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Report copyright infringementby Mark Elbroch (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Mark Elbroch (Illustrator)This handy FoldingGuide(TM) includes 57 species of mammals, reptiles, and birds whose tracks and scat are most commonly found in California. Each entry includes a thumbnail illustration of the animal, detailed track and scat illustrations with precise size dimensions, and a caption and call-outs to help point out the fine details necessary to make accurate identifications. Both text and illustr...

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Report copyright infringementby Karen Berger (Author), Jonathan Irish (Photographer), Sally Jewell (Foreword by)Packed with hiking advice and 200 photos, this national parks coffee table book will inspire hikers and armchair travelers to explore America's crown jewels. America's 63 national parks are made up of the greatest geographical, geological, and ecological wonders on the planet, and some of their treasures are only available to those willing to walk past the trailhead for just a mile ...

The Backyard Chicken Keeper's Bible: Discover Chicken Breeds, Behavior, Coops, Eggs, and More

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Report copyright infringementby Jessica Ford (Author), Rachel Federman (Author), Sonya Patel Ellis (Author)The essential volume on backyard chicken keeping, this book is packed with practical information and clear and charming full-color photographs. Whether you're looking to reduce your environmental impact, improve food traceability, connect with nature, or simply relish the pure joy of chicken company, The Backyard Chicken Keeper's Bible belongs on your shelf. Environmental and homestea...

Queer Animals & Plants Coloring Book - Paperback

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by Kes Otter Lieffe (Author), Anja Van Geert (Illustrator) Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.36 x 9.02 x 7.07 IN Publication Date: April 04, 2023

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Elbroch (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Mark Elbroch (Illustrator)This handy FoldingGuide(TM) includes 53 species of mammals, reptiles, and birds whose tracks and scat are most commonly found. Each entry includes a thumbnail illustration of the animal, detailed track and scat illustrations with precise size dimensions, and a caption and call-outs to help point out the fine details necessary to make accurate identifications. This guide covers the Pacific North...

The Last Empty Places: A Journey Through Blank Spots on the American Map

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Stark (Author)". . . intriguing, both a solid refresher on our savage colonial history and a smart rumination on what it means to get lost."― Outside First time in paperback, ebook, and audio editions Part travel adventure, part history, part exploration Features four specific "blank spots" from across the country and delves into our human relationships with place In The Last Empty Places, bestselling author Peter Stark takes the reader to four of the...

Birds of Southern Africa: Fifth Revised Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Ian Sinclair (Author), Phil Hockey (Author), Warwick Tarboton (Author)A substantially revised and expanded new edition of the bestselling standard field guide for southern Africa, now with a dedicated app providing access to vocalizations Now in its fifth edition, Birds of Southern Africa has been brought fully up to date by its expert authors and greatly enhanced with a wide range of new information and features. Providing comprehensive coverage of the bird li...

The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals, and Real Estate in the California Redwoods

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Report copyright infringementby Greg King (Author)The definitive story of the California redwoods, their discovery and their exploitation, as told by an activist who fought to protect their existence against those determined to cut them down. Every year millions of tourists from around the world visit California's famous redwoods. Yet few who strain their necks to glimpse the tops of the world's tallest trees understand how unlikely it is that these last isolated groves of giant trees still ...

Between the Tides in California: Exploring Beaches and Tidepools

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Report copyright infringementby Ryan P. Kelly (Author), Terrie Klinger (Author), Patrick J. Krug (Author) A fascinating guide to the secret worlds of the intertidal zoneThe vast and diverse California coast is an awe-inspiring place of exploration and discovery, full of life forms that are shockingly unfamiliar. Intertidal fish that can breathe in air, worms that build entire reefs, and seaweeds that can be mistaken for tar spots--these are as common as the more familiar barnacles that eat wi...

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks

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Report copyright infringementby Terry Tempest Williams (Author)An ode to our national parks, timed for the centennial, by the beloved author of When Women Were BirdsLonglisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceA Washington Post Notable Book of the YearAmerica's national parks are breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why more than 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now Terry Tempest Williams, the New York Times bestselling aut...

Alien Worlds: How Insects Conquered the Earth, and Why Their Fate Will Determine Our Future

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Report copyright infringementby Steve Nicholls (Author)A beautifully illustrated journey into the hidden realm of insects Life on Earth depends on the busy activities of insects, but global populations of these teeming creatures are currently under threat, with grave consequences for us all. Alien Worlds presents insects and other arthropods as you have never seen them before, explaining how they conquered the planet and why there are so many of them, and shedding light on the evolutionary ma...

