Tallgrass Prairie Restoration in the Midwestern and Eastern United States: A Hands-On Guide

Nick Thorpe (Author)

Walking Europe's Last Wilderness: A Journey Through the Carpathian Mountains

0,An evocative voyage through the Carpathian mountain range and its threatened landscape, peoples, and history The Carpathian Mountains of Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine are Europe's last true wilderness. A landscape of great spruce and beech forests, grass meadows, and ancient villages, its people contend daily with the elements--as well as Europe's last large carnivores. But this fragile ecosystem is now under threat, from climate change and illegal logging. Journeying from the banks of the Danube to Transylvania, Nick Thorpe guides us through the history and ecology of the watershed of Europe, between the Black Sea and the Baltic. For a thousand years the Carpathians have been a place of refuge, of identity and belonging, where powerful rulers and dynasties fought to gain control over rich gold seams and the unruly inhabitants of strategic valleys. Today, its inhabitants struggle to protect its vast forest habitat from urban sprawl as well as logging. Drawing on interviews with shepherds, foresters and loggers, and his four decades of experience in the region, Thorpe sheds light on a neglected part of Europe--where bears, wolves, chamois, and lynxes still roam. ...

Patrick J. Lynch (Author)

A Field Guide to the Connecticut River: From New Hampshire to Long Island Sound

The first comprehensive natural history guide to the Connecticut River and its environs, with mor

Robin Wall Kimmerer (Author)

Braiding Sweetgrass / Una Trenza de Hierba Sagrada (Spanish Edition): Sabidur

0,Bestseller del New York Times por m?s de 200 semanas consecutivas. Mejor Colecci?n de Ensayos de la D?cada seg?n Literary Hub.Uno de los libros m?s importantes de nuestros tiempos, que nos invita a descubrir un nuevo lenguaje para comunicarnos con la naturaleza y recibir sus ense?anzas. Como mujer ind?gena, Robin Wall Kimmerer es heredera de un valioso legado que considera a los animales y las plantas nuestros mejores maestros. Como bot?nica, se ha valido del rigor cient?fico para estudiar mejor la naturaleza. Y como madre, profesora y escritora, ha dedicado su vida a conjugar ambas perspectivas para abogar por un despertar de la consciencia ecol?gica que reconozca y celebre nuestra profunda conexi?n con otras formas de vida.En Una trenza de hierba sagrada, la autora entreteje experiencias y saberes en una serie de relatos iluminadores y emotivos que nos inspiran a fortalecer nuestra relaci?n sagrada con la Madre Tierra. Cada cap?tulo es una magn?fica lecci?n de gratitud y reciprocidad, que nos recuerda que, si ofrecemos nuestros dones al mundo y lo ayudamos a sanar, este nos retribuir? con la armon?a y el bienestar que tanto anhelamos.Bestseller del New York TimesBestseller del ...