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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Run the Storm: A Savage Hurricane, a Brave Crew, and the Wreck of the SS El FaroIn the bestselling tradition of The Perfect Storm and The Finest Hours, "an exquisitely written and dramatic book...a literary page-turner" (Doug Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers)--the 2015 mysterious disappearance of the SS El Faro, a gigantic American cargo ship...
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Great Plains WeatherThe weather of the Great Plains is extreme and highly variable, from floods to droughts, blizzards to tornadoes. In Great Plains Weather Kenneth F. Dewey explains what makes this region's climate unique by presenting a historical climatology of extreme weather events. Beginning with tornadoes--perhaps...
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Disability Studies and the Environmental Humanities: Toward an Eco-Crip TheoryAlthough scholars in the environmental humanities have been exploring the dichotomy between "wild" and "built" environments for several years, few have focused on the field of disability studies, a discipline that enlists the contingency between environments and bodies as a foundation of its scholarship....
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Snakes! A Kid's Book Of Cool Images And Amazing Facts About Snakes: Nature Books for Children Series*Please note that in 2023 I revised this book to fix layout and factual errors noted by Reviewers.Thank you for your help and input! Do you have a snake lover in the family? If so, then you may have just found the perfect gift...If...
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Scats and Tracks of Alaska Including the Yukon and British Columbia: A Field Guide to the Signs of Sixty-Nine Wildlife SpeciesSee those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? Was that pile of droppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten? Scats and Tracks of Alaska Including the Yukon and British Columbia will help...
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How to Die in the Outdoors: 150 Wild Ways to PerishThe Book That Makes Dying by Heart Attack Seem Downright Boring Simply by living a normal life, you have an excellent chance of becoming yet another statistic on the list of leading causes of death. But Buck Tilton prefers to ponder the alternatives. In...
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Historic Redwood National and State Parks: The Stories Behind One of America's Great TreasuresIf redwood trees could share their stories, what would they say? Some of these giants are thousands of years old, but all have witnessed some truly unique moments in history. Historic Redwood National and State Parks is a vibrant collection of essays sharing different...
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Dogman The Monsters Are RealThe experiences of a amateur Bigfoot researcher with the creature known as the "Dogman". The Dogman is a bipedal wolf-like creature that roams the woodlands of North America. This creature could be what inspired the Werewolf legends. I encountered the creature by chance and...
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An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism: Ecology, Virtue, and EthicsChristians share a common concern for the earth. Evangelicals emphasize creation care; mainline Protestants embrace the green movement; the Catholic Church lists "10 deadly environmental sins;" and the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch has declared climate change an urgent issue of social and economic justice.This textbook...
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Bigfoot Lives!It's late at night and you are sitting around a campfire when someone starts telling yet another Bigfoot story. You ask yourself - are they really real?If you have ever wondered if Bigfoot exists, this is the book to read to find out. He...
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OpossumsFamous for their unlucky penchant to become road kill, opossums are actually smart and adaptable. Opossums are known to walk along roads looking for dead animals. Unfortunately for them, one of their main defenses against predators works against them in this situation. When threatened,...
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Butterflies of Britain and Europe: A Photographic GuideAn authoritative photographic guide to the butterflies of Europe. Packed with beautiful photography, this is the definitive guide to all 482 species of European butterflies with additional information on over 60 species found in the far east of Europe, stretching as far as the...
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Around Rocky Mountain National ParkFollowing the establishment of Rocky Mountain National Park in 1915, promotional campaigns generated by the railroads lured wealthy travelers to the park with images of the great outdoors and the many luxuries offered by the finest hotels. Postcards were circulated proclaiming the park as...
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Hammonasset Beach State ParkMajor accomplishments are often completed by unknown, extraordinary people. The vision and determination of the founding members of the Special Commission on State Parks swayed the 1913 Connecticut General Assembly to create the Connecticut State Park Commission. Seven years later, Hammonasset Beach State Park...
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Whats That Rock or Mineral: A Beginner's GuideCompact and portable, What's That Rock, Mineral or Gem? is an indispensable beginner's pocket guide to identifying the 150 most common North American rocks and minerals.Author: DKPublisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)Published: 02/17/2014Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.40h x 3.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9781465415929Audience: Ages 9-12About...
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The Cultivated Forest: People and Woodlands in Asian HistoryForests have histories that need to be told. This examination of wood and woodlands in East and Southeast Asia brings together case studies from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Sumatra to explore continuities in the history of forest management across these regions as well...
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Wildlife RehabilitationAuthor: A. Schwartz Nancy a. Schwartz, Nancy a. SchwartzPublisher: XlibrisPublished: 08/12/2010Pages: 214Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49dISBN: 9781453531907This title is not returnable
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The Captive Care of House SnakesThe Captive Care of House Snakes is an innovative care guide, written by an enthusiast on a genus of snakes that have not been written about before. Detailling everyting you need to know to identify, care for and breed House Snakes. Fully illustrated with...
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Animal Madness: Inside Their Minds**"Science Friday" Summer Reading Pick** **Discover magazine Top 5 Summer Reads** **People magazine Best Summer Reads** "A lovely, big-hearted book...brimming with compassion and the tales of the many, many humans who devote their days to making animals well" (The New York Times).Have you ever...
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Hippos: The Ultimate Hippo Book for Kids: 100+ Amazing Hippo Facts, Photos, Quiz and MoreIs your child obsessed with hippos? Then they'll love learning more about their favourite mammal in Hippos: The Ultimate Hippo Book for Kids! Featuring over 100 exciting hippo facts illustrated with beautiful hi-res photos and a fun quiz and word search puzzle, this interactive...
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