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 Trilobite Collector's GuideFor more than 250 million years, the primeval oceans of the Paleozoic teemed with trilobites. These hardy invertebrates evolved into an astonishing array of separate species--more than 25,000 at last count--and much remains unknown about these once-ubiquitous creatures. Fossil enthusiasts are captivated by trilobites'...
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The Taste of Water: Sensory Perception and the Making of an Industrialized Beverage Volume 15Have you ever wondered why your tap water tastes the way it does? The Taste of Water explores the increasing erasure of tastes from drinking water over the twentieth century. It asks how dramatic changes in municipal water treatment have altered consumers' awareness of...
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The Story Is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in CrisisIt's time to rewild ourselves and our dominant worldviews to build earth-centered communities for all. The dominant cultural worldview is based upon extraction and exploitation practices that have brought us to the precipice of social, environmental, and climate collapse. Braiding poetic storytelling, climate justice...
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The Place Where Wildness Dreams: Essays from the Field"The Place Where Wildness Dreams" enters Earth's dream, offers a new sensibility of who we are as part of an integral community, and opens our minds to the consciousness of the natural world. All the world is here - from Bear to Rabbit, from...
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The Northern Rockies: A Fire SurveyIt's a place of big skies and big fires, big burns like those of 1910 and 1988 that riveted national attention. Conflagrations like those of 1934 and 2007 that reformed national policy. Blowups like that in Mann Gulch that shaped the literature of American...
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The New Plant Collector: The Next Adventure in Your House Plant JourneyDarryl Cheng, bestselling author of The New Plant Parent, is back with the first book for indoor gardeners who want to step up from basic plant care to creating rewarding plant collections. The world of indoor gardening is exploding with desirable new and unusual...
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The Nature of Southeast Alaska: A Guide to Plants, Animals, and HabitatsEverything you ever wanted to know about the flora and fauna of Southeast Alaska is contained in the third edition of this lively field guide to the natural world, from bears to banana slugs, mountains to murrelets. The unique features of the book include...
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The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the MississippiAuthor: Boyce UpholtPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 06/11/2024Pages: 352Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9780393867879
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The Dog and The BugAuthor: Nicole GueringerPublisher: AuthorhousePublished: 10/31/2011Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.06dISBN: 9781463413996
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The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms That Sustain LifeThis timely and captivating look at the hidden impact of light pollution is "rich in revelation and insight...lyrical" (The Wall Street Journal) and urges us to cherish natural darkness for the sake of the environment, our own well-being, and all life on earth. How...
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The Birds of New EnglandAs one of the premier ornithologists of his time, Edward Augustus Samuels was uniquely qualified to write this comprehensive guide to the birds of New England. With detailed descriptions and illustrations, this book is an invaluable resource for bird watchers and nature enthusiasts alike.This...
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The Bioregional Imagination: Literature, Ecology, and PlaceBioregionalism is an innovative way of thinking about place and planet from an ecological perspective. Although bioregional ideas occur regularly in ecocritical writing, until now no systematic effort has been made to outline the principles of bioregional literary criticism and to use it as...
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The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American CitiesOne of Smithsonian Magazine's Favorite Books of 2022 With wildlife thriving in cities, we have the opportunity to create vibrant urban ecosystems that serve both people and animals. The Accidental Ecosystem tells the story of how cities across the United States went from having...
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Tampa Bay Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar AnimalsTampa Bay's sprawling watershed of over 2,200 square miles supports a vast array of wildlife ranging from manatees and white-tailed deer, to anhingas and alligators. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 100 familiar and unique species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, seashore creatures, seashells...
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Stoked On Waterfalls: Volume 1: A Guide to Alberta's Roadside and Short Hike WaterfallsThis is the first volume in the Stoked on Waterfalls book series about waterfalls in Alberta. Volume 1 aims to cover every waterfall in Alberta located within 500 meters (with a few longer exceptions) of any public road. There are 208 waterfalls described in...
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Southern California Mountains Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Wildflowers Above 5,000 Feet: San Bernardino, San Gabriel, and San Jacinto RangesSouthern California Mountains Wildflowers presents 380 plant species of the diverse southern California Mountains, including dominant species and plants most likely noticed. With information about distinguishing less common species from those that are more widespread, this guide is sure to please botanists and more...
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Reflections from a Symphony in Silence"There are times in life when we are brought to placesat just the right time to hear just what we need to hear."These words from the woods are the inspiration within Reflections, a Symphony in Silence composed during a 72 hour retreat. Written in...
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Pug Planner 2024: Funny Tiny Dog Monthly Agenda January-December Organizer (12 Months) Cute Canine Puppy Pet Scheduler with Flowers & PrPug Planner 2024 Schedule Each Appointment and Stay Organized in 2024!Would you like to: - See your schedule at a glance?- Have a clear overview of your to-do list?Then look no further...This beautiful Daily Planner 2024 lets you keep track of everything you care...
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Out Here: Wisdom from the WildernessCarolyn Highland's outdoor writing will drive readers and outdoor enthusiasts to "get outside" and experience all that the natural world has to offer.Out Here is a collection of essays that explores what the wilderness has to teach us about the human experience, using outdoor...
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On the Ice: An Intimate Portrait of Life at McMurdo Station, AntarcticaTravelogue, cultural meditation, and love story, On the Ice casts a panoramic view on one of the oddest communities in one of the most extreme places on earth. Negative 70-degree weather. Canned food that dates back at least a decade. Wind storms powerful enough...
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