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Report copyright infringementby Kate Zambreno (Author)From a writer who has "invented a new form" (Annie Ernaux), an exploration of mortality, alienation, boredom, surveillance, and how we regard ourselves among the animals.Animal Stories begins with Kate Zambreno's visit to the monkey house at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where one stark tree "seems to be the stage design for a simian production of Waiting for Godot." But who are the players and who is the audience, and can they recogniz...

The Possibility of Tenderness: A Jamaican Memoir of Plants and Dreams

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Report copyright infringementby Jason Allen-Paisant (Author)Finalist for the 2025 Wainwright Prize in Nature Writing"Extraordinary . . . Surprising at every turn and rewarding in ways you never expect."--Marlon James"An extraordinary, necessary book from a brilliant writer. A new song of the earth."--Robert MacfarlaneFrom an exciting new voice in international literature, a profoundly moving memoir that explores the Black experience in the natural world and the transformative power of plants....

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Susan Orlean (Author), Jaime Green (Author)"The best science and nature writing--which these stories represent--reminds us of the wide world and our connection to it, and the multitude of ways we make our place in it," writes Susan Orlean in her introduction. This year's collection masterfully guides us through exotic locations and groundbreaking research, leading us to consider complex and utterly fascinating questions about the world. How does it feel to camp...

Poppy State: A Labyrinth of Plants and a Story of Beginnings

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Report copyright infringementby Myriam Gurba (Author)From the award-winning author of Creep comes a powerful book by a writer at the peak of her powers--at once a love letter to California and a literary tour de force that tells the story of resilience and reclamation through a relationship with plants, memory, myth, and indigenous knowledge. Myriam Gurba has lived in California her entire life, with its plants and soils, forests and ecology, immersing herself in the language of the landscap...

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Report copyright infringementby Katherine Larson (Author)"[Larson's] writing is brilliant tonic even amidst the flames. Especially amidst the flames. I'm grateful for it."--Rick Bass, author of With Every Great BreathFrom celebrated poet and ecologist Katherine Larson, an elegant collection of lyric essays that embraces fractures, contradictions, and the interconnectedness of life on Earth. Raising two children, coping with pandemic isolation, and grappling with the magnitude of the current e...

Salmon Weather: Writing from the Land of No Return

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Report copyright infringementby Cmarie Fuhrman (Author)Author BiographyCMARIE FUHRMAN is the author of Camped Beneath the Dam: Poems and coeditor of Cascadia: Art, Ecology, Poetry and Native Voices: Indigenous Poetry, Craft, and Conversations. She has published or forthcoming poetry and nonfiction in multiple journals and anthologies including Orion, Terrain.org, Emergence Magazine, Alta, and others. She is associate director and director of poetry at Western Colorado University, where she te...

Forget the Camel: The Madcap World of Animal Festivals and What They Say about Being Human

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth Melampy (Author)A raucous journey through eight animal festivals compels an environmental lawyer to ask what the stories we tell about animals reveal about our own humanity.As the gates open at the racetrack in Virginia City, Nevada, three camels stumble out, ridden by amateur jockeys. A crowd of roaring spectators looks on gleefully, but as the camels approach the first turn, one loses its footing and crashes to the ground. While the camel's handlers...

Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America - Paperback

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by Craig Childs (Author)The first people in the New World were few, their encampments fleeting. On a side of the planet no human had ever seen, different groups arrived from different directions, and not all at the same time. The land they reached was fully inhabited by megafauna--mastodons, giant bears, mammoths, saber-toothed cats, enormous bison, and sloths that stood one story tall. These Ice Age explorers, hunters, and families were wildly outnumbered and many would themselves have been ...

The Lives of Seaweeds: A Natural History of Our Planet's Seaweeds and Other Algae - Hardcover

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by Julie A. Phillips (Author)An engaging and richly illustrated exploration of the natural history of seaweeds and other algae As photosynthetic organisms, seaweeds and other algae transfer billions of tons of carbon globally from the atmosphere to the deep ocean each year. Coming in all manner of colors, shapes, and sizes, from bioluminescent single-celled algae to giant kelps, they form the basis of most marine food webs, and are found in almost all environments on the planet. Touted as the...

How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals - Paperback

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by Tom Mustill (Author)What if animals and humans could speak to one another? Tom Mustill--the nature documentarian who went viral when a thirty-ton humpback whale breached onto his kayak--asks this question in his thrilling investigation into whale science and animal communication. A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 "When a whale is in the water, it is like an iceberg: you only see a fraction of it and have no conception of its size." On September 12, 2015, Tom Mustill was paddling in a two-p...

Axe in Hand: A Woodchopper's Guide to Blades, Wood, and Fire

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Report copyright infringementby Nicole Coenen (Author)A unique, welcoming guide for the ultimate outdoor hobby. Axes, woodchopping, and fire: it can all seem intimidating. But the truth is that with the proper knowledge and technique, they are safe, fun, sustainable, passions. What's more, times have changed. In the past, you may have seen guides that relegated women to organizing and stacking wood--focusing on men as the true outdoorspeople. Yet everyone is capable of chopping with skill and...

