Ecology
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Cactus Hotel
$10.99 Add to cartIt is another hot day in the desert. Birds and other animals scurry about looking for food. When they get tired they stop to rest at a giant cactus. It is their hotel in the desert!
Many different ani- Series: Owlet Book
- Author: Guiberson, Brenda Z.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 15 1993
- ISBN10: 0805029605
- Language: English
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Gaia and Philosophy
$9.99 Read moreIn the 1970s, microbiologist Lynn Margulis and atmospheric chemist James Lovelock developed the Gaia theory. Embracing the circular logic of life and engineering systems, the Gaia theory states that E
- Series: Terra Ignota #3
- Author: Margulis, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: June 30, 2023
- ISBN10: 1838003967
- Language: English
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Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains
$28.99 Add to cartAn engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not–from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons–and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions
- Author: Brookshire, Bethany
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 6, 2022
- ISBN10: 0063097257
- Language: English
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The Sixth Extinction (10th Anniversary Edition): An Unnatural History
$19.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
The 10th-anniversary edition of th
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW‘S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST- Author: Kolbert, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 1250887313
- Language: English
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In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms
$24.95 Add to cart“Mushrooms are having a moment. [A] natural sequel for the many readers who enjoyed Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life.”–Library Journal
“Bierend writes with sensual verve and specificity, enthusiasm,
- Author: Bierend, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1645021491
- Language: English
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Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Declineof America’s Man-Made Landscape
$20.00 Add to cartThe Geography of Nowhere traces America’s evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where every place is like no place in particular, where the cities are dead zones a
- Author: Kunstler, James Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 26, 1994
- ISBN10: 0671888250
- Language: English
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Our Maine: Exploring Its Rich Natural Heritage
$34.95 Add to cartLobsters, blueberries, moose, and rugged coastlines dotted with lighthouses are emblematic of the state of Maine. But underlying these simple icons is the rich natural heritage of Maine that drives th
- Author: Calhoun, Aram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1684750474
- Language: English
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
$30.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A “brilliant [and] entrancing” (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi–the great connectors of the living world–and their astonishing and intimate roles in
- Author: Sheldrake, Merlin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 12, 2020
- ISBN10: 0525510311
- Language: English
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The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
$30.00 Add to cartPhosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has
- Author: Egan, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324002662
- 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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Oregon and Washington’s Roadside Ecology: 33 Easy Walks Through the Region’s Amazing Natural Areas
$24.95 Add to cartDiscover natural history secrets hiding in plain sight
Have you ever seen a raging river disappear completely into a lava tube? Petrified subtropical plants in the middle of a high desert? Do you kno- Author: Scheer, Roddy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1643260413
- Language: English
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The World Without Us
$21.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Time #1 Nonfiction Book* An Entertainment Weekly #1 Nonfiction Book *A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and Salon Book Awards* A Kansas City Star‘s To- Author: Weisman, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 19, 2022
- ISBN10: 1250834007
- Language: English
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Walden
$14.99 Add to cartDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high q
- Author: Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 150982670X
- Language: English
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Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness
$18.99 Add to cartThere are more crows now than ever. Their abundance is both an indicator of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world. Crow Planet reminds us that we do not need… [more below]
- Author: Haupt, Lyanda Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: 21-Apr-11
- ISBN10: 0316019119
- Language: English
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Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island
$18.00 Add to cartCarol Ruckdeschel is the wildest woman in America. She wrestles alligators, eats roadkill, rides horses bareback, and lives in a ramshackle cabin that she built by hand in an island wilderness. A comb… [more below]
- Author: Harlan, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: 3-Mar-15
- ISBN10: 0802123856
- Language: English
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The Secret Network of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things– Stories from Science and Observation
$18.95 Add to cart“As you read these pages you will understand why I so admire [Peter Wohlleben] and am so in love with his work.”–JANE GOODALL
Nature is full of surprises: deciduous trees affect the rotation of the Ea
- Series: Mysteries of Nature / David Suzuki Institute #3
- Author: Wohlleben, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1778400345
- 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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Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth’s Past and Will Shape Our Future
$46.58 Add to cartAn ecologist explores how life itself shapes Earth using the elemental constituents we all share
It is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over th- Author: Porder, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0691177295
- Language: English
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Combining
$38.00 Add to cartIn ‘Combining’, Nora Bateson invites us into an ecology of communication where nothing stands alone, and every action sets off a chain of incalculable consequences. She challenges conventional fixes f… [more below]
- Author: Bateson, Nora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 396
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1913743853
- Language: English
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World
$20.00 Add to cart“Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world.” –The New York Times
“A wry, informed pastoral.” –The New Yorker The book that helped make Michael Pollan- Author: Pollan, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 28, 2002
- ISBN10: 0375760393
- Language: English
