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...

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

Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Revised Edition - Paperback

$29.99

by Steve Trudell (Author)In Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Steve Trudell describes and illustrates 493 species of the most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms found in Oregon, Washington, southern British Columbia, Idaho, and western Montana. With helpful identification keys and photographs and a clear, color-coded layout, Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest is ideal for hikers, foragers, and natural history buffs and is the perfect tool for loving where you liv...

The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson - Hardcover

$19.99

by Emily Dickinson (Author)Explore the essence of life, love, nature, and time in exquisite verse with this elegantly designed edition of Emily Dickinson's finest poems. Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a prominent New England family and educated at Amherst Academy and Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson lived most of her life in seclusion, devoted to writing. She scarcely left home, nor did she have many visitors. Only ten of her poems were published in her lifet...

101 Amazing Sights of the Night Sky: A Guided Tour for Beginners - Paperback

$16.95

by George Moromisato (Author)See the best that the night sky has to offer. Is there anything more amazing than the night sky? You've seen the stars and the constellations--but there's so much more to discover This guide by George Moromisato introduces you to 101 sights, from old favorites like Saturn's famous rings to awe-inspiring wonders like the Andromeda Galaxy. Learn what to look for and when and where to find it The sights are ranked by beauty, accessibility, and importance. The guid...

Seashells of Georgia and the Carolinas: A Beachcomber's Guide - Paperback

$12.95

by Blair Witherington (Author), Dawn Witherington (Author)With simple organization, this guide tells the individual stories of 213 shelled mollusks using descriptive accounts, distribution maps, and color photographs. Accounts feature glimpses of each seashell's former life as a living creature. The organization and descriptions as well as the photographs make shell identification easy.Author BiographyBlair and Dawn Witherington have authored books on sea turtles, Florida beaches, and seashel...

Botanical Poetics: Early Modern Plant Books and the Husbandry of Print - Hardcover

$114.75

by Jessica Rosenberg (Author)During the middle years of Queen Elizabeth's reign, the number of books published with titles that described themselves as flowers, gardens, or forests more than tripled. During those same years, English printers turned out scores of instructional manuals on gardening and husbandry, retailing useful knowledge to a growing class of literate landowners and pleasure gardeners. Both trends, Jessica Rosenberg shows, reflected a distinctive style of early modern plant-t...

The Complete Dog Breed Book, New Edition - Paperback

$22.99

by DK (Author)Find your ideal dog - and learn how to look after it - in this stunning guide to all things canine. Combining breeds, behavior, care, and training advice, this book contains everything you need to know to help you choose and look after a dog, from the tiny Chihuahua to the towering Great Dane. Find the perfect pet using Q&A selector charts that help you find the best breed to suit your lifestyle. Fully updated to reflect the latest dog breeds, The Complete Dog Breed Book co...

$28.00

by Cathy Connor (Author)The biggest US state is full of superlatives. Denali, the highest peak in North America at 20,320 feet, is still rising, pushed upward as a tectonic plate collides from the south. The collision has also created huge mountains along Alaska�s Gulf Coast, where humid coastal air has produced the largest subpolar icefield in North America. The exceptional heights of Alaska�s mountains are mirrored below sea level by the 22,377-foot-deep trench of the active subduction zone...

Primates of the World: An Illustrated Guide - Hardcover

$29.95

by Jean-Jacques Petter (Author)The essential illustrated guide to the world's primates This stunningly illustrated guide to the world's primates covers nearly 300 species, from the feather-light and solitary pygmy mouse lemurs of Madagascar--among the smallest primates known to exist--to the regal mountain gorillas of Africa. Organized by region and spanning every family of primates on Earth, the book features 72 splendid color plates, facing-page descriptions of key features of each family, ...

Creative Haven Spectacular Spring Scenes Color by Number - Paperback

$9.99

by George Toufexis (Author)Make one of the most beautiful seasons spring to life with this exhilarating color-by-number book Forty-six deeply detailed scenes feature lush landscapes, waterfalls, birds, flowers, butterflies, wildlife, and other cheerful signs of this bright and breezy time of year. Use the brilliant hues in the simple color key or create your own personal palette. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experience...

A Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: Large Format Edition - Paperback

$28.00

by Roger Tory Peterson (Author)An easy-to-use, large print edition of the classic, best-selling field guide from Peterson Field Guides For decades, the Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America has been a popular and trusted guide for birders of all levels, thanks to its famous system of identification and unparalleled illustrations. Now the guide is reissued in a larger format specially produced for those who don't want to take their reading glasses into the field. ...

Is Anyone Listening?: What Animals Are Saying to Each Other and to Us - Hardcover

$28.00

by Denise L. Herzing (Author)From a leading researcher on dolphin communication, a deep dive into the many ways animal species communicate with their kin, their neighboring species, and us. If you could pose one question to a dolphin, what would it be? And what might a dolphin ask you? For forty years, researcher and author Denise L. Herzing has investigated these and related questions of marine mammal communication. With the assistance of a friendly community of Atlantic spotted dolphins i...

