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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Undying Tales: Mythologies of Creatures on the Verge of ExtinctionTraverse the world through mythology and illustration and be inspired to think of and act for the endangered creatures that still share this planet with us. While the tales will live on in our cultural memory, the creatures may not. Every culture tells stories...
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The Western Horse: A Popular History of the Wild and Working AnimalThis book celebrates the history and culture of the western horse, its ability to capture the popular imagination, and the means by which it has come to symbolize the American West. Beginning in the 1500s, The Western Horse delves into the origins and variations...
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The Vintage Journal Bucolic Scene, Muir Woods, CaliforniaThe Vintage Journal Bucolic Scene, Muir Woods, California pocket journal features a travel poster illustration of a beautiful scenery of the sunilght filtering throught the trees. This journal has full color decorative vintage art on the cover, and is the perfect companion for your...
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The Story of Nature: A Human HistoryThe story of humanity's evolving relationship with the natural world from pre-history to the present day Nature has long been the source of human curiosity and wonderment, and the inspiration for some of our deepest creative impulses. But we are now witnessing its rapid...
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The Raven's Nest: An Icelandic Journey Through Light and Darkness'Fascinating' -Robert Macfarlane, author of The Old Ways 'Truly a thing of wonder' - Kerri ní Dochartaigh, author of Thin Places 'Lyrical [and] thoughtful' - Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment Visiting Iceland as an anthropologist and film-maker in 2008, Sarah Thomas is...
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The Oxford Book of Sea StoriesMalevolent, mysterious, vast, the ocean has always sparked our fascination and sense of adventure, giving rise to a remarkable vein of narrative deftly mined here by editor Tony Tanner. In the twenty-seven tales of The Oxford Book of the Sea, masters of the art...
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The Nature of Nature: The Metabolic Disorder of Climate ChangeIn an age of climate catastrophes and extinction, we need to turn back to nature and learn, once again, how to live sustainably on planet Earth--beginning with our relationship to food. Four billion years ago, Earth was a hot, lifeless planet. Through the process...
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The Honey Trap: How the Good Intentions of Urban Beekeepers Risk Ecological DisasterExposing the misguided assumptions behind an altruistic trend. The last decade has seen an explosion of urban beekeeping in the US, Canada, and Europe, a well-intentioned response to perceived threats to the global honey bee population. Many thousands of people have taken up this...
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The Ecological Plot: How Stories Gave Rise to a ScienceUnraveling the surprising history of the concept of ecology The Ecological Plot traces the roots of this most mainstream branch of science back to an unexpected source: narrative storytelling. Weaving together the histories of different disciplines, John MacNeill Miller shows how pioneering thinkers drew...
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Texas Wild FlowersThese beautiful watercolor images of Texas wild flowers were created in the 1840s and 1850s by Eliza Griffin Johnston, bound into a book, and given to her husband, General Albert Sidney Johnston for his birthday. In 1862, during the Civil War, General Johnston was...
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Second Nature: The Story of a Naturalist's GardenIn a hidden valley tucked into an unspoiled corner of England lies a naturalist's garden that was developed from scratch by award-winning gardener and author Susie White, with the help of her husband and friends. This is the story of how they created a...
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Sea Magick: Connect with the Ocean Through Folklore and Magickal TraditionsExplore the depths of sea magick--and learn to harness its power--through ocean-related myths, deities, weather patterns and more. We are drawn to the sea as if by a powerful spell. Covering 71 percent of the world, the element of water can soothe, cleanse, and...
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Scanning the Skies: A History of Tornado ForecastingTornadoes, nature's most violent and unpredictable storms, descend from the clouds nearly one thousand times yearly and have claimed eighteen thousand American lives since 1880. However, the U.S. Weather Bureau--fearing public panic and believing tornadoes were too fleeting for meteorologists to predict--forbade the use...
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Roots and Resilience: California Ranchers in Their Own WordsIn Roots and Resilience, the authors invite readers to consider an intimate relationship with the California landscape and its history. Ranching in the region goes back centuries, and many of these essayists have long family lineages in the area, while other contributors are newer...
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Rooted in Time: Living Fossils and Other Tenacious PlantsAn intriguing portrait of persistent plants with deep roots that have survived eons on earth, featuring exquisite watercolors and numerous color photos.Plants are tenacious organisms. Their green ancestors were among the earliest living beings on Earth, while clubmosses and ferns that arose 400 million...
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Rocks, Roots and Rattlesnakes (Revised Edition): A Geologist's Journal: 150 Days of Discovery on the Appalachian TrailRocks, Roots and Rattlesnakes is the captivating story of my five-month 2020 journey hiking the Appalachian Trail, as told from a geologist's perspective. It is written as a series of daily logs originally transcribed from my daily journals, then embellished with additional details resulting...
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River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath BasinRiver of Renewal tells the remarkable story of the Klamath Basin, a region of the Pacific Northwest spanning the Oregon-California border. Indian reservations are at the headwaters, along the estuary, and across the major tributary of the Klamath River. In this place that has...
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Rhs Wild in the Garden Diary 2025The RHS Wild in the Garden Diary 2025 celebrates British wildlife at its very best, and is the perfect gift for all keen gardeners, bird watchers and animal lovers. This beautiful week-by-week diary is illustrated with stunning full-color photographs of the birds, mammals, amphibians,...
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Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to PrintThrough portraits of readers and their responses to texts, Reading Practice reconstructs the contours of the knowledge economy that shaped medicine and science in early modern England. Reading Practice tells the story of how ordinary people grew comfortable learning from commonplace manuscripts and printed...
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Raw Deal: Hidden Corruption, Corporate Greed, and the Fight for the Future of MeatA shocking and unputdownable exposé of the United States meat industry and the growing disappointment of alternative meat producers that "is required reading for anyone who eats" (Christopher Leonard, New York Timesbestselling author). Well before COVID-19 swept across the United States and the chairman...
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