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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Botanical Poetics: Early Modern Plant Books and the Husbandry of PrintDuring the middle years of Queen Elizabeth's reign, the number of books published with titles that described themselves as flowers, gardens, or forests more than tripled. During those same years, English printers turned out scores of instructional manuals on gardening and husbandry, retailing useful...
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Eco-Types: Five Ways of Caring about the EnvironmentWhy acknowledging diverse eco-social relationships can help us overcome the political polarization that undermines our ability to protect the environment When we picture the ideal environmentalist, we likely have in mind someone who dedicates herself to reducing her own environmental footprint through individual choices...
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The Natural History of Selborne'I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a person's hand.' Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne (1789) reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute detail...
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A Box of Frogs: Illustrated Idioms of Birds and AnimalsWhat is an idiom? It's a turn of phrase designed to convey a meaning which is different from the literal meaning of the words. But this is a fun take on the subject. Artist and writer Steve Palin has combined another of his passions:...
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Impact of Technology on Environment: Climate Change and Instrumentation" Technology is manmade to address human needs" "Can the world sustain current economic growth?" "Natural Greenhouse Effect warms Earth by 33C" " Land degradation have been cumulative over time" "World population may reach 1 trillion by 9000 CE" "Earth is subject to all...
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Five-Star Trails: Louisville and Southern Indiana: 40 Spectacular Hikes in the Derby City RegionDiscover the Best Hikes in Louisville, Kentucky, and beyond! Louisville is known as the City of Parks, and its population has long valued the natural landscape and the provisioning of outdoor recreation. Nestled within the Ohio Valley and bordered by the Knobs region to...
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Botany and History of Comfrey; Garden Uses of ComfreyBotany and History of ComfreyGarden Uses of ComfreyThis book has in-depth research on Comfrey (Symphytum) using historical documents, botanical literature, biomedical literature, modern research papers, academic dissertations, government resources, databases, maps, articles, books, and magazines in many languages from many countries.It is illustrated with...
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Watch the Bear: A Half Century with the Brown Bears of AlaskaDerek Stonorov has spent the better part of fifty years watching brown bears as a research scientist and guide in some of Alaska's most beautiful wild places. As a dyslexic kid who was more interested in hunting and cars than academics, he managed to...
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Indigenous Economics: Sustaining Peoples and Their LandsWhat does "development" mean for Indigenous peoples? Indigenous Economics lays out an alternative path showing that conscious attention to relationships among humans and the natural world creates flourishing social-ecological economies. Economist Ronald L. Trosper draws on examples from North and South America, Aotearoa/New Zealand,...
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Field Guide to East African ReptilesEast Africa is home to a remarkable assemblage of reptiles, from crocodiles and chameleons to turtles and tortoises, lizards, worm-lizards, and a stunning array of snakes. The region is a true herpetological hot-spot. This fully revised edition of the classic field guide to the...
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Koala Books: The Ultimate Koala Book for KidsDo your kids love koalas? In The Ultimate Koala Book for Kids, Australian non-fiction author Jenny Kellett gives you only the best koala facts that kids will love. With over 100 incredible facts, gorgeous hi-res photos, and a fun BONUS word search available in...
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Now Is the Hour of Her Return: Poems in Praise of the Divine Mother KaliStrand's mystical poems to Ma Kali, the Dark Goddess of India, as occasioned by his encounters with the material dealt in depth in both Waking Up to the Dark and the Way of the Rose."A treasure of mystical poetry, these poems pulsate with truth."...
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River Basin Organizations in Water DiplomacyWill tensions and disputes among states sharing international water courses and lakes turn into active conflicts? Addressing this question, the book shows that these concerns are more prominent due to the locations and underlying political dynamics of some of these large rivers and the...
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Network Governance and Energy Transitions in European CitiesThis book investigates and evaluates the opportunities and limitations of network governance in building local capacity for energy infrastructure governance. Presenting a comparative analysis of three city cases from across Europe- Birmingham, Frankfurt and Budapest- this book demonstrates how local factors shape the prospect...
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Memo for NemoA cultural history of living in the undersea, both fictional and real, from Jules Verne's Captain Nemo to NASA's ECC02 project. In Memo for Nemo, William Firebrace investigates human inhabitation of the undersea, both fictional and real. Beginning with Jules Verne's Captain Nemo--an undersea...
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From the Heart of NatureCalled 'Noah's Ark' by an Oxford University scientist, the SAI Sanctuary is an example of how nature exists on a delicate balance. You cannot destroy nature and you cannot rearrange it without serious consequences to your existence! Coming from two rich wisdom cultures, one...
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Field NotesAuthor: Margaret RogalPublisher: North Dakota State University PressPublished: 06/02/2022Pages: 120Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 5.91h x 5.98w x 0.39dISBN: 9781946163493
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Sexual Segregation in Ungulates: Ecology, Behavior, and ConservationWhy does it benefit some male and female animals to live separately?Sexual segregation, wherein the sexes of a species live apart for long periods of time, has far-reaching consequences for the ecology, behavior, and conservation of hooved mammals, which are called ungulates. Award-winning researcher...
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How to Count Animals, More or LessMost people agree that animals count morally. But how, exactly, should we take animals into account? According to a prominent position in contemporary philosophical discussions, animals and people have the very same moral status, so in our moral deliberations the otherwise similar interests ofpeople...
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Tickets for the ArkOur planet hasn't seen the current rate of extinction since the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and global conservation efforts are failing to halt this. As a society, we face choices which will determine the fate of Earth's estimated 8.7 million...
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