"The recent decline of the European honey bee and other pollinators in North America poses a serious challenge to our food supply and ecological health. About 75 percent of all flowering plants rely on pollinators in order to set seed or fruit, and from these plants comes one-third of the planet's food.Attracting Native Pollinators is a comprehensive guidebook for gardeners, small farmers, orchardists, beekeepers, naturalists, environmen ..."
"Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists is a first-of-its-kind, step-by-step, full-color guide for rearing and managing bumble bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees and other bee species that provide pollination alternatives to the rapidly declining honey bee. Written by Eric Mader of the Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Program; Professor of Entomology Marla Spivak; and Elaine Evans ..."
Ueki no Te Ire(1st Edition) The Japanese Art of Giant Bonsai by EricMader Paperback, 62 Pages, Published 2005 by Lulu, Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-4116-2565-5, ISBN: 1-4116-2565-X
"Ueki no Te Ire: The Japanese Art of Giant Bonsai is the first comprehensive guide to Japanese-style landscape pruning in the English language. It’s an ideal introduction to the subject for bonsai and Japanese garden enthusiasts as well as landscape designers, and professional gardeners. The book includes a brief history of Asian topiary as well as step-by-step guidelines for pruning and training landscape trees in several formal Japanes ..."
Minor Scratches by EricMader Paperback, 207 Pages, Published 2019 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-72578-787-2, ISBN: 1-72578-787-3
"Essays on expat life in Taiwan, short tales, much ado about a glowing crow, and more make up this new collection from expat Eric Mader. Readers who were tickled or infuriated by his last collection Idiocy, Ltd. will be tickled or infuriated again. With submissions by Paul Wylie, Ryan Tsai, M.K. Getgood, 黃聖翔,Max Yawney, Ullrich Langer, Mr. Who Dat Blues, 范姜詠欣 , Kristin Mader, 汪時泉, 莊崴翔 and Josh.Mader is … an endlessly fascinating eccentri ..."
A Taipei Mutt by EricMader Paperback, 271 Pages, Published 2017 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5428-4585-4, ISBN: 1-5428-4585-8
"Arriving in Taiwan to begin a stint teaching English, Louis K. allows himself to be seduced by a mysterious woman in a bank. Back at her apartment, she turns out to be a witch, and after changing him into a Scotch terrier mutt, adds him to her backyard kennel of previous conquests, all now dogs. This is the improbable beginning of Eric Mader’s novel of canine life in Taiwan’s capital. Once set loose on Taipei’s streets, Louis embarks ..."
Idiocy, Ltd.(1st Edition) by EricMader Paperback, 162 Pages, Published 2015 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5118-5945-5, ISBN: 1-5118-5945-8
"Idiocy, Ltd. gathers the very best from three decades of Eric Mader’s work in the short prose form pioneered by Max Jacob, Daniil Kharms and Russell Edson. Prose poems, flash fiction, fables, brief essays and other assorted pieces that will twist your head and make you laugh aloud. . . . Two parts Kafka, one part Monty Python. Available while there are still books. “Whether its smoking giraffes, Florida-style political rehabilitation, o ..."
Heretic Days Writings from the Margins of Christianity by EricMader Paperback, 302 Pages, Published 2012 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-4662-2097-3, ISBN: 1-4662-2097-X
"HERETIC DAYS is grand theatre--a drama enacted in Eric Mader's subtle and playful mind. Mader queries, dramatizes, teases, mocks, pronounces, parodies, lunges, and finally burrows down into some the of the most intractable conundrums facing Christian seekers today. I know of no other writer who reads theology so deeply and so well. You come away from his work with a new understanding of play as sacrament. Think of this book as a stage o ..."