Nature

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The Backyard Bird Chronicles - Hardcover

$36.00

by Amy Tan (Author), David Allen Sibley (Foreword by)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club - With a foreword by David Allen Sibley "Unexpected and spectacular" --Ann Patchett, best-selling author of These Precious Days "The drawings and essays in this book do a lot more than just describe the birds. They carry a sense of discovery t...

Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark - Hardcover

$30.00

by Leigh Ann Henion (Author)From a New York Times bestselling nature writer comes a celebration of what goes on outside in the dark, from blooming moon gardens to nocturnal salamanders, from glowing foxfire and synchronous fireflies that blink in unison like an orchestra of light. In this glorious celebration of the night, New York Times bestselling nature writer Leigh Ann Henion invites us to leave our well-lit homes, step outside, and embrace the dark as a profoundly beautiful part of the...

$15.00

by Leana Fischer (Illustrator), Workman Publishing (Author)A collection of 675+ beautifully illustrated stickers for every bird enthusiast. Woodland birds and desert birds. Birds that flock along the shore and birds that flit among meadows and ponds. Plus unique feathers, colorful eggs, intricate nests, owls, cardinals, and more. An immersive celebration of birds, this collection contains more than 675 charming stickers, each lovingly hand-painted within breathtaking landscapes and each perf...

10 Secret Steps to the Native American Connection to the Natural World - Paperback

$15.10

by Dawn Moneyhan (Author)It's not a secret that Native American people share a special relationship with our planet. But what is that connection and how can the rest of the world's population share it?Tribal citizen, teacher, and knowledge keeper Dawn Moneyhan, of the Odaawa Nation, takes you on a journey using 10 easy steps to reconnect with the natural world from an indigenous perspective. On this journey you'll be reintroduced to nature, meeting relatives you may be unaware are relatives....

New England Nature: Centuries of Writing on the Wonder and Beauty of the Land - Paperback

$19.95

by David K. Leff (Author), Eric D. Lehman (Author)Since its founding four hundred years ago, New England has been a vital source of nature writing. Maybe it's the diversity of landscapes huddled so close together or the marriage of nature and culture in a relatively small, six-state region. Maybe it's the regenerative powers of the ecosystem in a place of repeated exploitations. Or maybe we have simply been thinking about our relationship with the natural world longer than everyone.If all suc...

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year - Hardcover

$32.00

by Margaret Renkl (Author)THE PERFECT GIFT FOR NATURE LOVERS, BIRDERS, AND GARDENERS, WITH ORIGINAL COLOR ART THROUGHOUT * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK * INDIE NEXT PICKFrom the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a "howling love letter to the world" (Ann Patchett): a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural.In The Comfort of Crows, Margaret Renkl presents a literary devotional...

Wild North Carolina: Discovering the Wonders of Our State's Natural Communities - Paperback

$29.16

by David Blevins (Author), Michael P. Schafale (Author)Celebrating the beauty, diversity, and significance of the state's natural landscapes, Wild North Carolina provides an engaging, beautifully illustrated introduction to North Carolina's interconnected webs of plant and animal life. From dunes and marshes to high mountain crags, through forests, swamps, savannas, ponds, pocosins, and flatrocks, David Blevins and Michael Schafale reveal in words and photographs natural patterns of the lands...

Prepper Items for SHTF Survival - Paperback

$12.47

by Ben Jackson (Author)Welcome to SHFT and Urban Survival Items for Preppers: The Beginners Guide to Everything You Need to Stockpile for the SHTF, Urban Survival, Prepping, and Disasters If you're interested in becoming a prepper or just curious about what you should have in any disaster situation, then you need to make sure you read this Inside SHFT & Urban Survival Items for Preppers you'll discover: Chapter One - Food Preparation and Food Items Chapter Two - Medical Supplies Chapter ...

The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape - Paperback

$19.95

by Katie Holten (Author), Ross Gay (Introduction by)Inspired by forests, trees, leaves, roots, and seeds, The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape invites readers to discover an unexpected and imaginative language to better read and write the natural world around us and reclaim our relationship with it. In this gorgeously illustrated and deeply thoughtful collection, Katie Holten gifts readers her tree alphabet and uses it to masterfully translate and illuminate beloved ...

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures - Hardcover

$30.00

by Merlin Sheldrake (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "brilliant [and] entrancing" (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi--the great connectors of the living world--and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems. "Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world."--Ed Yong, author of An Immense World ONE OF THE B...

