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Mia Toschi: Surviving Sandy (2013, Ambient Funding)

Presents color photographs and first-hand accounts that document Hurricane Sandy's arrival and tragic effects on …

Review of 'Surviving Sandy' on 'Goodreads'

I read this in the interim between Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma (2017) and found it a catharsis to jump into the details of preparation, documentation and recovery before, during and after a devastating storm. First person accounts of survivors and highlighted stories of first responders form the mesh of the book, arranged with dramatic and many not-previously-seen photographs of 2012's Superstorm Sandy.

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Lolly Tai: The Magic of Children's Gardens : Inspiring Through Creative Design (2017)

Review of "The Magic of Children's Gardens : Inspiring Through Creative Design" on 'Goodreads'

A wonderfully illustrative guide to creating gardens that entertain, educate and delight; garden-lovers of all ages will benefit from the design ideas in this book. I am putting this at the forefront of my visionary ecology non-fiction book list!

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Dwyer, Jim: Where the wild books are (2010, University of Nevada Press)

Review of 'Where the wild books are' on 'Goodreads'

Essential reading for readers, writers and reviewers of the evolving form known as ecofiction, with an arc of analysis from Herman Melville to Barbara Kingsolver.

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Brenda Peterson: Animal heart (2004, Sierra Club Books, Distributed by University of California Press)

Review of 'Animal heart' on 'Goodreads'

Care for animals of land and sea forms the backbone of this romantic tale of ocean science adventure. Beautifully descriptive story that I would love to see as a movie, since the writing is so easy to visualize in a film-like manner. I wonder if it would have to be created in animation - maybe Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli would tackle it.

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