"A richly textured exploration of Bill Coperthwaite's work and thought, encouraging us to take the lessons of his life to heart. Each of us has the potential to craft our own lives with our own hands—actively, joyfully, and nonviolently, drawing upon the wisdom of our ancestors, striving for justice in the present, and fulfilling our obligations to those who will inherit our legacy."—John SaltmarshWilliam Coperthwaite is a teacher, builder, designer, and writer who...

The most comprehensive―and only author-authorized―Wendell Berry reader, "America's greatest philosopher on sustainable life and living" (Chicago Tribune)In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out in these prescient essays, drawn from his fifty-year campaign on behalf of American lands and communities.The writings gathered in The World-Ending Fire

An inspiring anthology for anyone seeking guidance, hope, and strength in the midst of our current environmental crisis—featuring writings from Barbara Kingsolver and Barry LopezThe environmental “tipping point” we approach is more palpable each day, and people are seeing it in ways they can no longer ignore—we need only turn on the news to hear the litany of what is wrong around us. Serious reflection, inspiration, and direction on how to approach the future are n...

Gathering twenty essays that offer an agrarian alternative to our dominant urban culture, The Art of the Commonplace is Wendell Berry "speaking with calm and sanity out of the wilderness" (The Washington Post Book World)Grouped around five themes—an agrarian critique of culture, agrarian fundamentals, agrarian economics, agrarian religion, and geobiography—the essays collected here in The Art of the Commonplace promote a clearly defined a...

"Mary Pipher takes on our planet's greatest problems with the skills of a truly gifted therapist. She knows why we avoid and deny the truth and she knows how we can heal ourselves and our communities even as we try to heal the earth. This book is a deep and true gift."—Bill McKibben, author of EaarthIn Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher offered a paradigm-shattering look at the lives of adolescent women. Now Pipher is back with another ground-breaking ...

A lot of people wonder why despite their wealth and availability of all the things they need in life they are yet to achieve an easy but happy life. Many would reason that happiness does not lie in money while others would argue it is all in people’s inability to determine what is really important in life. This implies that most of the things they buy and try to find happiness from are not the right options for an easy but happy life. These sentiments are true but not applicable to all peo...

A soulful, searching collection of essays that tackle the complexities of contemporary America from “the prophet of rural America” (New York Times).From the war in Iraq to Hurricane Katrina to the political sniping engendered by Supreme Court nominations—contemporary American society is characterized by divisive anger, profound loss, and danger. Wendell Berry, “the prophet of rural America” (New York Times) and one of the country’s foremost cultur...

"This book is broad and leisurely and important. Something like the river itself on which Wendell Berry lives. It is full of wide and flowing thoughts and one thing leads to another in the manner that nature intended―or used to. The language ranges from the grave and beautiful to the sharp and specific, depending on the need to express the vast variety of subjects he presents." —The NationThe title of this book is taken from an account by Thomas F. Hornbei...

*Part of the 5-Volume Set 2022 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Ecology & Environment and Special Honors as Best of AnthologyVolume 5 of the Kinship series revolves around the question of practice: What are the practical, everyday, and lifelong ways we become kin?We live in an astounding world of relations. We share these ties that bind with our fellow humans―and we share these relations with nonhuman beings as well. From the bacteriu...

"Eloquent . . . a must-read for anyone committed to taking care of the natural world and passing it along to future generations" ( ForeWord).As an antidote to the destructive culture of consumption dominating American life today, Scott Russell Sanders calls for a culture of conservation that allows us to savor and preserve the world, instead of devouring it. How might we shift to a more durable and responsible way of life? What changes in values and behavi...

A beautifully illustrated guide for connecting with the earth, your ancestors, and your communities as you come home to your whole selfDespite our best efforts, our modern world leaves so many of us feeling isolated, unworthy, and alone. We’re unrooted from the land, untethered from our lineages, disconnected from our communities, and separated from our deepest sense of self.In Root and Ritual, Becca Piastrelli offers a pathway back to connection a...

As we face an ever-more-fragmented world, What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? demands a return to the force of lineage—to spiritual, social, and ecological connections across time. It sparks a myriad of ageless-yet-urgent questions: How will I be remembered? What traditions do I want to continue? What cycles do I want to break? What new systems do I want to initiate for those yet-to-be-born? How do we endure? Published in association with the Center for Humans and Nature and ...