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Report copyright infringementby Publications International Ltd (Author), Brain Games (Author)Brain Games Horses Word Search Puzzles is the perfect opportunity to learn about the majestic beauty and history of horses while solving puzzles. Each of the 70 horse-themed puzzles is accompanied by basic horse facts and information on different breed's origins, characteristics, and uses. Puzzles highlight a variety of popular breeds including the Arabian, Friesian, Shire, and Morgan horses, as well...

National Geographic Pocket Guide to the Night Sky of North America

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine H. Howell (Author)We all gaze at the night sky in wonder--and this guidebook, the ninth in the National Geographic Pocket Guide series, provides a go-to reference for everything filling the dark canvas above us. A basic guide to the solar system, distant galaxies, exoplanets and deep space, satellites and spacecraft, the big bang, meteor showers, and moon phases, this book also features scores of sky and constellation charts for stargazers. Each of th...

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Report copyright infringementby 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 ...

Good Weed Bad Weed: Who's Who, What to Do, and Why Some Deserve a Second Chance (All You Need to Know about the Weeds in Your Yard)

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Report copyright infringementby Nancy Gift (Author)Good Weed Bad Weed is a friendly, authoritative, easy-to-use guide to the uninvited plants in our yard: who they are, how to control them safely - and why it's a good idea to love some of them just the way they are (including a chart for how best to let our labor-intensive lawns "go native"). Weed expert Nancy Gift considers 50 of the most interesting and noteworthy weeds in our lives, with generous helpings of full-color photos, humor and so...

Wisdom of John Muir: 100+ Selections from the Letters, Journals, and Essays of the Great Naturalist

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Report copyright infringementby Anne Rowthorn (Author), Bill McKibben (Foreword by)The Wisdom of John Muir marries the best aspects of a Muir anthology with the best aspects of a Muir biography. The fact that it is neither, and yet it is both, distinguishes this book from the many extant books on John Muir. Building on her lifelong passion for the work and philosophy of John Muir, author Anne Rowthorn has created this entirely new treatment for showcasing the great naturalist's philosophy and...

Crown Jewel Wilderness: Creating North Cascades National Park

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Report copyright infringementby Lauren Danner (Author)Remote, rugged, and spectacularly majestic, with stunning alpine meadows and jagged peaks that soar beyond ten thousand feet, North Cascades National Park is one of the Pacific Northwest's crown jewels. Now, in the first full-length account, Lauren Danner chronicles its creation--just in time for the park's fiftieth anniversary in 2018.The North Cascades range benefited from geographic isolation that shielded its mountains from extensive r...

Succulent Container Gardens: Design Eye-Catching Displays with 350 Easy-Care Plants

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Report copyright infringementby Debra Lee Baldwin (Author)Define your individual style. With their colorful leaves, sculptural shapes, and simple care, succulents are beautiful yet forgiving plants for pots. If grown in containers, these dry-climate jewels--which include but are not limited to cacti--can be brought indoors in winter and so can thrive anywhere in the world. In this inspiring compendium, the popular author of Designing with Succulents provides everything beginners and experie...

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Report copyright infringementby Walter E. Sturgeon (Author) From one of the region's foremost mushroom hunters--Walter E. Sturgeon--comes a long-overdue field guide to finding and identifying the mushrooms and fleshy fungi found in the Appalachian mountains from Canada to Georgia. Edibility and toxicity, habitat, ecology, and detailed diagnostic features of the disparate forms they take throughout their life cycles are all included, enabling the reader to identify species without the use of a...

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Report copyright infringementby Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author), Henry David Thoreau (Author)Together in one volume, Emerson's Nature and Thoreau's Walking, is writing that defines our distinctly American relationship to nature.Back JacketTogether in one volume, Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature and Henry David Thoreau's Walking, writing that defines our distinctly American relationship to nature.Author BiographyRalph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Oliver (Author)Never afraid to shed the pretense of academic poetry, never shy of letting the power of an image lie in unadorned language, Mary Oliver offers us poems of arresting beauty that reflect on the power of love and the great gifts of the natural world. Inspired by the familiar lines from William Wordsworth, "To me the meanest flower that blows can give / Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears," she uncovers the evidence presented to us dai...

Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew D. Blechman (Author)Pigeons have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of man, they've been used as crucial communicators in war by every major historical superpower from ancient Egypt to the United States and are credited with saving thousands of lives. Charles Darwin relied heavily on pigeons to help formulate and support his theory of evolution. Yet today they are reviled as "rats with wing...

Switchbacks: True Stories from the Canadian Rockies

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Report copyright infringementby Sid Marty (Author)In Switchbacks, Sid Marty draws on his own memories and those of friends and former colleagues in relating a series of true mountain tales. Among his subjects are: the old guide who built a staircase up a cliff; the stranded snowshoer who was rescued between rounds of beer in a Banff tavern; the man who catered to hungry grizzlies; an opinionated packrat with a gift for larceny; and a horse named Candy whose heart was as big as a stove. Along...

Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus

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Report copyright infringementby Lucy Cooke (Author)WHY ARE SLOTHS ALWAYS SMILING? Perhaps it's because they've mastered the art of taking it slow in a world whose frenzied pace is driving the rest of us crazy. Here, in a mindfulness book like no other, heart-tuggingly cute photographs of these always-chill creatures are paired with words of wisdom, all to inspire us to slow down, stop to enjoy the little things, and come up relaxed, centered, and smiling. Number of Pages: 144 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Spellenberg (Author), Christopher J. Earle (Author), Gil Nelson (Author)The most comprehensive and user-friendly field guide to the trees of western North America Covering 630 species, more than any comparable field guide, Trees of Western North America is the most comprehensive, best illustrated, and easiest-to-use book of its kind. Presenting all the native and naturalized trees of the western United States and Canada as far east as the Great Plains,...

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Stephenson (Author), Scott Whittle (Author)A field guide that revolutionizes warbler identification Warblers are among the most challenging birds to identify. They exhibit an array of seasonal plumages and have distinctive yet oft-confused calls and songs. The Warbler Guide enables you to quickly identify any of the 56 species of warblers in the United States and Canada. This groundbreaking guide features more than 1,000 stunning color photos, extensive spe...

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Report copyright infringementby James Lowen (Author)An essential photographic guide to antarctic wildlife Antarctic Wildlife is the definitive identification guide to the birds and marine mammals of the Antarctic Peninsula, Drake Passage, and Beagle Channel. This easy-to-use photographic field guide enables visitors to this unique region of the world--newcomer and seasoned traveler alike--to identify with confidence the penguins, whales, seals, seabirds, and other stunning wildlife they encou...

The Practical Geologist: The Introductory Guide to the Basics of Geology and to Collecting and Identifying Rocks

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Report copyright infringementby Dougal Dixon (Author)From exploring the basic principles of geology to starting a rock and mineral collection, The Practical Geologist is the perfect introduction to the world of earth science. Beginning with a history of the earth's formation and development, this book explores the substances that compose the planet, movements within the earth, the surface effects of weather and water, and underground landscapes. It shows you how to search for, identify, and...

Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

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Report copyright infringementby Terry Tempest Williams (Author)In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was nature at its most random, the other a by-product of rogue technology: Terry's mother, and Terry herse...

The Burgess Bird Book with new color images - Paperback

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by Thornton Burgess (Author)Join Peter Rabbit as he meets and learns about North American birds in Old Mother Nature's classroom. Discover birds, both great and small, from the Starling to the Eagle, the Bluebird to the Goose, the Hummingbird to the Owl, and so many more. No matter where you're from, the descriptive text and beautiful photographs will introduce you to North America's wonderful and diverse birdlife.Since its release in 1919, the Burgess Bird Book for Children has delighted rea...

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Report copyright infringementby Rob Sandelin (Author), Stephen R. Whitney (Illustrator)The "what's that?" guide to Northwest plants and animals More than 700 color illustrations for easy identification Expanded with new sections on mushrooms, insects, and rock identification Handy color tabs for easy access, and quick reference index on back cover Don't just call it a mushroom when it's a golden chanterelle; know your screech owl from your saw-whet owl; distinguish a monarch butterfly from...

The Philosophy of Gardening: Essays - Paperback

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by Blanka Stolz (Editor), Karen Caruana (Translator)For philosophizing gardeners and anyone who likes to pick up a spade and get their hands dirty Gardeners discover a new world every year--whether they're cultivating heirloom vegetables, foraging for wild herbs, creating a small permaculture garden on a city balcony, or maintaining a plot for self-sufficiency. But why garden at all? These personal essays by writers, designers, and master gardeners dig into gardening's philosophical dimension...