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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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Naked HumanThe second edition of Christopher Poindexter's first book, Naked Human, is an exploration of humanity at its finest and at its worst. This is a story written between 2011-2015 about the discovery of what makes us human: doing whatever it takes to keep the...
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Cache Creek: A Trailguide to Jackson Hole's Backyard WildernessWhere do Jackson Hole locals hike?The definitive secret Jackson escape guidebook.Five minutes from the traffic of Jackson's town square, Cache Creek offers the chance to immerse yourself in wild nature. It's a place where you can see how the world works. Cache Creek shares...
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Indiana Total Eclipse Guide: Official Commemorative 2024 Keepsake GuidebookThe best Total Eclipse Guide for Indiana.Start planning today for your Total Eclipse Experience.On April 8, 2024, a remarkable event will occur over Indiana. A rare total eclipse will pass directly over the state. If you are planning to view the total eclipse in...
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100 Insects of Arkansas and the Midsouth: Portraits & StoriesMost people don't notice insects. If they do, there is first a look of revulsion, followed by a search for something to swat with. But naturalists and teachers Norman and Cheryl Lavers know that if people had any idea how intricate and fascinating the...
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The Orchard HouseThe Orchard House is a transcendent book replete with lyric poems not just regarding the human interface with nature but something infinitely more. Richard Shaw's poems are meditations that develop into mystical experience through keen observation. His vision is akin to W. S. Merwin's...
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The Concise Book of Owls: A Guide to Nature's Most Mysterious BirdsWhat makes owls unique among birds? The Concise Book of Owls, by award-winning writer-naturalist and historian Lochlainn Seabrook, readily answers this and many other questions concerning these enchanting beneficial raptors that make up nearly 2.5 percent of our planet's 10,000 avian species!Packed with fascinating...
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Not a Place to VisitNot a Place to Visit is a new collection of illustrated essays by WILD MAN cartoonist T Edward Bak. Exploring themes of social and ecological flux unique to environments in the western US through concisely rendered reflections this series examines the migration of the...
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The Hoofprints Guide to the Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks and VicinityHorses roamed the Outer Banks of North Carolina and much of the nearby mainland for centuries. Forces of development-and conservation-restricted the southern herds to Shackleford Banks and a few neighboring islands, however, and official management in the 1990s nearly eradicated them. They have partially...
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The Persistence of Rivers: An Essay on Moving WaterAlison Townsend shapes the memories within this book like the meditative and meandering rivers that inspired them. The Persistence of Rivers evokes the naturalism of Thoreau and Dillard, yet Townsend's prose remains masterfully singular in its subject, lyricism, and poignancy. Spanning decades from the...
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The Breath of Horse Crazy: The Love Affair Between Women and HorsesHorse make Dreams. Come. True.Horses live, move, and think at the speed of trust, and unlike some people, horses can't be bought. The end of the rainbow for horse-crazy ladies is transformation; becoming more than they were alone.Horses tell you things about yourself you...
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Path of the Puma: The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion"These cats are like emissaries from the raw landscapes out West, probing the rest of the nation, showing us where patches of wildness remain, and bring a fuller dimension of wildness to them. It's as if they're testing to find out just what folks...
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Challenge of the Big Trees: The Updated History of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National ParksBeginning in 1872 with the establishment of Yellowstone, national parks were set aside to preserve for future generations the most spectacular and inspirational features of the country. The best representative examples were sought out of major ecosystems, such as Yosemite, geologic forms, such as...
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A Gold Camp Called SummitvilleIn the spring of 1870, five Union Army veterans followed the South Fork of the Rio Grande River up to a stream that ran along the base of 13,000-foot South Mountain located in the "Alps of America." There, at a place they named Wightman...
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Wonder: When and Why the World Appears RadiantWhat do a marigold, starlight over South Africa, and the birth of a child have in common? Every person, plant, and star springs up from information compounded by interaction. We are embedded in an ancient, intricate world. Changing combinations of atoms pass through the...
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Spirit of the Earth: Indian Voices on NatureOften spoken at the end of a prayer, a well-known Sioux phrase affirms that "we are all related." Similarly, the Sioux medicine man, Brave Buffalo, came to realize when he was still a boy that "the maker of all was Wakan Tanka (the Great...
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Damselflies of Minnesota, Wisconsin & MichiganAll 51 Species of Damselflies in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan Get the new edition of Damselflies of Minnesota, Wisconsin & Michigan. As part of the popular North Woods Naturalist Series, this handy field guide by Robert DuBois and Mike Reese contains detailed information and...
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Spiders of the North WoodsWhich spider spits venom and sticky threads? Why don't Northerners need to fear the Black Widow? These answers and more are found in Spiders of the North Woods. The easy-to-follow format makes field identification of 135 species simple and fun.Author: Larry WeberPublisher: Kollath-Stensaas PublishingPublished:...
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Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern UniverseJulia Ward Howe Award Finalist NBC News "Top Science and Tech Books of the Year" selectionScientific American/FSG "Favorite Science Books of the Year" selectionNature.com "Top Reads of the Year" selectionKirkus Reviews "Best Books of the Year" selectionDiscover magazine "Top 5 Summer Read" "A masterful...
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The Unidentified & Creatures of the Outer EdgeBack in print for the first time in decades! THE UNIDENTIFIED and CREATURES OF THE OUTER EDGE, the classic early works of Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman, now in a special double edition with a new introduction by the authors. The Unidentified finds the...
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The World was My Garden: Travels of a Plant ExplorerDavid Fairchild wrote this book to describe his extensive world travels and his work introducing new plant species to the United States. In addition to sharing his legendary tropical botanical expertise, Fairchild provided graphic accounts of native cultures he was able to see before...
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