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Early Days in the Range of Light
Encounters with Legendary Mountaineers
DANIEL ARNOLD
It's 1873. Modern climbing gear and Gore-Tex shells are a century away, but the high mountains still demand your attention. Imagine the stone in your hands and thousands of feet of open air below you, with only a wool jacket to weather a storm and no rope to catch a fall.
Daniel Arnold did more than imagine—he spent four years retracing the precarious steps of his climbing forefathers and lived to tell their tales here. From 1864 to 1931, the Sierra Nevada witnessed some of the most audacious climbing of all time. In the spirit of his predecessors, Arnold carried only rudimentary equipment—no ropes, no harness, no specialized climbing shoes.
“A spirited journey in the footsteps—or footholds—of the mountaineers who first explored the Sierra Nevada . . . This well-written combination of history, memoir and travelogue should find a welcome home in many climbing collections.” —Kirkus
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-616-6 | Trade Paper | $24.95
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Last of the Curlews
Fred Bodsworth
In this conservation classic, originally published fifty-five years ago, Fred Bodsworth tells the story of a solitary Eskimo curlew’s perilous migration and search for a mate. The lone survivor comes to stand for the entirety of a species on the brink of extinction, and for all in nature that is endangered. This paperback edition includes a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet W. S. Merwin and an afterword by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann.
“Beautifully written and ornithologically accurate, this is a must read for birders and bird watchers alike.” —Bird Watcher’s Digest
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-735-4 | Trade paper | $14.95 |
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Coal Country
Rising Up Against Mountaintop Removal Mining
EDITED BY SHIRLEY STEWART BURNS, MARI-LYNN EVANS, AND SILAS HOUSE
This illustrated volume gives voice to the growing chorus of protest against mountaintop removal mining through a collection of essays, oral history, commentary, and images.
SIERRA CLUB BOOKS | 978-1-57805-166-3 | Trade Paper Original | $25.95
SIERRA CLUB BOOKS | 978-1-57805-168-7 | Cloth | $40.00 |
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Coming Clean
Breaking America’s Addiction to Oil and Coal
MICHAEL BRUNE
Michael Brune, a leading activist, provides the information, inspiration, and tools to propel America down the clean-energy path. In this timely book, Brune shows us how we, as motivated citizens, can collectively pressure policymakers and corporations to change their energy priorities. He reminds us of the costs of fossil-fuel dependence, and offers well-tested action strategies to enact change.
SIERRA CLUB BOOKS | 978-1-57805-149-6 | Trade Paper | $14.95 |
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The Grandest of Lives
Eye to Eye with Whales
DOUGLAS H. CHADWICK
To be a whale watcher today, says acclaimed author and wildlife biologist Douglas Chadwick, is to have a front row seat to stunning discoveries. Chadwick has followed and reported on whales for more than a decade, and in The Grandest of Lives he offers a fascinating insider’s view of modern-day scientific whale observation—from gathering data to weathering storms to spirited scientific debate.
SIERRA CLUB BOOKS | 978-1-57805-147-2 | Trade Paper | $14.95 |
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Edible Landscaping
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROSALIND CREASY
Since Rosalind Creasy popularized the concept of landscaping with edibles a quarter-century ago, interest in eating healthy, fresh, locally grown foods has swept across the nation. This highly anticipated new edition presents the latest design and how-to information in a glorious full-color format, featuring more than 300 inspiring photographs.
SIERRA CLUB BOOKS | 978-1-57805-154-0 | TRADE PAPER | $39.95 |
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The River Sea
The Amazon in History, Myth, and Legend
MARSHALL DE BRUHL
Since its discovery by Europeans in 1500, explorers, visionaries, soldiers of fortune, men of God, scientists, and slavers have been drawn to the legendary Amazon. The River Sea is a sweeping chronicle of those brave and hardy souls and a compelling account of five centuries of Rio Amazonas, the most exotic and fascinating locale on earth.
Counterpoint | 978-1-58243-490-2 | Cloth | $26.00 |
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The Ecology of Wisdom
Writings by Arne Naess
EDITED BY ALAN DRENGSON AND BILL DEVALL
The Ecology of Wisdom is a definitive collection of essays by Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess, a founder of the Deep Ecology movement and one of the leading thinkers of modern environmentalism. Drengson and Devall provide a comprehensive and accessible portrait of Naess’s philosophy and activism, and showcase his enthusiasm, wit, and spiritual fascination with nature.
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-401-8 | Cloth | $27.00 |
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The Snow Tourist
A Search for the World’s Purest, Deepest Snowfall
CHARLIE ENGLISH
Fresh and fun, and infused with the adrenaline of adventure, The Snow Tourist is a fascinating account of one man’s pilgrimage through the world’s blanketed fields, ice-capped rooftops, cozy igloos, and snow-covered mountain peaks in search of the best snow on earth.
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-520-6 | Trade Paper Original | $15.95 |
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Botanical Prints
Henry Evans
Henry Evans (1918–1990) began making botanical prints in 1958, depicting some 1,400 subjects in 31 years. In that time, he was accorded more than 250 one-man shows in many countries around the world and in almost every state in the union. Admired by art lovers and naturalists alike, Henry’s work reveals a style intriguingly personal and botanically faithful, unerring in its feeling for rhythm and design. Self-taught as a printer, botanist, and artist, he developed a unique style and technique. He drew directly from living subjects, and all subjects were portrayed life-size. He used linoleum as a printing surface and an 1852 Washington Hand Press to make the prints.
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-637-1 | Trade Paper | $24.95 |
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Aereality
On the World from Above
WILLIAM L. FOX
Fox turns the travelogue on its head by surveying the land from above while analyzing the people’s perceptions of aerial imagery from New York to Australia. As he traverses the sky in prop planes, helicopters, and hot air balloons, he is accompanied by a motley crew of geographers, anthropologists and artists, who all aim to know and experience the earth from the air.
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-429-2 | Cloth | $30.00 |
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Deeply Rooted
Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness
LISA M. HAMILTON
Lisa M. Hamilton conducts an inquiry into three unconventional farmers in America whose experiences make the case that, to save our food system, we must bring farmers back to the table.
“The extraordinary farmers . . . in Deeply Rooted embody the future of American agriculture.” —Alice Waters
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-59376-180-6 | Cloth | $25.00 |
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