With a format, size, and style of content that is very reminiscent of the original Golden Guides and the Observer’s Books series, the new Princeton University Press Little Books of Nature series is a welcome development indeed.
With a format, size, and style of content that is very reminiscent of the original Golden Guides and the Observer’s Books series, the new Princeton University Press Little Books of Nature series is a welcome development indeed.
As I have been with many other authors and books that have since joined my favourites, I was introduced to the works of B.B., the pen name of Denys Watkins-Pitchford, MBE, by Melissa Harrison through By Ash, Oak, and Thorn, her homage to his book The Little Grey Men. For those unfamiliar with B.B., and […]
Marcy Cottrell Houle’s, “Forest Park; Exploring Portland’s Natural Sanctuary,” published this past February by Oregon State University Press replaces her very successful and much trusted “One City’s Wilderness,” and provides all who would be interested in exploring this truly noteworthy place both a history and a guidebook for their journeys.
It was with great surprise and joy that I opened my podcast feed this past Tuesday as I set out on my morning walk to find a new episode of “The Stubborn Light of Things” queued-up atop the list. After nearly three years of silence, I once again was greeted with Ms. Harrison’s long-missed, gentle, and reassuring “Hi, How ya doing?”