Books
- Northland Publishing, 2007
Pluto and Beyond: A Story of Discovery, Adversity and Ongoing Exploration
By Anne Minard, with a foreword by Carolyn S. Shoemaker
Lowell Observatory, in Flagstaff, Arizona, is one of the country’s only remaining private astronomy institutions. Made famous by the discovery of Pluto more than 70 years ago, the Lowell staff continues to contribute remarkable achievements to the field. This book contains a delightful mix of history, science and controversial insight into the lives and minds of 20th Century astronomers.
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 2008
Renewing America’s Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent’s Most Endangered Foods, is a beautifully illustrated dramatic call to recognize, celebrate, and conserve the great diversity of foods that gives North America its distinctive culinary identity and reflects our multicultural heritage. It offers us rich natural and cultural histories as well as recipes and folk traditions associated with the rarest food plants and animals in North America. In doing so, it reminds us that what we choose to eat can either conserve or deplete the cornucopia of our continent. More information about the book is available at Chelsea Green Publishing
Earth Notes: Exploring the Southwest’s Canyon Country From the Airwaves (anthology), Grand Canyon Association and KNAU, 2005
By Peter Friederici (Editor), Gary Paul Nabhan (Foreword), Anne Minard (Contributor, with nine others)
The Colorado Plateau. Canyon Country. The Four Corners. Call it what you will, the upland Southwest is home to some of Americas most scenic treasures: the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Canyonlands, the mountains and mesas of New Mexico. It is also home to some of the country’s most unique and treasured lifeways: Hopi, Navajo, Hispanic, Anglo-American. Each week the popular show Earth Notes, produced by KNAU/Arizona Public Radio, captures this diversity of landscape and culture. This book includes some of the all-time favorite Earth Notes essays in a memorable portrait of a special place.
