Nature Wildlife category: 1081 books
by Sir David Attenborough, Errol Fuller
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Drawn from Paradise is David Attenborough’s journey through the cultural history of the birds of paradise, one of the most exquisite and extravagant, colourful and intriguing families of birds. From the moment they were introduced to the European mind in the early sixteenth century, their unique...
The Greatest Safari
In the Beginning Was Africa: The Story of Evolution Seen from the Savannah
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2014
Why does the zebra have stripes and the elephant a long trunk? How did the giraffe acquire a long neck and why does a hippopotamus lie in muddy water all day? How does an acacia tree kill grazing wild? Do wild animals speak to each other and do they have feelings?
In The Greatest Safari, the...
Dronings from a Queen Bee
The First Five Years
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
In 2008, Charlotte unexpectedly and suddenly became a beekeeper. She's humorously captured anecdotes about stings and successes, interwoven with gentle observations and life reflections. Vivid color photographs provide glimpses of this fascinating insect's world, and the interplay between humans and...
Freshwater Life
A field guide to the plants and animals of southern Africa
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Freshwater life – the first illustrated field guide of its kind for the wider southern African region – describes a vast range of plant and animal groups in a single volume. A ground-breaking concept that encompasses diverse groups from the large and conspicuous vertebrates to the diverse microscopic...
The Urban Bestiary
Encountering the Everyday Wild
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
From the bestselling author of Crow Planet, a compelling journey into the secret lives of the wild animals at our back door.
In THE URBAN BESTIARY, acclaimed nature writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt journeys into the heart of the everyday wild, where coyotes, raccoons, chickens, hawks, and humans live...
by Ellie Whitney, D Bruce Means, Anne Rudloe
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Taken from the earlier book Priceless Florida (and modified for a stand-alone book), this volume discusses the well-drained areas of Florida, including high pine grasslands, flatwoods and prairies, interior scrub, hardwood hammocks, rocklands and caves, and beach dunes. Introduces readers to the trees...
The Living Forest
A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
“With precise, stunning photographs and a distinctly literary narrative that tells the story of the forest ecosystem along the way, The Living Forest is an invitation to join in the eloquence of seeing.” —Sierra Magazine
From the leaves and branches of the canopy to the roots and soil...
by Ellie Whitney, D Bruce Means, Anne Rudloe
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Taken from the earlier book Priceless Florida (and modified for a stand-alone book), this volume discusses the fresh- and saltwater systems of Florida, including lakes and ponds; rivers and streams; springs; aquatic caves; estuarine waters and seafloors; submarine meadows, sponge, rock, and reef communities;...
by Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
A compact, easy-to-use mammal identification guide for any nature watcher on a visit to Sri Lanka. More than 40 species are described here in detail, from the Grey Slender Loris to the Giant Squirrel and the Fishing Cat. All of these animals are clearly illustrated in a collection of specially commissioned...
Snakes Of The World
From Pythons to Black Mamba
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Most children are fascinated with exploration. This can take the form of looking at a world atlas, or simply looking underneath a bush to see what kinds of bugs they can find. You can combine the best of both with a snakes of the world picture book. The child can take a magical adventure around the...
The Song at Your Backdoor
Musings on the Irish Countryside
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
Taking his backdoor as a starting point, Joseph Horgan explores the natural world. The book spans one autumn and one winter, framed by the departure of the swallows from the author’s backyard and concluding with their return. In between, Horgan travels on foot or by bicycle along some still-quiet...
Forest Neighbors
Life Stories of Wild Animals
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2014
This classic work tells the stories of forest-dwelling animals such as deer, beaver, lynx and porcupine has been updated with new illustrations.
This book examines the lives of our forest friends from their perspective and is sure to make nature-lovers of all who read it.
Owls In The Wild
A Visual Essay
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Photographer Rob Palmer has a passion for birds of prey and has traveled the world in pursuit of images that capture their amazing beauty and behaviors as the go about their lives in their natural environment. In this book, he has collected nearly two-hundred of his favorite shots, showcasing a wide...
No Way Home
The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Animal migration is a magnificsight: a mile-long blanket of cranes rising from a Nebraska river and filling the sky; hundreds of thousands of wildebeests marching across the Serengeti; a blaze of orange as millions of monarch butterflies spread their wings to take flight. Nature’s great migrations...