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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Bats in Captivity - Volume 2: Aspects of RehabilitationA comprehensive book intended for anyone maintaining bats in captivity. Bats in Captivity is the only book of its kind, detailing the captive care of bats worldwide. This volume comprises 38 papers by 41 contributing authors. It contains a user-friendly guide to bat identification,...
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Hiking Sipsey: A Family's Fight for Eastern WildernessIn the book, "Hiking Sipsey-A Family's Fight for Eastern Wilderness," Rickey Butch Walker teams with Jim Manasco to produce an ultimate guide to the Bankhead National Forest which includes the Sipsey Wilderness Area. It tells of the struggles to prevent the destruction of one...
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Water, Ice & Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic LakesJohn Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History BookPEN/Martha Albrand Award Finalist" Green's] prose rings with the elemental clarity of the ice he knows so well." --PEN Awards Committee citationA classic of contemporary nature writing, the award-winning Water, Ice & Stone is both a scientific...
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Creaturely and Other EssaysThe author puts forward a bracing theory of partial empathy....Johnston's searching book of thought-probes goes a long way toward allowing the reader the grounding that would allow him to make empathic contacts with the animals over which he ponders....Each time another animal becomes extinct...
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Seven Tenths: The Sea and Its ThresholdsJames Hamilton-Paterson's classic exploration of the sea, Seven Tenths is a beautifully written blend of literature and science that includes the acclaimed essay Sea Burial. Hamilton-Paterson writes about fishing, piracy, ecological crises, and is especially brilliant on the melancholy fascination of those border places...
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In the Grip of the Whirlwind: The Armistice Day Storm of 1940Author Tom Powers presents a book filled with incredible stories of great courage, narrow escapes, tragedy, faith, odd twists of fate, and the dogged perseverance of those who were caught in the hurricane-like storm that ripped through the upper Midwest. From lonely motorists in...
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A Natural History of the Central AppalachiansAuthor: Steven L. StephensonPublisher: West Virginia University PressPublished: 03/01/2013Pages: 259Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 9.10h x 7.80w x 0.80dISBN: 9781933202686Award: Independent Publisher Book Awards - Gold Medal WinnerAward: IndieFab awards - Gold Medal WinnerReview Citation(s): Choice 02/01/2014About the AuthorSteve Stephenson has lived, worked, and carried...
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History of the Alps, 1500 - 1900: Environment, Development, and SocietyHistory of the Alps, 1500-1900: Environment, Development, and Society provides a precise history of one of the greatest mountain range systems in the world.Author: Jon MathieuPublisher: West Virginia University PressPublished: 04/01/2009Pages: 276Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60dISBN: 9781933202341About the AuthorJon Mathieu...
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Spirit Speed: Selected LuCxeed PoemsDebut. Exclusive.Nature's serenity and Society's anxietyare the muse of poet LuCxeed who more than oftentravels back and forth, between nature and society, dedicating life and passion to creativity and poetry.Some LuCxeed poems are inspired by true events, by true stories in modern life, and...
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Exploring the Other Island: A Seasonal Guide to Nature on Long Island"A singularly effective guide. Inspired concept. Highly recommended " George Plimpton noted on the first edition of John Turner's classic guide to the natural world of Long Island. Now Turner, one of New York's most knowledgeable and eloquent naturalists, has produced a new edition,...
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Seed Identification ManualThis book was first published by the University of California Press in 1961 and is an attempt to provide an answer to the long-standing need for reference work dealing exclusively with seed identification. The immediate aim of the manual is to help agriculturalists, foresters,...
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Twilight of the Machines"John Zerzan can now credibly claim the honor of being America's most famous anarchist. His writing is sharp, uncompromising, and tenacious."--Derrick Jensen, Utne ReaderThe mentor of the green anarchist and neo-primitive movements is back with his first book in six years, confronting civilization, mass...
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Forest WildflowersRemarkably sharp and detailed photographs make Dee Strickler's wildflower books superior field and reference guides. "Forest Wildflowers" helps hikers, campers, botanists and nature lovers identify more than 130 common wildflowers in the forested areas of the northern and central Rocky Mountains, including Idaho, Montana,...
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Great Wyoming Bear StoriesFilled with a wide range of incidents, encounters, and observations about bears, this book gives a unique perspective through gripping true stories. Some are comical, others tragic, some inspiring, and some simply terrifying. The author interviewed dozens of wardens, biologists, ranchers, hunters, hikers, and...
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Horses & Stress - Eliminating The Root Cause of Most Health, Hoof, and Behavior Problems: From The Soul of a HorseWhat if you discovered that you could eliminate most if not all of your horses' health, hoof, and behavior problems by doing one thing. Seriously. One single thing.Joe & Kathleen Camp have eight horses. Three mustangs straight out of the wild, a rescued American...
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Deciduous Forests of Eastern North AmericaDeciduous Forests of Eastern North America was published in 1950 and describes in detail the trees and shrubs in the deciduous forests of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It is still widely used as a reference work today. Lucy Braun was...
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Catastrophe and Culture: The Anthropology of DisasterAt a time of increasing globalization and worldwide vulnerability, the study of disasters has become an important focus for anthropological research-one where the four fields of anthropology are synthesized to address the multidimensionality of the effects to a community's social structures and relationship to...
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The Tourmaline / The History of Mount Mica of Maine, U.S.A.A. C. Hamlin's two classic books (collected together in one volume) on the famous tourmalines of Mount Mica, Maine, discuss the history and illustrate the beauty of these gemstones. A wonderful addition to any rockhound or mineral collector's bookshelf.Author: Augustus Choate HamlinPublisher: Coachwhip PublicationsPublished:...
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Not for Specialists: New and Selected PoemsUntil the late 1970s, W. D. Snodgrass was known primarily as a confessional poet and a key player in the emergence of that mode of poetry in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Snodgrass makes poetry out of the daily neuroses and everyday failures...
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Smart Start: Building a Strong Foundation for Your HorseWhether you want to build a solid foundation in your young horse or refresh an older horse's manners, this colt-starting program, featuring -emotional training, - is for you. It's based on techniques Stacy Westfall used to win the prestigious Road to the Horse colt-starting...
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