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A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World

Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water

by David Gessner ...

Bestselling author David Gessner asks what kind of planet his daughter will inherit in this coast-to-coast guide to navigating climate crisis.The world is burning and the seas are rising. How do we navigate this new age of extremes? In A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World, David Gessner takes readers on an eye-opening tour of climate hotspots from the Gulf of Mexico to the burning American ... Read more

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Bestselling author David Gessner asks what kind of planet his daughter will inherit in this coast-to-coast guide to navigating climate crisis.The world is burning and the seas are rising. How do we navigate this new age of extremes? In A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World, David Gessner takes readers on an eye-opening tour of climate hotspots from the Gulf of Mexico to the burning American
... Read more
The Book of Flaco

The World's Most Famous Bird

by David Gessner ...

The story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo and captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of followers around the world, with 32 pages of stunning color photographs.This is a parable of freedom, wildness, and our urban ecosystems. Flaco has been dubbed “the world’s most famous bird.” From the night in February of 2023 when vandals cut a hole in his cage ... Read more

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The story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo and captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of followers around the world, with 32 pages of stunning color photographs.This is a parable of freedom, wildness, and our urban ecosystems. Flaco has been dubbed “the world’s most famous bird.” From the night in February of 2023 when vandals cut a hole in his cage
... Read more

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My Green Manifesto

Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism

by David Gessner ...

All environmentalism is local: "A wonderfully readable book" about saving the planet by focusing first on our own habitats ( The Boston Globe).Though environmental awareness is on the rise, our march toward ecological collapse continues. What was once a movement based primarily on land preservation, endangered species, and policy reform is now a fractured mess of back-to-the-landers, capitalist ... Read more

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All environmentalism is local: "A wonderfully readable book" about saving the planet by focusing first on our own habitats ( The Boston Globe).Though environmental awareness is on the rise, our march toward ecological collapse continues. What was once a movement based primarily on land preservation, endangered species, and policy reform is now a fractured mess of back-to-the-landers, capitalist
... Read more
Quiet Desperation, Savage Delight

Sheltering with Thoreau in the Age of Crisis

by David Gessner ...

•Author's book All the Wild That Remains was a New York Times bestseller and selected for inclusion in Outside's "new canon of adventure writing"•Offers a unique and timely perspective on the pandemic. The issues of the last six months are the issues of the book, from social distancing to race to the re–wilding that came about when people stopped flying and driving so much•Explores Henry David ... Read more

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•Author's book All the Wild That Remains was a New York Times bestseller and selected for inclusion in Outside's "new canon of adventure writing"•Offers a unique and timely perspective on the pandemic. The issues of the last six months are the issues of the book, from social distancing to race to the re–wilding that came about when people stopped flying and driving so much•Explores Henry David
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Leave It As It Is

A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt's American Wilderness

by David Gessner ...

Bestselling author David Gessner’s wilderness road trip inspired by America’s greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, is “a rallying cry in the age of climate change” (Robert Redford).“Leave it as it is,” Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. “The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” Roosevelt’s pronouncement signaled the beginning ... Read more

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Bestselling author David Gessner’s wilderness road trip inspired by America’s greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, is “a rallying cry in the age of climate change” (Robert Redford).“Leave it as it is,” Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. “The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” Roosevelt’s pronouncement signaled the beginning
... Read more

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The Tarball Chronicles

A Journey Beyond the Oiled Pelican and Into the Heart of the Gulf Oil Spill

by David Gessner ...

This bestselling account of an environmental disaster's aftermath offers "a firsthand look at the Gulf after the news cycle ended . . . brilliant." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Winner of an ASLE Book Award and a Reed AwardNamed a Top Book from the South by the Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionTraveling the shores of the Gulf from east to west with oceanographers, subsistence fishermen, seafood ... Read more

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This bestselling account of an environmental disaster's aftermath offers "a firsthand look at the Gulf after the news cycle ended . . . brilliant." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Winner of an ASLE Book Award and a Reed AwardNamed a Top Book from the South by the Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionTraveling the shores of the Gulf from east to west with oceanographers, subsistence fishermen, seafood
... Read more
All The Wild That Remains

Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West

by David Gessner ...

