Results for "Solnit, Rebecca"

An energizing case for hope about the climate, from Rebecca Solnit ("the voice of the resistance"-New York Times), climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and a chorus of voices calling on us to rise to the moment. Not Too Late brings strong climate voices from around the world to address the p... Read More about Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “lyrical” (Chicago Tribune) final work of nonfiction from the National Book Award–winning author of Arctic Dreams and Horizon, a literary icon whose writing, fieldwork, and mentorship inspired generations of writers and activists.   “Mesmerizing . . .&nbs... Read More about Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays

"This slim book--seven essays, punctuated by enigmatic, haunting paintings by Ana Teresa Fernandez--hums with power and wit."--Boston Globe "The antidote to mansplaining."--The Stranger "Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions."--Salon "Solnit tackles b... Read More about Men Explain Things to Me

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionFinalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography“An exhilarating romp through Orwell’s life and times and also through the life and times of roses.” —Margaret Atwood “A captivating account of Orwell as gardener, lover, ... Read More about Orwell's Roses

Mary Shelley's landmark novel that invented the human extinction genre and initiated climate fiction, imagining a world where newly-forged communities and reverence for nature rises from the ashes of a pandemic-ravaged society, now for the first time in Penguin Classics, with a foreword by Rebecca S... Read More about The Last Man

"One of the Best Books of the 21st Century."--The Guardian"No writer has better understood the mix of fear and possibility, peril and exuberance that's marked this new millennium."--Bill McKibben "An elegant reminder that activist victories are easily forgotten, and that they often come in extremel... Read More about Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities