books by Kenneth Brower

books by Kenneth Brower

books:

Kenneth Brower

The Winemaker's Marsh: Four Seasons in a Restored Wetland (Sierra Club Books Publication)

Kenneth Brower, Michael Sewell

Sierra Club Books, 2001

Great with Fowl!
Proof that our heroes are all around us. Stunning photographs affirm that we can save this planet from ourselves. The results of one person's efforts are reproduced in a neat, coffee table format that shows how even a mere 100 acre marsh (a former hay field!) can be ...

Discover America!: A Scenic Tour of the Fifty States
Kenneth Brower

National Geographic Society, 1993

A region-by-region tour of the fifty states of America furnishes nine impressionistic, personal essays--accompanied by full-color photographs and maps--that evoke the flavor of the diverse regions of the country. 10,000 first printing.

Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild

Kenneth Brower

Amazon Remainders Account, 2005

Shows true human nature in handling our own mistakes.
This book provides more then just a good read on the world's most famous killer whale. It shows the behind the scenes story of the controversy, the politics, and the cult following that surfaced because of the making of one kid's movie about a boy who helped a whale ...

Yosemite: An American Treasure

National Geographic Society, Kenneth Brower

National Geographic Society, 2000

Stunningly beautiful.
For those of you who have been to Yosemite, this book will make you long to go back. For those who haven't, you'll want to experience the park for the first time. The priniciple feature of this NG Park Profile is the photography, and as usual, NG doesn't ...

A Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections)

Aldo Leopold

Oxford University Press, USA, 2001

Leaving a light footprint on the good earth
I re-read Leopold's Sand County Almanac every couple of years or so. It's not just a beautifully poetic celebration of the land. Its defense of a new sense of moral responsibility to the environment, spelled out in the book's "The Land Ethic," is a bracing tonic ...

The Starship and the Canoe

Kenneth Brower

Harper Perennial, 1983

The Starship and the Canoe
If someone asked me to recommend a book to explain the Sixties this would be it. George Dyson, son of well-known physicist Freeman Dyson, was raised in a rarefied academic atmosphere. He walked away from that life at sixteen, not because of random rebellion but ...