May 23, 2014
Summer Reading with a Vengeance
Three new essential summer reads examine justice and payback in the wilderness.
Bruce Barcott
Published
Nov 12, 2013
Sizing Up Sally Jewell
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has an impressive résumé. Oil geologist, banker, president of REI. But today's Washington is a landscape without maps, and in this age of climate change and keystone,...
Aug 19, 2013
Two New Master Works on Espionage and Globalization
Two literary lions deliver long-awaited epics about espionage and globalization
Mar 26, 2013
Michael Pollan and Other Eco-Titans On Smarter Ways to Cook, Eat, and Clean
Three eco-titans propose smarter ways to cook, eat, and clean
Jan 30, 2013
A Quick Synopsis of Jared Diamond's Newest Treatise on Humanity
What can we learn from traditional societies?
Dec 18, 2012
Death at Yosemite: The Story Behind Last Summer's Hantavirus Outbreak
The outbreak, which killed three, didn’t only attack the lungs of its victims. It messed with the psyche of the rest of us, too.
Nov 15, 2012
Gone Viral
Where will the next great pandemic come from? David Quammen's new book dives into the science of illness in search of an answer.
Sep 12, 2012
The Devil on Paradise Road
Last January, after shooting four men in Seattle, a former Army specialist drove to Mount Rainier National Park with an arsenal of deadly weapons and murdered a ranger. Bruce Barcott recounts one of...
Sep 5, 2012
Required Reading: 'The Dog Stars'
Peter Heller's terrific, apocalyptic first novel, The Dog Stars.
Dec 1, 2011
Exploring the North Pole by Balloon
A review of Alec Wilkinson’s new book “The Ice Balloon”. S.A. Andree's attempt to reach the North Pole in a balloon during the late 19th century.
Aug 25, 2011
The Big-Shake, Big-Wave Theory
If a megaquake like the one that hit Japan last march were to strike the U.S., the Pacific Northwest coast would be the likeliest spot.
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