From the host of the Travel Channel’s “The Wild Within.” A hunt for the American buffalo—an adventurous, fascinating examination of an animal that has haunted the American imagination. In 2005, Steven Rinella won a lottery permit to hunt for a wild buffalo, or American bison, in the Alaskan wilderness. Despite the odds—there’s only a 2 percent chance of drawing the permit, and fewer than 20 percent of those hunters are successful—Rinella managed to kill a buffalo on a snow-covered mountainside and then raft the meat back to civilization while being trailed by grizzly bears and suffering from hypothermia. Throughout these adventures, Rinella found himself contemplating his own place among the 14,000 years’ worth of buffalo hunters in North America, as well as the buffalo’s place in the American experience. At the time of the Revolutionary War, North America was home to approximately 40 million buffalo, the largest herd of big mammals on the planet, but by the mid-1890s only a few hundred remained. Now that the buffalo is on the verge of a dramatic ecological recovery across the West, Americans are faced with the challenge of how, and if, we can dare to share our land with a beast that is the embodiment of the American wilderness. American Buffalo is a narrative tale of Rinella’s hunt. But beyond that, it is the story of the many ways in which the buffalo has shaped our national identity. Rinella takes us across the continent in search of the buffalo’s past, present, and future: to the Bering Land Bridge, where scientists search for buffalo bones amid artifacts of the New World’s earliest human inhabitants; to buffalo jumps where Native Americans once ran buffalo over cliffs by the thousands; to the Detroit Carbon works, a “bone charcoal” plant that made fortunes in the late 1800s by turning millions of tons of buffalo bones into bone meal, black dye, and fine china; and even to an abattoir turned fashion mecca in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, where a depressed buffalo named Black Diamond met his fate after serving as the model for the American nickel. Rinella’s erudition and exuberance, combined with his gift for storytelling, make him the perfect guide for a book that combines outdoor adventure with a quirky blend of facts and observations about history, biology, and the natural world. Both a captivating narrative and a book of environmental and historical significance, American Buffalo tells us as much about ourselves as Americans as it does about the creature who perhaps best of all embodies the American ethos.

American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

History

Rinella, Steven

Americas

Spiegel & Grau

The&nbsp;#1&nbsp;bestseller that has helped heal millions of readers,&nbsp;this&nbsp;modern classic&nbsp;holds the key to understanding codependency and unlocking its hold on your life.&nbsp; Melody Beattie's compassionate and insightful look into codependency--the concept&nbsp;of losing oneself in&nbsp;the name&nbsp;of helping another--&nbsp;has helped millions of readers understand that they are powerless to change anyone but themselves&nbsp;and&nbsp;that caring for the self is where healing begins.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Is someone else's problem your problem? If, like so many others, you've lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to&nbsp;a loved one's self-destructive behavior, you may be codependent--and you may find yourself in this book.&nbsp;With instructive life stories, personal reflections, exercises, and self-tests,&nbsp;Codependent No More&nbsp;helps you to break old patterns, maintain healthy boundaries, and say no to unhealthy&nbsp;relationships. It offers a clear and achievable path&nbsp;to freedom and a lifetime of healing, hope, and happiness.&nbsp; &nbsp;This ground-breaking book is&nbsp;even more&nbsp;relevant today, as readers&nbsp;confront&nbsp;new,&nbsp;urgent&nbsp;challenges with&nbsp;greater&nbsp;self-awareness, than it was when it&nbsp;first&nbsp;entered the national conversation&nbsp;over 35 years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Original Edition)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Beattie, Melody

Mental Health

Revised and Updated, with a New Chapter on Trauma and Anxiety, Resources, and More Over 7 Million Copies Sold The cultural phenomenon that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to understanding codependency and unlocking its hold on your life. As heard on Glennon Doyle's&nbsp; We Can Do Hard Things podcast Melody Beattie's compassionate and insightful look into codependency--the concept of losing oneself in the name of helping another--has guided millions of readers toward the understanding that they are powerless to change anyone but themselves and that caring for the self is where healing begins. Is someone else's problem your problem? If, like so many others, you've lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to a loved one's self-destructive behavior, you may be codependent--and you may find yourself in this book. With personal reflections, exercises, and instructive stories drawn from Beattie's own life and the lives of those she's counseled, Codependent No More helps you break old patterns and maintain healthy boundaries, and offers a clear and achievable path to healing, hope, freedom, and happiness. This revised edition includes an all-new chapter on trauma and anxiety--subjects Beattie has long felt necessary to address within the context of codependency--making it even more relevant today than it was when it first entered the national conversation over 35 years ago.

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Revised and Updated)

Self-Help

Death & Grief

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