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 Sonoran Desert Explorer: A Guide to Natural Wonders and AdventuresPrepare to be dazzled by the incredibly biodiverse life thriving and surviving in this immense desert. Say "desert" and many folks will picture sand, clouds of dust, a smattering of cactuses, and perhaps a tenacious reptile or scorpion fighting for their thirsty lives. But...
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The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp ForestA mesmerizing tour of our underwater forests and what they can teach us.Offshore and out of sight to most beachgoers on the North Pacific coast is a wondrous habitat: the bull kelp forest. Each year, tiny bull kelp saplings explode into sixty-foot "redwoods," until...
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The Gardener and the Moth: Planting for Moths and ButterfliesLearn how to create a garden that works both day and night for moths and butterflies, attracting stunning species and helping them to thrive.Moths are a crucial but forgotten pollinator, often overlooked in favour of their brighter cousin--the butterfly. But, by ignoring moths, we...
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The Feather Wars: And the Great Crusade to Save America's Birds"A definitive history of bird conservation in America." (Kirkus Reviews, starred)From the time the country was founded, early Americans assumed that the land's natural resources were infinite, including its birds, which were zealously hunted for food, game, and fashion. With the rapid extinction of...
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Tending Your Forest: A Guide to Ecological Forest Stewardship in the Eastern and Central United StatesHow do you care for the health of your forest? This comprehensive guide empowers landowners with the knowledge of how to manage a family forest to capture more carbon, encourage wildlife and biodiversity, and build a more resilient future. Tending Your Forest brings a...
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Salt Lakes: An Unnatural HistoryMore than a hundred salt lakes dot Earth's surface, most of them hidden away in remote desert valleys. But today nearly all of them are at risk of drying up. Their death is a harbinger of rising sea levels, life-threatening dust storms, and environmental...
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Greyhound: The Remarkable Story of the Legendary Racehorse Who Inspired a NationFor fans of Elizabeth Letts's The Eighty-Dollar Champion comes a compelling and illuminating true story about the greatest racehorse history forgot. Unbeatable like Man O' War, record-breaking speed like Secretariat, and loved by the fans and everyone who knew him like Seabiscuit. While any...
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Elephants and Their Fossil Relatives: A 60 Million Year JourneyThe ultimate illustrated guide to elephants and their prehistoric relatives Today, only three species of elephants survive--the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). However, these modern giants represent just a fraction of the...
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Compost After Reading: A Practical Manifesto for Purposeful DecompositionGet started on your composting journey with this practical, accessible, and fun guide to reducing your waste--including this book when you finish reading! Composting is so much more than just transforming food into soil; it is deeply existential, radical, and soul-opening. And no, it's...
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Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the HeartlandWinner of the Nebraska Center for the Book Award, Travel - A Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award Notable Book - Honoree of the Society of Midland Authors Annual Literary Award for Biography/Memoir Now that President Donald Trump has revived the Keystone XL pipeline that...
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Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Irish Words for Nature'"n Irish there are so many great rain words and magic words and highly specific natural words (such as the material put on the hooves of donkeys to stop them slipping in ice), or words to communicate with animals, or evocative plant words, or...
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This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It BackPrivate property is everywhere. Almost anywhere you walk in the United States, you will spot "No Trespassing" and "Private Property" signs on trees and fence posts. In America, there are more than a billion acres of grassland pasture, cropland, and forest, and miles and...
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The Nature of Change: Lessons of Determination, Resilience, and Hope from the Outside WorldFrom CNN national correspondent and children's book author René Marsh comes a poetic and heartfelt book about two siblings who learn how to navigate a difficult life change while still holding on to hope. The Nature of Change is perfect for any reader ages...
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The Most Controversial State Park: Jekyll IslandThe Most Controversial State Park offers a unique study of Jekyll Island State Park from the 1940s to the present. Relying on more than sixty oral histories, governors' records, and a variety of archival materials, C. Brenden Martin illuminates the compelling stories of how...
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The Marlin's Fiery Eye and Other Tales from the Extraordinary World of Marine FishesThe Marlin's Fiery Eye and Other Tales from the Extraordinary World of Marine Fishes dives into the mystery and wonder of the daily lives of saltwater fishes. Joe E. Meisel introduces readers to the fascinating behaviors, remarkable adaptations, and complex life histories of the...
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The Man Who Walked Through Time: The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand CanyonAuthor: Colin FletcherPublisher: VintagePublished: 05/14/1989Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.50dISBN: 9780679723066About the AuthorColin Fletcher (1922-2007) was born in Wales and educated in England. He moved to California in 1956 after serving in the Royal Marines, farming in Kenya, surveying in...
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Sea Turtles of the Atlantic & Gulf of MexicoThese laminated, fold-up identification guides-- FoldingGuides-- speak for themselves. Written and illustrated by local experts who know their stuff, waterproof and indestructible, theyre the perfect choice for beginners and intermediates who want to know what theyll encounter in their particular locale. Written by sea...
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Scapegoat: What the Invasive Species Story Gets WrongThe problem with invasive species is a problem of capitalism. A caste of plants and animals labeled "invasive" are villainized as primary drivers of habitat degradation that must be eradicated at any cost--an ethically fraught and often futile approach. Fanatical intervention efforts lay waste...
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Nature's Remarkable Partners: Wild Poems for Two VoicesThese wild poems for two voices offer young readers an up-to-date peek at an intriguing array of symbiotic partnerships in nature. Most upper-elementary students are familiar with mutually beneficial partnerships in nature--butterflies and milkweed, for example, or clownfish and anemones. But award-winning science poetry...
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Hawks in FlightAmong the world's most popular birds, hawks can be some of the most difficult birds to identify. They're most often seen flying high above and at a distance. In the first edition of Hawks in Flight, Pete Dunne, David Sibley, and Clay Sutton presented...
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