There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent - Hardcover

$14.99

by Glenn Boozan (Author), Priscilla Witte (Illustrator)A hilarious and reassuring gift for every mom: because we're all doing the best we can, and the natural world is filled with moms worse than you! A mom giraffe is pretty nice until the fetus drops. She'll birth a newborn baby calf, then kick him 'til he walks. Whenever you feel guilty that you haven't cleaned the house: Sexton beetles raise their kids in a decomposing mouse. A koala mom will feed her kids her own poop. Yes, poop. Panda ...

Cabin: How to Build a Retreat in the Wilderness and Learn to Live with Nature - Hardcover

$29.99

by Will Jones (Author)A beautifully illustrated guide to building a cabin in the wilderness, packed with practical advice and insights into of the history of cabin culture around the world. Throughout history, people around the world have built cabins as homes, retreats, and even follies. In recent times, many have been drawn to cabin-building by a yearning to connect with nature and spend time in the wilderness. From the homes of Indigenous peoples and the settlers in North America to conte...

$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...

This Is a Book for People Who Love Birds - Hardcover

$16.00

by Danielle Belleny (Author), Stephanie Singleton (Illustrator)Full of bird watching basics, fun facts, and illustrated species profiles, This Is a Book for People Who Love Birds is a joyful celebration of our feathered friends! For seasoned spotters and backyard hobbyists alike, this charming guide offers an accessible look at the irresistible world of birding. Wildlife biologist and co-founder of Black Birders Week Danielle Belleny walks readers through the essentials of bird watching, from...

The Complete Insect: Anatomy, Physiology, Evolution, and Ecology - Hardcover

$38.00

by David A. Grimaldi (Editor)A beautifully illustrated exploration of the world's most extraordinary animals With an astounding 3.5 million species occupying virtually every habitat on Earth, insects are one of the most diverse groups of animals on the planet, from the humble bee to the agile praying mantis. Taking you inside the extraordinary world of insects, The Complete Insect explores all aspects of the natural history of these remarkable creatures, providing a close-up look at their fas...

Birds of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America - Hardcover

$26.00

by Pete Dunne (Author)A visually stunning, comprehensive resource on North America's birds of prey Always a popular group of birds, raptors symbolize freedom and fierceness, and in Pete Dunne's definitive guide, these traits are portrayed in hundreds of stunning color photographs showing raptors up close, in flight, and in action--fighting, hunting, and nesting. These gorgeous photographs enhance the comprehensive, authoritative text, which goes far beyond identification to cover raptor ecol...

$26.95

by Keith Arnold (Author), Gregory Kennedy (Author)Located on the migratory paths of many western hemisphere species, Texas is a birding mecca. This beautifully illustrated field guide features over 400 species either common or particularly notable in the Lone Star state. Descriptions of each bird, as well as the illustrations and range maps, help you identify birds and understand their habits. A checklist helps you keep a list of your birding accomplishments. Number of Pages: 480 Dimensions: ...

Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: Northeast - Paperback

$24.95

by Jaret C. Daniels (Author)Plan your landscape or garden with more than 100 native plants that benefit Northeastern birds, bees, and butterflies. The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who appreciate watching them. Now, you can turn your yard into a perfect habitat that attracts them and, more importantly, helps them thrive. Acclaimed author and expert entomologist Jaret C. Daniels provides all ...

Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms - Paperback

$16.95

by Teresa Marrone (Author), Kathy Yerich (Author)Begin to Identify Mushrooms with this Great Visual Guide for the Upper Midwest!Mushrooming is a popular and rewarding pastime--and it's one that you can enjoy with the right information at hand. Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest is the field guide to get you started. The region-specific book utilizes an innovative, user-friendly format that can help you identify mushrooms by their visual characteristics. Hundreds of full-color photographs are pair...

$9.95

by Todd Telander (Author)This informativeguide makesit easy to identify birds in your backyard, favorite parks, and wildlife areas."Back JacketThe ultimate illustrated guide to the most common and sought-after species in the state Birds of California highlights 180 bird species in the Golden State. Anatomically correct illustrations and detailed descriptions about each bird's prominent physical attributes and natural habitat make it easy to identify birds in your backyard, favorite parks, and...

The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds - Paperback

$20.00

by Gavin Pretor-Pinney (Author)Now in paperback: the runaway British bestseller that has cloudspotters everywhere looking up. Where do clouds come from? Why do they look the way they do? And why have they captured the imagination of timeless artists, Romantic poets, and every kid who's ever held a crayon? Veteran journalist and lifelong sky watcher Gavin Pretor-Pinney reveals everything there is to know about clouds, from history and science to art and pop culture. Cumulus, nimbostratus, and...