Author and climate activist Bill McKibben has created two new initiatives. The first is a newsletter he's titled "The Crucial Years," available through Substack with various subscription options. In the introduction to the newsletter, he writes … [Read more...] about Bill McKibben launches new climate projects
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Summer reads: New releases by regional authors
North Country scenes and themes fill recent reading list Most of us didn’t spend 2020 browsing in bookstores, so here’s a shout-out for some of the new Adirondack books that came off the press while we were at home washing our masks. These four … [Read more...] about Summer reads: New releases by regional authors
Rustic Adirondackana
Birchbark Bookshop is a rough-hewn slice of North Country history By Neal Burdick Last fall, my wife and I took our daughter and a bibliophile friend of hers to the Birchbark Bookshop, on a winding back road near Parishville in the … [Read more...] about Rustic Adirondackana
Rustic isolation: Great Camps history volume undergoes a renaissance like that of its subjects
Book Review Great Camps of the Adirondacks, 2nd Ed. By Harvey H. Kaiser Boston: David R. Godine, 2020 $50.00 By Neal Burdick Let's say it's the 1880s, and someone has just told you he's heading for camp. Depending on who it is, this … [Read more...] about Rustic isolation: Great Camps history volume undergoes a renaissance like that of its subjects
‘Finding a Woman’s Place’
Book explores bonds forged at an Adirondack feminist collective Editor's note: Lorraine Duvall is hosting an online book reading and discussion of this book via Zoom at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 24. CLICK HERE for more info. By Leigh … [Read more...] about ‘Finding a Woman’s Place’
Reading in Place: Books to help pass the time
Author/editor John Davis, of The Rewilding Institute spends a lot of time reading, even when it's not a pandemic. Davis, who lives in Westport, recently shared a list of books of regional interest and/or environmental bent that he’d suggest to … [Read more...] about Reading in Place: Books to help pass the time