A literary We Are the World, featuring excerpts by 16 international authors, including Tracy Chevalier, Paulo Coelho, Nick Hornby, Stephen King, Ian McEwan, Vikram Seth, Joanna Trollope, and more, to raise funds for tsunami relief charities.

This linen-bound, slipcovered gift book contains 140 breathtaking full-color landscapes, from the Palisades to the Shawangunk Ridge. Cows grazing in frost, mountain laurel in bloom, waterfalls, loosestrife, a mist-shrouded heron. For gallery information, www.exposures.com.

Putnam County author and jazz clarinetist Rothenberg offers a connoisseur's inquiry into the musical and scientific properties of bird song. Beyond such practical functions as mating calls, territoriality, and communication, is it possible that birds sing for joy? A companion CD, also titled Why Birds Sing, is available from Terra Nova Music.

A newly revised and updated edition of an invaluable volume on natural alternatives to synthetic hormone replacement therapy. The authors offer insights into menopausal changes and cautions about corporate-sponsored research studies. Read it before your doctor prescribes.

A pocket history of the coolest instrument in Woodstock, with 65 photographs of prized collectibles, including a 19th-century Martin with an elephant-ivory fretboard, nickel-plated 1930s resonators, Les Paul Gold-tops, and a 1968 paisley Telecaster. Rock on!

Subtitled "The Intelligence of the Heart in the Direct Perception of Nature," this idiosyncratic, quote-filled meditation by Vermont herbalist Buhner explores nature, medicinal plants, and cultural modes of perception. A paean for the green at heart.