"Endless solitude along the path with the canoe 22 days in as the setting sun lights up the horizon with amber golds, and my heart has never been more thankful for this beautiful life."– Riverhorse Nakadate 📚: tinyurl.com/427n4e8f

Big thanks to Outside Bozeman for featuring PHEASANT TAIL SIMPLICITY in their Summer 2026 issue. As they put it, “Pheasant Tail Simplicity will definitely increase your knowledge and simplify your fishing and, if you're lucky, help you catch more fish.” books.midstatesgroup.com/books/itlq/

You're going to want to turn your sound on for this one! There’s something special about hearing a personal book in the author’s own voice. Riverhorse Nakadate narrates WATER LINES with the same easy rhythm that carries the essays themselves. (1/🧵) 📚: tinyurl.com/bpaasjyj

The best books about the great outdoors don't tell you to go outside. They remind you why you already want to. WATER LINES is for anyone who's ever gone outside because they didn’t know what else to do with themselves and came back a little better for it. tinyurl.com/bpaasjyj

If you think fly fishing only belongs in cold mountain streams, WATER LINES has a few things to show you. Riverhorse Nakadate writes from a different fly fishing world, one shaped by South Texas heat, Gulf Coast marshes, local food, music, family, and saltwater. (1/🧵) 📚: tinyurl.com/bpaasjyj

We love seeing early readers connect with WATER LINES! Yes, there is fly fishing in this book. But you don’t need to know a thing about rods, reels, or fish to love it. Riverhorse writes about water as a place of memory, grief, humor, escape, and return. Pick up a copy: tinyurl.com/bpaasjyj

Riverhorse Nakadate is a Patagonia Fly Fish Ambassador, adventurer, environmentalist, musician, and writer who's built a life around water, stories, and wild places. His work has appeared in surfing, guitar, and countless fly fishing magazines. (1/🧵) 📚: tinyurl.com/bpaasjyj

Our newest book is here! WATER LINES: A Life on Marshes, Rivers, Seas, and in the Rain by Riverhorse Nakadate is available now. This collection of essays takes you on a journey through marshes, rivers, rain, and open water, but it’s about so much more than that (1/🧵). 📚: tinyurl.com/bpaasjyj

Fishing-related gifts? For Father’s Day? Groundbreaking... But hey, the classics are classic for a reason! So if the dad in your life would rather be on the water, we've got some gift ideas for you! (1/🧵) 📚 tinyurl.com/427n4e8f

WATER LINES: A Life on Marshes, Rivers, Seas, and in the Rain comes out next week, and Riverhorse Nakadate is taking it on the road! The tour kicks off in Texas, with stops across the country to follow. Come hear from Riverhorse and spend some time with this wonderful book. tinyurl.com/fm3s578n

WATER LINES: A Life on Marshes, Rivers, Seas, and in the Rain comes out next week, and Riverhorse Nakadate is taking it on the road! The tour kicks off in Texas, with stops across the country to follow. Come hear from Riverhorse and spend some time with this wonderful book. tinyurl.com/vhn7snju

Here’s a sneak peek of PROTEST: Respect It, Defend It, Use It. Listen in and pick up a copy of the book today: tinyurl.com/5dshweed

Here's a first look at our upcoming book WATER LINES: A Life on Marshes, Rivers, Seas, and in the Rain by Riverhorse Nakadate. We’re especially excited to share the cover, featuring artwork by Sarah Stephens, whose paintings appear throughout the book. Preorder the book today: tinyurl.com/bpaasjyj

It is time for another round of “If you liked this… read that!" If you enjoyed THIS IS AN UPRISING, pick up PROTEST. It examines the power of nonviolent action from the perspective of activists and organizers who refuse to just accept the world as it is (1/🧵) tinyurl.com/5dshweed

Did you know that whales weren’t always the underwater giants we know today? Millions of years ago, they were much smaller. New research suggests one reason they got so big may have started with volcanoes in the Andes (1/🧵) 📚 tinyurl.com/427n4e8f

For Nemonte Nenquimo and the Waorani people of eastern Ecuador, protest can look like protecting the forest that sustains them. It can look like harvesting wild medicine, speaking Wao Tededo, teaching children ancestral songs, or defending territory in court. (1/🧵) 📚 tinyurl.com/5dshweed

This week, ROAM is heading to Montana for a series of conversations about wildlife movement, migration, and keeping landscapes connected. Hillary Rosner will be in Missoula, Bozeman, and Livingston, and locals – we hope to see you there! largelandscapes.org/roam-book-to...

