Gift Books 2014: Cities
Our books for 2014 look back and ahead at cities’ history, design, destruction and revitalization, and their not-well-kept secrets. Something happened on the way to assembling this year’s book suggestions. […]
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Gift Books 2014: Birds, Butterflies, Bees
Birds, butterflies and bees — what do they have in common ? Assembling this group of 20 books as gifts or for personal reading– resource guides, travelogues, memoirs and more […]
Gift Books 2014: Questing & Adventure
The writers featured in this winter’s holiday books selection are seekers – whether of discovery or the desire to share knowledge, or personal enlightenment. They are tough and resilient – […]
Coming up: Gift Books for Holidays 2014
Get ready ! Our recommendations of 2014 Holiday Books to give or buy for your own library will be out in a few weeks. We’ve been saving dozens of books […]
Books: The Sea & Its Abundance
Current and recent books of the seas and their creatures explore species that have prevailed for millions of years –broadbill swordfish, sharks, eels, horseshoe crabs – with amazing adaptations and […]
Oceans in Deep Trouble: Books to Read
Coming soon! Here’s a partial list of books on oceans, marine mammals, fish, seafood and polar exploration that we will be profile later this week –with reviews and author interviews […]
Allure of Indigo: A Book and Rare Textile Traditions
Indigo – the natural dye and its many luminous shadings– takes shape in a definitive book (featured below) and in the Bamako atelier of Aboubakar Fofana, a Malian-born artist and […]
Books Summer 2014: Homage à Paris
Our selection of books in this homage to Paris is as light as a soufflé or as dense as a cassoulet. You choose which books – they range from the 1920’s to […]
Read Books: The Tours de France Is Over
Summer is half over — and the World Cup and Tours de France have been won– but there is still plenty of time for good books. So what are we dishing up […]
Books Galore Summer 2014
Books Galore this summer! After posting over 150 books to buy, read, view in the past 18 months, Green News Update is still awash in books for your library or […]
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