Natural History
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The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction
$27.95 Add to cartHow an iconic bird’s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction
The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on t- Author: Pálsson, GÃsli
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0691230986
- Language: English
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Hornyheads, Madtoms, and Darters: Narratives on Central Appalachian Fishes
$26.95 Read moreA collection of essays on nature, naturalists, and the natural history of fishes in central Appalachia. A nature lover’s paradise, central Appalachia supports a diversity of life in an extensive netwo… [more below]
- Author: Welsh, Stuart A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0821426109
- Language: English
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Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth
$35.00 Add to cartThe images . . . are the stars of this work, which will delight every entomophile who turns its pages.” — Publishers Weekly
A fascinating look at the world’s most numerous inhabitants, illustrated wi- Series: Natural Histories
- Author: Engel, Michael S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1454923237
- Language: English
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Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees
$19.99 Add to cartAs seen on PBS’s American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers presents a natural and cultural history of bees: the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go ro… [more below]
- Author: Hanson, Thor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 154169953X
- Language: English
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Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
$19.99 Add to cartThis New York Times bestseller “elegantly weaves evidence and insights . . . into a single, accessible historical narrative” (Bill Gates) and presents a captivating history of the universe — from the… [more below]
- Author: Christian, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 0316392014
- Language: English
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Sloth
$22.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated cultural and natural history of the lethargic animal–from prehistoric ancestry to modern-day memes.
Sloths are perhaps the most recognized and loved Central and South American a- Series: Animal
- Author: Rauch, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1789147999
- Language: English
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Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology
$17.95 Add to cartOver the past twenty years, the study of dinosaurs has transformed into a true scientific discipline. New technologies have revealed secrets locked in prehistoric bones that no one could have previous
- Series: Rediscovered
- Author: Benton, Michael J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 0500295530
- Language: English
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Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City
$45.00 Add to cartMore than a history, Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City is a book of science, natural history, and imagination, a call for us to stretch our thoughts back to 1609 when Henry Hudson first s… [more below]
- Author: Sanderson, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 28 2013
- ISBN10: 1419707485
- Language: English
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In the Beginning
$25.99 Add to cartThis book is a sequel (or better: a prequel) to Immanuel Velikovsky’s main work, the best-selling Worlds in Collision, in which he gave a detailed reconstruction of two global natural catastrophes bas
- Author: Velikovsky, Immanuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1906833109
- Language: English
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Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves
$34.95 Add to cartThis timely and original book lays out the latest scientific understanding of mass extinction on our planet. Cutting-edge techniques across biology, chemistry, physics, and geology have transformed ou
- Author: Benton, Michael J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0500025460
- Language: English
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Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change
$18.99 Add to cart*A New York Times Editor’s Choice pick
A beloved natural historian explores how climate change is driving evolution
*Shortlisted for the 2022 Pacific Northwest Book AwardsIn Hurricane Lizards
- Author: Hanson, Thor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 1, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541672399
- Language: English
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The Unity of Science: Exploring Our Universe, from the Big Bang to the Twenty-First Century
$32.00 Read moreA journey guided by science that explores the universe, the earth, and the story of life
For Irwin Shapiro, science starts with questions. This book provides a broad and entertaining survey of major- Author: Shapiro, Irwin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 0300253613
- Language: English
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A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
$17.99 Add to cartIn this scientifically informed account of the changes in nature over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vis
- Author: Attenborough, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 27, 2022
- ISBN10: 1538719991
- Language: English
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Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
$18.99 Add to cart“Surprising. Impressive. Cannibalism restores my faith in humanity.” —Sy Montgomery, The New York Times Book Review
For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with- Author: Schutt, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 30, 2018
- ISBN10: 1616207434
- Language: English
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These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes
$30.00 Add to cartA deeply personal master class on how to read a natural landscape and unravel the clues to its unique ecological history
“[Charney] is an amiable host. . . . The cumulative effect of his book on the- Author: Charney, Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 0300230893
- Language: English
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Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
$19.95 Add to cartIn 1908, near Folsom, New Mexico, a cowboy discovered the remains of a herd of extinct giant bison. By examining flint points embedded in the bones, archeologists later determined that a band of human
- Author: Flores, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1324065915
- Language: English
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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
$19.99 Add to cartThe New York Times best-selling account of how coyotes–long the target of an extermination policy–spread to every corner of the United States
Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writi- Author: Flores, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 05, 2017
- ISBN10: 0465093728
- Language: English
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Nature’s Treasures: Tales of More Than 100 Extraordinary Objects from Nature
$24.99 Add to cartReveal extraordinary stories form nature by best-selling author Ben Hoare with this awe-inspiring animal book for curious kids aged 6-8.
The world is filled with curious objects made by plants, animal- Series: DK Treasures
- Author: Hoare, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 16, 2021
- ISBN10: 0744034957
- Language: English
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Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
$19.95 Add to cartWINNER of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
Author of the New York Times 2023 “Notable Book” Crossings
Washington Post “50 Notable Works of Nonfiction”
Science News “Favorite Sci
- Author: Goldfarb, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1603589082
- Language: English
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The Naked Neanderthal: A New Understanding of the Human Creature
$29.95 Add to cartA riveting scientific journey exploring the enigma of the Neanderthal and the species’ unique form of intelligence.
What do we really know about our cousins, the Neanderthals? For over a century we s- Author: Slimak, Ludovic
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 06, 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366164
- Language: English