In 2024, thousands of ocean lovers joined Surfers Against Sewage for protests across the UK. The demonstrations were funny, strange, and very hard to ignore. Sometimes the smartest way to call out a mess is to make it impossible to look away. Grab a copy of PROTEST today: tinyurl.com/5dshweed

Do you ever feel like protest doesn’t change anything? Because history says otherwise. Protest helped win weekends, labor protections, women’s right to vote, desegregation, disability access, marriage equality, cleaner air and water, and more. (1/🧵) 📚 tinyurl.com/5dshweed

Imagine you’re standing 3,655 feet above sea level in Iceland, on a bare stretch of rock where a glacier used to be. There are no roaring rivers of ice. No blue crevasses. No massive frozen body slowly moving across the mountain. Just stone. (1/🧵) 📚 tinyurl.com/5dshweed

Twelve years ago today, Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia departed Oʻahu to begin the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage, a three-year journey that would eventually carry them across the Pacific and around the world. (1/🧵) 📚 tinyurl.com/shjda9jr

Democracy is not a spectator sport. It relies on people paying attention, speaking up, gathering together, and refusing to accept injustice. Many of the rights we now take for granted weren't just benevolently granted to us. (1/🧵) 📚 tinyurl.com/5dshweed

"People love protest in abstract and in history. But back when it was happening, no one was happy with them." – Annie Leonard People like the idea of protest, but they're far less enthusiastic when it slows traffic, disrupts business as usual, or demands attention now. (2/🧵) 📚 tinyurl.com/5dshweed

The PROTEST book tour is well underway! Huge thanks to everyone who has come through so far: organizers, contributors, readers, and anyone else curious enough to show up. 🧵 📚 tinyurl.com/5dshweed

Early reviews for PROTEST are starting to roll in, and we're so excited that people are loving it! If you've ever wondered whether your voice matters, this book has something to say to you. PROTEST is available now. Pick up your copy today: tinyurl.com/5dshweed

In 2016, Indigenous youth set out to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline and raise awareness about the threat it posed to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s water supply and more. This became one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous people in the US in more than a century. 🧵 📚: tinyurl.com/5dshweed

PROTEST: Respect It, Defend It, Use It by Annie Leonard and André Carothers is here! This powerful new book looks at the history of peaceful protest and the change it's made possible, from cleaner air to women’s suffrage and more. (1/🧵) 📚: tinyurl.com/5dshweed

PROTEST is hitting the road! We're excited to share event info for PROTEST: Respect It, Defend It, Use It! The tour will explore what peaceful protest has made possible, why that right matters, and what's at stake when it's under attack. See you there: protestthebook.com/events

Happy Earth Day from all of us at Patagonia Books! Our books spend a lot of time in forests, rivers, deserts, mountains, and coastlines, but our goal is never just to admire those places. It's to remember what's at stake and why it's worth protecting. 📚: tinyurl.com/yc3t44zc 📸: Corey Rich

Over the last 12,000 years, humans have cut down almost half the trees that once grew on Earth. Let that sink in. And we're still removing them at a rate of about 15 billion per year. That number is hard to wrap your head around, but the effects are abundantly clear. 🧵 📚: tinyurl.com/53djathm

We have a soft spot for books that were written by someone who has actually been there, and A MOUNTAINEER’S LIFE is that kind of read. Allen Steck lived through a remarkable stretch of climbing history, from early Sierra ascents to major routes in the Alps and beyond. 📚 tinyurl.com/2suwpjy7

A new study found artificial turf made with recycled tire rubber can leach a salmon-killing chemical into stormwater for years after installation. Even fields over six years old showed levels high enough to kill juvenile salmon. (1/🧵) 📚: tinyurl.com/33x9ddkc

André Carothers is an activist, writer, and organizer who's worked in environmental action and human rights for over four decades. He's been involved in collective action campaigns on climate change, environmental protection, nuclear disarmament, and democracy. (1/🧵) 📚: tinyurl.com/28xmwtwz

