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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A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood BirdPart field guide, part history, part ornithology primer, and altogether fun. Fact: Pigeons are amazing, and until recently, humans adored them. We've kept them as pets, held pigeon beauty contests, raced them, used them to carry messages over battlefields, harvested their poop to fertilize...
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The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell BerryThe most comprehensive―and only author-authorized―Wendell Berry reader, America's greatest philosopher on sustainable life and living (Chicago Tribune). In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out in these prescient...
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Warden Force: The Worst of the Worst and Other True Game Warden Adventures: Episodes 101-114This is not a novel. This book, like the other eight books of the WARDEN FORCE series, is a collection of short stories, all true, the fascinating and often harrowing experiences of real game wardens pursuing armed violators in wild and remote places. TV...
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Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic CuriositiesA garden of geologic delights for all Earthlings Geopedia is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries--from Acasta gneiss to Zircon--this illustrated compendium is brimming with lapidary and lexical insights that...
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The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's BirdThe bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble," yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher...
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The Coasts of California: A California Field AtlasA San Francisco Chronicle bestseller!An epic, gloriously illustrated journey up and down California's shoreline.California's coastline is world famous, an endless source of fascination and fantasy, but there is no book about it like this one. Obi Kaufmann, author-illustrator of The California Field Atlas and...
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The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in CrisisIn this ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialism's violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment. A powerful work of history, essay, testimony, and polemic, Amitav Ghosh's new...
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Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest: A Simple Guide to Common MushroomsBegin to Identify Mushrooms with this Great Visual Guide for the Upper Midwest!Mushrooming is a popular and rewarding pastime--and it's one that you can enjoy with the right information at hand. Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest is the field guide to get you started....
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Seek & Find DinosaursTake a trip through time to the world of the dinosaurs! Roam the forest looking for an Allosaurus, spot tiny feathered Microraptor in the sky, and dive deep to hunt for giant sea reptiles like Plesiosaurs. Learn what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur; what...
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Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human SensesPerfect for fans of The Soul of an Octopus and The Genius of Birds, this "revelatory book" (Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author) explores how we process the world around us through the lens of the incredible sensory capabilities of thirteen animals, revealing...
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Around the World in 80 TreesBeautiful to behold and to read - THE SUNDAY TIMES An arboreal odyssey - NATURE One of the most quietly beautiful books of the year - DAILY MAIL Jonathan Drori's deep-seated love of nature is contagious in this tree-by-tree journey across countries and continents....
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Nature's Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild PlantsA detailed guide to 41 of the most widespread wild foods in North America, covering how to find and identify them, which parts are used, when and how to harvest them, and how to prepare them for the table. The cultural and natural history...
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Chickenology: 1000 Piece PuzzleDiscover the farm's feathered friends in this playful, charming 1000-piece puzzle. Featuring over 40 distinctive and colorful chicken types in a lush, green grass setting, Chickenology 1,000 Piece Puzzle showcases whimsical art and a varied scene. Whether you raise backyard chickens, have an interest...
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Twelve Days of Winter: A Wildlife CelebrationIn this reimagined version of The Twelve Days of Christmas, winter wildlife is observed as the snow comes. What animals do you think you might see? Do you think bears will be included? Why or why not? The only way to find out is...
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Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern CaliforniaA comprehensive and user-friendly field guide for identifying the many mushrooms of the northern California coast, from Monterey County to the Oregon border. Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast will help beginning and experienced mushroom hunters alike to find and identify mushrooms, from common to...
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The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea ReptilesAn authoritative illustrated guide to the mighty reptiles that dominated the seas of the Mesozoic for 185 million years New discoveries are revealing that many ancient oceangoing reptiles were energetic animals capable of inhabiting an array of watery habitats and climates, including polar winters....
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The Creative Lives of AnimalsThe surprising, fascinating, and remarkable ways that animals use creativity to thrive in their habitats Most of us view animals through a very narrow lens, seeing only bits and pieces of beings that seem mostly peripheral to our lives. However, whether animals are building...
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Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American SouthWinner of the 2022 Southern Book PrizeWinner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayAn Indie Next Selection for September 2021A Book Marks Best Reviewed Essay Collection of 2021A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2021A Country Living Best Book of Fall...
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Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods"Beautiful color photographs . . . temptingly arranged."--The Library Letter Planning an outdoor adventure? Make sure to consult this information-packed and photo-filled North American field guide--arranged by season and region--before you go Already a huge success in previous editions, this must-have field guide now...
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Edible and Medicinal Plants of the RockiesThroughout human history, plants have provided us with food, clothing, medicine and shelter. The Rocky Mountains are home to a diversity of plant species that have helped native peoples and settlers survive through the centuries. EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE ROCKIES describes 333...
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