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Eager Trees of Power

The Surprising, Secret Ten Essential Arboreal
Life of Beavers and Why Allies
They Matter Akiva Silver
Ben Goldfarb Foreword by
Foreword by Samuel Thayer
Dan Flores
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ecology, and even our economy.” Nature.”
—Samuel Thayer
—National Geographic

Mesquite Landfill
An Arboreal Love Affair Notes on Gull Watching
Gary Paul Nabhan and Trash Picking in the
Anthropocene
“By turns informative, playful,
funny, and wise, Mesquite is a Tim Dee
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224 pages
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—Michael P. Branch, author of Anthropocene.”
Rants from the Hill and How to —The Guardian
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Being Salmon, Call of the Reed

Being Human Warbler
Encountering the Wild in A New Agriculture,
Us and Us in the Wild A New Earth
Martin Lee Mueller Charles Massy
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ously documented book.” breadth of its restorative impact
—Sy Montgomery, author of upon human health, biodiversi-
The Soul of an Octopus ty, climate, and ecological intelli-
gence.”
—Paul Hawken

Matter and Desire Gods, Wasps and

An Erotic Ecology
Stranglers
The Secret History and
Andreas Weber Redemptive Future of
Fig Trees
“At the very heart of community, Mike Shanahan
at all levels of life, we find a fun-
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256 pages 208 pages reminds us of what a remark-
—Fritjof Capra, author of The able place we inhabit—and how
Web of Life much we should all want to pro-
tect and preserve it.”
—Deborah Blum, author of
The Poisoner’s Handbook

“In healing the earth, we begin a

process of healing ourselves.”
—Charles Massy, Call of the Reed Warbler
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The Man Who Growing Food

Planted Trees in a Hotter,
Jean Giono Drier Land
Foreword by Lessons from Desert
Wangari Maathai Farmers on Adapting to
Illustrations by Climate Uncertainty
Michael McCurdy Gary Paul Nabhan
A timeless eco-fable about what
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the book has sold over a quarter
72 pages 272 pages the practical know-how to ad-
of a million copies and inspired
dress our modern problems with
countless numbers of people
ancient desert wisdom. I couldn’t
around the world to take action
put it down.”
and plant trees.
—Richard McCarthy, executive
director, Slow Food USA

Sowing Seeds In In the Company

the Desert of Bears
Natural Farming, Global What Black Bears Have
Restoration, and Ultimate Taught Me about Intelli-
Food Security gence and Intuition

Masanobu Fukuoka Benjamin Kilham

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nouncements at your own risk.”
—Gene Logsdon —Stephen Herrero, biologist
and author of Bear Attacks: Their
Causes and Avoidance

“In ancient times, I would like to think that people

must have made drawing close to nature the most
important goal in their lives.”
—Masanobu Fukuoka, Sowing Seeds in the Desert
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Mycorrhizal Planet Tamed and

How Symbiotic Untamed
Fungi Work with Roots Close Encounters of the
to Support Plant Health Animal Kind
and Build Soil Fertility
Sy Montgomery,
Michael Phillips Elizabeth Marshall
Thomas
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describes the importance of re- and in their remarkable friendship,
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224 pages Liz and Sy break down false barri-
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—Jean-Martin Fortier, author of low creatures.”
The Market Gardener —Vicki Constantine Croke,
author of Elephant Company

Surviving the Future Pawpaw

Culture, Carnival and In Search of America’s
Capital in the Aftermath Forgotten Fruit
of the Market Economy Andrew Moore
David Fleming, “A skilled storyteller, Moore
delves deeply into the world
Shaun Chamberlin of pawpaws while managing
Foreword by to hold the reader’s interest
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a remarkable clarity of vision—a
304 pages 320 pages biochemical research are blend-
way of seeing the world not just ed here.”
for what it is, but for what it —Guy Sternberg, author of
might be.” The American Gardener
—Tim Jackson, author of
Prosperity without Growth

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Walking on Lava The Biotime Log

Selected Works for Maddy Harland
Uncivilised Times
The Dark Beautifully illustrated, this ready-
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Mountain Project your day-to-day observations will
“This book changed my life. It last for years. There are no days
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your appreciation of your local
—Eric Utne, founder of
ecosystems.
Utne Reader

Healing Lyme Water in

Natural Healing of Lyme Plain Sight
Borreliosis and the Coin- Hope for a Thirsty World
fections Chlamydia and Judith Schwartz
Spotted Fever Rickettsio-
sis, 2nd Edition
Stephen Harrod “A call to expand our thinking
to include plants and animals as
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520 pages nature of our ecological fragili- 288 pages and to save us from ourselves.”
Raven Press ty, this book is a must for every —Waterkeepers Magazine
practitioner’s library.”
—Kathleen Maier, director,
Sacred Plant Traditions

“Because we are alive, we can comprehend the living

universe. We comprehend it by entering into relationship
with it—which is to say, by transforming it and allowing
it to transform us.” —Andreas Weber, Matter & Desire
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Sprig the Gwen the

Rescue Pig Rescue Hen
Leslie Crawford Leslie Crawford
Illustrations by Illustrations by
Sonja Stangl Sonja Stangl
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Hardcover our connection to, the natural Hardcover such intelligent and emotional be-
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Stone Pier Press Stone Pier Press truly wonderful these overlooked
beautiful, and expressive.”
and poorly treated animals are—
—Scott Mann, that they’re way more than just
The Permaculture Podcast bacon and nuggets.”
—Reynard Loki, Ecowatch

Rainwater Rainwater
Harvesting for Harvesting for
Drylands and Drylands and
Beyond, Volume 1, Beyond, Volume 2
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Brad Lancaster
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useful wherever you live. This
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ronmental restoration.”
—Toby Hemenway, author of
—John Todd, Ph.D.
Gaia’s Garden

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