"New Hampshire's town forests and conservation lands are distinctive, diverse, and delightful. They provide a healthy environment for a wide variety of fauna, flora, rocks, and waters, as well as habitats for amphibians, birds, fish, insects, mammals, reptiles, and many other forms of life. This guide is designed for you to be inspired and refreshed by visits to our local town forests. Information includes: *An overview of the importance of open lands...

"How Victorian male doctors used false science to argue that women were unfit for anything but motherhood-and the brilliant doctor who defied them After Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school, more women demanded a chance to study medicine. Barred entrance to universities like Harvard, women built their own first-rate medical schools and hospitals. Their success spurred a chilling backlash from elite, white male...

"In a glorious celebration of the dark, nature writer Leigh Ann Henion invites us to leave our well-lit homes and step outside to embrace the biodiversity that surrounds us"--

"In A Life in the Garden, horticultural icon Barbara Damrosch imparts a lifetime of wisdom on growing food for herself and her family. In writing that's accessible, engaging, and elegant, she welcomes us to garden alongside her. Personal, thoughtful, and often humorous, this book offers practical DIY insights that will delight gardeners, cooks, and small-scale farmers. With a personal and sometimes irreverent tone, Barbara expresses the pleasure she...

"Each day, every single person in the United States discards about five pounds of waste. Be it a bottle that gets placed in a recycling bin or a piece of paper crumpled and tossed into the waste bin, every bit of the daily 1.6 billion pounds cast-off has a story. This book is full of those stories. It will wake you up and give you hope. As the author, Duncan Watson, says, 'More people in American recycle than vote. Recycling is more popular than Democracy!'"...