In a collection of photographs accompanied by essays, this book portrays the vulnerabilities experienced by residents of South Florida’s mobile home communities amid rapid urban transformation and the threat of economic displacement.

How does our climate actually work? Should we worry about the global supply of drinking water? And can technology help reverse the damage we’ve done to the Earth? In Atlas of a Threatened Planet, award-winning book and graphic designer Esther Gonstalla digs into these questions and many more through her attractive and easy-to-understand infographics.  Gonstalla turns her designer’s eye to the most critical threats to our environment, from shrinking glaciers and declining biodiversity to shifting ocean currents. These accessible and fun illustrations will show readers that, although the threats are grave, not all is lost. Changes in technology, infrastructure, and our outlook can still help us protect the places we love.

Atlas of a Threatened Planet will spark your curiosity and invite you to see the Earth in a new way. It is written for all who want to understand the interlocking pieces of our home—and fight for the best ideas and strategies to save it.

A comprehensive and richly illustrated survey of one of the most significant and intriguing quilters of the 21st century, featuring 109 color plates of Wells's narrative quilts with intimate commentaries by Wells herself

A detailed biography of the esteemed actress, before, during, and after The Avengers

Shifting Gears tells the story of how Canada’s largest private-sector union shifted its political strategy from an emphasis on transformative activism to transactional partnerships.

Nature-First Cities recognizes nature as the lead architect in the most essential of restoration projects – our cities.

Forging a Sustainable Southwest is the story of how diverse groups of citizens in the Southwest have worked collaboratively to develop visions for land use that harmonize ecological, economic, cultural, and community needs.

Explaining why the state is more than the “Florida Man” stories and other stereotypes, this book celebrates what makes Florida worth a deeper understanding in a lively trip through the state’s natural beauty and fascinating history.

This book considers the vast collection of skulls amassed by Samuel Morton in the first half of the nineteenth century, using a biohistoric approach to take a close look at the times in which Morton lived, his work, and its complicated legacy.

By uncovering how higher education and gender roles evolved in Appalachia over time, this book delivers a history that contradicts the stereotype of the region as hostile to education—including mini biographies of women who attended Madison College in the 19th century.

Not Just a Man’s War uncovers the extraordinary stories of ordinary Chinese women during the horrific fourteen-year War of Resistance against Japan, from 1931 to 1945.

An indigent queer sculptor details the culmination and dissolution of her chosen family of artists, bohemians, and libertines in an American city engulfed in civil conflict.