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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Ferns and Lycophytes of Minnesota: The Complete Guide to Species IdentificationThe definitive field guide for understanding and identifying ferns and lycophytes in Minnesota Rapid advances in DNA studies have given scientists new understandings of ferns and lycophytes, making books published only a decade ago now obsolete. Ferns and Lycophytes of Minnesota is the first...
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Kew: The Witch's Forest: Trees in Magic, Folklore and Traditional RemediesThere is more folklore, mythology and magic associated with our trees and forests than with any other living things. Known throughout the world as dark and wild places where witches make mischief and eerie creatures dwell, forests are also places of sanctuary for the...
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The Pointer and His Predecessors: An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog From the Earliest TimesThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Dandelion Medicine, 2nd Edition: Forage, Feast, and Nourish Yourself with This Extraordinary WeedDiscover the many healing and culinary uses of the familiar wild plant, the dandelion, with this colorful, accessible guide from a leading medical herbalist.Dandelion Medicine, 2nd Edition is a colorful dive into the many creative uses of dandelions for food and medicine. From dandelion...
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Carthago: KaneFrom the world of Carthago comes the story of Kane, a merman from a storied subterranean society as he escapes his capture by a billionaire researcher who specializes in the study of mythological creatures...including the fabled Megalodon. China, 1977. Kane, a young man-triton hybrid,...
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Scottish Plant Names: An A to ZDr Gregory Kenicer brings us a concise but through exploration of plants and their names in the Scots language through the ages. Presented as a dictionary, and covering a vast variety of flower, funghi and mosses, this book seeks to present the rich history...
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Bluebirds to Tikal: Stories of Fun, Fear & FollyDiscover why deer don't like to be lassoed, what it's like to drive down a mountain pass without power steering or power brakes after the engine quits, and learn what can happen when cultures clash in these stories of fun, fear, and folly. David...
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The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's BirdThe bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble," yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher...
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The Killing of Karen SilkwoodKaren Silkwood, an employee of the Kerr-McGee plutonium processing plant, was killed in a car crash on her way to deliver important documents to a newspaper reporter in 1974. Silkwood was a union activist concerned about health and safety issues at the plant, and...
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Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in DrylandsAuthor: Bettina WeberPublisher: SpringerPublished: 05/30/2018Pages: 549Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9783319807522
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Flesh and Stones: Field Notes from a Finite WorldIn this book of creative nonfiction set in Michigan, Jan Shoemaker shares her quest and her vision. The lovely writing is also poiinted in its questioning. Pieces treat Nature, relationships, teaching, age, love. Most of these essays have been previously published in fine literary...
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The Great Waves of ChangeIn The Great Waves of Change, Marshall Vian Summers explains the steps you can take to navigate our increasingly turbulent and uncertain times. In the face of such uncertainty, Summers presents a revolutionary new way of knowing a unique process that can be applied...
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Snakemaster: Wildlife Adventures with the Worlda's Most Dangerous ReptilesAuthor: Austin StevensPublisher: Skyhorse PublishingPublished: 06/03/2014Pages: 320Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.10dISBN: 9781628737103Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 05/26/2014About the AuthorAustin Stevens is best known as the "Snakemaster" from his hit show on Animal Planet. Originally from South Africa, Stevens is a herpetologist,...
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was published on November 24, 1859. The book's full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. This book is a...
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Protecting the Wild: Parks and Wilderness, the Foundation for ConservationProtected natural areas have historically been the primary tool of conservationists to conserve land and wildlife. These parks and reserves are set apart to forever remain in contrast to those places where human activities, technologies, and developments prevail. But even as the biodiversity crisis...
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Insects of Texas: A Practical GuideThis practical, non-technical introduction to insect classification offers a well-illustrated, straight-forward primer in entomology. Whether you are part of a master naturalist program, are interested in environmentally friendly pest management, or simply enjoy knowing what to call that strange-looking bug on your back porch,...
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Eastern Alpine Guide: Natural History and Conservation of Mountain Tundra East of the RockiesThis unique book celebrates and documents the incredible and colorful biodiversity of the mountain landscapes of eastern North America, covering all of the major alpine ecosystems in New England, New York, Qu bec, Newfoundland, and Labrador. Twenty scientists, explorers, naturalists, and land managers from...
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John James Audubon: The Making of an AmericanFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Richard Rhodes, the first major biography of John James Audubon in forty years, and the first to illuminate fully the private and family life of the master illustrator of the natural world.Rhodes shows us young Audubon arriving in New...
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Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado RiverScience Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management--and perils in the mismanagement--of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and...
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Falcons of FranceThis antiquarian volume contains 'Falcons of France'; a novel about flying, World War I, and contemporary moralities. It was written by two American veterans of the 'Escadrille Lafayette', and contains thrilling tales of aerial battle and life during the war. This is a text...
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