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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Afoot & Afield: Las Vegas & Southern Nevada: A Comprehensive Hiking GuideMore than 100 great hikes around Las Vegas? You've hit the jackpot!Within a couple hours' drive of the Strip's bright lights and casinos, you'll find mind-bending geology, colorful plants, fascinating animals, expansive views, and magical landscapes. Afoot & Afield Las Vegas & Southern Nevada...
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Mac's Field Guides: Northwest Trees* Durable, inexpensive, fun to use nature identification guide * Great for families, hikers, and anyone who loves trees * Created by a high-school science teacher This field guide to Northwest trees is easy to stash in the car or slip into your pack....
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Guide to the Chattooga River: A Comprehensive Guide to the River and Its Natural and Human HistoryThe Crown Jewel of Southeastern Rivers In 1974 the Chattooga River became the first river East of the Mississippi to be included in the National Wild and Scenic River System. It was included because it was a clean, free-flowing mountain stream located in a...
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To Everything on Earth: New Writing on Fate, Community, and NatureIn October 2004, Barry Lopez invited a group of writers to meet with him, Bill McKibben, Alan Weisman, and Dennis Covington at the Junction campus of Texas Tech University. Out of this meeting grew a community that has since collaborated on initiatives and projects...
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Xerophilia: Ecocritical Explorations in Southwest LiteratureThe arid American Southwest is host to numerous organisms described as desert-loving, or xerophilous. Extending this term to include the region's writers and the works that mirror their love of desert places, Tom Lynch presents the first systematically ecocritical study of its multicultural literature....
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Invertebrates of Central Texas WetlandsAlong the San Marcos River, in and surrounding Palmetto State Park in south central Texas, lie two square miles of relict ecosystem named the Ottine Wetlands. This area of swamps, marshes, and ponds is especially notable for its geographic isolation from other wetlands in...
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The Prairie Dog: Sentinel of the PlainsBlack-tailed prairie dogs once played a vital role in the vast grasslands ecosystem of the Great Plains of North America. The burrows of these little digging rodents aerated and watered the deep soil and provided a home to many other animals as well. Prairie...
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Illustrated Key to Skulls of Genera of North American Land MammalsIllustrated Key to Skulls of Genera of North American Land Mammals is a manual that contains illustrations of North American land mammals such as marsupials, shrews, bats, moles among many others. This manual is a well-illustrated key, useful for identifying mammals through cranial characteristics....
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Wildflowers Across AmericaWith page after page of breathtaking photographs, this highly praised volume is a veritable bouquet of hundreds of America's favorite wildflowers, arranged by region. In the text Lady Bird Johnson, in collaboration with an eminent horticulturist, makes a compelling argument for the preservation and...
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Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny the Younger on the Eruption of VesuviusBarry Moser's extraordinarily detailed and evocative relief engravings decorate this translation of Pliny the Younger's two famous letters to Tacitus about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder. Printed in black and white, the...
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Man of the Trees: Richard St. Barbe Baker, the First Global ConservationistRichard St. Barbe Baker was an inspirational visionary and pioneering environmentalist who is credited with saving and planting billions of trees. He saved lives, too, through his ceaseless global campaign to raise the alarm about deforestation and desertification and by finding effective, culturally sensitive...
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Wildlife of Southern Forests: Habitat & ManagementThe most up-to-date manual on the Southern Forests habitat and management techniques. Wildlife of Southern Forests traces the history of southern forests and associated wildlife, details the biology and habitat requirements of species and communities and offers practical guidelines for habitat management on a...
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Alaska's Father Goose: Captain Gerald A. Bud Bodding: A Career in AviationOccasionally tense, frequently humorous, and always straightforward, Alaska's Father Goose is a celebration of flight, a wartime memoir, a history of airline growth, and ultimately a quintessentially Sourdough success story. Nicknamed Father Goose because of his many thousands of hours piloting the Grumman JRF...
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Gold! Gold!: A Beginners Handbook: How to Prospect for GoldRecent scientific studies confirm that early miners only scratched the surface and that 75 - 85% of the gold remains in "them thar hills". You can find gold! It's history, recovery methods, and identification techniques are revealed in this book. Learn where to look...
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Raptors in Captivity: Guidelines for Care and ManagementA first-of-its-kind resource, Raptors in Captivity is designed as a reader-friendly reference tool covering a wide range of topics from choosing a suitable species, to housing and transportation, diet, medical care, equipment, training. Raptors in Captivity is the recommended US Fish & Wildlife Service...
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Behavior of the Golden Eagle: An Illustrated EthogramIn this volume, the action patterns and activities of the golden eagle are described and most are illustrated in great detail. Names/titles are given for each action pattern, and those that are most useful in determining health and level of disturbance are discussed. There...
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Outlands: Journeys to the Outer Edges of Cape CodOn fog-shrouded barrier island or deep in winter woods, eighteen essays describe the wild, outer half of Cape Cod. Robert Finch is a vivid witness to our participation, whether as individuals or as communities, in the mysteries of natural experience. As he explains: "One...
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Principles of Conservation BiologyPrinciples of Conservation Biology, Third Edition, features a wholly revised organization, emphasizing analyses of different categories of threat and approaches to conservation. Coverage has been expanded to incorporate both terrestrial and marine conservation issues, and efforts in the U.S. and across the globe. The...
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YogoHere is a remarkable geological story backed by a century of rich Montana history--a fascinating tale that lay hidden in disjointed company files and correspondence, dusty geological reports, decades of yellowed newspaper clippings, and even in some of the works of Charles M. Russell.Author:...
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The People's ForestsDevoted conservationist, environmentalist, and explorer Robert Marshall (1901-1939) was chief of the Division of Recreation and Lands, U.S. Forest Service, when he died at age thirty-eight. Throughout his short but intense life. Marshall helped catalyze the preservation of millions of wilderness acres in all...
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