Natural history
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The Unexpected Universe
$18.99 Add to cartDrawing from his long experience as a naturalist, the author responds to the unexpected and symbolic aspects of a wide spectrum of phenomena throughout the universe. Scrupulous scholarship and magical… [more below]
- Author: Eiseley, Loren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: June 16 2011
- ISBN10: 0156928507
- Language: English
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The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal
$32.00 Add to cartAn awe-inspiring tour of bat world by the world’s leading expert
With nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of- Author: Yovel, Yossi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1250378443
- Language: English
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Wildlife Out Your Window: Fascinating Facts About 100 Animals Commonly Seen in the Northeastern U.S.
$24.95 Add to cartDid you know that: Blue Jay feathers are not blue…they are actually brown (they look blue due to an optical illusion)! Some frogs survive freezing by creating their own anti-freeze! Some foxes live
- Author: Timm, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: April 01 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990443204
- Language: English
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Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Clockwork Universe and The Writing of the Gods, an “utterly delightful…hugely entertaining” (Air Mail) book about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur … [more below]
- Author: Dolnick, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 1982199628
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Chickens: An Illustrated Guide to the Extraordinary Lives of Chickens
$16.99 Add to cartWe love chickens. From Instagram stars and therapy chickens to our mugs and calendars, greeting cards and dish towels, our love for chickens is EVERYWHERE. They cheer us, make us laugh, make us love,
- Author: Ford, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0008753431
- Language: English
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Chemistry 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Chemistry’s Key Concepts
$16.99 Add to cartChemistry: 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your scientific curiosity and helping you to understand the biggest concepts in chemistry in concise, 100-wo… [more below]
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0593961625
- Language: English
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In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Life It Brings
$28.00 Add to cartJames C. Scott reframes rivers as alive and dynamic, revealing the consequences of treating them as resources for our profit
“Informative, enjoyable, and provocative. . . . Scott’s [prose] is dry, cle- Series: Yale Agrarian Studies
- Author: Scott, James C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0300278497
- Language: English
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The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas, Revised Edition
$21.00 Add to cartAward-winning nature author Jerry Dennis reveals the splendor and beauty of North America’s Great Lakes in this “masterwork”* history and memoir of the essential environmental and economical region sh
- Author: Dennis, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1250325889
- Language: English
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Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation
$28.00 Read moreLONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION
Investigating the ethical and practical challenges of one of the greatest threats to biodiversity: invasive species. Across the world, i- Author: Warwick, Hugh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1399403745
- Language: English
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The Lives of Lichens: A Natural History
$35.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated guide to lichens and their biology
Existing at the margins of life, lichens are the result of symbiotic relationships between fungi and photosynthesizing partners in the form of a- Series: Lives of the Natural World #10
- Author: Lücking, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691247277
- Language: English
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Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World
$30.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Clockwork Universe and The Writing of the Gods, an “utterly delightful…hugely entertaining” (Air Mail) book about the eccentric Victorians who discovered dinosaur … [more below]
- Author: Dolnick, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 198219961X
- Language: English
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Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science
$32.00 Add to cartA captivating portrait of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature
Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was kn- Author: Bergland, Renée
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0691235287
- Language: English
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The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity
$35.00 Add to cartTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER
One of The Economist’s Best Books of the Year An Amazon Best Book of the Month A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book From New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito, the i- Author: Winegard, Timothy C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0593186087
- Language: English
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Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science
$26.00 Add to cartInfused with Mary Roach-style humor and science, this narrative illuminates the gross, strange, morbid, and outright absurd realities of our bodies, the Earth, and universe.
Filled to the brim with fa- Author: Engelhaupt, Erika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1426220979
- Language: English
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Ferns: Lessons in Survival from Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants
$45.00 Read moreWelcome to the extraordinary world of ferns – plants that have survived since prehistoric times!
Ferns are the most remarkable of plants, both complex and beautiful. Among Earth’s most ancient plant- Author: Li, Fay-Wei
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1958417858
- Language: English
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The Lives of Frogs: A Natural History
$35.00 Add to cartA marvelously illustrated introductory guide to frogs and their natural history
Frogs are among the most diverse and adaptable animals on the planet, with a rich evolutionary history and a vitally imp- Series: Lives of the Natural World
- Author: Labisko, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 0691255016
- Language: English
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Chasing Wildlife Secrets: A Biologist’s Journey
$29.95 Add to cartProfessional wildlife biologist Scott McCorquodale observed the natural world from a unique and intimate perspective. His compelling, dramatic, and detailed accounts describe forty years of research o
- Author: Scott McCorquodale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0874224365
- Language: English
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The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown
$19.99 Add to cartNew Yorker Best Book of the Year
“Exquisite.”-DAVID WALLACE-WELLS “At once an elegy and an exhortation.”-ELIZABETH KOLBERT “A book that goes deeper than any before into the meaning of the climate brea- Author: Welz, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 1639735283
- Language: English
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50 Plants That Changed the World
$40.00 Read moreThe world as we know it would not exist without plants.
Have you ever stopped to think about how your morning cappuccino came to be? From the coffee bush that yielded the beans to the grass for the ca
- Author: Harris, Stephen A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246525
- Language: English
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The Apple: A Delicious History
$29.99 Add to cartThe Apple: A Delicious History tells the engrossing and richly informative story of a fruit with a unique attachment to the human story. The 10,000-year tale of the round and pleasantly crunchy produc
- Author: Coulthard, Sally
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1803287969
- Language: English