An homage to the West and to two great writers who set the standard for all who celebrate and defend it.Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now, award-winning nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-environmentalists from Stegner's birthplace in Saskatchewan to the site of ... Read more

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An homage to the West and to two great writers who set the standard for all who celebrate and defend it.Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now, award-winning nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-environmentalists from Stegner's birthplace in Saskatchewan to the site of
... Read more

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Return of the Osprey

A Season of Flight and Wonder

by David Gessner ...

A memoir, tribute to a once-endangered species, and natural history, Return of the Osprey recounts the many discoveries David Gessner made when he immersed himself for an entire nesting season in the lives of the ospreys that had returned to his seagirt corner of Cape Cod.The osprey, hailed by Roger Tory Peterson as the symbol of the New England coast, all but vanished during the 1950s and '60s ... Read more

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A memoir, tribute to a once-endangered species, and natural history, Return of the Osprey recounts the many discoveries David Gessner made when he immersed himself for an entire nesting season in the lives of the ospreys that had returned to his seagirt corner of Cape Cod.The osprey, hailed by Roger Tory Peterson as the symbol of the New England coast, all but vanished during the 1950s and '60s
... Read more
Ultimate Glory

Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth

by David Gessner ...

A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee.David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless hours, sacrificing his body and potential career for a chance at fleeting glory without fortune or fame. His only goal: to win Nationals and go down in Ultimate history as one of the greatest ... Read more

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A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee.David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless hours, sacrificing his body and potential career for a chance at fleeting glory without fortune or fame. His only goal: to win Nationals and go down in Ultimate history as one of the greatest
... Read more

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This Impermanent Earth

Environmental Writing from The Georgia Review

by Suzanne Paola, Jerome F. Bump, Susan Cerulean, Alison Deming, Elizabeth Dodd, Louise Erdrich, Robert Finch, David Gessner, Raquel Gutiérrez, Emily Hiestand, J. D. Ho, Barbara Hurd, Brenda Iijima, James Kilgo, Sydney Lea, Barry Lopez, Andrew Menard, Jason Molesky, Gary P. Nabhan, Nicholas Neely, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ann Pancake, Robin Patten, Craig Santos Perez, Catherine Reid, Julie A. Riddle, Scott Russell Sanders, Reg Saner, Lauret Savoy, Dawne Shand, Sean P. Smith, Tyrone Williams, Camille T. Dungy ...

Series series Georgia Review Books
With its thirty-three essays, This Impermanent Earth charts the course of the American literary response to the twentieth century’s accumulation of environmental deprivations. Arranged chronologically from 1974 to the present, the works have been culled from The Georgia Review, long considered an important venue for nonfiction among literary magazines published in the United States.The essays ... Read more

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With its thirty-three essays, This Impermanent Earth charts the course of the American literary response to the twentieth century’s accumulation of environmental deprivations. Arranged chronologically from 1974 to the present, the works have been culled from The Georgia Review, long considered an important venue for nonfiction among literary magazines published in the United States.The essays
... Read more
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All the Wild That Remains

Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West

by David Gessner ...

Narrated by Brian O'Neill ...

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19 hours 53 min

An homage to the West and to two great writers who set the standard for all who celebrate and defend it.Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now, award-winning nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-environmentalists from Stegner’s childhood home in Saskatchewan to the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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An homage to the West and to two great writers who set the standard for all who celebrate and defend it.Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now, award-winning nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-environmentalists from Stegner’s childhood home in Saskatchewan to the
... Read more

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The Book of Flaco

The World’s Most Famous Bird

by David Gessner ...

Narrated by BJ Harrison ...

Unabridged

6 hours 57 min

The story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo and captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of followers around the world.Nature writer David Gessner chronicles the year-long odyssey of Flaco and the human drama that followed the owl who captured the imaginations of New Yorkers and people around the world. Though he'd spent his life in a cage, Flaco learned to ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

The story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from Central Park Zoo and captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of followers around the world.Nature writer David Gessner chronicles the year-long odyssey of Flaco and the human drama that followed the owl who captured the imaginations of New Yorkers and people around the world. Though he'd spent his life in a cage, Flaco learned to
... Read more

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