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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 Inner Islands: A Carolinian's Sound Country ChronicleBlending history, oral history, autobiography, and travel narrative, Bland Simpson explores the islands that lie in the sounds, rivers, and swamps of North Carolina's inner coast. In each of the fifteen chapters in the book, Simpson covers a single island or group of islands,...
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Ribbon of Sand: The Amazing Convergence of the Ocean and the Outer BanksAlexander and Lazell's delightful study of North Carolina's Outer Banks contains a wealth of statistics and facts . . . A Ribbon of Sand--written in romantic prose--is more like a novel. . . . Small and lightweight with chapters of less than 20 pages,...
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Southern Appalachian Celebration: In Praise of Ancient Mountains, Old-Growth Forests, and WildernessWith this stunning collection of images of the Southern Appalachians, James Valentine presents an enduring portrait of the region's unique natural character. His compelling photographs of ancient mountains, old-growth forests, rare plants, and powerful waterways reveal the Appalachians' rich scenic beauty, while Chris Bolgiano's...
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Blood Weather: PoemsBlood Weather, Alice Friman's sharply etched new collection of poetry, reminds readers that times of reckoning are marked by blood: the knife, the sword, the cutting word. Blood runs through our history, stories, religion, and art, and we cannot help but play our part...
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Butterflies of Louisiana: A Guide to Identification and LocationButterflies abound in every region of the Bayou State, and with this authoritative resource in hand, both the experienced and novice butterfly watcher can identify a frequent backyard visitor or pinpoint the haunts of a particular species. With a long flight season stretching from...
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The RunPerched on the banks of Stony Brook in the Cape Cod town of Brewster, Hay observes the stunning phenomenon of the annual run of the alewife, a herring that spawns in fresh water, enters the ocean as a fingerling, and returns to its natal...
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The Paradise of All These Parts, A Natural History of BostonHow much does the current landscape of Boston, Massachusetts, resemble the place that Captain John Smith referred to in 1614 as the Paradise of all these parts? John Hanson Mitchell explores a variety of habitats as he ranges outward from the core of the...
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Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American LandscapeA memoir-meets-expos that examines our fraught relationship with the West and our attempts to clean up a toxic environmental legacy In 2002, Texas journalist Brad Tyer strapped a canoe on his truck and moved to Montana, a state that has long exerted a mythic...
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Bats of Colima, Mexico, Volume 14The tiny state of Colima on Mexico's Pacific coast is one of the three most biodiverse hot spots in the world. Straddling temperate and tropical zones, with rugged topography ranging from a volcanic mountaintop to sandy beaches, the state shelters nearly half--66--of Mexico's species...
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The Texas Tortoise: A Natural Historyvolume 13Remnants of an ancient lineage, tortoises date back to the Eocene. Among the five species remaining in North America, Texas tortoises are the smallest in size and inhabit some of the harshest arid environments known. They are also the most neglected by wildlife personnel....
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New Roots for AgricultureThe plowshare may well have destroyed more options for future generations than the sword, writes Wes Jackson in a review of practices that have brought U.S. agriculture to the edge of disaster. Tillage has hastened the erosion of irreplaceable topsoil everywhere and a technology...
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Where the Rain Children Sleep: A Sacred Geography of the Colorado PlateauInspired by a year of hiking 120 desert canyons, Where the Rain Children Sleep is nature writing in the best tradition of Edward Abbey, Ellen Meloy, and Craig Childs. Much more than one man's memoir of his time in these canyons, it is an...
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A Forest on the Sea: Environmental Expertise in Renaissance VeniceWinner, Herbert Baxter Adams Prize, American Historical AssociationWinner, Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Award, the Forest History SocietyWood was essential to the survival of the Venetian Republic. To build its great naval and merchant ships, maintain its extensive levee system, construct buildings, fuel industries, and heat...
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Bay Country (Revised)Originally published in hardback, this book about the Chesapeake is now available in paperback from Johns Hopkins. The author, Tom Horton, is a native of Maryland's Eastern Shore, and has written about the environment for the past 15 years in the Baltimore Sun. His...
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The Breakdown of Democratic RegimesAuthor: Juan J. LinzPublisher: Johns Hopkins University PressPublished: 10/01/1978Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 8.95h x 5.86w x 0.59dISBN: 9780801820229Audience: Young AdultAbout the AuthorStepan, Alfred: - Alfred Stepan is the Wallace Sayre Professor of Government at Columbia University, coauthor, with Juan J. Linz, of Problems...
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Manual of Leaf ArchitecturePublished in Association with the New York Botanical GardenThe Manual of Leaf Architecture is an essential reference for describing, comparing, and classifying the leaves of flowering plants. This manual, illustrated with dozens of line drawings and more than 300 photographs of prepared stained leaves,...
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Sanctified Landscape: Writers, Artists, and the Hudson River Valley, 1820 1909The Hudson River Valley was the first iconic American landscape. Beginning as early as the 1820s, artists and writers found new ways of thinking about the human relationship with the natural world along the Hudson. Here, amid the most dramatic river and mountain scenery...
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The Eagle WatchersEagles have fascinated humans for millennia. For some, the glimpse of a distant eagle instantly becomes a treasured lifelong memory. Others may never encounter a wild eagle in their lifetime. This book was written by people who have dedicated years to the study of...
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Principles of Insect MorphologyThis classic text, first published in 1935, is once again available. Still the standard reference in the English language, Principles of Insect Morphology is considered the author's masterpiece. A talented artist as well as one of the leading entomologists of his day, Robert E....
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Bird Trapping and Bird Banding: A Handbook for Trapping Methods All over the WorldAuthor: Hans BubPublisher: Cornell University PressPublished: 03/21/1991Pages: 448Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.74lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.75dISBN: 9780801425257Audience: Young AdultThis title is not returnable
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