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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Fossil Forensics: Separating Fact from Fantasy in PaleontologyThere is a difference between fact and speculation. Unfortunately, scientists and science media often fail to make the distinction everywhere they should. This is especially true within paleontology. Paleontologists often develop theories which, while interesting or even exciting, lack supporting evidence, or are even...
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In Maine: Essays on Life's SeasonsJohn Cole wrote with passion about his life, the outdoors, and the glorious rhythms of nature. In Maine, like all his essays and books, draws from his lifelong partnership and his fascination with the natural world from commercial fishing in the waters off Long...
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Out of the Woods: Seeing Nature in the Everyday2018 Reading the West Book Awards Nonfiction Winner Have you ever wondered about society's desire to cultivate the perfect lawn, why we view some animals as "good" and some as "bad," or even thought about the bits of nature inside everyday items-toothbrushes, cell phones,...
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area: A History of America's First National PlaygroundThis book examines the creation, characteristics, and tribulations of the first United States National Recreation Area. It also addresses the National Park Service's historic role in managing reservoir-based recreation in a uniquely arid region. First named the Boulder Dam Recreation Area, this parkland was...
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The Greater Community: Contact with Intelligent Life in the UniverseHumanity is emerging into a Greater Community of worlds. Contact has begun and our isolation in the universe is over. This is the greatest event in human history, and yet we are unaware and unprepared.Humanity has reached a critical threshold in its evolution, a...
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Animal Stories: Encounters with Alaska's WildlifeThese timeless, beautifully written essays share encounters and observations on a variety of Alaskan wildlife and include natural history information. In these essays about Alaska's best-known and most charismatic animals--grizzlies and wolves, moose and Dall sheep, bald eagles and beluga whales--Sherwonit also introduces readers...
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In Full VelvetSinuous and sensual, the poems of In Full Velvet interrogate the nuances of desire, love, gender, ecology, LGBTQ lineage and community, and the tension between a body's material limits and the forms made possible by the imagination. Characterized by formal poise, vulnerability, and compassion,...
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Trances of the BlastWe emerge from these poems, scathed and awakened.--PoetryAn excellent choice for any collection looking to expand poetry beyond the obvious.--Library Journal, starred reviewTrances of the Blast is a major new collection from beloved and award-winning poet Mary Ruefle. Full of the peculiarity and wit...
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The Joy of Weeds: A Celebration of Wild PlantsA colourful, illustrated celebration of wild plants around the world, and why we should love them not loathe them, with 50 graphic illustrations by Paul Farrell.To call a plant a weed is doing it a real injustice. It's simply a wild plant that is...
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Know Your BeesBees play an essential role in the pollination of crops, but they face an increasing number of threats. This book provides information about 32 bee species including their size, habitat, location, nesting and eating habits, plus other interesting facts. A photograph of each species...
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A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of IndiaThis easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 butterfly species most commonly seen in India is perfect for resident and visitor alike.High quality photographs from India's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly...
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African Dwarf Frogs as pets. Care, tanks, habitat, food, diseases, aquariums, shedding, life span, feeding, diet, all included. African Dwarf Frogs coEverything you need to know about African Dwarf Frogs and more. Guaranteed to answer all your questions, this book is a must have for anybody passionate about African Dwarf Frogs. Aquatic frogs care, tanks, habitat, food, diseases, aquariums, shedding, life span, feeding, diet, all...
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The Accidental Botanist: A Deconstructed Flower BookGlobal adventurer Robbie Honey has spent the last ten years dissecting some of the world's most exotic flowers. No plant is beyond his reach; whether growing deep in the Amazon rainforest or by the roadside in a Harare suburb, Robbie will jump, climb and...
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Webb's an Irish FloraThis handbook will provide the student or keen amateur with a clear and reliable means of identifying those plants which grow wild in Ireland. It is a comprehensive re-working of the classic and standard Flora of Ireland; this will be the eighth edition. It...
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A Natural History of LighthousesThis is the story of lightkeepers contributions to the natural history of lighthouses in conjunction with the history and maintenance of the manned navigation beacons. Since keepers were first engaged to maintain lighthouses around the British coast they have encountered wildlife, and in some...
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Plant Based BeautyThe essential guide to detoxing your beauty routine.Plant-based beauty is part of a growing global movement that is not just about the food we eat but the choices we make when it comes to what we wear and the beauty products we use. We...
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Kingdom of Frost: How the Cryosphere Shapes Life on EarthAn award-winning science journalist explains what Earth's frozen waters tell us about the past, present, and future of humanity. "The Kingdom of Frost," or what scientists call the cryosphere, refers to all of Earth's frozen waters. Glaciers, ice caps, and fields of Arctic snow--the...
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Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching CrisisMeticulous research, chilling facts.... an important and much needed book. -- Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute If it is understanding you seek, turn these pages. -- Virginia McKenna, OBE, Founder, The Born Free Foundation If you care about elephants and...
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Among the Pigeons: Why Our Cats Belong IndoorsDuring the last century, global domestic cat numbers rocketed past 200 million, along with a surge in cat diseases and numbers of feral cats and sick, injured and malnourished cats. Cat shelters are overflowing. Hundreds of thousands of cats are euthanised every year by...
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The Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time--A True Story about BirdwatchingAs a self-proclaimed twitchera birdwatching extremist who travels around the country trying to catch a glimpse of as many species of birds as possiblethe author tooka year off in 2002 with the goal of seeing 700 birds and thereby breaking the national record for...
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