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Finding Beauty in a Broken World In her wonderful way with words, Terry Tempest Williams has written Finding Beauty in a Broken World in which she expresses concerns with our relationship between humankind and the natural world. Some say this book, due out October 7th, is her most powerful book to date. Mark your calendar to pick up this important new release by the author of Refuge. -- Peggy Spilker

The future of our land north of the Brooks Range (and south) is in much danger right now. This book is divided into three parts: I. The Northern Tree Line II. Urban Alaska III. In the Bush

A twenty year walk in the wilderness of Montana and Wyoming must be very exciting, particularly when studying the great grizzly bear. One, two, and three readings -- I'm still enjoying and learning from Doug Peacock.

Linda is the first woman to receive a Western American Writer's Award. She is a poet, essayist , and working ranch woman.

These beautiful nature essays originally appeared as columns in the Knoxville News Sentinel, where Brewer (1920-2003) was a reporter and columnist for more than forty years. He was active with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and very concerned with its conservation. In the early 1970s my dad and I enjoyed a hike up Mt.LeConte with Brewer and his wife. The group hiking was clebrating "Uncle" Rufus Morgan's 80th birthday. It was quite an active group! -- Peggy Spilker

With a 19 million acre wilderness, perhaps containing as much as 16 billion barrels of oil, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is at the center of a battle between conservationists and developers. Jonathan Waterman became entranced with the tundra and has returned as writer, photographer, and filmmaker for the last 21 years. He writes, "I would like to believe that objective-minded readers . . . can make a wise choice on oil versus wilderness. We cannot have both."
-- Peggy Spilker