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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Why We Love the Dogs We Do: How to Find the Dog That Matches Your PersonalityA Dog's Best Friend In Why We Love the Dogs We Do, Stanley Coren provides a foolproof guide to understanding which dog will make the best lifetime companion. He brings together his expertise in the fields of human psychology and animal behavior to provide...
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The Other Way to ListenWith a lot of practice, a young boy learns from his old teacher how to listen to the sounds and songs of the natural world. When you know "the other way to listen," you can hear the wild-flower seed bursting open. You hear rocks...
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Deep in the Green: An Exploration of Country PleasuresAs gardening columnist for the New York Times, Anne Raver is one of our foremost authorities on making things grow. Even non-gardeners will find this book of essays a source of profound pleasure, for Raver is a writer who transcends her subject even as...
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National Audubon Society Pocket Guide: Familiar Butterflies of North AmericaA portable, comprehensive field guide to North American butterflies--brimming with concise descriptions and stunning color photographs, and designed to fit into your back pocket--from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers. This streamlined volume contains: a simple field guide identifying 80...
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World of Insects: The Harvard University Press ReaderAs we follow the path of a giant water bug or peer over the wing of a gypsy moth, we glimpse our world anew, at once shrunk and magnified. Owing to their size alone, insects' experience of the world is radically different from ours....
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Built for Speed: A Year in the Life of PronghornNorth America's fastest mammal, the pronghorn can accelerate explosively from a standing start to a top speed of 60 miles per hour--but it can also cruise at 45 miles per hour for many miles. What accounts for the speed of this extraordinary animal, a...
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From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity"From Space to Earth" tracks the evolution of the technology of photovoltaics, the use of solar cells to convert the sun's energy into electricity. John Perlin's painstaking research results in a fascinating account of the development of this technology, from its shaky nineteenth-century beginnings...
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Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey ParrotsCan a parrot understand complex concepts and mean what it says? Since the early 1900s, most studies on animal-human communication have focused on great apes and a few cetacean species. Birds were rarely used in similar studies on the grounds that they were merely...
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Miracle Under the Oaks: The Revival of Nature in AmericaIt is hardly news that our planet is on the brink of ecological disaster. Yet amid the alarming headlines, a grassroots restoration movement, comprised largely of everyday people and sponsored by organizations like The Nature Conservancy, has sprouted up and become the most vital...
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Australian Good Birding Guide: TasmaniaThe second book in the series of comprehensive guidebooks to birdwatching destinations in Australia.The Tasmanian guide provides a detailed record of birdwatching locations within the State. There is no other such a practical, thorough field aid to successful birdwatching available on the market for...
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The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of AustraliaAustralia has a rich and unique array of animals, including the largest diversity of marsupials on earth. The recent growth in ecotourism has increased the popularity of mammal-spotting, particularly whale and dolphin-watching, but also spotting of perennial tourist favorites such as koalas and kangaroos.For...
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Okavango MemoirsMauled by a lion, charged by buffaloes, frightening encounters with crocodiles, bitten by snakes, alone in a deep, dark cave with a wounded leopard, victim of bubonic plague... These are just some of the experiences of stock farmer-turned-Tsetse Fly Control (T. F. C.) Officer...
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The Tapir's Morning Bath: Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest and the Scientists Who Are Trying to Solve ThemOne hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Darwin asked how a rain forest could contain so many species: "What explains the riot?" The same question occupies the scientists who toil on Panama's Barro Colorado Island today. Tropical and steamy, these six square miles comprise...
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works....
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The Crystal Desert: Summers in AntarcticaTHE CRYSTAL DESERT: SUMMERS IN ANTARCTICA is the story of life's tenacity on the coldest of Earth's continents. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica, of the whalers and sealers who despoiled it, and of the scientists who are deciphering its mysteries. In...
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A New England Lobster Tale: Growing up with Homarus AmericanusAn autobiographical story of growing up with lobsters in a small New England town. Everything you've always wanted to know about the American Lobster. Filled with 170 unique high-resolution photo images of native New England marine sea life and lobsters in all stages of...
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Poison Dart Frogs: A Guide to Care and BreedingPoison Dart Frogs is a complete manual to the care and breeding of poison dart frogs. This guide provides step-by-step instructions on building a terrarium and culturing fruit flies. With tips from a breeder on how to propagate these jewels of the rain forest,...
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Upon a Clay Tablet, the Definitive Guide to Healing with Homeostatic Clay, Volume IUpon a Clay Tablet is the definitive guide to using therapeutic clay, and represents a lifetime of both practical experience and scientific inquiry. Volume I comprises a two book set designed as an introduction to healing clays. Book 1 includes a book of short...
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Illustrated Guide to Astronomical WondersWith the advent of inexpensive, high-power telescopes priced at under $250, amateur astronomy is now within the reach of anyone, and this is the ideal book to get you started. The Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders offers you a guide to the equipment you...
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Astronomy Hacks: Tips and Tools for Observing the Night SkyWhy use the traditional approach to study the stars when you can turn computers, handheld devices, and telescopes into out-of-this-world stargazing tools? Whether you're a first timer or an advanced hobbyist, you'll find Astronomy Hacks both useful and fun. From upgrading your optical finder...
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