Summer Reading with a Vengeance
Three new essential summer reads examine justice and payback in the wilderness.
Bruce Barcott
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,...
The Best New Fall Reads
Thrills on Everest, and a botanical romance
Two New Master Works on Espionage and Globalization
Two literary lions deliver long-awaited epics about espionage and globalization
6 Hot Reads for Summer 2013
Kick back and indulge in the season’s best beach books
Required Reading: 'Wild Ones'
Jon Mooallem's examination of the ideal animal
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
A Quick Synopsis of Jared Diamond's Newest Treatise on Humanity
What can we learn from traditional societies?
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.
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.
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...
Required Reading: 'The Dog Stars'
Peter Heller's terrific, apocalyptic first novel, The Dog Stars.
Burning Men
E. O. Wilson has a surprising take on how humans conquered the planet
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.
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.
