In 1912, Mary Vaux, a botanist, glaciologist, painter, and photographer, wrote about her mountain adventures. This Wild Spirit explores a sampling of women's creative responses--in fiction and travel writing, photographs and paintings, embroidery and beadwork, letters and diaries, poetry and posters--to their experiences in the Rocky Mountains of Canada.

In 1912, Mary Vaux, a botanist, glaciologist, painter, and photographer, wrote about her mountain adventures: "A day on the trail, or a scramble over the glacier, or even with a quiet day in camp to get things in order for the morrow's conquests? Some how when once this wild spirit enters the blood...I can hardly wait to be off again." Vaux's compulsion was shared by many women whose intellects, imaginations, and spirits rose to the challenge of the mountains between the late-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. This Wild Spirit explores a sampling of women's creative responses--in fiction and travel writing, photographs and paintings, embroidery and beadwork, letters and diaries, poetry and posters--to their experiences in the Rocky Mountains of Canada.

Here is a new, compact gift edition of Steve Blooms breathtaking photographs of wildlife around the world. Blooms goal, brilliantly realised here, is to capture the animals spirit: the tigers eye gleaming brightly in the jungles of India; polar bear cubs seeing the world for the first time; the rare mountain gorillas of Africa. The result is a perpetual dance for the eye, the embodiment of natures choreography and an intimate exploration which reveals not only the animals but much that is new about ourselves.

Win Adler is sixteen and has been struck down with a mystery illness, shattering the life she knew in Boston. When doctors can't find a cure, her father's last hope of recovery is to take her home to Hickory House, her mother's ancestral home in the woods in the old colonial town of Cedar Wood. Living with her Grandpa and older sister in a quaint town should be ideal, but Win soon discovers she lives at the heart of an old town ghost story, a tale of witchcraft and tragedy. And Win learns that her family is unusual, someone is watching the house, someone who knows her family's dark secrets. Win is starting to change, in more ways than one, she is getting stronger and faster as she learns more about her family's strange curse. A falcon follows Win around, watching her every move, protecting her, and warding off danger. She must unearth the secrets of her past to survive the fight of her life before she runs out of time. If you love cozy, teen thrillers and mystery then buy this book, with forbidden romance, found family, and unbreakable family bonds. The first book in the Wild Spirit saga, if you love this then you can also find Huntress, the follow-up book, and The Last Hickory, the latest, heart-wrenching installment.

Joel Goss knows that Little Bub is a special colt, even though he’s a runt. And when schoolteacher Justin Morgan asks Joel to break the colt in, Joel is thrilled! Soon word about Little Bub has spread throughout the entire Northeast—this spirited colt can pull heavier loads than a pair of oxen. And run faster than thoroughbreds! This is the story of the little runt who became the father of the world-famous breed of American horses—the Morgan.

2024 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Winner in "Religion / Spirituality of Western Thought" CategoryWinner of the Living Now Book Award, Church of the Wild reminds us that once upon a time, humans lived in an intimate relationship with nature. Whether disillusioned by the dominant church or unfulfilled by traditional expressions of faith, many of us long for a deeper spirituality. Victoria Loorz certainly did. Coping with an unraveling vocation, identity, and planet, Loorz turned to the wanderings of spiritual leaders and the sanctuary of the natural world, eventually cofounding the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild. With an ecospiritual lens on biblical narratives and a fresh look at a community larger than our own species, Church of the Wild uncovers the wild roots of faith and helps us deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it--and calling it church. Through mystical encounters with wild deer, whispers from a scrubby oak tree, wordless conversation with a cougar, and more, Loorz helps us connect to a love that literally holds the world together--a love that calls us into communion with all creatures.

Based on natural forms, otherworldly archetypes, and fairy-tale characters, this truly unique tarot acts as soul-poetry, a catalyst to bring about a resurgence of the Wild Self. The boxed kit features a 336-page illustrated guide book and a 78-card deck.