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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Wild Edible Plants of New Mexico: Volume 1: The Essentail ForagesProfiling the state's most important wild botanical foods, Wild Edible Plants of New Mexico is a good fit for the camper/hiker, plant utilitarian, or prepper in need of a concise guide to the subject. Readers will find the booklet's cliff-notes type of orientation on-target...
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Fantastic Fungi: Expanding Consciousness, Alternative Healing, Environmental Impact // Official Book of Smash Hit Documentary2020 IBPA Awards Winner! "Louie Schwartzberg's lightly informative, delightfully kooky documentary, "Fantastic Fungi," offers nothing less than a model for planetary survival." -Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times "Gorgeous photography! Time-lapse sequences of mushrooms blossoming forth could pass for studies of exotic flowers growing...
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Tracing Time: Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau"An engaging glimpse into a world both fascinating and fundamentally unknowable to those who aren't born into it." --R. E. BURRILLO, author of Behind the Bears EarsCraig Childs bears witness to rock art of the Colorado Plateau--bighorn sheep pecked behind boulders, tiny spirals in...
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The Mind of a BeeA rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees Most of us are aware of the hive mind--the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars...
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North AmericaCOMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED: From renowned birder, illustrator, and New York Times best selling author David Sibley, the most authoritative guide to the birds of the West, in a portable format that is perfect for the field. Compact and comprehensive, this guide features 715...
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Conversations with Birds"Birds are my almanac. They tune me into the seasons, and into myself." So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar. Growing up at the feet of the Himalayas in northern India, Kumar took for granted her immersion...
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Iwígara: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science"A beautiful catalogue of 80 plants, revered by indigenous people for their nourishing, healing, and symbolic properties." --Gardens Illustrated The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath--known in the Rarámuri tribe as iwígara--has resulted in a treasury of knowledge about...
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Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants & Herbs of Eastern & Central N. America: Third EditionPeterson The best-selling field guides of all timeMedicinal plants are increasingly well regarded as supplements and sometimes as alternatives for prescription drugs. Steven Foster and James A. Duke have used recent advances in the study of medicinal plants and their combined experience of over...
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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the WorldMycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That's right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you'll find out how. The...
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A Road Running Southward: Following John Muir's Journey Through an Endangered Land"Engaging hybrid - part lyrical travelogue, part investigative journalism and part jeremiad, all shot through with droll humor." --The Atlanta Journal Constitution In 1867, John Muir set out on foot to explore the botanical wonders of the South, keeping a detailed journal of his...
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BuildingThis classic and beautifully illustrated picture book follows a family of beavers as they build their home. A companion to Nesting by celebrated author-illustrator Henry Cole, Building will be welcomed by young naturalists.With stunning line art and a limited color palette, this simple text...
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Pacific Coast Tree Finder: A Pocket Manual for Identifying Pacific Coast TreesEasily Identify the Trees You Find on the Pacific Coast Enjoy learning to identify trees with this guide from author Tom Watts. With this handy, easy-to-use book, you'll be able to identify a wide variety of trees along the Pacific Coast in no time....
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Cat PoemsAcross the ages, cats have provided their adopted humans with companionship, affection, mystery, and innumerable metaphors; cats cast a mirror on their beholders; cats endlessly captivate and hypnotize, frustrate and delight. And to poets, in particular, these enigmatic creatures are the most delightful and...
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Desert Oracle: Volume 1: Strange True Tales from the American SouthwestThe cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave--its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs--becomes the definitive, oracular book of the desert For the past five years, Desert Oracle has existed as a quasi-mythical, quarterly...
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House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American SouthwestA "beautifully written travelogue" that draws on the latest scholarly research as well as a lifetime of exploration to light on the extraordinary Anasazi culture of the American Southwest (Entertainment Weekly). The greatest "unsolved mystery" of the American Southwest is the fate of the...
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Trees: An Anthology of Writings and PaintingsHermann Hesse understood trees to be symbols of transcendence and rebirth, of instinctive growth present in all natural life. This elegant collection of his essays, poems, and passages on trees, accompanied by thirty-one of his watercolor illustrations, reveals his inspired thoughts on nature, spirituality,...
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Birds of Florida's Gulf CoastThese laminated, fold-up identification guides-- FoldingGuides-- speak for themselves. Written and illustrated by local experts who know their stuff, waterproof and indestructible, theyre the perfect choice for beginners and intermediates who want to know what theyll encounter in their particular locale.Author: Ernest SimmonsPublisher: Earth...
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A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies"Informed, utterly blindsiding account." - Booklist, starred review It's falling from the sky and in the air we breathe. It's in our food, our clothes, and our homes. It's microplastic and it's everywhere--including our own bodies. Scientists are just beginning to discover how these...
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The Hidden Life of Trees: The Illustrated EditionThis beautiful, timeless book shares text from the New York Times bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees alongside stunning photographs of forests, taking readers on an unforgettable visual journey.In his international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben opened readers' eyes to the...
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Mushrooming Without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious MushroomsIs it safe or not? What gourmands and nature lovers need to know to harvest your own. Advice, with photographs, from an expert Novices eager to collect tasty wild mushrooms will find this unique guide invaluable. Unlike others, it focuses only on those types...
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