Cabin Porn: Inside by Zach Klein ★★★★½

A feast for the eyes, a balm for the soul.  Take a mental vacation friends and pick up some Cabin Porn.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt ★★★★★

All best sellers should be this good.

The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet by Kristin Ohlson ★★★★★

“If only 11% of the world’s crop land, land that is typically not in use, improved its community of microorganisms... the amount of carbon sequestered in the soil would offset all our current emissions of carbon dioxide.” 

- summery from a report to NASA 

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells ★☆☆☆☆

I’m stopping at 20% because this is just a ripoff of Six Degrees interspersed with the musings of an average, and dislikable, American. 

Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas ★★★★☆

“So far as we yet know, this is the only planet in the entire universe which has summoned forth life in all its brilliance and variety.

Saving Tarboo Creek: One Family’s Quest to Heal the Land by Scott Freeman ★★★★★

This was an authentic and impressive voice in eco nonfiction! 

The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World by Jeff Goodell ★★★★★

From Obama to Marshal Island Royalty, the villains and heroes of Miami, Dutch architects and die hard New Jersey coastal residents, Goodell has gathered the screaming voices of the climate change zeitgeist.

Certain Woman of an Age by Margaret Trudeau ★★★★☆

Celebrate Woman’s History Month by reading about a truly memorable icon of the 70s, Margaret Trudeau! Wife of Canada’s 15th Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, and mother of the current Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.

Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake by Kathryn Miles ★★★★☆

“We need to believe earthquake scientists when they tell us that the big one is coming.” 

The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston ★★★★★

“The dream of total eradication had failed, the viruses last strategy was to bewitch its host and become a source of power. We could eradicate smallpox from nature but we could not uproot the virus from the human heart.” 

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede ★★★★★

“Despite the risks, Canada didn’t hesitate to accept the orphaned planes.” 

Feel good story of the decade!

Canada by Mike Myers ★★★★☆

“Never once did I worry about crime. I had the presence of mind to realize what a great thing it is, to live in a safe country.

The Coming Storm by Michael Lewis ★★★★★

The most relevant audiobook of the year.

The unsung heroes at NOAA will likely save your life someday (soon).

Or not.

Check out Audible’s informative page: https://www.audible.com/pd/Science-Te...

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery ★★★★★

Yesterday I set off on a one mile walk with my dog and this audiobook - that mile became four because I didn't want to stop listening. I made dinner and listened. I ate dinner and listened. Tucked in my bed I listened into the wee hours. I woke up, brushed my teeth and listened. In short, I am completely hooked by this audiobook.

Octopus: The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate by Jennifer A. Mather, Roland C. Anderson, James B. Wood ★★★★★

My love for octopuses began with Sy Montgomery’s Soul of an Octopus. I have not eaten one since, it would be a crime against something magically beautiful and intelligent.