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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Courage for the Earth: Writers, Scientists, and Activists Celebrate the Life and Writing of Rachel CarsonFor environmentally critical times, Courage for the Earth is a centennial appreciation of Rachel Carson's brave life and transformative writing Rachel Carson's lyrical, popular books about the sea, including her best-selling The Sea Around Us, set a standard for nature writing. By the late...
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Coyote: Seeking the Hunter in Our Midst"Alive with terror, charm, and mystery." -- Madeleine Blais, author of Uphill Walkers When Catherine Reid returned to the Berkshires to live after decades away, she became fascinated by another recent arrival: the eastern coyote. This tenacious species, which shares some lineage with the...
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The Wild Here and NowIn The Wild Here and Now Susan Charkes writes about nature where you least expect to find it: right in front of you. Charkes is a perceptive observer, a superb storyteller, and a gifted translator of science into accessible language. She writes poetically, lyrically,...
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Chickens! Illustrated Chicken Breeds A to ZAn illustrated look at chicken breeds from A-Z. The author has uniquely captured the whimsical nature of chickens through these fun illustrations and facts. Chicken lovers and friends alike will cluck over this book Sarah's whimsical chicken art from "Chickens Illustrated Chicken Breeds A...
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Making the Geologic Now: Responses to Material Conditions of Contemporary LifeMaking the Geologic Now announces shifts in cultural sensibilities and practices. It offers early sightings of an increasingly widespread turn toward the geologic as source of explanation, motivation, and inspiration for creative responses to conditions of the present moment. In the spirit of a...
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Lands Forlorn: A Story of an Expedition to Hearne's Coppermine RiverLands Forlorn documents a 1911-1912 expedition to Great Bear Lake and the lower Coppermine River to search for copper deposits. The three-man exploration party was led by George M. Douglas and included his brother, Lionel, a master seaman, and Dr. August Sandburg, a geologist....
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Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies about WildlifeIn this fascinating book, wildlife expert and enthusiast Warner Shedd refutes popular animal myths like squirrels remembering where they bury nuts, wolves howling at the moon, and oppossums playing dead. Have you ever seen a flying squirrel flapping through the air, watched a beaver...
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Foxfire 2For use in schools and libraries only. Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region.Author: Eliot WiggintonPublisher: Turtleback BooksPublished: 05/22/1973Pages: 416Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.30dISBN: 9780606362245This title is not...
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Person/Planet: The Creative Disintegration of Industrial Society"We live in a time when the very private experience of having a personal destiny to fulfill has become a subversive political force of major proportions. An this (perhaps) is the way the industrial world comes to an end, in a noisy celebration of...
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He Saw a HummingbirdAuthor: Norma Lee BrowningPublisher: iUniversePublished: 09/01/2000Pages: 168Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.03w x 0.45dISBN: 9780595129744This title is not returnable
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Earth Treasures, Vol. 4A: Southwestern QuadrantAuthor: Allan W. EckertPublisher: iUniversePublished: 04/01/2000Pages: 400Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 8.24h x 5.06w x 1.01dISBN: 9780595089611This title is not returnable
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Earth Treasures, Vol 3: The Northwestern Quadrant: Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South DaAuthor: Allan W. EckertPublisher: iUniversePublished: 04/01/2000Pages: 664Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.64lbsSize: 8.48h x 4.52w x 1.67dISBN: 9780595089604This title is not returnable
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Earth Treasures, Vol. 1: Northeastern QuadrantAuthor: Allan W. EckertPublisher: iUniversePublished: 04/01/2000Pages: 504Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.50w x 1.22dISBN: 9780595089581This title is not returnable
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Legacy of LexingtonA reference book on the American Thoroughbred for the breeder and owner, with particular focus on the supreme bloodlines developed during the heat racing era (1665-1870), and their effect on the international breeding and racing interests. The resulting backlash of the Jersey Act (1913-1949),...
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North American Sport Horse BreederThis is a reference book for the breeder and owner of sport horses. It presents the breeder with a fresh way to evaluate their breeding stock or mounts, using the pedigree as a genetic road map so they assess genetic dominance, and how to...
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Land Whisperer: A Guide to Partnering Energetically with Any EnvironmentLand Whisperer A Guide to Partnering Energetically with Any Environment reintroduces readers to the land-human partnership, our oldest partnership on Earth and one many of us have become disconnected from, and clarifies our place within it and responsibility to it. The book presents a...
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The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South PacificIn The Fragile Edge, the documentary filmmaker and deep-sea diver Julia Whitty paints a mesmerizing, scientifically rich portrait of teeming coral reefs and sea life in the South Pacific. She takes us literally beneath the surface of the usual travel narrative, in an underwater...
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The Unexpected UniverseDrawing from his long experience as a naturalist, the author responds to the unexpected and symbolic aspects of a wide spectrum of phenomena throughout the universe. Scrupulous scholarship and magical prose are brought to bear on such diverse topics as seeds, the hieroglyphs on...
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee, a leading cancer physician and researcher, selects the year's top science and nature writing from journalists who dive into their fields with curiosity and passion, delivering must-read articles from a wide array of fields.Author: Tim FolgerPublisher: Mariner BooksPublished: 10/08/2013Pages:...
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The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do about Them)By the world-renowned seismologist, a riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--they stem from the same forces that give our planet life. Earthquakes give us natural...
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