REVIEW: ENTANGLED LIFE

By Barb Minett

We are the lucky recipients of Merlin Sheldrake's knowledge and life experience.

REVIEW: BREATH

By Barb Minett

In Breath, James Nestor delivers fascinating and vital stories about the thing that gives us life.

This Is Your Mind on Plants

By Michael Pollan

From number one bestselling author Michael Pollan, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants-and the equally powerful taboos.

Peril

By Robert Costa, Bob Woodward

This classic study of Washington takes readers deep inside the Trump White House, the Biden White House, the 2020 campaign, and the Pentagon and Congress, with vivid, eyewitness accounts of what really happened.

Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance

By Jesse Wente

Part memoir and part manifesto, Unreconciled is a stirring call to arms to put truth over the flawed concept of reconciliation, and to build a new, respectful relationship between the nation of Canada and Indigenous peoples. October 14 @ 8 p.m. Check indieevents.ca!

Permanent Astonishment: A Memoir

By Tomson Highway

Tomson Highway's memoir offers insights, both hilarious and profound, into the Cree experience of culture, conquest, and survival. Nominated for the Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.

A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

By Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein

REVIEW: FINDING THE MOTHER TREE

By Barb Minett

Suzanne Simard will be the guest of The Bookshelf and The Arboretum for a virtual event. Save the date – Thursday Sept. 9 at 8 p.m.  …

Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas

By Omar Mouallem

Field Study: Meditations on a Year at the Herbarium

By Helen Humphreys

Award-winning poet and novelist Helen Humphreys returns to her series of nature meditations in this gorgeously written and illustrated book that takes a deep look at the forgotten world of herbariums and the people who amassed collections of plant specimens in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition

By David Sibley

Once you open this you won't be able to put it down. 4600 digitally remastered paintings with coloured range maps on each page.

National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Sixth Edition

By Jonathan Alderfer, Jon L. Dunn

Perhaps a little heavy for a field guide but this one includes east and west!

Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America

By Patricia Manzano Fischer, Kenn Kaufman, Hector Gomez de Silva

The most up-to-date field guide, including dozens of changes by the American Ornithologists' Union in official names of birds; the addition of new species to reflect the latest scientific discoveries; and dozens of updated range maps.

Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America

By Roger Tory Peterson

Roger Tory Peterson is the grandfather of field guides. Perhaps not as beautiful as some other guides but the info is top notch!

What It's Like to Be a Bird: What Birds Are Doing, and Why--from Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing

By David Allen Sibley

And while the text is aimed at adults--including fascinating new scientific research on the myriad ways birds have adapted to environmental changes--it is nontechnical, making it the perfect occasion for parents and grandparents to share their love of birds with young children, who will delight in the big, full-color illustrations of birds in action.