough streets of Southeast Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s, young Rodney Stotts would ride the metro to the Smithsonian National Zoo. There, the bald eagles and other birds of prey ca… [more below]
- Author: Stotts, Rodney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1642833509
- Language: English
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The Banks We Deserve: Reclaiming Community Banking for a Just Economy
$27.00 Add to cartWe’ve never done anything big in this country without little banks. Yet the number of community banks in the US has been steadily declining for decades, giving way to big banks that have little connec… [more below]
- Author: Perry Abello, Oscar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1642833401
- Language: English
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Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World
$32.00 Add to cartFor most of Elizabeth Sawin’s career, she was not a multisolver. Instead, she worked on a single, albeit immensely important problem: climate change. Despite tremendous effort–long hours of teaching,… [more below]
- Author: Sawin, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1642833770
- Language: English
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The Good Garden: How to Nurture Pollinators, Soil, Native Wildlife, and Healthy Food–All in Your Own Backyard
$35.00 Read moreWhat makes a garden good? For Chris McLaughlin, it’s about growing the healthiest, most scrumptious fruits and veggies possible, but it’s also about giving back. How can your little patch of Earth bec… [more below]
- Author: McLaughlin, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1642832154
- Language: English
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Arctic Passages: Ice, Exploration, and the Battle for Power at the Top of the World
$30.00 Add to cartAlmost two centuries after British explorer Sir John Franklin and his men died amid paralyzing cold and ice in pursuit of the mythical Northwest Passage, the Arctic–in response to temperatures greate… [more below]
- Author: Mulvaney, Kieran
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1642832073
- Language: English
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Arrested Mobility: Overcoming the Threat to Black Movement
$34.00 Add to cartIn the US, police conduct millions of traffic stops for reasons unrelated to safety. Study after study confirm that Black drivers experience higher rates of non-safety stops, searches, and use of forc
- Author: Brown, Charles T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1642833517
- Language: English
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Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America
$32.00 Add to cartThis is the shocking true-life story of how PFAS–a set of toxic chemicals most people have never heard of–poisoned the entire country. Based on original, shoe-leather reporting in four highly contam… [more below]
- Author: Udasin, Sharon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1642833320
- Language: English
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What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees
$25.00 Add to cartFor many of us, the buzzing of a bee elicits panic. But the next time you hear that low droning sound, look closer: the bee has navigated to this particular spot for a reason using a fascinating set o… [more below]
- Author: Buchmann, Stephen L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1642833916
- Language: English
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A Year of Compassion: 52 Weeks of Living Zero-Waste, Plant-Based, and Cruelty-Free
$25.00 Add to cartAffectionately known as the Joyful Vegan, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau has been a leading voice in compassionate living for over two decades, guiding countless people to achieve lasting health and purpose… [more below]
- Author: Patrick-Goudreau, Colleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1642833460
- Language: English
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Atlas of a Threatened Planet: 150 Infographics to Help Anyone Save the World
$35.00 Read moreOur planet is a fascinating and complex place, but the challenges we face can seem overwhelming. How does our climate actually work? Should we worry about the global supply of drinking water? How much… [more below]
- Author: Gonstalla, Esther
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 164283386X
- Language: English
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A Road Running Southward: Following John Muir’s Journey Through an Endangered Land
$35.00 Read more“Engaging hybrid – part lyrical travelogue, part investigative journalism and part jeremiad, all shot through with droll humor.” —The Atlanta Journal Constitution
In 1867, John Muir set out on foot- Author: Chapman, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1642831948
- Language: English
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The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice
$35.00 Read moreLee Johnson was a man with simple dreams. All he wanted was a steady job and a nice home for his wife and children, something better than the hard life he knew growing up. He never imagined that he wo… [more below]
- Author: Gillam, Carey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1642830569
- Language: English
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Humanity’s Moment: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope
$35.00 Read moreWhen climate scientist Jo?le Gergis set to work on the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, the research she encountered kept her up at night. Thro… [more below]
- Author: Gergis, Jo?lle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1642832847
- Language: English
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Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries: New Tools to End Hunger
$29.00 Add to cartIn the US, there is a wide-ranging network of at least 370 food banks, and more than 60,000 hunger-relief organizations such as food pantries and meal programs. These groups provide billions of meals … [more below]
- Author: Martin, Katie S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1642831530
- Language: English
