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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Choices of Now: Urgent Decisions for Co-Creating the Future of Our WorldIn a practical guide that reconciles breaking science with centuries-old spirituality, Choices of Now presents the most pressing, global issues that we face today, ones we are responsible for having created. Barney Wee and Agnes Lau present simple solutions that anyone can start applying...
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Food for Free: 50th Anniversary EditionThis fully updated special edition of the classic complete guide to the edible species that grow around us includes a new foreword from the author and a plate section with identification guides for all major species.Originally published in 1972, Richard Mabey's classic foraging guide...
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The Secret Language of FlowersThis beautifully-illustrated gift book reveals the hidden meanings of over 50 popular flowers. Did you know that the type of flowers you give can speak volumes? The Secret Language of Flowers is a fascinating insight into the Victorian tradition of using flowers to convey...
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The Queerness of Water: Troubled Ecologies in the Eighteenth CenturyThis highly original book reconsiders canonical long eighteenth-century narratives through the conjoined lenses of queer studies and the environmental humanities. Moving from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels to Gothic novels including Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Jeremy Chow investigates the role that...
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Bird Tracks: Includes 55 North American SpeciesIdentify bird tracks with this pocket-size booklet, organized by track shape for convenience of use.Whether you're a tracker who studies animal tracks, a bird watcher, a gardener, or simply someone who appreciates nature and all of its curiosities, keep this convenient guide close at...
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Talking Taino: Caribbean Natural History from a Native PerspectiveKeegan and Carlson, combined, have spent over 45 years conducting archaeological research in the Caribbean, directing projects in Trinidad, Grenada, St. Lucia, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, the Turks & Caicos Islands, and throughout the Bahamas. Walking hundreds of...
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Dodging Extinction: Power, Food, Money, and the Future of Life on EarthPaleobiologist Anthony D. Barnosky weaves together evidence from the deep past and the present to alert us to the looming Sixth Mass Extinction and to offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding it. Writing from the front lines of extinction research, Barnosky tells the...
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The Remarkable Weather of Southern California: Its Science and SubtletiesYes, even in Southern California, weather is something we experience every day. It is in our conscious or subconscious whenever we wake up, look out a window, venture outside, see or feel the sunshine, hear the swish of wind in the trees or the...
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Por Amor a la Tierra: Estrategias para Regenerar Nuestros Sistemas de Producción de Alimentos"Una lectura provocadora que invita a la reflexión y que es una llamada a la acción para todos nosotros.""Durante años, muchos de los que hemos participado en la agricultura regenerativa hemos promovido la conexión entre la salud del suelo, la salud de las plantas,...
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Antarctic Wildlife: A Visitor's GuideAn essential photographic guide to antarctic wildlife Antarctic Wildlife is the definitive identification guide to the birds and marine mammals of the Antarctic Peninsula, Drake Passage, and Beagle Channel. This easy-to-use photographic field guide enables visitors to this unique region of the world--newcomer and...
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Land of Plants in Motion: Japanese Botany and the WorldLand of Plants in Motion is the first in any language to examine two companion stories: (1) the rise of an East Asian floristic zone and how the Japanese islands evolved an astonishing wealth of plant species, and (2) the growth of Japanese botanical...
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Animal Resistance in the Global Capitalist EraThe concept of animal resistance is now reaching a wide audience across the social media landscape. Animal Resistance in the Global Capitalist Era offers an overview of how animals resist human orderings in the context of capitalism, domestication, and colonization. Exploring this understudied phenomenon,...
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Compact Guide to Colorado BirdsAn easy-to-use field guide that will help even the novice birder identify the species encountered in backyards and along Colorado's wilderness trails. Over 80 different common or notable birds are featured, complete with color illustrations, photographs of eggs and extensive natural history.Author: Michael Roedel,...
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Elementary Cosmology: From Aristotle's Universe to the Big Bang and BeyondCosmology is the study of the origin, size, and evolution of the entire universe. Every culture has developed a cosmology, whether it be based on religious, philosophical, or scientific principles. In this book, the evolution of the scientific understanding of the Universe in Western...
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African Ark: Mammals, Landscape and the Ecology of a ContinentThe story of how Africa's mammals have helped shape the continent's landscapes over time to support an amazing diversity of life Africa is home to an amazing array of animals, including the world's most diverse assortment of large mammals. These include the world's largest...
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The Boy and the Mountain: A Father, His Son, and a Journey of DiscoveryIn this engrossing book, a father and son ascend a mountain together, retracing the steps of a boy who went missing there a century earlier-a quest that spawns a tender meditation on nature, family, and the joy of discovery. Six-year-old Hans Torske disappeared in...
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Get Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Planting in Public PlacesYour guide to becoming a green-fingered vigilante - transforming your neighbourhood's neglected corners into bright pockets of plant life.Guerrilla gardening is the global movement of people planting in public places. From scattering wildflower seeds onto road verges to building community allotments on vacant lots,...
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A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World Without HumansAuthor: Jessica Pierce, Marc BekoffPublisher: Princeton University PressPublished: 04/18/2023Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 5.50h x 8.50w x 0.90dISBN: 9780691247748About the AuthorJessica Pierce is a faculty affiliate at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School. Her books include...
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The Green Witch's Herb and Plant Encyclopedia: An Essential Reference for Your Magical PracticeUnearth the magical power of plants The Earth is full of wisdom and energy--learn to harness it! With this easy-to-use guide, you'll explore the inherent magic of plants, see how they can elevate your witchcraft, and bring more agency into your life. Practice your...
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Diary of a Citizen ScientistA critically acclaimed nature writer explores the citizen scientist movement through the lens of entomological field research in the American Southwest. Award-winning nature writer Sharman Apt Russell felt pressed by the current environmental crisis to pick up her pen yet again. Encouraged by the...
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