Wetlands of Mass Destruction: Ancient Presage for Contemporary Ecocide in Southern Iraq (Paperback)
"If we fail to recognize the signals, aided by the lessons from the historical precedents outlined in Wetlands of Mass Destruction, we will see the slow steady erosion of that which is most precious." —Niall Kirkwood, Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University
"In bringing together these ancient writings with an account of the ecological calamity besetting the marshlands of modern Iraq, Dr. France evokes the voices of the past to illustrate and explain the present." —Joseph A. Green, Assistant Director of the Semitic Museum, Harvard University
"These haunting quotes from four thousand years ago leave us to ponder whether today’s civilizations have the wisdom and the vision to avoid a world in which we are left searching for a ’single reed marsh’ in a ‘desolate wilderness.’" —Henry Lee, Director of the Environment and Natural Resource Program, Harvard University
Ultreia! Onward!: Progress of the Pilgrim (Paperback)
Reading this book, whose subject is about recovering a sense of simplicity about what is really necessary for our journeys and what is excess, is itself a pilgrimage. Reading it as a tourist will not do. There is so much to learn from the well-chosen and well-spaced reflections by pilgrims offered in these pages. Much wisdom emerges from the deep and simple observations of the wanderers contained herein. A book such as this leads us to deep places as does every pilgrimage. Spirit emerges on every page… – Mathew Fox
A Wanderer All My Days: John Muir in New England (Paperback)
"A luminous contribution to Muir scholarship." —Robert M. Abbott, author, Uncommon Cents: Thoreau and the Nature of Business
"Huber has absorbed Muir’s New England essence and brought him back alive." —Stephan Fox, author, John Muir and His Legacy
"Parker Huber’s ability to reveal layer upon layer of natural and cultural interconnections in the New England of Muir’s day makes A Wanderer All My Days a world of its own—an animated, interesting, nuanced world that we, too, want to ramble through." —Michael P. Branch, University of Nevada–Reno, editor, John Muir’s Last Journey
"Written with the patience of a true scholar and the pleasure of an aficionado, . . . A Wanderer All My Days is a delightful and deeply informative book." —Robert J. Begiebing, Southern New Hampshire University, author of Rebecca Wentworth’s Distraction
"A Wanderer All My Days skillfully incorporates the landscape and culture of the East into the larger map of Muir’s achievement in a way that is thoroughly enjoyable." —John Elder, Middlebury College, author of Reading the Mountain of Home
"An absorbing and prodigiously researched narrative that will fascinate those who admire Muir and want to know more about the scores of people and places he encountered." —Rita K. Gollin, SUNY Genesco, author of Portraits of Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Assiduously researched with amazing detail, Huber allows us to make the same journeys, see the same places, and meet the many eastern cultural figures that Muir knew so well." —Ethan Carr, University of Massachusetts, author of Wilderness by Design