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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Caves of MissouriIn this reprint of a classic piece of cave literature, the famed geologist, J Harlen Bretz, gives a detailed account of the formation and history of Missouri caves. Caves of Missouri contains over 450 surveyed caves, with in-depth geological and cultural histories, and 168...
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The Reluctant Farmer of Whimsey Hill"Animals can and do make our lives better. This is my kind of book." - Bret Witter, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Dewey [the Library Cat]"The hu-amorous true story of an animal-phobic, city robotics engineer who learns too late that his new...
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Enriching Animal LivesHal Markowitz has been an internationally popular lecturer and consultant on environmental enrichment for four decades. Enriching Animal Lives is chock full of recipes for enriching lives of a wide range of animals along with a generous sprinkling of personal experiences. This book will...
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Heartsblood: Hunting, Spirituality, and Wildness in AmericaIn Heartsblood, nationally acclaimed nature writer and veteran outdoorsman David Petersen takes a clear-eyed look at humans and hunting, and reaches conclusions sure to challenge everyone's preconceptions. He draws clear distinctions between true hunting and contemporary hunter behavior, praising what's right about the former...
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The Soul of the Ape & My Friends the BaboonsEugene Marais spent three years living in the South African wilderness in close daily contact with a troop of baboons. He later described this as the happiest, most content time of his troubled life. This period produced two works which are testament to his...
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More Than a Mirror: Horses, Humans & Therapeutic PracticesMore than a Mirror is a deep and passionate study of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Learning (EAP/EAL). Horse Sense of the Carolinas founder Shannon Knapp examines the therapeutic process with horses and how horses foster emotional and social intelligence. Special focus is given to...
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Weather Workbook: Questions, Answers, and Resources on Marine WeatherThis workbook is designed to accompany the text Modern Marine Weather by David Burch (First or Second Edition). It can also be used by those who have learned marine weather from other sources. It provides questions and answers for all aspects of marine weather....
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The Mind of the Dolphin: A Nonhuman IntelligenceIn this Consciousness Classic dating from 1967, Dr. John C. Lilly details the discoveries of his research regarding the abilities of dolphins, current ideas (at that time) about their intellect, and the paradoxes of interspecies communication. The book includes a detailed account of the...
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The AllagashAuthor: Lew DietzPublisher: Down East BooksPublished: 01/01/1991Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58dISBN: 9780892725151
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Great Alaska Nature Factbook: A Guide to the State's Remarkable Animals, Plants, and Natural FeaturesThe Great Alaska Nature Factbook describes the diversity of plants and animals in Alaska. Illustrated with line drawings, the text has entries for the 105 species of mammals, nearly 300 birds, and 1,500 species of plants. The author also provides an overview of the...
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Nature's Open Secret: Introductions to Goethe's Scientific Writings (Cw 1)The holistic paradigm, Gaia, deep ecology, and new alchemy all have a hidden ancestor: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). At the youthful age of twenty-one, Steiner was chosen to edit Goethe's scientific writings for the principle Goethe edition of his time. Goethe's literary genius...
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Prairie in Your Pocket: A Guide to Plants of the Tallgrass PrairieThis is a guide to identifying more than 100 of the most common plants of the tallgrass prairie. It provides colour illustrations, along with common and scientific names, plant heights and blooming periods.Author: Mark MullerPublisher: University of Iowa PressPublished: 04/01/2000Binding Type: OtherWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 8.34h...
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The Bald Eagle: Haunts and Habits of a Wilderness MonarchThe Bald Eagle is a comprehensive description of the morphology, behavior, flight patterns, hunting, migration, nesting, development, and growth of bald eagles.Author: Jon M. Gerrard, Gary R. BortolottiPublisher: Smithsonian BooksPublished: 04/17/1988Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.03w x 0.48dISBN: 9780874744514About the AuthorJon M....
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Words from the Wild: Favorite Columns from a Yankee NotebookA collection of columns about the wilderness of New England and more from well-known New Hampshire and Vermont naturalist and commentator Willem Lange.Author: Willem Lange, Peter FridPublisher: Bauhan PubPublished: 08/04/2015Pages: 156Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.30h x 5.90w x 0.50dISBN: 9780872332157About the AuthorWILLEM LANGE has...
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Changing Tides: An Ecologist's Journey to Make Peace with the AnthropoceneChange the story and change the future - merging science and Indigenous knowledge to steer us towards a more benign Anthropocene In Changing Tides, Alejandro Frid tackles the big questions: who, or what, represents our essential selves, and what stories might allow us to...
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Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked CivilizationIn this provocative, wide-ranging book, Against the Grain, Richard Manning offers a dramatically revisionist view of recent human evolution, beginning with the vast increase in brain size that set us apart from our primate relatives and brought an accompanying increase in our need for...
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In Bloom: Creating and Living with FlowersInspiring new ways to connect with the beauty of flowers in everyday life. Like the author's exquisite first book, Bringing Nature Home, this much-awaited follow-up title presents stunning arrangements and ideas for interiors inspired by the beauty of flowers. Ngoc Minh Ngo has recorded...
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Abbey in America: A Philosopher's Legacy in a New CenturyMore than twenty-five years after his death, iconic writer and nature activist Edward Abbey (1927-1989) remains an influential presence in the American environmental movement. Abbey's best known works continue to be widely read and inspire discourse on the key issues facing contemporary American society,...
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Youghiogheny: Appalachian RiverThe mountains of southwestern Pennsylvania provide the setting for the most popular whitewater in America: the Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle. People from all over the nation come to run the rapids, while others simply enjoy the natural beauty of Ohiopyle State Park. But this...
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A High Low Tide: The Revival of a Southern OysterOysters are a narrative food: in each shuck and slurp, an eater tastes the place where the animal was raised. But that's just the beginning. Andr Joseph Gallant uses the bivalve as a jumping off point to tell the story of a changing southeastern...
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