Science & Nature Books on The Point
This morning on The Point Melanie, Mindy, and I were talking about science and nature books. Here is the list of what was mentioned!
Mindy’s List
Smithsonian ocean : our water, our world by Deborah Cramer
The Nature of Cape Cod by Beth Schwarzman ; illustrated by Sandra Hogan McDermott
Jill’s List
Top 100 Birding Sites of the World by Dominic Couzens
New Treehouses of the World by Pete Nelson
Oceans: exploring the hidden depths of the underwater world by Paul Rose & Anne Laking
Sippewissett or, Life on a Salt Marsh by Tim Traver
The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet by Reif Larsen (This is a novel.)
Fixing My Gaze: a scientist’s journey into seeing in three dimensions by Susan R. Barry
Life List: a woman’s quest for the world’s most amazing birds by Olivia Gentile
Wicked Plants: the weed that killed Lincoln’s mother & other botanical atrocities by Amy Stewart
Wildwood a Journey Through Trees by Roger Deakin
An Explorer’s Guide: Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard & Nanatucket (8th edition, 2009) by Kim Grant
Melanie’s List
Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, a Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese by Brad Kessler
Flyaway: How a Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings by Suzie Gilbert
Climate Change: Picturing the Science by Gavin Schmidt and Joshua Wolfe
Birds of New England photos by Jim Roetzel and Jim Zipp and narrative by Dr. Roger J. Lederer
A Place Apart: A Cape Cod Reader by edited by Robert Finch
The Balance of Nature: Ecology’s Enduring Myth by John Kricher
Sea Level Rising: The Chatham Story by Bill Sargent
Morning Glory Farm … and the family that feeds an island by Tom Dunlop with photos by Alison Shaw
Mudflat Mania! Exploring the Ocean When the Tide Pulls Out by Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
And if you like good books and the people who write them here is a head’s up … on Wednesday, July 15th at 7:00 p.m. Kathryn Kleekamp will be here talking about her book Cape Cod and the Islands: where beauty and history meet. And on Thursday, July 30th at 10:00 a.m. meet Vicki Croke & Sarah Wilson who will talk about their book DOGOLOGY: what your relationship with your dog reveals about you. Naturalist John H. MItchell will discuss his new book, a finalist for a Massachusetts Book Award–THE PARADISE OF ALL THESE PARTS: a natural history of Boston. Nancy Rubin Stuart has written an award winning new biography of one of America’s founding mothers—THE MUSE OF THE REVOLUTION: the secret pen of Mercy Otis Warren & the founding of a nation. Great listening, great reading! Hope you can join us!