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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Florida's ShipwrecksThe Sunshine State has a rich maritime history spanning more than five centuries. Tragically, part of that history includes thousands of ships that have met their fates in Florida waters.Potentially more than 5,000 shipwrecks reside off Florida's 1,200 miles of coastline, with hundreds more...
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Dominion of Bears: Living with Wildlife in AlaskaLong ago we invited bears into our stories, our dreams, our nightmares, our lives. We have always sought them out where they live, for their hides, their meat, their beauty, their knowingness. Human country and bear country exist side by side. As Sherry Simpson...
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Sea Dragons: Predators of the Prehistoric OceansIn the days when dinosaurs dominated the earth, their marine counterparts--every bit as big and ferocious--reigned supreme in prehistoric seas. In this entrancing book, Richard Ellis, one of the world's foremost writers on the denizens of the deep, takes us back to the Mesozoic...
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Bees of California: Art, Science, and PoetryBees provide food through the simple but essential act of pollination. There are thousands of bee species in North America, but bees are dying. This book is a collaboration between student artists, scientists and writers at the University of California concerned with bee decline....
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Birds of Western and Central AfricaThis is the only pocket guide to all the species of bird known to inhabit Western and Central Africa. Ber van Perlo introduces more than 1,500 species through 109 expertly rendered full-color plates and concise, easy-to-consult entries. The territory covered is vast--nearly 2,500 miles...
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Where the Sunrise BeginsWhere does the sunrise begin? Douglas Wood asks this question in the style that has made him an internationally bestselling author. He answers it by focusing on the world of one child, then moving to another child's world farther away, and then yet still...
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The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and NatureFrom the award-winning author of The Tangled Tree and The Song of the Dodo comes a collection of essays in which various weird and wonderful aspects of nature are examined. From tales of vegetarian piranha fish and voiceless dogs to the scientific search for...
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African SilencesAfrican Silences is a powerful and sobering account of the cataclysmic depredation of the African landscape and its wildlife. In this critically acclaimed work Peter Matthiessen explores new terrain on a continent he has written about in two previous books, A Tree Where Man...
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The Urban Whale: North Atlantic Right Whales at the CrossroadsIn 1980 a group of scientists censusing marine mammals in the Bay of Fundy was astonished at the sight of 25 right whales. It was, one scientist later recalled, "like finding a brontosaurus in the backyard." Until that time, scientists believed the North Atlantic...
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Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious StonesSimon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones provides both the connoisseur and the casual collector with a compact, easy-to-use volume describing more than 100 rare varieties of minerals whose beauty and mystery have possessed our imaginations from time immemorial. More than 450...
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The Wind Masters: The Lives of North American Birds of PreyEven people with little interest in birds will stop in their tracks at the sight of a hawk soaring overhead or a falcon perched on a window ledge. Birds of prey have an aura that few other creatures have. In the acclaimed Hawks in...
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Mountain Wildflowers of Washington: 265 ImagesThis handy, laminated, fold-out wildflower guide is perfect for carrying in your back pocket or your daypack. It features 265 color photographs of Washington Wildflowers and includes the common name and scientific name for each. For ease of use, flowers are organized by color....
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The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects: Sir William Herschel's Star Clusters, Nebulae and GalaxiesSir William Herschel's contributions to astronomy during the late eighteenth century are unrivaled. His lasting legacy is his dedicated all-sky survey of star clusters and nebulae, and these objects continue to be among the most studied in the night sky. This unique book provides...
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Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American ConservationCrimes against Nature reveals the hidden history behind three of the nation's first parklands: the Adirondacks, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon. Focusing on conservation's impact on local inhabitants, Karl Jacoby traces the effect of criminalizing such traditional practices as hunting, fishing, foraging, and timber...
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Birds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History, Status, and DistributionThis beautifully illustrated and user-friendly book presents the most up-to-date information available about the natural histories of birds of the Sierra Nevada, the origins of their names, the habitats they prefer, how they communicate and interact with one another, their relative abundance, and where...
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Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast: Volume 100From gray whales giving birth in the lagoons of Baja California to sea otters nestled in kelp beds off California to killer whales living around Vancouver Island--this spectacular stretch of the Pacific Coast boasts one of the most abundant populations of sea mammals on...
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Elephant ReflectionsElephant Reflections brings award-winning wildlife photographer Karl Ammann's gorgeous images together with a revelatory text by writer Dale Peterson to illuminate one of nature's greatest and most original works of art: the elephant. The photographs move from the purely aesthetic to the informative, depicting...
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Do It Yourself Bushcraft: A Book of the Big OutdoorsBoy Scouts co-founder and avid outdoorsman Uncle Dan Beard provides a clear, enthusiastic introduction to the joys of camping, trapping, and outdoor survival. Originally published nearly a century ago, this engagingly written and charmingly illustrated guide provides an atmospheric reminder of a simpler time....
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Acupuncture MedicineStarting with historical background, including the origins and meanings of concepts essential to the practice of acupuncture, the text proceeds to a discussion of the anatomical and pathophysiological concepts of Oriental medicine, concluding with a detailed review of diagnostic methods. A practical guid for...
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The Wonderful World of Horses - Adult Coloring Book - 2nd Edition: Beautiful Horses to Color - 2nd Edition with additional and updated illustrationsThe Best Horse Coloring Book *Note: this is a 2nd Edition and contains most of the 1st Edition illustrations - many of these have been revised and updated for an even better coloring experience. It also has totally new & original illustrations. This 2nd...
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