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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Dinosaurs: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species, Their Habits and HabitatsDinosaurs is a simplified reference guide to the main types of dinosaurs and how and when they evolved to become the dominant land animal on Earth for over 100 million years. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 40 familiar species and includes a map...
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Dominican Republic Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesA top birding destination, this Caribbean island is home to hundreds of species including many endemics. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes an ecoregion map featuring prominent bird-viewing areas. Laminated for durability, this lightweight, pocket-sized folding guide...
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Georgia Nature Set: Field Guides to Wildlife, Birds, Trees & Wildflowers of GeorgiaThe Georgia Nature Set offers the best in wildlife and plant identification for The Peach State. The set includes three Pocket Naturalist Guides to Georgia, Trees & Wildflowers, Birds, and Wildlife, and is attractively packaged in an acetate bag. The beautifully illustrated folding guides...
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Animal, Mineral, Radical: Essays on Wildlife, Family, and FoodRadical, before it meant a person who advocates strong political reform, meant getting to the root of things, the origin. It comes from the Latin radix, radicis, meaning radish, a root vegetable.--BK Loren These meditative essays range in subjects from a transcendental encounter with...
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Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea"A pleasant, chatty book on a fascinating subject." -- Kirkus Reviews Octopuses have been captivating humans for as long as we have been catching them. Yet for all of our ancient fascination and modern research, we still have not been able to get a...
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Adventures in Kinship with All LifeWith warm humor and well-seasoned experience, J. Allen Boone reenters the wonderful world of unspoken communication between humans and animals. He was an explorer into the realm of the unexpected who felt that by underestimating the mental and spiritual qualities of by animals, we...
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Barley, a Possum's Own StoryThe tiny baby possum could have ended up as a vulture's meal after his mother was hit by a car on a busy highway, but in stepped a vet tech who rescued the little guy. No one could have guessed the unique relationship that...
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Clay: The History and Evolution of Humankind's Relationship with Earth's Most Primal ElementMore than a third of the houses in the world are made of clay. Clay vessels were instrumental in the invention of cooking, wine and beer making, and international trade. Our toilets are made of clay. The first spark plugs were thrown on the...
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Art and Architecture of InsectsClad in spiked and scaled armor, lance-like pincers at the ready, alien creatures are in our gardens, our floorboards, and our bedsheets. David M. Phillips has taken his life-long love of insect biology and microscopy and produced a mesmerizing look into the hidden world...
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Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and DogsDogs are getting lawyers. Cats are getting kidney transplants. Could they one day be fellow citizens? Cats and dogs were once wild animals. Today, they are family members and surrogate children. A little over a century ago, pets didn't warrant the meager legal status...
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Wishbonesmorning calmthe pacing of pages between us In this collection of haiku & senryu which earned the Haiku Foundation's 2018 Touchstone Distinguished Book Award, Ben Moeller-Gaa explores the unguarded space between a moment's initiation and its resolution through evocative word choice, masterful turns, and...
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Shrubs and Vines of IowaShrubs and vines, often literally overshadowed by trees, also receive much less attention than their taller neighbors, and yet they are very important elements of the region's natural landscape. A guide to these interesting and useful plants, this book identifies all 150 shrubs and...
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Rescuing Ladybugs: Inspirational Encounters with Animals That Changed the WorldCountless times throughout our lives, we're presented with a choice to help another soul. Rescuing Ladybugs highlights the true stories of remarkable people who didn't look away from seemingly impossible-to-change situations and instead worked to save animals. Prepare to be transported to Borneo to...
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Yellowstone Cougars: Ecology Before and During Wolf RestorationYellowstone Cougars examines the effect of wolf restoration on the cougar population in Yellowstone National Park--one of the largest national parks in the American West. No other study has ever specifically addressed the theoretical and practical aspects of competition between large carnivores in North...
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Eastern San Juan Mountains: Their Ecology, Geology, and Human HistoryA companion to "The Western San Juan Mountains" (originally published in 1996), "The Eastern San Juan Mountains" details the physical environment, biological communities, human history, and points of interest in this rich and diverse mountain system.A natural division between the eastern and western slopes...
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Discovery and Renewal on Huffman Prairie: Where Aviation Took WingIn 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright returned to their hometown of Dayton, Ohio, from North Carolina, where they had piloted their powered flying machine for several short flights. They wanted to continue their research closer to home and chose a flat expanse called Huffman...
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The Land of Little RainThe best known and most beloved work of literary pioneer Mary Austin, 1903's *The Land of Little Rain* is a collection of 14 vignettes paying poetic homage to the arid beauty of the lands of Death Valley and the Mojave. An amateur naturalist and...
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The Voyage of the BeagleEnglish scientist, naturalist, and geologist CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882) transformed our understanding of the planet and our place on it with his theory of evolution through natural selection. Much of the basis for his conceptual breakthrough was his research during the five-year journey he undertook...
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Magnolias: A Gardener's GuideAn authoritative book that arms the reader with all the information necessary for the proper selection, planting, and care of magnolias. This is a black-and-white edition.Author: Jim GardinerPublisher: Timber Press (OR)Published: 07/18/2012Pages: 330Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.69dISBN: 9781604694314About the AuthorGardiner,...
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Walden with Thoreau's Essay on the Duty of Civil DisobediencePerhaps the best known non-fiction book ever written by an American, Walden chronicles Thoreau's stay in a cabin by Walden Pond, on land owned by his friend and compatriot, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Thoreau stayed here for two years and two months and hoped to...
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