Fantasy Seahorses Coloring Book for Adults: Zentangle Cats Coloring Book for Adults Line Art Cats Coloring Book zentangle flowers coloring book abstra - Paperback

$10.78

by Monsoon Publishing (Author)★Fantasy Seahorses coloring book for adults★Beautiful seahorses in line art/zentangle style with corals for a beautiful underwater world. 52 pages 8,5x8,5 inch zentangle fantasy seahorses coral and other ocean animals A great cat coloring book for marine life fans and diver. Number of Pages: 54 Dimensions: 0.11 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: February 14, 2024

Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, 2nd Edition: Honey Production, Pollination, Health - Paperback

$24.95

by Malcolm T. Sanford (Author), Richard E. Bonney (Author)This trusted handbook is a must-have for novice and seasoned beekeepers alike. Now totally redesigned and featuring color photos and graphics, the second edition also includes up-to-date information on honey bee health. The go-to reference presents comprehensive yet accessible information on everything from planning hives and installing a colony to preventing disease and managing productive hives that will bear bountiful honey harvests...

$9.95

by David Allen Sibley (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), David Allen Sibley (Illustrator)Written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley, America's most widely respected bird illustrator and ornithologist, this FoldingGuide offers instant access to just what birdwatchers need to know. 27 raptors are covered: hawks, falcons, eagles, vultures, and kites. Each entry includes descriptive caption, size, range maps, seasonal occurrence, and in-flight and perched illustrations, all taken from the award-winn...

$45.00

by Anja Klaffenbach (Author)There is probably hardly a more undemanding plant in nature that presents itself more cutely and prettily than succulents. Fans of this diverse species go into raptures at the sight of them and there are said to be people who decorate their entire garden with the fleshy flowers. Others use them to decorate interiors. They grow on any kind of surface; no matter whether stone, gravel. or soil, succulents find their way almost anywhere. In the beautiful book Floramour...

Fellow Creatures: Our Obligations to the Other Animals - Paperback

$46.15

by Christine M. Korsgaard (Author)Christine M. Korsgaard presents a compelling new view of humans' moral relationships to the other animals. She defends the claim that we are obligated to treat all sentient beings as what Kant called "ends-in-themselves". Drawing on a theory of the good derived from Aristotle, she offers an explanation of why animals are the sorts of beings for whom things can be good or bad. She then turns to Kant's argument for the value of humanity to show that rationality...

Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel - Paperback

$25.00

by Olaf Breidbach (Contribution by), Eibl-Eibesfeldt (Contribution by), Richard Hartmann (Contribution by)The geometric shapes and natural forms, captured with exceptional precision in Ernst Haeckel's prints, still influence artists and designers to this day. This volume highlights the research and findings of this natural scientist. Powerful modern microscopes have confirmed the accuracy of Haeckel's prints, which even in their day, became world famous. Haeckel's portfolio, first published b...

$18.00

by Mary Oliver (Author)Mary Oliver's twelfth book of poetry, Red Bird comprises sixty-one poems, the most ever in a single volume of her work. Overflowing with her keen observation of the natural world and her gratitude for its gifts, for the many people she has loved in her seventy years, as well as for her disobedient dog Percy, Red Bird is a quintessential collection of Oliver's finest lyrics.Author BiographyA private person by nature, Mary Oliver (1935-2019) gave very few interviews over ...

Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry - Paperback

$29.95

by Cmarie Fuhrman (Editor), Elizabeth Bradfield (Editor), Derek Sheffield (Editor)Have you ever been so filled up with the wonder of a place that it wants to spill out as a song? Well, here is the songbook. I imagine walking through a forest and pausing to read these illuminating pages aloud to a listening cedar or a dipper. There are field guides that help us to see, and to name, and to know; Cascadia Field Guide does all of that and more. This is a guide to relationship, a gift in reciproci...

Paint by Sticker: Birds: Create 12 Stunning Images One Sticker at a Time! - Paperback

$16.99

by Workman Publishing (Author)Nature's Masterpieces--ready for painting Peel the sticker, Paint the sticker, And watch your painting come to life. Paint by Sticker: Birds celebrates the rainbow of colors and shapes of the avian world: a red-headed woodpecker, a blue jay, an orange and black Baltimore oriole, an electric bright hummingbird. Number of Pages: 56 Dimensions: 0.5 x 12.6 x 9.5 IN Publication Date: March 21, 2017

The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings - Hardcover

$20.00

by Sy Montgomery (Author)From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of the "fascinating...entertaining" (The Daily Beast) National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus, a charmingly perfect gem of a book about the most exquisite and extraordinary of winged creatures--hummingbirds. As one of the most beautiful and intriguing birds found in nature, hummingbirds fascinate people around the world. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are capable of incredible feats, such as f...

Wild Horses of Shackleford Banks - Paperback

$22.95

by Carmine Prioli (Author), Scott Taylor (Author)A comprehensive overview in words and photographs of the famous herd of wild horses protected on one of North Carolina's barrier islands.There is an island at the remote southern end of North Carolina's Outer Banks where you might see wild horses playing in the surf, or grazing within view of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, or scattering into a rare, weather-beaten maritime forest. The horse herd on Shackleford Banks has long been a subject of fas...

