Over the past few years I’ve found much to appreciate in Dr. Corinne Wieben’s podcast Enchanted; the History of Magic & Witchcraft, particularly when she takes up an aspect of the natural world.
Enchanted: The Red Branch
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Little Books of Nature
With a format, size, and style of content that is very reminiscent of the original Golden Guides and the Observer’s Books series, the new Princeton University Press Little Books of Nature series is a welcome development indeed.
Tree by Tree
Should the American Robins or Blue Jays, or any creature most humans can readily identify and see with regularity, rapidly decline in numbers, alarm bells would be rung near and far. However if the American Elms rapidly began to sicken and die, few but the most botanically astute would likely even notice until it was far too late.
Trees; From Root to Leaf
Written by Dr. Paul Smith, with a foreword by Dr. Robert Macfarlane, “Trees” provides its readers with a copiously illustrated compendium of information arranged and presented in a manner that makes it very accessible to all regardless of their previous familiarity with the subject.