Nature
Discover the best nature books and top titles about the natural world at our online bookstore, featuring books about nature and life, wildlife books, and nature biographies. Explore must-read and best-selling books, including naturalist books and nature short stories, perfect for every nature enthusiast.
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The Monarch Butterfly Migration: Its Rise and FallEach fall, millions of monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico. Their incredible journey--nearly 3,000 miles long--takes them through Oklahoma, Texas, and other US states, where butterfly devotees eagerly await their arrival. The monarch migration is a brilliant demonstration of nature's ingenuity, but the...
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The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished DogA Touching Homage to a Beloved Pet from America's Foremost Playwright Renowned playwright Eugene O'Neill composed this work in 1940 to comfort his wife about the death of their Dalmatian, Blemie. Better known for his despairing and pessimistic dramas, O'Neill's touching piece, written in...
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The Herbal Year: Folklore, History and RemediesAn enchanting, beautifully illustrated guide to seasonal plants--showing the long history of herbal remedies and their uses today "[A] charming almanac. . . . Hart-Davies, a writer and botanical illustrator whose watercolors enliven her book, . . . offers a lively combination of folk...
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The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for HumanityAs the specter of religious extremism has become a fact of life today, the temptation is great to allow the evil actions and perspectives of a minority to represent an entire tradition. In the case of Islam, there has been much recent confusion in...
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The Forager's Cookbook: Identify & Prepare Edible Weeds & Wild PlantsMore than a recipe book, more than a foraging book, more than a guide to herbal medicine. Discover 90 exciting recipes showcasing weeds that are delicious, nutritious, medicinal, too good to waste--and free!Why should we eat our weeds? Because they are delicious, adding a...
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The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness"Exciting. . . part adventure story, part wildlife tale"--The Boston Globe Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing the African wilds. Yet, in the 1970s and 1980s, about a thousand of these captivating...
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The Ellesmere Wolves: Behavior and Ecology in the High ArcticIn a fascinating story of discovery and science, we meet a remote population of wolves unafraid of humans. For parts of twenty-four summers, wolf biologist L. David Mech lived with a group of wolves on Ellesmere Island, some six hundred miles from the North...
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence"A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday . . . It's a delight."--The New York Times Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight...
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The Donkey Elegies: An Essay in PoemsAn essay in poems, The Donkey Elegies closely examines an animal's history, tracing how one species hauled the stones that built our civilizations, plowed the fields that fed generations, and carted soldiers and weapons from war to war. The poems undo the brunt end...
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The Deserts of California: A California Field AtlasA magnificent illustrated journey into California's famed deserts and the astonishingly abundant life they contain.2023 Glenn Goldman Award Winner for California Lifestyle, Chosen by the California Independent Booksellers AllianceA San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller!From Obi Kaufmann, author-illustrator of the best-selling California Field Atlas, comes a...
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The Botanical Bible: Plants, Flowers, Art, Recipes & Other Home UsesA lavishly illustrated celebration of the plant kingdom--its beauty, its uses, and its deep connection to daily life. The Botanical Bible is a comprehensive and visually stunning guide to the world of plants, flowers, and herbs. Blending science, history, art, and hands-on know-how, this...
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The Bees, Birds & Butterflies Sticker Anthology: With More Than 1,000 Vintage StickersCapture the delicate beauty of flora and fauna with this enchanting collection of stickers. Enjoy over a thousand vintage drawings that encapsulate the majesty of a wild country garden. Detailed illustrations of picturesque landscapes and gorgeous woodland portray the simple beauty of the great...
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The Backyard Stargazer's Bible: Discover Constellations, Galaxies, Nebulae, Meteorites, and MoreA beautifully illustrated guide to the wonders of the night sky--perfect for stargazers of all levels. The Backyard Stargazer's Bible is a comprehensive and visually rich companion for anyone curious about the cosmos. From constellations and comets to lunar phases and planetary events, this...
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The Age of Loneliness: EssaysIn this debut essay collection, Laura Marris reframes environmental degradation by setting aside the conventional, catastrophic framework of the Anthropocene in favor of that of the Eremocene, the age of loneliness, marked by the dramatic thinning of wildlife populations and by isolation between and...
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Swan: Poems and Prose Poems"Joy is not made to be a crumb," writes Mary Oliver, and certainly joy abounds in her new book of poetry and prose poems. Swan, her twentieth volume, shows us that, though we may be "made out of the dust of stars," we are...
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Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts"You are a rare bird, easy to see but invisible just the same." That thought is close at hand in Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, as renowned naturalist and writer J. Drew Lanham explores his obsession with birds and all...
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Sibley's Owls of North AmericaWritten and illustrated by David Allen Sibley, America's most widely respected bird illustrator and ornithologist, this FoldingGuide offers instant access to just what the beginning birdwatcher needs to know. All 18 species of North American owls are covered,including multiple illustrations, descriptive captions, size, range,...
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Sibley's Hummingbirds of North AmericaWritten and illustrated by David Allen Sibley, America's most widely respected bird illustrator and ornithologist, this FoldingGuide offers instant access to just what the beginning birdwatcher needs to know. All 18 species of North American hummingbirds--both common and rare-- are covered. Each entry includes...
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Sibley's Back. Birds of the Desert SouthwestWritten and illustrated by David Allen Sibley, America's most widely respected bird illustrator and ornithologist, this FoldingGuide offers instant access to just what backyard birdwatchers need to know. 73 backyard birds are covered, including descriptions, size, range, seasonal occurrence, and illustrations, all taken from...
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Shelter: 40th Anniversary EditionRead the definitive, complete guide to shelters--more than 300,000 copies sold!Shelter is so amazing, so revolutionary, that the best way to describe it is with one word: everything! It's a history of architecture, a do-it-yourself (DIY) guide, a scrapbook, and a collection of essays...
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