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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Engineering for Extremes: Decision-Making in an Uncertain WorldThe volume explains how risk and decision-making analytics can be applied to the wicked problem of protecting infrastructure and society from extreme events. There is increasing research that takes into account the risks associated with the timing and severity of extreme events in engineering...
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Coastal GeologyThis textbook shows all the existing knowledge about coastal geology and its implications for coastal management. In the last decades, the geological sciences have been supplying exciting information about the coastal systems, not only from its dynamics but also providing a sedimentary concept to...
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The Flying Bushman - Stories from the HeartIn Stories from the Heart, Greg Keynes, best-selling author of The Flying Bushman, returns with a new collection of stories about life, making a living, and living life to the fullest. From droving wild livestock on an Australian station to travelling Europe as a...
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Stitched Journeys with Birds: Inspiration to Let Your Creativity Take FlightEscape into an unexpected world of avian fiber art. This collection--brought together by Martha Sielman, executive director of Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA)--tells how artists live creatively and how birds fit into their lives and inspire them. Bird lovers, needlecrafters, quilters, and other...
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All Natural Soap Recipe Book: How to Make Homemade Plant Based SoapWhy should you try to make soap yourself? Your soap can be customized to your own specifications. Everything, from the fragrance, to the color, to the shape can be tailored to meet your desires. This is a great advantage which can distinguish your product...
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Effectiveness of Protected Areas in Conserving Biodiversity: A Worldwide ReviewThis book addresses the effectiveness of existing protected areas at conserving the diversity of genes, species and ecosystems on land and at sea. The book synthetizes the main biodiversity conservation outcomes of protected areas in the 2010-2019 decade, drawing on a systematic literature review...
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Poems of NaturePoems of Nature is classic collection of nature poems by the great American philosopher and naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. This nature poetry collection includes the following introduction: THE fifty poems here brought together under the title 'Poems of Nature' are perhaps two-thirds of those...
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Antennae #60 Earthly Surfacing'Earthly Surfacing' focuses on questions of epistemology and representation of the land. Seen by who? Seen how-through which institutional or other lenses? Represented with what materials? Rejecting or embracing the aesthetics of whose ideological traditions and cultures? In this context, the term surfacing reflects...
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Navigation with Cooperative Social Robotse thesis presents a new algorithm to track humans following a mobile robot in a 3D environment for applications such as a robotic guide. The current approaches use sophisticated robots with a large field of view sensors, which is not practically feasible due to...
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Compasión - Con PasiónCon estas historias, estoy tratando de recordarles a las personas que est n interesadas en otros seres vivientes tambi n creados por Dios, que ellos, como nosotros, tambi n tienen derecho a vivir, y no son seres que les guste hacer da o, s...
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Echoes of Time: Reflections on the Mesas and Canyons of the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation AreaWhat makes a place special or sacred? Is it the history, the scenery, the wildlife, the isolation? All of the above and more are what makes the Bureau of Land Management's Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area along the Gunnison River a special place.This area between...
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A Coast of Scenic Wonders: Coastal Geology and Ecology of the Outer Coast of Oregon and Washington and the Strait of Juan de FucaThis book will help you explore origins of the coastal features such as wave-cut rocks cliffs, sea stacks, wave cut rock platforms, and the amazing array of beaches, deltas, and tidal flats. It explains the processes that create the diverse coastal landforms that have...
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A Coast Beyond Compare: Coastal Geology and Ecology of Southern AlaskaThe southern coast of Alaska stretches over six hundred miles, its sweeping crescent studded with glaciers and beaches that connect temperate rainforest to frozen islands. While its soaring beauty attracts thousands of visitors a year, it also hides a deadly energy due to its...
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Crossing Rio Pecos: Volume 16The Pecos River flows snake-like out of New Mexico and across West Texas before striking the Rio Grande. In frontier Texas, the Pecos was more moat than river--a deadly barrier of quicksand, treacherous currents, and impossibly steep banks. Only at its crossings, with legendary...
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The Way to the Salt Marsh: Cultural Recall in the Present"In common things are greater extensions of ourselves than we ever conceived of." "Life on earth springs from a collateral magic that we rarely consult," observes John Hay, naturalist, essayist, sage, and inveterate walker of byways. This collection from the 50-year long career of...
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michigan: A Quaternary and Recent Faunal AdventureWith its temperate climate and variety of habitats, Michigan supports a diverse array of animals and plants, including fifty-four species of amphibians and reptiles. The dispersal and biology of the Michigan herpetofauna-amphibians and reptiles-is even more unique because Michigan consists of two peninsulas that...
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No One Loved Gorillas MorePresents a collection of letters written by Dian Fossey that captures her spirit, activism, setbacks, and triumphs during the eighteen years she spent studying and preserving mountain gorillas.Author: Author TbdPublisher: National Geographic SocietyPublished: 04/05/2005Pages: 192Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.33lbsSize: 9.94h x 9.76w x 0.81dISBN: 9780792293446Review...
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Telling the Seasons: Stories, Celebrations and Folklore Around the YearA month-by-month treasury of stories and traditions that bring to life the changing seasons and celebrate the turning year Telling the Seasons takes us on a journey through the twelve months of the year with stories, customs and celebrations. Drawing on the changing patterns...
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Nature, Our Medicine: How the natural world sustains usNature, Our Medicine: How the natural world sustains usFind out how connecting to nature can boost your health and heal our planetJoin mother, nature lover and family physician, Dr Dimity Williams as she explores the most important relationship we have - our connection with...
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This Gulf of Fire: The Great Lisbon Earthquake, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and ReasonWinner of the Phi Alpha Theta Best Subsequent Book AwardA Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist The captivating and definitive account of the Great Lisbon Earthquake--the most consequential natural disaster of modern times. On All Saints' Day 1755, tremors from an earthquake measuring approximately...
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