The Bookshelf

Each issue, we ask our editors and our community to contribute books that they see as essential reading for our times. New releases and well-worn classics are welcome.

Liz Thompson 5/5/24 Liz Thompson 5/5/24

In Search of the Old Ones: An Odyssey Among Ancient Trees by Anthony Fredericks

Jon Leibowitz 5/5/24 Jon Leibowitz 5/5/24

Abundant Earth by Eileen Crist

Renee Comings 5/4/24 Renee Comings 5/4/24

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari

Jonathan Thompson 5/4/24 Jonathan Thompson 5/4/24

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

Karen Nordstrom 5/4/24 Karen Nordstrom 5/4/24

The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness by Rhonda V. Magee

Tom Kelly 5/4/24 Tom Kelly 5/4/24

The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

Marissa Latshaw 5/4/24 Marissa Latshaw 5/4/24

Purposeful Empathy by Anita Nowak

Liz Thompson 5/4/24 Liz Thompson 5/4/24

Fen, Bog, and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx

Karen Nordstrom 2/1/24 Karen Nordstrom 2/1/24

Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow by Breeshia Wade

Marissa Latshaw 2/1/24 Marissa Latshaw 2/1/24

How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

Liz Thompson 2/1/24 Liz Thompson 2/1/24

Nature's Best Hope by Douglas W. Tallamy

Liz Thompson 2/1/24 Liz Thompson 2/1/24

Vermont Almanac: Stories From and For the Land, Volume IV

Jon Leibowitz 2/1/24 Jon Leibowitz 2/1/24

Walking by Henry David Thoreau

Jamie Sayen 10/30/23 Jamie Sayen 10/30/23

Silent Spring Revolution by Douglas Brinkley

David Foster 10/29/23 David Foster 10/29/23

Children of the Northern Forest by Jamie Sayen

Alex Redfield 10/20/23 Alex Redfield 10/20/23

The Piping Plover by Andrew Fersch

Nadine Canter 10/20/23 Nadine Canter 10/20/23

Toward a Philosophy of Wilderness by Glenn Parton

Jamie Sayen 10/20/23 Jamie Sayen 10/20/23

Writing the Land: Northeast edited by Lis McLoughlin, PhD

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