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Out of the 200+ books that have appeared in Green News Update over the past 5 years,  several dozen are incredible winners – beautifully written, well researched, capturing our hearts and heads. These writers illuminate the world and our place in it.

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Stay tuned for a lineup that includes

Award winners Elizabeth Kolbert, Oliver Sacks, EO Wilson, Elizabeth Boo, Andrea Wulf

People and heroes: The Monuments Men,  Henrietta Lacks,  Alexander von Humboldt

De Waal’s newest book (2016) looks at how other animals solve problems with tools, skills and evolutionary know how.

Cities we’ll never forget: Paris! Detroit, Chicago, Amsterdam

Beautiful and fearsome places:  The Grand Canyon, Iron Curtain Trail, Chasing Ice, Vietnam

The oldest, rarest and smartest creatures on the planet!

Sebastian Junger, author of The Tribe.  Photo by Tim Heatherington

COME BACK SOON! As part of the Green News Update 5th Anniversary, get ready to enjoy our selections through interviews, book reviews, excerpts, TED talks.