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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Woody Plants of the Northern Forest: A Photographic GuideThe Northern Forest Region lies between the oak forests of the eastern United States and the boreal forests of eastern Canada. It is, collectively, one of the largest and most continuous temperate forests left in the world and, like much of the biosphere, it...
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Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in AmericaIn 1908, near Folsom, New Mexico, a cowboy discovered the remains of a herd of extinct giant bison. By examining flint points embedded in the bones, archeologists later determined that a band of humans had killed and butchered the animals 12,450 years ago. This...
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Wildlife Out Your Window: Fascinating Facts About 100 Animals Commonly Seen in the Northeastern U.S.Did you know that: Blue Jay feathers are not blue...they are actually brown (they look blue due to an optical illusion)! Some frogs survive freezing by creating their own anti-freeze! Some foxes live up in trees!These are just a few of the hundreds of...
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Wildflowers of the West: An Artist's GuideA lush celebration of wildflowers--the perfect gift for hikers, artists, or any nature lover Bestselling artist Molly Hashimoto brings her unique blend of vibrant illustration, engaging natural history, and intimate personal reflection to the Western landscape--this time exploring the ephemeral beauty of wildflowers. Organized...
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Wild Edible Plants of California: Volume 1: The Essentail ForagesA state of significant plant diversity, California is home to more species than any other. Weather, elevation, and latitude all play parts in the region's floristic dynamism. For the wild edible plant enthusiast, this means a variety of sustaining forages are to be had,...
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Wildcrafted Fermentation: Exploring, Transforming, and Preserving the Wild Flavors of Your Local Terroir"I am in awe of this book"―Sandor Katz, author of The Art of FermentationWild krauts and kimchis, fermented forest brews, seawater brines, plant-based cheeses, and more with over 100 easy-to-follow recipes! Featured in The Independent's (UK) "7 Best Fermentation Books of 2020" One of...
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Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer: EssaysA brief meditation on the role of technology in his own life and how it has changed the landscape of the United States from "America's greatest philosopher on sustainable life and living" (Chicago Tribune) "A number of people, by now, have told me that...
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When Crisis Hits Suburbia: A Modern-Day Prepping Guide to Effectively Bug in and Protect Your Family Home in a Societal CollapseWould your family survive in lockdown if society were to collapse? Learn how to prepare your home now.Three quarters of Americans say they're worried about serious incidents, natural disasters, and terror attacks affecting their communities, yet many of them are completely unprepared.We are used...
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Weeds of the NortheastThis fully updated second edition of the best-selling Weeds of the Northeast provides lavish illustrations for ready identification of more than 500 common and economically important weeds in the Northeast and in the Upper Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. This new edition covers the region...
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Walden and Civil DisobedienceHenry David Thoreau's account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts--part social experiment, part spiritual quest--is an enduringly influential American classic. In 1845, Thoreau began building a cabin at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. The inspiring and lyrical...
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Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four SeasonsNorthern Michigan is a place, like all places, in change. Over the past half century, its landscape has been bulldozed, subdivided, and built upon. Climate change warms the water of the Great Lakes at an alarming rate--Lake Superior is now the fastest-warming large body...
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Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice"Essential reading, filled with exactly the kind of truth that this precarious moment demands." --Kaira Jewel Lingo, author of We Were Made for These Times Abby Reyes lost her partner, Terence Unity Freitas, as he and two others were murdered after departing Kajka Ika--the...
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Trees: An Anthology of Writings and PaintingsHermann Hesse understood trees to be symbols of transcendence and rebirth, of instinctive growth present in all natural life. This elegant collection of his essays, poems, and passages on trees, accompanied by thirty-one of his watercolor illustrations, reveals his inspired thoughts on nature, spirituality,...
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Tools to Save Our Home Planet: A Changemaker's Guidebook"An eco-activism guidebook that bursts with salient strategies for rising up and fighting the powers that threaten the natural world." -- Foreword MagazineA Global Guidebook for Activism in the Age of Climate Chaos and Social InjusticeIn 1994, Patagonia invited representatives from 75 grassroots nonprofit...
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Thin PlacesAn Indies Introduce Selection for Winter/Spring 2022Both a celebration of the natural world and a memoir of one family's experience during the Troubles, Thin Places is a gorgeous braid of "two strands, one wondrous and elemental, the other violent and unsettling, sustained by vividly...
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The Zen of FlyfishingA celebration of the beauty and grace of flyfishing through lyrical essays and spectacular photography. Here is a beautifully written meditation on the art, grace, and style of fly fishing, presented in a photo-driven package that's the perfect gift for every angler. Gorgeous visuals...
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The Shorebirds of North America: A Natural History and Photographic CelebrationA lavishly illustrated, large-format reference book by two preeminent experts on North American shorebirds More than half a century has passed since the publication of The Shorebirds of North America, Peter Matthiessen's masterful natural history of what is arguably the world's most amazing and...
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The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of the American DesertNaturalist Craig Childs's "utterly memorable and fantastic" study of the desert's dangerous beauty is based on years of adventures in the deserts of the American West (Washington Post). Like the highest mountain peaks, deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to the most...
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The Secret History of Sharks: The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome PredatorsFrom ancient megalodons to fearsome Great Whites, this book tells the complete, untold story of how sharks emerged as Earth's ultimate survivors, by world-leading paleontologist John Long. "Will keep you on the edge of your seat from its first page to its last page."--Jared...
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The Reign of Wolf 21: The Saga of Yellowstone's Legendary Druid Pack"A redemption story, an adventure story, and perhaps above all, a love story."--Nate Blakeslee, New York Times-bestselling author of American Wolf The Druid Peak Pack was the most famous wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park, and maybe even in the world. This is the...
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