Gardening and Animals

Saving the Earth, one book at a time.

Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend (Hardcover)

By Susan Orlean
$26.99
ISBN-13: 9781439190135
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 10/2011
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Although there is a biography of the original Rin Tin Tin woven throughout this book, it is really about the franchising of an ideal (both a film and through Rinty’s actual progeny) and how that ideal has influenced our relationship to our pets (now more often like members of our families rather than working animals). An interesting social commentary.

Recommended by Jan

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (Paperback)

By William McDonough, Michael Braungart
$27.50
ISBN-13: 9780865475878
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Published: North Point Press, 4/2002
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This book is not a tree. "It's a technical nutrient" that can be broken down and remade an infinite number of times. This book presents a number of ideas and designs that are being formulated and implemented in today's industries that benefit both the economy and the environment. It's a great read for anyone who wonders how we can stop destroying mother nature and begin to help it grow.

Recommended by Nicole

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America, Fourth Edition (Paperback)

By Roger Tory Peterson
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780547152707
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 3/2010
This is, personally, the 2nd best identification guide to gain full knowledge on western north American birds. Features include their flight patterns, concentration to detail in tail, bill, and wing shape, as well as the color differentiation in their feathers for season.

Recommended by Ashli

Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl (Paperback)

By Stacey O'Brien
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781416551775
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Published: Free Press, 6/2009
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A great book for the spirit, heart, and intellect. A young wildlife biologist adopts a barn owl. Over the next 19 years, this beautiful (see the pictures!), earnest creature teaches her a spiritual outlook on life. Linking funny and sweet anecdotes are O'Brien's musings on the eccentric lives of biologists plus great info on birds and wildlife. Very interesting!

Recommended by Regina