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 Dreams of Dragons: An Exploration and Celebration of the Mysteries of NatureProwling the edges of science with insight and sensitivity, Lyall Watson maintains that there is a truth to be found behind every seemingly impossible legend. The best-selling author of Supernature and Gifts of Unknown Things, Watson takes us on a journey through prehistoric burial...
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A Birder's Guide to MaineThe birds of Maine are as fascinating as the landscapes they inhabit. This clear, concise guide provides maps to the best birding spots, as well as information on where and when certain species are likely to be seen.Author: Elizabeth PiersonPublisher: Down East BooksPublished: 01/01/1996Pages:...
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The New Ocean BookThe oceans may well be Earth's final frontier. These dark and sometimes mysterious waters cover 71 percent of the surface area of the globe and have yet to be fully explored. Under the waves, a watery world of frail splendor, foreboding creatures, vast mountains,...
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Game Bird Breeders Handbook: Commercial and OrnamentalThree of the most imminent researchers in the keeping, rearing, and nutritional studies of pheasant, quail, and partridge have combined their sixty years of experience to produce this handbook of aviculture. An indispensable tool. Upland game birds represent some of the most colorful and...
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Northwest Native HarvestThey were gourmets, the Coast Salish First Nations. They lived along the shores of the Puget Sound, inhabiting the bays and estuaries in the days before the white man came, enjoying the bounty of the Pacific Northwest. Through time, the women developed ingenious methods...
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Stopping the Rise of Sea LevelThis book presents a feasible solution that stops, or even reverses, the rise of sea level.Until today, the world believes that the rise of sea level is unstoppable and acts accordingly. To protect coastal cities and lowlands from the rising sea level, huge walls...
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Wildflowers of Cape Cod and the Islands: Over 200 Wildflowers That Grow on Cape Cod's Sand Dunes, Heathlands, Pond Shores, Woodlands, Bogs and MeadowsWritten for novice naturalists and everyday plant admirers alike, this pocked-sized guidebook contains beautiful color photographs throughout and written descriptions of more than 200 wildflowers growing in and on Cape Cod and the Islands, from Cape Cod Canal to Provincetown.Key features include: - Plants...
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New Complete Guide to Beekeeping (Revised)Covering the rearing of queens, honey-making methods, honey marketing, the benefit of pollinator rental, and everything else related to beekeeping, The New Complete Guide to Beekeeping explains step-by-step what it takes to establish a thriving hive that produces an amazing end product, and all...
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada: From Boys to MenThe Great Depression of the 1930s had a devastating impact on sparsely populated Nevada and its two major industries, mining and agriculture. Luckily, thanks to Nevada's powerful Senate delegation, Roosevelt's New Deal funding flowed abundantly into the state. Among the programs thus supported was...
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The Nature WayCorbin Harney's long life encompassed remarkable changes in the lives of Native Americans and in the technological and political development of the world. As an adult, Harney found his calling as a traditional healer and spiritual leader. This book presents a compendium of Cobin...
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Birds of the Lake Erie RegionThis latest collaboration of Carolyn V. Platt and Gary Meszaros is a beautifully photographed book that explores Lake Erie and its effects on the birds that make this region their home. Birds of the Lake Erie Region observes a year of weather changes and...
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The Western San Juan Mountains: Their Geology, Ecology and Human HistoryThe San Juan Skyway winds its way up, over, and through canyons, mesas, plateaus, mountains, plains, and valleys. The sheer variety of landforms makes the Skyway a veritable classroom for the amateur naturalist and historian.The most complete work published on the natural history of...
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Out of the Sea, Today's Chincoteague PonyOut of the Sea, Today's Chincoteague Pony conveys the indomitable spirit and strength for survival that defines the Chincoteague ponies. From their initial arrival on the island to their reign as the island's leading attraction, Lois Szymanski details their history to today, where the...
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The Assateague PoniesPonies have lived on Assateague Island for hundreds of years, but have been studied scientifically only since 1975. In 1965, twenty-one ponies were released into the northern portion of Assateague, within the Assateague Island National Seashore, where their numbers have risen gradually and the...
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DragonfliesDragonflies are increasing in popularity because they are colourful and fascinating to watch in flight over water. Their conservation in the British countryside has become a matter of concern. This book provides an introduction for those who wish to learn more about them, and...
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Gila: The Life and Death of an American RiverFor sixty million years, the Gila River, longer than the Hudson and the Delaware combined, has shaped the ecology of the Southwest from its source in New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River in Arizona. Today, for at least half its length,...
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The Travails of Two Woodpeckers: Ivory-Bills & ImperialsNearly two feet long with striking black, white, and red plumage, the Ivory-billed and Imperial Woodpeckers were two of the most impressive woodpeckers in the world. Both species were known to be in serious decline by the end of the nineteenth century and are...
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Finite Media: Environmental Implications of Digital TechnologiesWhile digital media give us the ability to communicate with and know the world, their use comes at the expense of an immense ecological footprint and environmental degradation. In Finite Media Sean Cubitt offers a large-scale rethinking of theories of mediation by examining the...
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Cultivating the Nile: The Everyday Politics of Water in EgyptThe waters of the Nile are fundamental to life in Egypt. In this compelling ethnography, Jessica Barnes explores the everyday politics of water: a politics anchored in the mundane yet vital acts of blocking, releasing, channeling, and diverting water. She examines the quotidian practices...
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Sudden Music: Improvisation, Sound, NatureMusic, said Zen patriarch Hui Neng, "is a means of rapid transformation." It takes us home to a natural world that functions outside of logic, where harmony and dissonance, tension and release work in surprising ways. Weaving memoir, travelogue, and philosophical reflection, Sudden Music...
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