"From the author of Losing Earth, a deeply reported and beautifully told exploration of how we live in a post-natural world"--

"How we come to feel at home in our towns and cities is what Warnick sets out to discover in This Is Where You Belong. She dives into the body of research around place attachment--the deep sense of connection that binds some of us to our cities and increases our physical and emotional well-being--then travels to towns across America to see it in action. Inspired by a growing movement of placemaking, she examines what its practitioners are doing to...

Have you ever wondered why we stop to watch the orange glow that arrives before sunset, or why we flock to see cherry blossoms bloom in spring? Is there a reason that people -- regardless of gender, age, culture, or ethnicity -- are mesmerized by baby animals, and can't help but smile when they see a burst of confetti or a cluster of colorful balloons? We are often made to feel that the physical world has little or no impact on our inner joy. Increasingly,...

A history of Yellowstone National Park, drawing from accounts of tourists and others who have visited the park over the course of more than 120 years to show how the unique spirit of Yellowstone has affected generations of Americans.

Describes the Florida Everglades, the evolution of this unique area, and the impact humans have had on its once-abundant life forms.

"Emma Mitchell doesn't want to beat around the hawthorn bush, she suffers with depression, and has done for twenty-five years. In 2009, the stresses of a city job became too much and she decided to move her family into a cottage in the Cambridgeshire Fens. She swapped days in the office for walks in the wood. There she began to get better. And better. Her encounters with nature proving to be as medicinal as any therapy or drug. In Emma's hand-illustrated...

The sudden extinction of the world's insect population gives rise to clouds of mites which devour everything in their way, including people. The novel's hero, biologist Richard Sinclair, whose wife was eaten, tries to create new insects from fossils in amber.