Bird Talk: Hilariously Accurate Ways to Identify Birds by the Sounds They Make

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Report copyright infringementby Becca Rowland (Author)A hilarious, informative, and vibrantly illustrated guide to 101 bird songs that sound surprisingly familiar. Have you ever gone for a walk in the woods and wondered what bird was making a sound like a siren going off, or somebody revving a chainsaw engine--or sneezing? Do you hear birds every day, in the park or your neighborhood, but never know quite what you are listening to? Birds are singing all around us, and author and illustrator...

A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever

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Report copyright infringementby Matt Kracht (Author)Professional birding amateur and national bestselling author Matt Kracht has had it with these goddamn birds. His new book is a warning, a field guide to help you identify and stay away from the absolute worst birds ever to plague planet Earth. Featuring an all-new scientific scale devised by the author that proves how awful birds really are. We can all agree--birds are terrible. They're stupid and won't shut up. Featuring fifty of the abs...

I'm Just a Little Guy: How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying

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Report copyright infringementby Charlie James (Author)Are you burned-out, exhausted, and tired of hustling? Do you ever want to throw your head back and scream "But I'm just a little guy!"? In this adorably illustrated gift book based on comedian Charlie James's viral "Little Frog" sketches, Paul Bog is here to show you a softer, sillier, sunnier way to be. Meet Paul Bog the Small Frog. He's just a little guy. He likes to frolic through the meadow, collect trinkets, and sunbathe in the nude. ...

Cleaning House: The Fight to Rid Our Homes of Toxic Chemicals

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Report copyright infringementby Lindsay Dahl (Author)From the front lines of the movement for safer products, environmental health expert Lindsay Dahl takes us on her journey from skeptic to activist, exposing the secret forces that keep toxic chemicals in our homes, bodies, and environment--showing us how to fight back and keep our families safe.In Cleaning House, Lindsay Dahl shows how seemingly innocuous items--everything from toys to common beauty and cleaning products--can include toxic ...

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by John H. Drury (Author), Joan Gilbert (Author)Through an extraordinary collection of photographs, Jim Thorpe tells the story of not only the athlete but its famed coal-mining industry.What was originally named Mauch Chunk, Jim Thorpe was established on the Lehigh River as a shipping depot for anthracite coal in 1818 by Josiah White, a Philadelphia Quaker and brilliant engineer, and his trusted business partner, Erskine Hazard. By 1829, White and Hazard had founded the Lehigh Coal & Navi...

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by James McCormac (Author), Krista Kagume (Author)The natural heritage of the Great Lakes region endures despite intense population and industrial pressures. With this handy guide, perfect for the amateur naturalist, you'll gain a whole new appreciation for the biodiversity of this incredible region. Learn how to identify 452 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, invertebrates, trees, shrubs, grasses and ferns common to the Great Lakes area: * Color illustrations of each spec...

American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Maine - Paperback

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by Nick Lund (Author)From deep evergreen woods and interior lakes, fields and farmlands, to world famous beaches and rocky shorelines, Maine is a paradise for birds. Over 450 species are recorded in the state and because it's ideal for both migrating birds in the fall and spring as well as year-long residents, birders can see a multitude of species in every season. Maine has many sanctuaries, wildlife preserves, and local parks and both the spectacular Baxter State Park and the staggeringly b...

A Symbol of Wilderness: Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement - Paperback

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by Mark W. T. Harvey (Author), William Cronon (Foreword by)Harvey details the first major clash between conservationists and developers after World War II, the successful fight to prevent the building of Echo Park Dam. The dam on the Green River was intended to create a recreational lake in northwest Colorado and generate hydroelectric power, but would have flooded picturesque Echo Park Valley and threatened Dinosaur National Monument, straddling the Utah-Colorado border near Wyoming.Back Jac...

Debating Malthus: A Documentary Reader on Population, Resources, and the Environment - Paperback

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by Robert J. Mayhew (Editor), Paul S. Sutter (Foreword by), Paul S. Sutter (Editor)For centuries, thinking about the earth's increasing human population has been tied to environmental ideas and political action. This highly teachable collection of contextualized primary sources allows students to follow European and North American discussions about intertwined and evolving concepts of population, resources, and the natural environment from early contexts in the sixteenth century through to th...

Conservation in the Progressive Era: Classic Texts - Paperback

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by David Stradling (Author), William Cronon (Foreword by)Conservation was the first nationwide political movement in American history to grapple with environmental problems like waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability. At its height, the conservation movement was a critical aspect of the broader reforms undertaken in the Progressive Era (1890-1910), as the rapidly industrializing nation struggled to protect human health, natural beauty, and "national efficiency." This highly...

Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California - Paperback

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by Noah Siegel (Author), Christian Schwarz (Author)A comprehensive and user-friendly field guide for identifying the many mushrooms of the northern California coast, from Monterey County to the Oregon border. Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast will help beginning and experienced mushroom hunters alike to find and identify mushrooms, from common to rare, delicious to deadly, and interesting to beautiful. This user-friendly reference covers coastal California from Monterey County to the Oregon bord...

Birds of Florida: The Clearest Recognition Guide Available - Paperback

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by DK (Author)The most comprehensive series of field guides to North American birds ever. This impressive collection highlights birds from all regions of the United States including localized areas such as the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest and New England. Whether birding in the foothills of New England, the prairies of the Midwest, or the beaches of Florida, Smithsonian Handbooks are the most comprehensive field guides to North American birds on the market. Looking for the Great Blue H...

The Backyard Birdsong Guide Western North America: A Guide to Listening - Hardcover

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by Donald Kroodsma (Author), Larry McQueen (Illustrator), Jon Janosik (Illustrator)With more than 300,000 copies already sold, Backyard Birdsongs is back by popular demand. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is proud to rerelease this widely acclaimed bird audio field guide series, from award-winning ornithologist and author Donald Kroodsma. Suitable for beginning bird watchers, Backyard Birdsongs is an interactive handbook of birds and their songs. With a touch-button electronic module that cont...

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

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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...

Potions Mini Mortar and Pestle - Paperback

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by Nikki Van De Car (Author), Anna Godeassi (Illustrator)For kitchen witches and enchanted mixologists, the Potions Mini Mortar and Pestle set is the perfect addition to your altar or bar cart. MINI MORTAR AND PESTLE FOR POTIONS AND COCKTAILS: Whether you're creating a tincture to invite creativity, or creating your own bitters for craft cocktails, this brass-colored, food-safe ceramic mortar and pestle will bring a touch of magic to rituals, holistic medicine, and at-home mixology. DELUXE ...

Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats: A Guide to the History, Identification, and Use of Psychoactive Fungi

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Stamets (Author)A full-color guide to psilocybin mushrooms--how to forage, identify, grow, and use them--with detailed descriptions, 300 stunning photographs, tips for dosing safely, and more, from a world-renowned mycologist. The past decade has seen an explosion of interest in using psilocybin (aka psychoactive or "magic") mushrooms for recreational and medicinal purposes. In this comprehensive, full-color reference, Paul Stamets offers descriptions and ...

Grass Isn't Greener: The Everyday Conservationist's Guide to Bringing Nature to Your Yard

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Report copyright infringementby Danae Wolfe (Author)Built around easy-to-digest tips for improving sustainability, this fun, action-oriented guide will help everyone turn their home garden into an earth-friendly habitat. Rooted in twenty practical steps that anyone can take starting today, Grass Isn't Greener demonstrates how small changes in your yard or garden can create lasting impact for the planet: from leaving your leaves to selecting eco-friendly holiday decorations; from eliminating...

How Can I Help?: Saving Nature with Your Yard

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Report copyright infringementby Douglas W. Tallamy (Author)From a New York Times bestselling author, a wildlife ecology expert and environmental advocate provides readers with the next step in their ecological journey. In How Can I Help?, Tallamy tackles the questions commonly asked at his popular lectures and shares compelling and actionable answers that will help gardeners and homeowners take the next step in their ecological journey. Topics range from ecology, evolution, biodiversity and ...

Revered Roots: Ancestral Teachings and Wisdom of Wild, Edible, and Medicinal Plants

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Report copyright infringementby Loriann Bird (Author)With Indigenous M?tis herbalist LoriAnn Bird as your guide, connect with the ancestral wisdom of over 90 wild edible and medicinal plants from across North America. A purposeful and powerful reference to the lessons, nourishment, healing, and history of our "plant teachers," Revered Roots shares guidance on exploring, gathering, and reclaiming these long-revered plants as food and medicine. Separated into two sections, LoriAnn first reveals...

Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life

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Report copyright infringementby Gabrielle Cerberville (Author)From "the Internet's Mushroom Auntie," a stunning, illustrated guide to foraging and the bounties to be had, both personal and edible, in exploring the world around us and using the gifts it has to offer in our lives.Foraging is becoming increasingly popular, from TikTok to tasting menus at the most exclusive restaurants around the world. People are discovering that delicious wild edibles are waiting for us in our own backyards, le...

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Report copyright infringementby Robin Crofut-Brittingham (Author)An elegant gift for bird lovers, this book showcases an award-winning painter's world class art, combined with entertaining facts about birds from all over the world. The Illuminated Book of Birds is a stunning, one-of-a-kind celebration of the birds of the world by award-winning painter Robin Crofut-Brittingham. It includes large-scale fine art paintings of the birds in Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, and E...