John Yunker

John is an award-winning author of stories, novels and plays. He is author of THE STANDING DEAD, coming in 2027. He is also author of the novels The Tourist Trail and  Where Oceans Hide Their Dead and co-author of the mystery Devils Island. He  is editor of Writing for Animals (also now a writing program). More at JohnYunker.com.

Book Review: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

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Cover of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

Guest book review by Gene Helfman. Put simply, reading An Immense World will change how you perceive the world. It certainly has altered my perception. I have decades of experience …

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Book Review: The Devil’s Element: A Hell of a Mess We’ve Gotten Ourselves Into

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Cover of The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance by Dan Egan

While reading The Devil’s Element: Phosphorous and a World Out of Balance by Dan Egan I happened to come across this article in The New York Times about a growing …

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Book Review: Sixty Harvests Left: Regenerating our planet and ourselves

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Cover of Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future by Philip Lymbery

I’ve long believed that the Dust Bowl years were the result of rampant over-farming and generally awful land management. And while this is true, what I didn’t realize until I …

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The best environmental books we’ve read in 2022

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Philosopher Albert Camus summed it up best when he wrote: “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.” The books we’ve highlighted below include a number …

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