Wildlife category: 1081 books

Revealing the impact of civilisation upon our bird life, with particular reference to the species that have come to rely largely on types of habitat greatly modified or actually formed by human action. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com This, the first book on birds in the New Naturalist...

C'est une période difficile, pour un écrivain, la sortie d'un roman... Le sixième, "Un Amour béton", fut publié le 22 mai 2013 http://www.romancier.org. Décompression, (léger) spleen mais également tentative de promotion dans un univers verrouillé par les industriels du livre......

Le 20 juin 2002 fut déposé à la sacem "les poules municipales", un texte rapidement mis en musique et rarement interprété par Pierre Galliez. Une chanson qui voulait faire rire et réfléchir. Pour éliminer les déchets alimentaires, préférez les poules municipales aux incinérateurs,...

Based on classical Japanese writings, this Zen gardening book is full of insightful commentary and lush photographs. Japanese gardens have long been admired for their capacity to improve on nature through impeccable design, detail, and composition: properties that elevate them from mere gardens...

This book is going to be beneficial for those that enjoy spending time in the wilderness or woods learning about or simply enjoying nature.  Most people don't realize that it can be very easy to get turned around in unfamiliar surroundings and find yourself fighting to survive.  With the right tools...

Of Roses and Poets is a collection of photographic rose portraits and vintage poems. The portraits are the work of J. Franklin Willis and the poems date from the mid-sixteenth century to the early twentieth century. Also included is a brief exploration of rose mythology: Greek, Roman, Hindu, Arab,...

Meadows, the second volume of a major new series of books on British natural history, provides one of the most wide-ranging and eloquent treatments of this most quintessential British habitat. Yet the flower-rich hay meadows that have inspired writers and artists for hundreds of years have almost...

To escape the city, to live close to nature in the beauty and quiet of the wilderness, to try to find within oneself a pioneer resourcefulness of spirit, mind, and hand—it is an almost universal dream. Helen Hoover and her husband made it come true for themselves, and this is the richly told story...

A visual adventure that mixes unusual portraits of Brazilian fauna and the world, depicting details, textures, and surreal sceneries from delicate to grotesque.Photographed over 10 years, in Brazil in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Paraiba, Rio Grande do Norte, Pará and Rio de Janeiro.

In Elephant House, photographer Dick Blau and historian Nigel Rothfels offer a thought-provoking study of the Oregon Zoo’s Asian Elephant Building and the daily routines of its residents—human and pachyderm alike. Without an agenda beyond a desire to build a deeper understanding of this enigmatic...

No matter how many times you see them, you can not express a sudden delightful shout of "Oh! Look at the deer!" It's what they do when not viewed that can later make you angrily shout "Aghhh! Look what those [expletive deleted] deer did to my garden!" What deer resistant...

This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!

In Strange Company, a delightful collection of short essays, Jean Ryan brings us closer to the natural world. From lizards to lady bugs, from the inscrutable sloth to the resplendent quetzal, Ryan reveals some of our commonalities with earth’s creatures and hints at the lessons we might learn from...

The story of introduced species in Texas is long (hogs were introduced by European settlers in the 1500s) and fraught with controversy. In Unnatural Texas? The Invasive Species Dilemma, Robin W. Doughty and Matt Warnock Turner introduce the “big hitters” of invasive species in the state. They...