Natural Instincts

With Earth Day on the horizon, spring arrives with love letters for the great outdoors.

MUSIC

Johnny Cash

Out Among the Stars (Legacy Recordings)

Posthumous studio album from the country legend featuring recordings from lost 1980s sessions with famed countrypolitan producer Billy Sherrill. The recordings were shelved by Cash’s record company, Columbia, and discovered by Cash’s son, John Carter Cash, in 2012. March 25.

FILM

Bears

Narrated by John C. Reilly, Disneynature presents Bears, a story all parents share about the strength it takes to raise a family. In theatres April 18.

PAGES

Walking on Water: A Novel

By Richard Paul Evans (Simon & Schuster)

After the death of his beloved wife, the loss of his advertising business to his once-trusted partner, and bankruptcy forced him from his home, Alan Christoffersen’s daring cross-country journey—a walk across America from Seattle to Key West with only the pack on his back—has taught him lessons about love, forgiveness and, most of all, hope. On bookshelves May 6.

TECH

Project Noah

This handy smartphone app lets you explore and document wildlife while providing a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere. Free!