power of the white elephant to solidify their hold on power, and how a rural woman in the Himalayas changed government conservation policy by hugging a tree. His books and articles have exposed the cultural genocide of the Penan people of Sarawak, Malaysia, helped to generate a renaissance of appreciation for British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace and identified Eco-Cultural Revolutions which have had major impacts on our relationship with nature. Reviewers have noted his innovative style and approach; Jeffrey Sayer, founding director general of the Centre for International Forestry Research in Bogor, Indonesia, and professor of conservation and development at James Cook University, Australia says: "This book [An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles] occupies a new category of non-fiction – part personal travelogue, part incisive biography of Wallace, part unexpected traveler’s tales." Articles and personal essays Sochaczewski has published more than 600 by-lined articles in the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, Travel and Leisure, Bangkok Post and other publications. Books He has written or co-authored 19 books of non-fiction, personal travel, and fiction. They include: A Conservation Notebook: Ego, Greed, and Adorable Orangutans — Tales from a Half-Century on the Environmental Front Lines. The reader joins Sochaczewski on encounters that wander from UN-bureaucracies to the wild regions of Indonesian New Guinea, from a mythical sacred mountain in India to a holy grove in Myanmar, from bioprospecting on the coral reefs of Micronesia to a “war of the trees” regreening program in Zimbabwe, from brave people with good intentions to powerful folks with greed tarnishing their hearts. The book is a highly personal collection of adventures, traveler’s tales, and outlying ideas, reflecting five decades of work in nature conservation. It offers no easy solutions, no sanctimonious scolding. Tobgay Sonam Namgyal, former head of the Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation, says: "Sochaczewski’s story is an enduring inspiration against the daily onslaught of war, disease, poverty and short-term thinking that threaten our natural heritage. It is a wonderful tribute to the movements and characters behind modern nature conservation.” Searching for Ganesha: Collecting Images of the Sweet-Loving, Elephant-Headed Hindu Deity Everybody Admires. Ganesha, the Hindu elephant-headed god is among the most-treasured of all deities. In this book Sochaczewski explores why he collects Ganesha images, including theories on why people collect suggested by Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. He explains how Hindu public relations experts