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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Flattened Fauna, Revised: A Field Guide to Common Animals of Roads, Streets, and HighwaysAre you among the millions of people whose only opportunity to observe wildlife comes after it has been run over and pressed into a patty by big rigs, then desiccated by the elements until even flies don't recognize it? This is the field guide...
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First Lessons in Beekeeping2009 Reprint of original 1934 edition. Paperback, 171pp. The Dadant family, originally from France, is one the first families of beekeeping in America. Charles Dadant (1817-1902) is considered one of the founding fathers of modern beekeeping. He was always seeking a better way to...
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The Handy Dinosaur Answer BookThe mighty dinosaurs were the dominant life form on earth for millions of years. But catastrophe awaited. In what amounts to a geological blink of an eye, the dinosaurs disappeared. This fun-filled fact-book takes you deep into the world of dinosaurs!From Tyrannosaurs to Stegosaurs,...
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The Water Book: A User's Guide to Understanding, Protecting, and Preserving Earth's Most Precious Resource"All things are water." - Plutarch Water surrounds us. Falling from the sky, collecting in lakes and rivers and streams, quenching our thirst, nourishing our food sources--water is the critical building block of life. Known as the "Blue Planet", about 70% of Earth's surface...
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Wildflowers of MississippiWith its variety of habitats, Mississippi contains an especially rich and diverse set of native and naturalized flowering plants. First published in 1989, this handy volume is the comprehensive, full-color guide to the state's lush array of wildflowers. Now available again, it provides both...
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Best Friends: The True Story of the World's Most Beloved Animal SanctuarySinjin the badly burned black cat. . .who survived to welcome others home Victor the abandoned Australian Shepherd mix. . . the capo among dogs Tyson and Tommy, two tiny black kittens. . .who had something to teach us all Discover Best Friends A...
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The Weather HandbookWatts explains how to accurately predict weather patterns through common-sense observations of clouds and wind and readings of weather maps. An invaluable resource for hikers, boaters, fishermen, and farmers. 70 color photos and illustrations.Author: Alan WattsPublisher: Sheridan HousePublished: 05/25/1999Pages: 160Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.20h...
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Caring for Creation in Your Own BackyardWhy should New Age trends and philosophies shape the ecological agenda? Loren and Mary Ruth Wilkinson believe that it's time Christian families took a biblical position on environmental issues. In this wonderfully creative and practical book, they offer more than a hundred simple things...
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Wildflowers of the World Playing CardsThese decks feature full-color illustrations created exclusively for this special series, with a different picture on every card face.Author: U. S. Games SystemsPublisher: U.S. Games SystemsPublished: 04/17/2002Binding Type: OtherWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 6.54h x 3.98w x 0.74dISBN: 9781572810624This title is not returnableNot available to be shipped...
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The Amphibians of TennesseeBrimming with color photographs and reflecting the latest scientific research, this book is the definitive guide to the rich diversity of frogs and salamanders found throughout Tennessee. Featuring detailed accounts of all eighty of the state's species of amphibians, it will delight and inform...
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Rivers Under Siege: The Troubled Saga of West Tennessee WetlandsRivers under Siege is a wrenching firsthand account of how human interventions, often well intentioned, have wreaked havoc on West Tennessee's fragile wetlands. For more than a century, farmers and developers tried to tame the rivers as they became clogged with sand and debris,...
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Black Sunday: The Great Dust Storm of April 14, 1935One giant, black dust storm in April of 1935 became the signature event of a devastating period in the history of the South Plains of the United States. The author, who grew up in Pampa in the Texas Panhandle, gathered a collection of reminiscences,...
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The Art of Topiary: PoemsA dual-language collection of vivid, tightly knit poems from one of the most important contemporary poets writing in German.The Art of Topiary is the gorgeous product of a long collaboration between Jan Wagner and American poet David Keplinger. With the care of master gardeners...
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The Mirrormaker: PoemsIn The Mirrormaker, songwriter and poet Brian Laidlaw melds myths ancient and contemporary among the raspberries, wolves, and taconite mines of Minnesota's Iron Range.A companion volume to Laidlaw's 2015 project, The Stuntman, this collection fuses the stories of two fabled couples: the mythical Narcissus...
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The World Is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of ApocalypseThe sermons of Joni Tevis' youth filled her with dread, a sense "that an even worse story--one you hadn't read yet--could likewise come true." In this revelatory collection, she reckons with her childhood fears by exploring the uniquely American fascination with apocalypse. From a...
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My Green Manifesto: Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New EnvironmentalismIn My Green Manifesto, David Gessner embarks on a rough-and-tumble journey down Boston's Charles River, searching for the soul of a new environmentalism.With a tragically leaky canoe, a broken cell phone, a cooler of beer, and environmental planner Dan Driscoll in tow, Gessner grapples...
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The Country of Language"Simple, elegant, and enduring." --KIRKUSIn The Country of Language, Sanders recalls the stories and experiences that have guided him as a writer, and speaks on behalf of a life rooted in the commonplace, in what is becoming paradoxically rare: a sense of "at-homeness" in...
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The Beast That Walks Like Man: The Story of the Grizzly BearIf you're hoping to someday catch a glimpse of the imposing and powerful grizzly bear, you'll have to take a trek through the Northern Rockies, Canada, or Alaska. Having once roamed the entire continent of North America, the population of grizzlies in the lower...
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Way to Perfect HorsemanshipFirst published in 1959, The Way to Perfect Horsemanship was immediately recognized as a classic work of equestrian literature. It offers insight into the psychology of the horse as well as its muscular system and the mechanics of movement. It explains in detail the...
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Sprout GardenSprout Garden presents a comprehensive guide to the art and science of home sprouting. From aduki beans to wheat kernels, it explains the best methods and optimal conditions for growing and preparing the many varieties of fresh sprouts, and offers essential advice so that...
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