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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North to the PoleFollow Will Steger and Paul Schurke, along with six others and 49 dogs, as they set out to complete the first ever confirmed "unsupported" expedition to the North Pole.Author: Will Steger, Paul SchurkePublisher: Minnesota Historical Society PressPublished: 10/15/2015Pages: 368Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 8.90h x...
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Potato City: Nature, History, and Community in the Age of SprawlCatbirds and pocket gophers, bur oaks and bull snakes, bluestem grass and leopard frogs have populated the gently rolling prairies around Sue Leaf's midwestern farming community for centuries. A hundred years ago her town, located forty-five miles from the nearest city, shipped thousands of...
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Fishes of Idaho: A Natural History SurveyThe most recent and comprehensive study of the veriety of fish species that inhabit Idaho's waters. An exhaustive natural survey of all species known to exist in the Gem State, this encyclopedic book provides biologists, naturalists, students and anglers with the most complete reference...
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Coming to Pass: Florida's Coastal Islands in a Gulf of ChangeComing to Pass tells the story of a little-developed necklace of northern Gulf Coast islands. Both a field guide to a beloved and impermanent Florida landscape and a call for its protection, Susan Cerulean's memoir chronicles the uniquely beautiful coast as it once was,...
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The Billfish Story: Swordfish, Sailfish, Marlin, and Other Gladiators of the SeaThe billfish is fixed at the apex of the oceanic food chain. Composed of sailfish, marlin, spearfish, and swordfish, they roam the pelagic waters of the Atlantic and are easily recognized by their long, spear-like beaks. Noted for their speed, size, and acrobatic jumps,...
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Drifting into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha RiverJanisse Ray was a babe in arms when a boat of her father's construction cracked open and went down in the mighty Altamaha River. Tucked in a life preserver, she washed onto a sandbar as the craft sank from view. That first baptism began...
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The Nature of Florida's Beaches: Including Sea Beans, Laughing Gulls and Mermaids' PursesAuthor: Cathie KatzPublisher: Great Outdoors Publishing CompanyPublished: 06/01/2001Pages: 72Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.17dISBN: 9780820012018
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No Species Is an Island: Bats, Cacti, and Secrets of the Sonoran DesertIn the darkness of the star-studded desert, bats and moths feed on the nectar of night-blooming cactus flowers. By day, birds and bees do the same, taking to blooms for their sweet sustenance. In return these special creatures pol-linate the equally intriguing plants in...
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Wildflowers of New York in ColorBeautifully illustrated with more than 350 color photographs and arranged to easily identify the species, Wildflowers of New York in Color is an easy-to-read introduction to the wildflowers of New York State. The nontechnical language of the text is accompanied by both visual and...
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Adirondack Cabin CountryThroughout his career as a photographer, writer and conservationist, Paul Schaefer has been the Adirondack's leading spokesperson and the driving force behind negotiating New York State's forever wild laws. In this autobiography, Schaefer recalls life in the mountains.Author: Paul SchaeferPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublished: 11/01/1993Pages:...
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Sugarloaf: The Mountain's History, Geology, and Natural LoreListen for the calls of nesting ravens and warblers, watch the growth of wild geranium and black cohosh, and savor the first autumn blush in the tupelo trees. Revel, as did Frank Lloyd Wright, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt--among generations of other...
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Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop RemovalLike an old-fashioned hymn sung in rounds, Something's Rising gives a stirring voice to the lives, culture, and determination of the people fighting the destructive practice of mountaintop removal in the coalfields of central Appalachia. Each person's story, unique and unfiltered, articulates the hardship...
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Ecosystems of Florida"An important book that everyone who works on Florida environmental policy in any way should own . . . and] anyone who cares about nature in Florida would love to own."--Tallahassee Democrat "The first comprehensive guide to the state's natural resources to be written...
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Wings of Paradise: Birds of the Louisiana WetlandsLocated at the narrow end of the funnel-shaped Mississippi flyway zone, south Louisiana serves as a seasonal stopover for wintering birds from all across North America as well as for some neotropical birds from Central America. Many other bird species make the region their...
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Nature and WalkingTogether in one volume, Emerson's Nature and Thoreau's Walking, is writing that defines our distinctly American relationship to nature.Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David ThoreauPublisher: Beacon PressPublished: 07/01/1994Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 7.91h x 5.02w x 0.48dISBN: 9780807014196Review Citation(s): Library Journal 08/01/1994 pg. 141About...
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Cabin Fever"If Tom Montgomery Fate has not found the secret formula for the deliberate, balanced life, he is a chief disciple of the search."--Chicago Tribune Try to imagine Thoreau married, with a job, three kids, and a minivan. This is the sensibility--serious yet irreverent--that suffuses...
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Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure AnthologyMore college students than ever are majoring in Outdoor Recreation, Outdoor Education, or Adventure Education, but fewer and fewer Americans spend any time in thoughtful, respectful engagement with wilderness. While many young people may think of adrenaline-laced extreme sports as prime outdoor activities, with...
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Plains Apache EthnobotanyOne tribe's traditional knowledge of plants, presented for the first time Residents of the Great Plains since the early 1500s, the Apache people were well acquainted with the native flora of the region. In Plains Apache Ethnobotany, Julia A. Jordan documents more than 110...
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A Great Day to Fight Fire: Mann Gulch, 1949Mann Gulch, Montana, 1949. Sixteen men ventured into hell to fight a raging wildfire; only three came out alive. Searing the fire into the nation's consciousness, Norman Maclean chronicled the Mann Gulch tragedy in his award-winning book Young Men and Fire. Still, the silence...
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All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture FarmingAmidst Mad Cow scares and consumer concerns about how farm animals are bred, fed, and raised, many farmers and homesteaders are rediscovering the traditional practice of pastoral farming. Grasses, clovers, and forbs are the natural diet of cattle, horses, and sheep, and are vital...
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