Plane Tree

“This is the most life-affirming book I’ve read in a long time.” —John Vaillant, National Book Award finalist for Fire Weather Named a Best Book of the Year So Far by: The New Yorker NPR The Financial Times From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller On Trails...

Numerous times throughout Earth's history there have been major cataclysmic events. These events have resulted in large-scale climactic changes, mythological stories of floods and visitations from the skies, and sometimes the complete extinction of life. The major planetary body that has caused much of this carnage has been referred to by many names. Jason Breshears has termed it Phoenix, based on his research into the distant past and what it was usually called by witnesses. By piecing together ancient documents from the most reputable sources available, we have, in this book, the most ...

Are you exhausted from fighting battles you cannot see? The sudden financial ruin, the fracturing of your marriage, and the relentless anxiety keeping you awake at night are not just strokes of bad luck. You are not crazy, and you are not alone. You are caught in the crossfire of an invisible war. Modern society tells you to just breathe deeper and accept this misery as the new normal, but the truth is, your family is under attack. You don't need another passive dictionary of comforting poems, and you don't need a heavy theological textbook. You need a battle-tested instruction manual. ...

Filled with intriguing and wide-ranging case studies of how individuals can be agents of change, this empowers and inspires. – Publishers Weekly The scientific basis for environmental optimism. From the birth of galaxies to the revival of forests, the greatest transformations in our universe...

Living Trees: The Secret of the Silent Guardians” The INTRODUCTION There is a whisper moving among the leaves. A voice that doesn't need language to be heard. A life that beats… in silence. This book is not a simple collection of trees and plants. It is a testimony. A spiritual and ancestral journey toward understanding that Nature is not an ornament of the planet, but its living conscience tree; every root, every drop of sap is a sacred record of the original creation. They are guardians. Some as ancient as the world's first breath. Others, planted by cosmic travelers in forgotten ages...

Brought to you by Penguin I lie on the rock to let my limbs dry after my immersion in the river. My bones warm. I have no towel but the moss is grateful for the additional moisture that I bring as the water runs off me and into its spongy web of roots and branches. I look up through the canopy...

This program includes an introduction read by the author. A "magnificent, empowering" (Bill McKibben) memoir about a woman spearheading a global initiative to heal the world’s rainforests and the communities who depend on them When Kinari Webb first traveled to Indonesian Borneo at 21 to study...

Emmy‑nominated filmmaker and University of Cambridge Environmental Psychologist Lindsay Branham invites readers into an embodied, reciprocal relationship with trees to heal our severed connections to ourselves and the earth, returning home to the living world. In the midst of the California...

If you've ever admired a tree for its simple beauty, appreciated its cool shade, or loved climbing up its large trunk and branches, you are part of a deeply rooted tribe that Jean Shinoda Bolen calls "tree people." In Like a Tree, this bestselling author and Jungian analyst invites us to explore...

"Marian powerfully shares her passion and heart in a way that ensures you can breath life into your garden ecosystem, with clear explanations and so many practical tools and takeaways." – Nicole Masters, author of For the Love of Soil and director of Integrity Soils "I found myself crying...

This book maps out the entire historical chronology of planetary cataclysms starting in 4309 BC, covering the cyclical return of Nibiru, the planet Phoenix, and more. It also reveals the code for understanding the prophecies of Nostradamus, showing when they have occurred in the past, or when they will occur in the future. It takes the work of Mario Reading, who first broke the code, and shows how it perfectly applies to all of Breshears' previously made cataclysmic predictions for the years 2040 and 2046. Mr. Reading made mistakes in interpreting some quatrains for the years 2001-2012 that...

Nature wants to heal, and we can help. When Earth's ecosystems fall out of harmony, the damage can spiral out of control. But what if we could help nature to regain its balance? As a leading ecologist, Professor Thomas Crowther studies not just how species work in isolation, but how complex...

This middle grade edition of the groundbreaking bestseller by Doug Tallamy will inspire kids to use their backyard to help save the planet. In Nature's Best Hope (Young Readers' Edition), Tallamy empowers kids to use their own yards to help combat the negative effects of climate change. He does...

Niels Klim's Underground Travels, originally published in Latin as Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum (1741), is a satirical science-fiction/fantasy novel written by the Norwegian-Danish author Ludvig Holberg. His only novel, it describes a utopian society from an outsider's point of view, and often pokes fun at diverse cultural and social topics such as morality, science, sexual equality, religion, governments, and philosophy.

From bestselling author James Raffan comes an enlightening and original story about a polar bear’s precarious existence in the changing Arctic, reminiscent of John Vaillant’s The Golden Spruce. Nanurjuk, “the bear-spirited one,” is hunting for seals on Hudson Bay, where ice never lasts...

She finds joy in all things green and growing. Can this bubbly nature lover turn a tragedy into a chance to teach others to care for Mother Earth? Bibi sees problems as chances to do good. Bursting with curiosity, a school outing to a forest reserve fills the intelligent girl with respect for every life-giving pine, maple, and oak. So her heart breaks upon discovering her family’s favorite picnic spot has been cleared by saws and axes. Inspired to restore the land, her eyes grow bright as she gets a brilliant idea.

There's so much we don't know about what lies deep beneath the ocean's surface - and the time to find out is growing increasingly precious . . . Professor Alex Rogers is one of the world's leading experts in marine biology and oceanology, and has spent his life studying the deep ocean - and in...

A rulebook for tackling phone overuse and reclaiming our lives Phones are bad for us. They are making us nearsighted, causing painful back and neck problems, and robbing us of the sleep and physical activity necessary for robust physical and mental health. Worse still, they are driving a...

Perhaps you've felt it . . . that sense that something is coming. Times are changing. The forces of good and evil are becoming increasingly polarized. Yet, there is a spirit of unity growing as well. As a planet, we stand at a crossroads. One path leads to darker days. The other leads to freedom and light. "Light the World: How Your Brilliance Can Shift the Planet" details how you can leverage your life experiences and insight to take your place as a Light Bearer in this new age. If you've felt the call to stand tall, torch in hand, ready to lead others out of darkness and into the light, ...

In this new poetry collection, Sunil Sharma aptly describes the intersection where two worlds converge as the majestic wonders of nature become artificially entwined ever more tightly with modern civilization. These dualistic energies are keenly observed when Sharma points to a scene of children playing innocently in the snow as the adults around them have their attention sucked into smartphones. Whether these Toronto-based reflections are illustrating trails that cut through the wintry woods, flocks of geese soaring overhead, theatric pulses of a cosmic skyline, the symphonic sounds of ...