@anniemleonard.bsky.social is an activist, author, and filmmaker whose work has helped people connect the dots between consumer culture, corporate power, and environmental harm. She created The Story of Stuff and spent years at Greenpeace, where she served as Executive Director. (1/3)

LET MY PEOPLE GO SURFING is an all-time favorite for a reason. Whether you need inspiration, a new perspective, or hope during a dark time, it's the kind of book you go back to again and again. Grab your copy: tinyurl.com/bde37wdx

Happy birthday to Doug Peacock. For nearly twenty years, he tracked grizzlies through the mountains alone. His book, WAS IT WORTH IT?, looks back on a life of risk and deep loyalty to the living world, and we are honored to have it on the Patagonia Books shelf: tinyurl.com/4y5xwye2

New research from the University of Washington has found that overplowing damages soil. Using fiber-optic tools, researchers examined fields with varying levels of compaction and found that plowing disrupts the capillary networks that help soil act like a sponge. (1/🧵) 📚https://tinyurl.com/4shhp84h

Wild fish don't need perfect conditions or a miracle to thrive. They just need cold water, a connected habitat, and people who are willing to stop making things worse. Recovery is possible...but only if we leave room for it. Consider this your sign to pick up HEADWATERS: tinyurl.com/5czwh4e5

It is time for another round of “If you liked this… read that,” where we match Patagonia Books titles with some of the favorites already on your shelf. Explore these titles and more: tinyurl.com/427n4e8f

Deep in Bhutan, Rick Ridgeway and his team spent days trying to find a mountain that didn't seem to exist where the maps said it should. When the expedition ended, they did what explorers are supposed to do: take compass bearings, note elevations, and sketch a map (1/🧵) 📚 tinyurl.com/28yvtbv8

Steven Hawley is a writer and filmmaker from Oregon, whose work focuses on the complicated relationship between rivers, power, and the systems we build to control water. (1/4) 📚 tinyurl.com/crrsukvh

We’ve teamed up with Booktrovert for an ebook giveaway of TOOLS TO SAVE OUR HOME PLANET! If you've been wanting to stop doomscrolling and start taking action, but haven't known where to begin, this is a good place to start. Head to Booktrovert for a chance to win: booktrovert.com/promotions-g...

This Mayfly Spinner Dry is perfect for low-riding mayflies, with pheasant tail fibers that match the colors we see on the water. That's the beauty of pheasant tail: one material that does so much Learn to tie 18 patterns with step-by-step guides in PHEASANT TAIL SIMPLICITY: tinyurl.com/3h58m726

We’re excited to share that all five of our 2025 books are finalists in the 2025 INDIES Book of the Year Awards from Foreword Reviews! We're proud to see our books recognized alongside so many strong independent titles. Huge congratulations to everyone who helped bring these books into the world.

SWELL is the kind of book you can return to over and over again. It's the kind you pull off the shelf when you're restless, a little stuck, or daydreaming about chucking it all and heading for the horizon. 📚 tinyurl.com/5c65aa4u

Farmed clams, mussels, and oysters are among the lowest-carbon animal foods we can eat. They don’t need to be fed. They filter natural plankton from the water, so no crops are grown for pellets, and no extra fertilizer is in the system. (1/4) 📚 tinyurl.com/275shd28

For as long as there has been anything worth protecting, women have been doing that work. Indigenous women have guarded seeds, forests, and water for generations. Early conservation clubs ran on the organizing and fundraising of women who were rarely credited (1/4)

Did you know that glaciers serve as a water savings account for roughly a quarter of the world’s population? 📚: tinyurl.com/3rm9ed5n

Here is your first look at our upcoming book PROTEST: Respect It, Defend It, Use It. Authors @annieleonard.bsky.social and André Carothers ask a simple question: What would the world look like if we couldn't take to the streets, raise our voices, and stand together for change? (1/3)

We loved Hillary Rosner’s conversation on the Care More Be Better podcast! Hearing her talk at length about how land use choices are turning the planet into an obstacle course for wildlife makes you want to get up and do something about it! (1/3) 🎧: tinyurl.com/24xsuh3n 📚: tinyurl.com/yeysa5b6