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 Energy of SlavesAncient civilizations routinely relied on shackled human muscle. It took the energy of slaves to plant crops, clothe emperors, and build cities. In the early 19th century, the slave trade became one of the most profitable enterprises on the planet. Economists described the system...
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Current, Climate: The Poetry of Rita WongCurrent, Climate is an introduction to the environmental and social-justice poetry of Rita Wong. Selections from her poetic oeuvre show how Wong has responded to local and global inequities with outrage, linguistic inventiveness, and sometimes humour. Wong's poetry explores the meeting places of life,...
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500 Butterflies: Butterflies from Around the WorldThis handsome, well-illustrated guide features 514 butterflies from all continents, most of them photographed in their natural environment, sometimes with their caterpillars. Sales of 15,000 copies in hardcover is proof of its value. The butterflies are organized by genus, species and subspecies, and described...
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Color and Vision: The Evolution of Eyes and PerceptionThis thought-provoking book examines life before there was vision and considers how it changed when the image-forming eye evolved. It goes back to the earliest life on Earth to trace the evolution of vision and color in nature. For color to exist there needs...
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Fifty Minerals That Changed the Course of HistoryThe brief sections are consistently interesting, and plenty of supplemental illustrations and photos make this a handsome volume... best-suited to curious kids and casual mineralogists. --Publishers Weekly A beautiful book, nicely bound and richly illustrated... written in an easy to read, casual style. --Science...
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18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its WeatherWINNER, American Meteorological Society's Louis J. Battan Authors' Award WINNER, 2019 Science Writers & Communicators of Canada Book Award WINNER, 2018 Lane Anderson Award "With wit and a humbling sense of wonder, this is a book that can be shared and appreciated by a...
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Birds of Africa South of the SaharaBirds of Africa South of the Sahara provides unrivalled coverage of African birds in a single volume, and is the only book to describe and illustrate all of the birds found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert (the Afrotropic Region), including Socotra, Pemba...
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Treading Lightly: The Hidden Wisdom of the World's Oldest PeopleIn this unique journey into traditional Aboriginal life and culture, a European business-management professor and an Aboriginal eldercollaborate to create a powerful and original model that western societies can use tobuildenvironmentally sustainableorganizations, communities, and ecologies based uponthe same Aboriginal traditions that allowed theAborigines tocreatesustainable...
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New Hampshire: (annotated)This deluxe, hard-cover edition printed on premium paper, with full-color photographs and an introduction that focuses on Frost's troubling childhood, is the perfect gift for the Robert Frost fan. "It is such an honor to publish this book," says Sartoris Literary Group president James...
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Knitting WildKnitting, Nature, and the Resistance When the Trump administration put Ryan Zinke, an oil industry insider, in charge of the Dept. of the Interior, Theressa responded by writing a book of knitting patterns that celebrate the diverse beauty of our national parks and wildlife...
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Horse Prayers: Poems from the PrairieA collection of poetry from a small farm on the Colorado prairie; tiny stories in simple words, praise for the beautiful fragile land, and love poems to horses. This is a 106-page book of poetry and full-color photography, a softcover mini-coffee table book. Some...
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Angling the Inner Banks: An Ecosystemic ApproachThis book is written to give the reader who is entirely new to fishing, or an experienced fisherman who is new to the region, a basic primer for fishing the waters of the Inner Banks. Because of its unique physical environment it presents a...
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CBD oil and Diabetes Controlling Your Blood Sugar Levels Ultimate Guide: Discover The Truth And Reverse Your DiseasesCBD oil and Diabetes Controlling Your Blood Sugar Levels Ultimate Guide Diabetes is known as the "silent killer" effecting more than 371 million people worldwide -And approximately 187 million of these people don't even know they have the disease Statistically speaking diabetes is the...
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The Life of the SpiderThe Life of the Spider is a volume in Jean-Henri Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques", in which he shares fifty years of careful observation. He re-acquaints us with the most everyday insects, inspiring a new interest, awareness and understanding in the reader. This volume concerns spiders.Author:...
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Large Print Coloring Book of Spring: Beautiful and Easy Collection of Simple Springtime Flowers, Animals, Butterflies, Country Scenes and Landscapes tON SALE FOR A LIMITED TIME ORINGALLY $15.99 JUST $8.94 PERFECT GIFT for MOTHER'S DAY This beautiful spring coloring book is the perfect way to relieve stress and promote relaxation. Not only that, but this springtime coloring book is filled with gorgeous scenes to...
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The Origin of Species: (Abridged Edition)2017 Reprint of 1956 Abridged Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. This edition is abridged and edited for easier access to Darwin's work, the original edition of which spanned over 500 pages. Darwin's On the Origin of...
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Lights, Camera, Lions: Memoirs of a Real-Life Dr. DoolittleLights, Camera, Lions tells the remarkable story of Hungarian Hubert Geza Wells, who defects to America during the communist era and goes on to make a name for himself as one of the desired animal trainers in Hollywood. His hair-raising memoir (pun intended) gives...
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Winter: A Spiritual Biography of the SeasonExplore how the dormancy and difficulty of winter can be a time of spiritual preparation and transformation.For many, winter is a time of postponed activity―and of shoveling snow, navigating ice, and trying to keep warm. What can easily be forgotten in winter's cold and...
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Northeast Treasure Hunter's Gem and Mineral Guide (6th Edition): Where and How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems and MineralsUpdated 6th edition with new sites & museums!Learn Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals NORTHEAST Connecticut - Delaware - District of Columbia - Indiana - Illinois - MaineMassachusetts - Maryland - Michigan - New Hampshire - New...
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Mammals: Animal Group Science Book For Kids Children's Zoology Books EditionWhat do you know about mammals? As the animal group that humans belong to, mammals have so many similarities with us. It's time to learn what those similarities are in order to point out the differences, too. The use of pictures and select texts...
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