BookShelf

The BookShelf features monthly reviews of the latest environmental and energy books of interest to journalists, as well as an occasional question-and-answer in which published authors offer insight into the motivations behind their work and provide advice to environmental reporters and writers.

For questions and comments, or to suggest future BookShelf reviews, or to offer to review a book, email the SEJournal BookShelf Editor Tom Henry at thenry@theblade.com.

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March 1, 2016

"Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver"

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Between the Lines: Publisher Ponders Future of Environment Books

For the latest installment of Between the Lines, an author Q& A, SEJournal book editor Tom Henry digressed from the writer’s point of view and sought out advice from a publishing company that specializes in energy and environment books. Founded in 1984, Island Press is a nonprofit that has published books by E.O. Wilson, Paul Ehrlich, Sylvia Earle and many other well-known writers. David Miller, Island Press senior vice president and publisher, gave us his thoughts.

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"Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man"

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"Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge"

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"Beyond Fair Trade: How One Small Coffee Company Helped Transform a Hillside Village In Thailand"

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December 15, 2015

"The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health"

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Between the Lines: Author Spends Two Decades ‘Hooked on a Character’

Rarely does a writer get so deeply into the heart of his or her subject while also avoiding the pitfalls of sentimentality. So began the judges’ comments for “Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island,” winner of SEJ’s 2015 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. The book’s author, Will Harlan, spent 19 years developing a bold, unflinching portrayal of Cumberland Island, Ga.’s most ardent defender, the brilliant-yet-eccentric Carol Ruckdeschel. For the latest edition of SEJournal’s Between the Lines author Q & A, Harlan spoke with our book editor, Tom Henry.

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"Almost Anywhere: Road Trip Ruminations on Love, Nature, National Parks, and Nonsense"

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"DDT Wars: Rescuing Our National Bird, Preventing Cancer, and Creating the Environmental Defense Fund"

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"North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast"

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BookShelf

March 1, 2016

"Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver"

Between the Lines: Publisher Ponders Future of Environment Books

"Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man"

"Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge"

"Beyond Fair Trade: How One Small Coffee Company Helped Transform a Hillside Village In Thailand"

December 15, 2015

"The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health"

Between the Lines: Author Spends Two Decades ‘Hooked on a Character’

"Almost Anywhere: Road Trip Ruminations on Love, Nature, National Parks, and Nonsense"

"DDT Wars: Rescuing Our National Bird, Preventing Cancer, and Creating the Environmental Defense Fund"

"North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast"

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