**H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman’s experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record.FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • WINNER OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTIONNATIONAL BESTSELLER • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR**Told in luminous, perceptive prose, The Last ...

Written by the long-time manager of the renowned Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, this substantial, authoritative, and beautiful full-color guide covers everything you need to know about organically growing healthy, bountiful fruit trees.WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY BOOK AWARDFor more than forty years, Orin Martin has taught thousands of apprentices, students, and home gardeners the art and c...

A collection of essays from today’s most acclaimed authors—from Cheryl Strayed to Roxane Gay to Jennifer Weiner, Alexander Chee, Nick Hornby, and Jonathan Franzen—on the realities of making a living in the writing world.In the literary world, the debate around writing and commerce often begs us to take sides: either writers should be paid for everything they do or writers should just pay their dues and count themselves lucky to be published. You should never quit y...

**H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman’s experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record.FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • WINNER OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTIONNATIONAL BESTSELLER • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR**Told in luminous, perceptive prose, The Last ...

Two survivors of California fires compile a guide for living physically, mentally, and emotionally amid ecological destruction.When warm temperatures, low humidity, and strong winds combine they produce an increased risk of fire danger called a "red flag warning"—a common event in Northern California. Through essays and interviews, Red Flag Warning sheds light on how wildfire impacts our communities and offers wisdom on living with fire from Indigenous Cal...