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Publisher’s Weekly selects Homesick for a World Unknown for its Holiday Gift Guide 2026

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“A naturalist braves fearsome predators, epic treks, and meddlesome bureaucrats in this adventuresome biography. Horn recaps the expeditions of George B. Schaller, from his revolutionary 1959–1960 study of mountain gorillas in Congo to his campaigns to halt the international trade in wool from endangered Tibetan chiru antelope. The result is a captivating account of a…

Homesick for a World Unknown

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The first full biography of field biologist George Schaller, forthcoming 4/21/2026 from Penguin Press by Miriam Horn.

Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman

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From a fourth-generation Montana cowboy protecting grizzlies and wolves to a commercial fisherman restoring the wild bounty of the Gulf of Mexico, a window onto the deeply conservative roots of conservation. Also a Sundance film.

Earth: The Sequel

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Portraits of the entrepreneurs inventing the next generation of clean energy technologies and reaping the 21st century’s greatest economic opportunity. A New York Times bestseller and Discovery documentary.

Rebels in White Gloves

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The 400 women who graduated with Hillary Clinton trod every path imaginable, becoming the first women in their law and medical schools, Buddhist nuns, activists wanted by the FBI, and stay-at-home moms.