As Bowden told Brooke Gladstone during an interview on WNYC’s On the Media regarding his recent book Dreamland, “My dream is to invite a reader into a room and pour a nice cup of tea and then nail the damn door shut.” It is a dream that he has unquestionably realized.
Ecology
Anthill
To say that Edward O. Wilson wrote the book on ants is neither to exaggerate nor employ a metaphor; it was written in scholastic partnership with his long-time scientific collaborator Bert Hölldobler, titled “The Ants,” and published in 1990. In 1991 it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
Timber Press Podcast
Natural history podcast enthusiasts will be very pleased to learn that Timber Press, the acclaimed Portland, Oregon based publisher of books on gardening, ornamental and edible horticulture, garden design, sustainability, natural history, and the Pacific Northwest in general, has begun a regularly updated podcast.
Prairie Spring
In the spirit of the great American natural history writer Edwin Way Teale, Pete Dunne’s Prairie Spring chronicles the unfolding of a season in a manner reminiscent of the very best American natural history authors.