Barbara Kingsolver

Fanatichnyy missioner Natan Prays vmeste s zhenoy i docher'mi pokidayet blagopoluchnuyu tsivilizovannuyu Ameriku i otpravlyayetsya na chernyy kontinent, v dzhungli Bel'giyskogo Kongo, s tverdoy veroy v Boga i s nadezhdoy na to, chto Gospod' pomozhet yemu obratit' mestnykh zhiteley v khristianstvo. On propoveduyet yarostno i strastno, no mestnyye zhiteli vovse ne zhazhdut prinyat' blagodatnyye dary. Oni trepetno beregut svoi svyatyni, chtut traditsii...

Follows the author's family's efforts to live on locally- and home-grown foods, an endeavor through which they learned lighthearted truths about food production and the connection between health and diet.

First published in 1949 and praised in the New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite", A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. As the forerunner to such important books as Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire, and Robert Finch's The Primal Place, this classic work remains...

A collection of captivating and thought-provoking photographs by award-winning photographer Melissa Ann Pinney that contemplate the essence of duality in our relationships and in the world that surrounds us. Pinney, whose work is in the permanent collections of dozens of American museums, including the Metropolitan, MoMA, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Getty, aims her lens at pairs--mostly, but not always human--that display or imply elusive...

In wide-ranging conversations, thirteen celebrated literary figures from six nations discuss their work, politics, morals, and the future of American society.

An inspiring anthology for anyone seeking guidance, hope, and strength in the midst of our current environmental crisis—featuring writings from Barbara Kingsolver and Barry Lopez
 
The environmental “tipping point” we approach is more palpable each day, and people are seeing it in ways they can no longer ignore—we need only turn on the news to hear the litany of what is wrong around us. Serious reflection,...