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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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Prairie in Your Pocket: A Guide to Plants of the Tallgrass PrairieThis is a guide to identifying more than 100 of the most common plants of the tallgrass prairie. It provides colour illustrations, along with common and scientific names, plant heights and blooming periods.Author: Mark MullerPublisher: University of Iowa PressPublished: 04/01/2000Binding Type: OtherWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 8.34h...
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The Bald Eagle: Haunts and Habits of a Wilderness MonarchThe Bald Eagle is a comprehensive description of the morphology, behavior, flight patterns, hunting, migration, nesting, development, and growth of bald eagles.Author: Jon M. Gerrard, Gary R. BortolottiPublisher: Smithsonian BooksPublished: 04/17/1988Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.03w x 0.48dISBN: 9780874744514About the AuthorJon M....
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Words from the Wild: Favorite Columns from a Yankee NotebookA collection of columns about the wilderness of New England and more from well-known New Hampshire and Vermont naturalist and commentator Willem Lange.Author: Willem Lange, Peter FridPublisher: Bauhan PubPublished: 08/04/2015Pages: 156Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.30h x 5.90w x 0.50dISBN: 9780872332157About the AuthorWILLEM LANGE has...
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Changing Tides: An Ecologist's Journey to Make Peace with the AnthropoceneChange the story and change the future - merging science and Indigenous knowledge to steer us towards a more benign Anthropocene In Changing Tides, Alejandro Frid tackles the big questions: who, or what, represents our essential selves, and what stories might allow us to...
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Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked CivilizationIn this provocative, wide-ranging book, Against the Grain, Richard Manning offers a dramatically revisionist view of recent human evolution, beginning with the vast increase in brain size that set us apart from our primate relatives and brought an accompanying increase in our need for...
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In Bloom: Creating and Living with FlowersInspiring new ways to connect with the beauty of flowers in everyday life. Like the author's exquisite first book, Bringing Nature Home, this much-awaited follow-up title presents stunning arrangements and ideas for interiors inspired by the beauty of flowers. Ngoc Minh Ngo has recorded...
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Abbey in America: A Philosopher's Legacy in a New CenturyMore than twenty-five years after his death, iconic writer and nature activist Edward Abbey (1927-1989) remains an influential presence in the American environmental movement. Abbey's best known works continue to be widely read and inspire discourse on the key issues facing contemporary American society,...
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Youghiogheny: Appalachian RiverThe mountains of southwestern Pennsylvania provide the setting for the most popular whitewater in America: the Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle. People from all over the nation come to run the rapids, while others simply enjoy the natural beauty of Ohiopyle State Park. But this...
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A High Low Tide: The Revival of a Southern OysterOysters are a narrative food: in each shuck and slurp, an eater tastes the place where the animal was raised. But that's just the beginning. Andr Joseph Gallant uses the bivalve as a jumping off point to tell the story of a changing southeastern...
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The Travels of William Bartram: Naturalist EditionFor years, serious naturalists have treasured their copies of Francis Harper's naturalist's edition of The Travels of William Bartram as the definitive version of Bartram's pioneering survey. Complete with notes and commentary, an annotated index, maps, a bibliography, and a general index, this classic...
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Birding in ConnecticutA comprehensive site guide to birding in ConnecticutBirding in Connecticut is the definitive guide to where, when and, how to find birds in the state. Packed with information valuable to birders of all skill levels, from species accounts and a first-of-a kind cumulative list...
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Exploring Wild Alabama: A Guide to the State's Publicly Accessible Natural AreasExploring Wild Alabama is an exceptionally detailed guide to the most beautiful natural destinations in the state. From the rocky outcrops of the Appalachian plateaus to the sugar-white beaches of the Gulf Coast's Orange Beach and Dauphin Island, Alabama offers a wealth of remarkable...
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Indigenous Peoples, National Parks, and Protected Areas: A New Paradigm Linking Conservation, Culture, and RightsA vast number of national parks and protected areas throughout the world have been established in the customary territories of Indigenous peoples. In many cases these conservation areas have displaced Indigenous peoples, undermining their cultures, livelihoods, and self-governance, while squandering opportunities to benefit from...
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Trust in the Land: New Directions in Tribal Conservation"The Earth says, God has placed me here. The Earth says that God tells me to take care of the Indians on this earth; the Earth says to the Indians that stop on the Earth, feed them right. . . . God says feed...
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Man of the WoodsHerbert F. Keith lives between two worlds and is at home in both. His is the last mown lawn at the edge of the village. South of the iron stakes that mark his property line are twenty-one air miles of unbroken Adirondack forest preserve,...
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From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice MovementA critical look at the movement for environmental justice When Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism--the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of color and low-income...
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An Ecotourist's Guide to the Everglades and the Florida Keys"As essential as sunscreen and a must-have for anyone visiting or living in South Florida."--Mac Stone, author of Everglades: America's Wetland "An alluring snapshot, capturing the regions' fun side with fishing, fantasy, food, and an overall funky feel."--Mary Barley, chair, Everglades Trust "Delivers all...
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Natural Lives, Modern Times: People and Places of the Delaware RiverThe Delaware River flows out of New York's Catskill Mountains and winds its way through woodland and rural farmland, through the great Water Gap ravine, and finally past one of the world's most industrialized riverfronts. Yet it remains one of the country's last undammed...
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Masterpieces of the Mineral World: Treasures from the Houston Museum of Natural ScienceThe collection of natural mineral crystals housed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is the finest and best known in the world. Now the treasures of this singular collection are shown in resplendent photographs that will seduce both the connoisseur of beauty and...
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The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast: Barrier Islands, Coastal Waters, and WetlandsFor some years, The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast has stood as an essential resource for all who treasure our coastal environment. In this book, Dirk Frankenberg describes the southern coast's beaches, inlets, and estuaries and instructs readers in the responsible exploration and...
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