Viking, October 2021. Hardcover. A leading medical ethnobotanist tells us the story of her quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants in this uplifting and adventure-filled memoir. Plants are the basis for an array of lifesaving and health-improving medicines we all..... More
Knopf, April 2020. Oversized Hardcover. The bird book for birders and nonbirders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing--and why: Can birds smell?; Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?; Do..... More
Liveright, March 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble," yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher..... More
Viking, March 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. "[A] glorious guide to the miracle of life's sound." --The New York Times Book Review A lyrical exploration of the diverse sounds of our planet, the creative processes that produced these marvels, and the perils that sonic diversity now faces We live on a...... More
While the rest of us nature-lovers flail to describe how listening the sounds of other beings in the world is a vital practice, Haskell has a talent for putting the ephemeral and the embodied to the page, beautifully demonstrating through science and aesthetics how vital soundmaking is to every creature in the world, and how human activity--of course--threatens this sense fundamental to all of us.
Liveright, March 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble," yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher..... More
Knopf, May 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. The hugely illuminating story of how a popular breed of dog became the most demonized and supposedly the most dangerous of dogs--and what role humans have played in the transformation. When Bronwen Dickey brought her new dog home, she saw no traces of the..... More
William Morrow & Co, January 1966. Hardcover. In edgeworn jacket. Appears to be later printing. More
Cornell University Press, April 2014. Trade Paperback. From 1971 to 1985, battles raged over Westway, a multibillion-dollar highway, development, and park project slated for placement in New York City. It would have projected far into the Hudson River, including massive new landfill extending several miles along Manhattan's Lower West Side..... More
