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Dispatches from the End of Ice

Dispatches from the End of Ice

Essays

by Beth Peterson

Pub Date: 05/23/2023

Format: Paperback

Science and storytelling about the search to understand disappearance
Life in the Tar Seeps

Life in the Tar Seeps

A Spiraling Ecology from a Dying Sea

by Gretchen Ernster Henderson

Pub Date: 04/25/2023

Format: Paperback

Finding an intricate web of life in the tar seeps of the Great Salt Lake
Mossback

Mossback

Ecology, Emancipation, and Foraging for Hope in Painful Places

by David Michael Pritchett

Foreword by J. Drew Lanham

Pub Date: 03/28/2023

Format: Paperback

Debut essay collection exploring landscapes and mythologies at the intersection of environmental, indigenous, and social justice
West Side Rising

West Side Rising

How San Antonio's 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement

by Char Miller

Foreword by Julián Castro

Pub Date: 06/14/2022

Format: Paperback

The 1921 flood that put a spotlight on environmental and social inequality in a southwestern city
Laika’s Window

Laika's Window

The Legacy of a Soviet Space Dog

by Kurt Caswell

Pub Date: 04/26/2022

Format: Paperback

The unforgettable story of Laika—the Soviet space dog, the Cold War, and the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union
Putting on the Dog

Putting on the Dog

The Animal Origins of What We Wear

by Melissa Kwasny

Pub Date: 04/26/2022

Format: Paperback

Explores the age-old relationship between humans and animals, providing fascinating details about the historic and current use of animals as clothing
La tragedia de la inundación de San Antonio / The Tragedy of the San Antonio Flood

La tragedia de la inundación de San Antonio / The Tragedy of the San Antonio Flood

Edited by Char Miller

Foreword by Sarah Zenaida Gould

Pub Date: 11/30/2021

Format: eBook

After being lost to history for over a century, La Tragedia de la Inundación de San Antonio is widely available for the first time, translated into English to commemorate the hundred-year anniversary of San Antonio’s flood of 1921 and the dozens of lives lost. The dramatic recounting of the events in its original Spanish language includes an English translation and some twenty black-and-white photographs taken during the flood’s immediate aftermath. A foreword by Sarah Zenaida Gould and an introduction by Char Miller provide historical context.


Thirty-Three Ways of Looking at an Elephant

Thirty-Three Ways of Looking at an Elephant

Edited by Dale Peterson

Pub Date: 10/20/2020

Format: Paperback

From trunk to tail, these thirty-three essential historical, scientific, and cultural writings on the elephant range from folktales to current practices, creating a greater understanding of this creature.
Tides

Tides

The Science and Spirit of the Ocean

by Jonathan White

Foreword by Peter Matthiessen

Pub Date: 06/15/2018

Format: Paperback

A global journey through the science and wonder of the oceans
Powering a City

Powering a City

How Energy and Big Dreams Transformed San Antonio

by Catherine Nixon Cooke

Foreword by Bill Greehey

Introduction by Char Miller

Pub Date: 11/30/2017

Format: Paperback

The story of energy and its extraordinary impact on San Antonio, Texas
A Book of Hours

A Book of Hours

by Donald Culross Peattie

Pub Date: 10/10/2013

Format: Paperback

Twenty-four essays, one for each hour of the day, that seek to bridge the gap between natural science and organic beauty
An Almanac for Moderns

An Almanac for Moderns

by Donald Culross Peattie

Pub Date: 10/10/2013

Format: Paperback

Essays for each day of the year contemplating a unique but factual aspect of unbridled nature
On the Edge

On the Edge

Water, Immigration, and Politics in the Southwest

by Char Miller

Pub Date: 02/26/2013

Format: Paperback

A timely book that deals with regional identity and the subject of limited water resources in our age of pronounced droughts
The Power of Trees

The Power of Trees

Text by Gretchen C. Daily

Photographs by Charles J. Katz Jr.

Pub Date: 10/02/2012

Format: Hardcover

A stroll through the forest with stunning photographs and a moving meditation on the secret life of trees
Moral Ground

Moral Ground

Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril

Edited by Kathleen Dean Moore and Michael P. Nelson

Foreword by Desmond Tutu

Pub Date: 09/27/2011

Format: Paperback

Eighty groundbreaking essays on why it's wrong to wreck the world
Saving Creation

Saving Creation

Nature and Faith in the Life of Holmes Rolston III

by Christopher J. Preston

Pub Date: 03/01/2009

Format: Hardcover

A closer look at an influential environmental and spiritual thinker
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