Nature category: 119170 books
by Meredith May
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature’s most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee.
Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care...
America's Public Lands
From Yellowstone to Smokey Bear and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
How is it that the United States—the country that cherishes the ideal of private property more than any other in the world—has chosen to set aside nearly one-third of its territory as public lands? Considering this intriguing question, Randall K. Wilson traces the often-forgotten ideas of nature...
Gambling on Ore
The Nature of Metal Mining in the United States, 1860–1910
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Gambling on Ore examines the development of the western mining industry from the tumultuous and violent Gold Rush to the elevation of large-scale copper mining in the early twentieth century, using Montana as representative of mining developments in the broader US mining west. Employing abundant new...
Birdwatcher
The Life of Roger Tory Peterson
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
[2015 Reprint] Roger Tory Peterson—the Renaissance man who taught Americans the joy of watching birds—also invented the modern field guide. His 1934 landmark Field Guide to the Birds was the first book designed to go outdoors and help people identify the elements of nature. This self-proclaimed...
Snow
A Scientific and Cultural Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2019
Brimming with interesting facts and surprising anecdotes, this scientific and cultural history opens our eyes to the wonders of one of nature’s most delicate, delightful, and deadly phenomena: SNOW! Perfect for fans of The Hidden Life of Trees and Rain.
Go on an extraordinary journey across...
Nature in Horsemanship
Discovering Harmony Through Principles of Aikido
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The popular and highly respected horse trainer Mark Rashid brings together Western and Eastern philosophies to demonstrate a seamless new incarnation of horse training. After years of helping difficult” horses, Mark Rashid understands how to build the foundation of a horse’s training and resolve...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
This treasury of more than 600 royalty-free illustrations of nature's handiwork will be an indispensable resource for anyone in need of plant and flower illustrations. Showcasing the work of 11 different artists, this highly useful compilation attractively and accurately displays a profusion of wildflowers,...
by Nona Kilgore Bauer
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
One of Germany’s most auspicious contributions to the dog world is the impressive Giant Schnauzer, a purebred dog of unmistakable style and superb working ability. Recognizable for prominent facial furnishings-beard, eye brows, and moustache-his blunt-wedged muzzle, and his solid, muscular giant”...
by Barbara J. Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
One of Germany’s most auspicious contributions to the dog world is the impressive Giant Schnauzer, a purebred dog of unmistakable style and superb working ability. Recognizable for prominent facial furnishings-beard, eye brows, and moustache-his blunt-wedged muzzle, and his solid, muscular giant”...
The Urban Tree Book
An Uncommon Field Guide for City and Town
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Open The Urban Tree Book and discover the joys of forest trekking--right in your city or town. This first-of-a-kind field guide introduces readers to the trees on their block, in neighborhood parks, and throughout the urban landscape. Unlike traditional tree guides with dizzying numbers of woodland...
Dynamic Forest
Man Versus Nature in the Boreal Forest
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017
Nearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management.
The boreal forest is constantly changing, often dramatically. We like to picture it as a stable, balanced system. Really, it is anything but stable....
by Thomas H. Huxley
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature (1863) has been considered the most important of Thomas Huxley’s Darwinian writings. Despite warnings from friends that publishing an argument in support of evolution could ruin...
Learning Their Language
Intuitive Communication with Animals and Nature
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Almost everyone has had a moment when they've felt a connection to an animal. Animal communicator Marta Williams says this is the basis of animal communication and it's a skill anyone can develop. Williams's background as a scientist informs her logical step-by-step approach to learning the "language"...
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by Various, William Kerr Higley
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
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THE WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. (Loxia leucoptera.)
The Crossbills, together with the finches, the sparrows, the grosbeaks, the redpolls, the goldfinches, the towhees, the cardinals, the longspurs, and the buntings, belong to that large family of perching birds...