The Art of the National Parks: Park-Lover's Journal (Fifty-Nine Parks) - Hardcover

$16.99

by Fifty-Nine Parks (Author)A guided journal for hikers and nature lovers alike to record special memories of their trips to the US national parks. This beautiful journal celebrates the unique beauty of each US national park as captured by The Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series, which commissions original art from a range of contemporary artists. Inspired by classic W.P.A. posters of the 1930s, each piece is a unique and original reflection of the talent and perspective of the contemporary artist...

$22.95

by Samuel Thayer (Author)Incredible Wild Edibles covers 36 of the best edible wild plants in North America: fruits, berries, nuts, shoots, leafy greens, root vegetables, culinary herbs, teas, and syrups that boast exceptional flavor and nutrition. The plants chosen represent every habitat and every region in North America, from the northern forests to the southwest deserts, from the largest cities to the wildest mountains. Rather than cover hundreds of species in brief accounts that leave the...

Trees to Know in Oregon and Washington - Paperback

$20.00

by Edward C. Jensen (Author)For 70 years, people have turned to one book to learn about Northwest trees: Trees to Know in Oregon. This new edition, retitled Trees to Know in Oregon and Washington, expands its scope to cover more territory and include more trees. The book was first published in 1950. Charles R. Ross, an Oregon State University Extension forester, wanted to introduce readers to the towering giants in their backyards. Since then, Edward C. Jensen has stewarded the publication t...

Northern Rocky Mountain Wildflowers: Including Glacier, Waterton Lakes, Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke, and Yoho National Parks - Paperback

$32.95

by H. Wayne Phillips (Author)Fully revised and upated, Northern Rocky Mountain Wildflowers features more than 300 species of wildflowers found throughout northwestern Montana, northern Idaho, northeastern Washington, southeastern British Columbia, and southwestern Alberta. This valuable reference is organized by color and family for easy plant identification. You won't want to visit Glacier, Banff, or Jasper National Parks without taking this book. Back JacketThe most detailed and comprehensi...

Galápagos: A Natural History Second Edition - Paperback

$39.95

by John C. Kricher (Author), Kevin Loughlin (Author)A richly illustrated nature tour of Galápagos--now expanded, thoroughly updated, and with more than 650 color photographs Galápagos is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and profusely illustrated natural history of this spectacular archipelago. Offering much more information than identification guides, the book provides detailed accounts and more than 650 color photographs of the islands' habitats, marine life, reptiles, birds, mammals, and plants...

A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River - Paperback

$9.99

by Aldo Leopold (Author)The environmental classic that redefined the way we think about the natural world--an urgent call for preservation that's more timely than ever. "We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir."--San Francisco Chronicle These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape--the mountains and the prairies, the deserts and the coastlines. Conjuring up one extraordin...

The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence - Paperback

$9.99

by Carl Sagan (Author)"A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday . . . It's a delight."--The New York Times Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries. "How can I persuade every intelligent person to read this important and eleg...

Freshwater Fishes of the Pacific Northwest

$9.95

by Robert G. Werner (Text by (Art/Photo Books))This waterproof, laminated FoldingGuide(TM) includes detailed descriptions and illustrations of 51 gamefish, panfish, and bait species found in cold mountain lakes and streams, and in lowland rivers, lakes, and ponds of the Pacific Northwest. Coastal and anadromous species are also shown. Species selection and text by Dr. Robert Werner, professor emeritus of environmental science at SUNY. Instant access to just what you need to know. Perfect for ...

$9.95

by Andrew J. Ries (Created by)What cousin to the flycatcher is usually found in wooded areas? How many states list the Black-capped Chickadee as their state bird? What was Lady Bird Johnson's middle name? These questions and more provide hours of fun as you tackle 40 bird-themed crossword puzzles created by Andrew J. Ries, a competitive puzzle solver whose crosswords have appeared in The New York Times and other newspapers. Whether you are an avid birder or a casual crossword puzzler, you are...

This Sweet Earth: Walking with Our Children in the Age of Climate Collapse - Paperback

$18.99

by Lydia Wylie-Kellermann (Author)What does it mean to be a parent in the age of climate change? We are living in an era of climate collapse. We feel it in small ways: when the snow falls less or the cherry blossoms bloom too early. And in large ways: when our streets flood and entire towns burn to the ground. Climate anxiety touches nearly everything we do, but perhaps nothing so intimately as our parenting. It leaves an impossible task for those of us raising children. What do we tell our ...

Beyond Primates: New Essays on Darwin and Evolution - Paperback

$18.34

by Rebecca Coffey (Author)Fourteen essays by science journalist (and humorist and novelist) Rebecca Coffey examine aspects of evolutionary theory, some of them long forgotten. Number of Pages: 136 Dimensions: 0.37 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 15, 2023