Narrative theme: Environmental issues & natural wo Books

A Place Unmade is a book about someone who commits a crime, causes a disaster and the people who try to stop him.Valentina Sorelli is a part-time graduate student and full-time marketing director of a community park in New Orleans. Jack Stillman is a...

In the enthralling pages of Jeffrey Ulin's captivating novel, a tale of unexpected inheritances, shattered wealth, and a desperate quest for riches unfolds. Meet Richard Keeton, a renowned big game hunter whose life takes an unforeseen turn when he finds...

From Natura to Nature traces the career of the medieval goddess Natura - Mother Nature - as she influenced the literature of the High Middle Ages up to the time of William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser. After that, Natura's medieval aspect morphed into...

Tom Laughlin takes us outdoors in poetry that brims with the natural elements-we are immersed in New England landscapes with a town green, a mistress moon, snowy woods lined with elfin ski tracks, and swimmable water in every form, which conjures joy and...

Winner of the 2020 Paraclete Poetry Prize, Litany of Flights is a luminous examination of the journey of the soul, from moments of loss to moments of incandescent transformation. These poems remind us to behold the extraordinary in the ordinary, and that...

Moving between songful expressions of mourning, solace, delight, and play, poems in Stonechat span themes of family, grief, joy, beauty, human nature, the natural world, love, parenting, and discovery. Within these pages Jacobsen explores, sometimes in...

Northern Ontario artist and poet, Janet Reid, born and raised in Matheson and now living in Iroquois Falls, offers an illustrated collection of poems touching on the beauty, power, and fierceness of the forces of nature.

Era în 1975. În anul acela primăvara venise mai devreme ca de obicei. Eram tânăr, sângele îmi alerga grăbit prin vene, aşa că nu prea aveam timp să observ cum înfloresc copacii, cum dă colţul ierbii şi alte asemenea chestii romanţioase.

Pasiteles The Elder And Other Poems is a collection of poems written by William Cosmo Monkhouse and published in 1901. The book consists of various poems that explore different themes such as love, nature, and mythology. The title poem, Pasiteles The...

Picture Perfect Poetry: An Anthology of Ekphrastic Nature Poetry For Students is a volume of never-published nature poetry that was inspired by photographs each author took. The works of twenty-five author-photographers are included. Each picture is in...

In The Pain Trader, James Fowler creates timeless narratives around the people, history, and landmarks of rural America. Divided into “Hereabouts” (the Ozark region) and “Thereabouts” (a broader area), his 48 poems find meaning...

On holiday in France, during a particularly warm spell, the exotic bugs descend. Many would reach for the citronella candles, or worse - the fly-swat and toxic aerosols to go on a killing spree like some insecticidal maniac. Not so an artist like Ruth...

"Most poets write for one of two reasons:Either their heart is broken,or their heart is overflowing.For the lucky few, sometimes it's both."A collection of emotionally captivating poetry, Poems To Read In The Rain is for those looking for resonance while...

In "Let the Blind Horse Lead," you'll find poems penned from the author's life experience and the lessons she learns in letting go, being present to change, or simply stopping and listening to nature's wisdom. The author asks the reader to pause and pay...

Early in the 21st century, the scientific community reached the unanimous conclusion that climate change was inevitable. To avoid large-scale and irreversible damage, the warming of the planet had to be halted at less than two degrees centigrade.Three...

Abe is an extremely precocious child who has been reincarnated from many past lives as a Tibetan Buddhist Master. His mission is to introduce nature spirits - including fairies, gnomes, and fauns - to humanity. To gain credibility, Abe must get...

Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden of Eden and man and woman have been at each others head and heel since the day they left for eating the forbidden fruit. To be cognizant of love is not to be cognizant of self when here is where you always are...

Japanese Poetry and Me is a collection of brevity poems composed by Melissa Davilio in various Japanese poetic forms, as well as a host of invented forms inspired by Japanese forms. It contains a variety of nature based, spiritual poems that focus on...

Matthew Robb Brown met Carter Lee Aldridge at Saginaw Valley State University in 1973. They continued a friendship in Midland, Michigan, built around God, the arts, music, the outdoors, and literature--especially poetry--until 1978, when Aldridge moved,...

Here are earthy poem-prayers for those who believe that God is actually interested in what we think and how we feel. Even if God causes the clouds to roll and stars to shine, God is known as the trustworthy friend and confidant who can be teased, yet...

