Natural History
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The Human Age: The World Shaped by UsWith her celebrated blend of scientific insight, clarity, and curiosity, Diane Ackerman explores our human capacity both for destruction and for invention as we shape the future of the planet Earth. Ackerman takes us to the mind-expanding frontiers of science, exploring the fact that...
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Fragrant: The Secret Life of ScentWinner of the 2016 Perfumed Plume Award The "Alice Waters of American natural perfume" (indieperfume.com) and author of the Art of Flavor celebrates our most potent sense, through five rock stars of the fragrant world Mandy Aftel is widely acclaimed as a trailblazer in...
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Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis*Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Literary Hub!* *A 2023 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award Finalist* From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx, this riveting deep dive into the history of our wetlands and what their systematic destruction...
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The Book of the EarthwormThe author of The Hedgehog Handbook reveals the miraculous world of the earthworm - now in paperback.Without these little engineers of the earth, the world's soils would be barren, and our gardens and fields wouldn't be able to grow the food we need to...
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Revelations in Air: A Guidebook to SmellAn extraordinary, strange, and startlingly beautiful exploration of smell, the least understood of our five senses The nose on your face is the Buckingham Palace Guard of your body, the maitre d' of all taste, as well as the seducer of your imagination, and...
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Dancing with Bees: A Journey Back to NatureSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE The Sunday Times Best Nature Writing Books 2020 A naturalist's passionate dive into the lives of bees (of all stripes)--and the natural world in her own backyard Brigit Strawbridge Howard was shocked the day she realised she knew...
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Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate CrisisFrom Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx--whose novels are infused with her knowledge and deep concern for the earth--comes a riveting, revelatory history of our wetlands, their ecological role, and what their systematic destruction means for the planet.A lifelong environmentalist, Annie Proulx brings her wide-ranging...
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Walden: Selections from the American ClassicSelections from one of the great classics of literature--now part of the Shambhala Pocket Library. In July 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cottage in the woods near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts, and began to write Walden, a chronicle of his communion...
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Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of FirefliesAn informative, entertaining, and beautifully illustrated look at the beloved firefly For centuries, the beauty of fireflies has evoked wonder and delight. Yet for most of us, fireflies remain shrouded in mystery: How do fireflies make their light? What are they saying with their...
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On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeThe Origin is one of the most important books ever published, and a knowledge of it should be a part of the intellectual equipment of every educated person. . . . The book will endure in future ages so long as a knowledge of...
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Life Through the Ages II: Twenty-First Century Visions of PrehistoryWhat was life like on our planet long before the early humans emerged?Paleontologist Dr. Mark P. Witton draws on the latest twenty-first century discoveries to re-create the appearances and lifestyles of extinct, fascinating species, the environments they inhabited, and the challenges they faced living...
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Natural History Museum Dinosaurs Annual 2023Discover the fascinating world of dinosaurs in this fun-packed NHM annual!Take a trip back in time and meet the prehistoric rulers of the planet. These mighty beasts roamed the Earth over 65 million years ago and left behind countless clues to their world. Learn...
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Jungle: How Tropical Forests Shaped the World--And Us"A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world"--Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees From the age of dinosaurs to the first human cities, a groundbreaking new history of the planet that tropical forests made. To many of us, tropical...
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The Yosemite - Legacy Edition: Celebrating The Yosemite Valley's Majesty, Natural History, And Places Worth VisitingJohn Muir's Celebration of the Yosemite Valley and National ParkThis deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1912 The Yosemite is part study of natural history, part travel guide of the majestic Yosemite Valley and National Park. Join the "Great Wanderer" Muir as...
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Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of SexA sex guide for all living things and a hilarious natural history in the form of letters to and answers from the preeminent sexpert in all creation. Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation is a unique guidebook to sex. It reveals, for example,...
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The Secret History of Here: A Year in the ValleyThe Secret History of Here is the story of a single place in the Scottish Borders. The site on which Alistair Moffat's farm now stands has been occupied since prehistoric times. Walking this landscape you can feel the presence and see the marks of...
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A Natural Curiosity: The Story of the Bell MuseumA richly illustrated tour of Minnesota's premier natural history museum after 150 years From its humble start in 1872 as a one-room cabinet of curiosities, the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum of natural history has grown to be one of the state's most important...
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Maria Sibylla Merian- A beautifully produced book with the latest scholarship on Maria Sibylla Merian's life and work, which inspired generations of scientists, artists and enthusiasts- Includes contributions by 23 international experts- Merian succeeded brilliantly in creating a one-woman genre that addressed both the requirements of...
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GigaFlood: The Largest of the Lake Missoula Floods In Northwest Oregon and Southwest WashingtonThe Ice Age Lake Missoula Floods affected four states and left much evidence of their passing. Most dramatic are the scablands of eastern Washington. With few exceptions all other books on the subject stop at the west end of the Columbia River Gorge. GigaFlood...
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The Galapagos: A Natural HistoryCharles Darwin called it "a little world within itself." Sailors referred to it as "Las Encantadas"-- the enchanted islands. Lying in the eastern Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator off the west coast of South America, the Galapagos is the most pristine archipelago to be...
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