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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Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands, 2nd EditionOriginally published in 1999, Wildflowers and Other Plants of Iowa Wetlands was the first book to focus on the beauty and diversity of the wetland plants that once covered 1.5 million acres of Iowa. Now this classic of midwestern natural history is back in...
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Booming from the Mists of Nowhere: The Story of the Greater Prairie-ChickenFor ten months of the year, the prairie-chicken's drab colors allow it to disappear into the landscape. However, in April and May this grouse is one of the most outrageously flamboyant birds in North America. Competing with each other for the attention of females,...
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Turtles in Your Pocket: A Guide to Freshwater and Terrestrial Turtles of the Upper MidwestFrom the hefty alligator snapping turtle--the largest freshwater turtle in North America and the only turtle in the world with a predatory lure in its mouth--to the wood turtle, which uses "worm stomping" to catch earthworms, to the lovely ornate box turtle, which closes...
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Uses for Mooses: And Other Silly ObservationsA lighthearted look at moose and their mannerisms Gathered here dozens of color images of moose at their wackiest, each accompanied by a silly caption from the human mind. These amusing and enlightening photographs provide a surprising insight into the character of moose. People...
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Into WoodsInto Woods is an exuberant, profound, and often wonderfully funny account of ten years in the life of author Bill Roorbach. A paean to nature, love, family, and place, it begins with his honeymoon on a wine farm in France's Loire Valley and closes...
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Dispatches from the Sweet Life: One Family, Five Acres, and a Community's Quest to Reinvent the WorldMany fantasize about dramatically changing their lives -- living in accordance with their ideals rather than the exigencies of job, bills, and possessions. William Powers actually does it. In his book Twelve by Twelve, Powers lived in an off-grid tiny house in rural North...
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My Animal, My Self: A Breakthrough Way to Understand How You and Your Animal Reflect Each OtherIn this groundbreaking book, animal communicator Marta Williams brings into focus an unexamined dynamic in our relationships with our animals: the idea that our animals are often our mirrors. Deeply and inextricably connected to us on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels, they...
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Marx and Nature: A Red and Green PerspectiveThough infrequently viewed as an environmental thinker, Karl Marx insisted that production as a social and material process is shaped and constrained by both historically developed relations among producers and natural conditions. Paul Burkett shows that it is Marx's overriding concern with human emancipation...
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ElkA look at elk, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their camouflaging pelage, behaviors, relationships with humans, and the negative effects of climate change on these magnificent deer today.Author: Melissa GishPublisher: Creative EducationPublished: 07/15/2017Pages: 48Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 10.70h x 9.80w x...
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Amazing Animals Wild HorsesA basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of wild horses, animals that roam in bands. Also included is a story from folklore explaining how people began riding horses.Author: Kate RiggsPublisher: Creative EducationPublished: 01/01/2015Pages: 24Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 11.30h x 9.10w x...
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The Burgess Bird Book for ChildrenRenowned naturalist and author of children's books on wildlife successfully blends information and entertainment in his book about birds, among them saucy Jenny Wren, Redwing the Blackbird, Melody the Wood Thrush, Spooky the Screech Owl, Creaker the Purple Grackle, Downy the Woodpecker, and other...
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The Man Who Thought He Owned Water: On the Brink with American Farms, Cities, and FoodThe Man Who Thought He Owned Water is author Tershia d'Elgin's fresh take on the gravest challenge of our time--how to support urbanization without killing ourselves in the process. The gritty story of her family's experience with water rights on its Colorado farm provides...
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Outdoor Truths: Volume IIOutdoor Truths, Hunting and Fishing for Answers, Volume II, is another compilation of Gary's outdoor observations. Each of these brief chapters has appeared as articles in newspapers and magazines across eighteen states. They speak to the hunter and fisherman about the Creator whom they...
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The Prairie PeninsulaThe prairie grassland biome covers the heartland of North America with an eastward extension called the Prairie Peninsula. Primarily composed of tallgrass prairie, this biome lies between the shortgrass prairies of the west and the eastern deciduous forest region and includes the states of...
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Cultivating Outdoor Classrooms: Designing and Implementing Child-Centered Learning EnvironmentsCreate an outdoor learning program Transform outdoor spaces into learning environments where children can enjoy a full range of activities as they spend quality time in nature. This book is filled with guidance to help you plan, design, and create an outdoor learning program...
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HerpetologyHerpetology, Fourth Edition, explains why amphibians and reptiles, which are distantly related evolutionary lineages, are nonetheless grouped in the discipline known as herpetology, and describes the position of amphibians and reptiles within the evolution of vertebrates. Initial chapters present the fossil history of amphibians...
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Abominable SnowmenScottish zoologist IVAN TERRANCE SANDERSON (1911-1973) coined the word cryptozoology and first used it in print in this hard-to-find 1961 work, the story of "hairy hominids" across the planet from the very beginnings of human civilization until the mid 20th century. With its scientific,...
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African Orchids in the Wild and in CultivationCovers the orchids of sub-Saharan Africa, excluding Madagascar and other Indian Ocean islands, but including the islands off the west coast of the continent. This is a black-and-white edition.Author: Isobyl La Croix, Eric La CroixPublisher: Timber Press (OR)Published: 07/24/2009Pages: 423Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 9.00h...
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Orchid Modern: Living and Designing with the World's Most Elegant Houseplants"This beautiful book is useful for all of us, novice and experienced orchid lovers alike." --Martha Stewart, author, entrepreneur, founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Add the vibrant colors and exotic blooms of orchids to your houseplant haven It's easier than you think with...
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Landfill: Notes on Gull Watching and Trash Picking in the AnthropoceneOver the past hundred years, gulls have been brought ashore by modernity. They now live not only on the coasts but in our slipstream following trawlers, barges, and garbage trucks. They are more our contemporaries than most birds, living their wild lives among us...
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