A posthumous collection of poems on the beauty of the seasons, creation, life and death, from beloved poet Catherine de Vinck. In the words of the Foreword by Mary Evelyn Tucker, the poetry of Catherine de Vinck, "calls us to ever greater awareness of...

Fleeing from ever present wildfires and the threat of the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupting, Lee, Becca, and their daughter Analise embark on a road-trip through the state of Utah to a wedding in Zion National Park. Set in the not-too-distant-future,...

The Morning Glory is a collection of poems, like a multi-hued garland, interlaced with the diverse thoughts and experiences nurtured in the author Ratan Kaul's life. Ratan's poems encompass the reflections on the grandeur of nature and the universe...

In the Voice of Silence is a compilation of thoughts that were reflected and echoed from the things around me.The impressions of the insight have immensely helped me and I truly hope it inspires you to rediscover a fresh, positive perspective.

owlmouth is a collection of poems about transformation.  Michele Marie Desmarais (Métis, Dakota, European) offers perspectives on the environment, being-in-relationship, the need for change and the process of healing.  These poems are an...

In the Heart of the Mountains explores the changing of the seasons in the western part of North Carolina. While the author, R. A. Pace, lived in and around the Blue Ridge Parkway, she went on routine hikes into the wilderness of western North Carolina...

O air carry my breath to distant milesWhere youth grows as wild rose and time never diesKeep me alive as a walking dreamWhere my eyes can visualize the world unseenThere is a true depiction of human emotions and a fine portrayal of a deep connection with...

MJ Moore's rich and exuberant book of poetry offers wisdom that sees beneath the surface of life and the natural world, pointing us toward greater connections. We journey with her to Vietnam and India, kayak with her on the bay in twilight and taste...

When The Birds Go North Again is a novel written by Ella Higginson and published in 1898. The story is set in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and follows the life of a young woman named Margaret Earle. Margaret is a talented musician who moves...

The Urban Forest in the Age of Urbanization seeks to reflect on the connotation of urban forestry in line with related emergent holistic theories. Today, much of the planet is urbanised and planners debate "Planetary Urbanization", economists discuss...

THE NECTAR OF THIS BREATH - explores the liminal space between poetry and meditation. Many of the poems are prompts for contemplative practice, either by individuals or groups. They unite the mind with the heart, reaching even into our cell...

Planeteering is Book 5 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, a novella-rama length (short novel) environmental climate adventure (cli fi), filled with lovable, quirky characters in a candy wrapper of laughter, irreverence, kisses,...

Winner of the 2021 Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction by the Texas Institute of LettersDeeply embedded in the landscapes of South Texas, Luz at Midnight tells the story of an ill-timed love that unfolds in the time of climate change...

Statements Made in Passing by Kathleen Serley is a collection of forty poems anchored by family and a sense of place. The poet invites you into her garden to share her appreciation for the natural world, reflects on the way family nurtures, and widens...

Rainforest in Russet is an in depth melding with nature and a look into the depths of heartache and coping with it. Sharp writes in fluid poetic wanderings through the innermost feelings of love, loss, heartbreak and coming to terms with what is and at...

This is a collection of poems by Ian Hibburt that he wrote during 2020 when the worldwide pandemic hit. Written during 2020when everything changed.And many things may neverbe the same again - ever.We have been forced to dig deepto find our positive core...

THROUGH THE GARDEN GATEA collection of 24 short storiesShirley can't see the beauty Hugh pictures in the patch of bare earth, but is happy to help him bury the flower bulbs as deep as she keeps her secret. The Adkins always put on a brave face, something...

Eleanor has a traditional garden her grandchildren will love; won't they? Mrs Dalrymple's country home seems the perfect refuge for Daryl and there's no reason Emma can't call the big house home, is there?Homes and gardens aren't always peaceful havens...

"... A vague little shape is set freeI cannot hear, I cannot seeGive it body or make it bright..."(From 'The Stifled Poem')This is an anthology that should appeal to many, as it comprises light-hearted as well as serious poems rendered in a comfortable...

The poems in this beautiful anthology consider trees in various seasons, landscapes and time periods. These poems recognize our spiritual, psychological, and physical need for trees. With climate change looming as a crisis that affects the entire planet,...

In his new book, Of Heart and Mind: A Psychiatrist's Poems, retired physician, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst Dr. Peter Alan Olsson shares the poetry that made his difficult career meaningful.He notes, "My personal use of poetry, or prose writing,...

As a Southern journalist and writer, Dianne Poston Owens has learned something about nature and humans. In this, her second collection of essays, she explores people and the things they create. Always busy cultivating, people are at their best when they...