Nature Wildlife category: 1081 books

Canada’s mountain man shares his best wilderness adventure stories Though Andy Russell has been many things in his life – hunter, trapper, trail guide, wilderness photographer and filmmaker, conservationist, and activist – he is, above all else, a master storyteller. This collection of...

COME ON A GREAT ADVENTURE WITH TIMBA THE TIGER! A true-to-life story about endangered tigers in the wild. Discover where they live, how they hunt, what they eat, and how they survive. Jan Latta is the author and photographer of True to Life Books. To create the books she follows...

The Outdoor Photography Book is packed full of tips and techniques to help you capture your most visually interesting and exciting photographs, from the sweeping beauty of coastal landscapes and striking lines of architecture to the intimate nature of street and wildlife photography.

There's more than one kind of Texas native-we share our magnificent state with numerous other species some with four legs or more and some with no legs at all. Naturalist Jim Harris has studied most of them, and in Lone Star Menagerie he shares some little-known facts, fascinating tales, and amusing personal experiences with these creatures that we live alongside.

In this short piece Thorpe discusses the Bobwhite, also known as the Virginia Quail-partridge. This piece describes the bird and its habits as well as highlighting mid nineteenth century thought on hunting and wildlife preservation. Thomas Bangs Thorpe 1815-1878 was an American antebellum humorist,...

Perhaps no creature has so fired the imagination of a populace as the armadillo—that most ungainly, awkward, and timid little animal. Its detractors call it a varmint and wish it good speed from the Lone Star State and its other natural territories. But its supporters claim that it is the animal...

Back from the Brink is an antidote to a world that seems full of stories of wildlife doom and gloom. Amongst all the loss of habitat and the animals and plants that are in spiralling decline, it’s easy to forget that there are a huge number of positive stories too; animals threatened with extinction,...

China possesses many of the most interesting and beautiful bird species in the world. In total, the country is home to more than 1300 bird species which comprise more than 13% of all bird species. This book serves as an introduction to the rich bird life of China for the vast majority of the Chinese...

The most comprehensive book on giraffes to appear in the last fifty years, this volume presents a magnificent portrait of a group of animals who, in spite of their legendary elegance and astonishing gentleness, may not entirely survive this century. Dale Peterson’s text provides a natural...

In this short piece Thorpe discusses the Woodcock, a delectable dish in the mid nineteenth century. This piece highlights both knowledge of the bird and thought on hunting and wildlife preservation (or lack thereof) contemporary to the time. Thomas Bangs Thorpe 1815-1878 was an American...

Glutton, demon of destruction, symbol of slaughter, mightiest of wilderness villains… The wolverine comes marked with a reputation based on myth and fancy. Yet this enigmatic animal is more complex than the legends that surround it. With a shrinking wilderness and global warming, the future of the wolverine...

COME ON A GREAT ADVENTURE WITH CHIPPER THE CHEETAH! A true-to-life story about the fastest animal on land. Discover where they live, how they hunt, what they eat, and how they survive. Jan Latta is the author and photographer of True to Life Books. To create the books she follows...

COME ON A GREAT ADVENTURE WITH PING-PING THE PANDA! A true-to-life story about the giant pandas of China. Discover where they live, what they eat, and how they survive. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jan Latta is the author and photographer of True to Life Books. To create the books she follows...

For Steve and Terri Irwin, confronting aggressive sixteen-foot gators, hissing deadly snakes, charging rhinos, venomous spiders, huge lizards, and wild reptiles in their own habitats was a part of daily life. Steve’s love for animals began at an early age, when his parents created an animal refuge—instilling...