Books

Smaller Cities in a Shrinking World: Learning to Thrive Without Growth by Alan Mallach | An Island Press book
Learning to Thrive Without Growth

Over the past hundred years, the global motto has been “more, more, more” in terms of growth – of population, of the built environment, of human and financial capital, and of all manner of worldly goods. This was the reality as...

336 pages
6 x 9
55 photos and illustrations

Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood by Samuel Machado and Cynthia Sousa Machado with Steven M. Wise | An Island Press book
Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood

Happy has lived at the Bronx Zoo for most of her 48 years, and for more than a decade has remained largely isolated and lonely. Like all elephants, Happy has a complex mind and a deep social, intellectual, and emotional life; she desires to make...

240 pages
7 x 10
Full color throughout

The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules by Tim Blackburn | An Island Press book
How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules

A plastic box with a lightbulb attached may seem like an odd birthday present. But for ecologist Tim Blackburn, a moth trap is a captivating window into the world beyond the roof terrace of his London flat. Whether gaudy or drab, rare or common,...

288 pages
6 x 9
10 photographs

A New War on Cancer: The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention by Kristina Marusic | An Island Press book
The Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention

For more than fifty years, we have been waging, but not winning, the war on cancer. We’re better than ever at treating the disease, yet cancer still claims the lives of one in five men and one in six women in the US. The astonishing news is...

224 pages
6 x 9
 

The Freedom of the City by Charles Downing Lay, with introduction and essay by Thomas J. Campanella | An Island Press book

“Congestion is the life of the city . . . it is what we came for, what we stay for, what we hunger for”, wrote Charles Downing Lay, prominent American landscape architect and planner of the early 1920s. These words are relevant today...

168 pages
5 x 8
20 photos/illustrations

A Northern Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators by Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla | An Island Press book

Few 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 beguile us: they are key to a healthy environment....

264 pages
8 x 9
4-color illustrations throughout

Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope by Joëlle Gergis | An Island Press book
A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope

When climate scientist Joëlle 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. Through countless hours spent with the...

336 pages
6 x 9

What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees by Stephen Buchmann | An Island Press book
Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees

For 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 of tools. She may be using her sensitive...

296 pages
6 x 9
19 photos and illustrations

The Good Garden by Chris McLaughlin | An Island Press book
How to Nurture Pollinators, Soil, Native Wildlife, and Healthy Food—All in Your Own Backyard

What 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 become a sanctuary for threatened...

312 pages
8 x 10
150 color photos and illustrations

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