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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Between Land and Sea: The Atlantic Coast and the Transformation of New EnglandOne of the largest estuaries on the North Atlantic coast, Narragansett Bay served as a gateway for colonial expansion in the seventeenth century and the birthplace of American industrialization in the late eighteenth. Christopher Pastore presents an environmental history of this watery corner of...
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Ecology Without Nature: Rethinking Environmental AestheticsIn Ecology without Nature, Timothy Morton argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature itself. Ecological writers propose a new worldview, but their very zeal to preserve the natural world leads them away from the nature they revere....
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The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals--And Other Forgotten SkilTurn Every Walk into a Game of DetectionWhen writer and navigator Tristan Gooley journeys outside, he sees a natural world filled with clues. The roots of a tree indicate the sun's direction; the Big Dipper tells the time; a passing butterfly hints at the...
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Birding by Ear: Eastern and Central North AmericaAn educational and entertaining method for learning bird songs from the bestselling Peterson Field Guides.Instead of merely providing a catalog of bird song samples, Birding By Ear actually teaches. This proven method has greatly enhanced the field experience for birders across North America. Richard...
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Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys Into the Time Before Bones"We humans are a minority of giants, stumbling around in the world of little things," Sue Hubbell writes in this marvelous book. Each of these little things "has a complicated and special way of getting on in the world, different from ours and different...
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A Guide to Birds of San Juan IslandSan Juan Island is a diverse place made up of a wide variety of habitats: shorelines, farmlands, forests, and prairies. As a result, over 300 bird species have been documented here. Whether a budding nature enthusiast, an advanced birder, or somewhere in between, A...
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The Veterinarians' Guide to Natural Remedies for Dogs: Safe and Effective Alternative Treatments and Healing Techniques from the Nation's Top HolisticThe world of veterinary medicine is changing. People are realizing that if alternative medicine is better for them, it's better for their pets, too. Dogs are visiting acupuncturists, chiropractic doctors, and homeopaths. Still, many dog owners are unaware that such simple measures as changing...
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Unlikely Loves: 43 Heartwarming Stories from the Animal KingdomUnlikely Friendships is the phenomenal New York Times bestseller that s spent 44 weeks on the list and has 615,000 copies in print. It s struck a chord with media, from CBS This Morning to USA Today, and Temple Grandin has praised it as...
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Henna's Secret History: The History, Mystery & Folklore of HennaAuthor: Marie Anakee MiczakPublisher: iUniversePublished: 01/01/2001Pages: 356Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.02h x 6.26w x 0.87dISBN: 9780595178919This title is not returnable
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Exploring the Yukon RiverAuthor: Archie SatterfieldPublisher: iUniversePublished: 11/01/2000Pages: 148Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 9.16h x 6.10w x 0.42dISBN: 9780595146307This title is not returnable
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British Isles: A Natural HistoryBritish Isles: A Natural History takes the reader on a journey through time, from the explosive birth of the islands to the rich and varied landscape of today. It chronicles the evolution of this unique land, exploring everything from geology and geography to flora...
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Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Western North AmericaA comprehensive field guide that uses an innovative Sound Index to allow readers to quickly identify unfamiliar songs and calls of birds in western North America. Bird songs and calls are at least as important as visual field marks in identifying birds. Yet short...
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Hugs Kill: The Hidden Spectrum Between Dark and LightAuthor: Dennis H. BarkerPublisher: Dennis H. BarkerPublished: 05/01/2022Pages: 182Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39dISBN: 9780578289458
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The Light RoomFrom "one of our most formally ambitious writers" (Esquire), a moving account of caretaking in a time of uncertainty and loss "Kate Zambreno's writing is mysterious, unclassifiable, and yet intimate and familiar," Jenny Zhang has written. Now, Zambreno offers her most profound and affecting...
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Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American WestMustang is the sweeping story of the wild horse in the culture, history, and popular imagination of the American West. It follows the wild horse across time, from its evolutionary origins on this continent to its return with the conquistadors, its bloody battles on...
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Ramshackle OdeA sparkling debut collection from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet that makes an ecstatic argument for living Containing joy and suffering side by side, Ramshackle Ode offers elegies and odes as necessary partners to bring out the greatest power in each. By turns celebratory, meditative,...
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The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American EnvironmentalismThe Bulldozer in the Countryside is the first scholarly history of efforts to reduce the environmental costs of suburban development in the United States. The book offers a new account of two of the most important historical events in the period since World War...
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The Natural and the Supernatural in the Middle AgesHow did people of the medieval period explain physical phenomena, such as eclipses or the distribution of land and water on the globe? What creatures did they think they might encounter: angels, devils, witches, dogheaded people? This fascinating book explores the ways in which...
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The Green and the Brown: A History of Conservation in Nazi GermanyThis study provides the first comprehensive discussion of conservation in Nazi Germany. Looking at Germany in an international context, it analyses the roots of conservation in the late 19th century, the gradual adaptation of racist and nationalist thinking among conservationists in the 1920s and...
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Elastic Wave Propagation and Generation in SeismologyBridging the gap between introductory textbooks and advanced monographs, this book provides the necessary mathematical tools to tackle seismological problems and demonstrates how to apply them. Including student exercises, for which solutions are available on a dedicated website, it appeals to advanced undergraduate and...
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