Natural history
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The Lives of Snakes: A Natural History of the World’s Snakes
$35.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated introduction to the marvelous world of snakes
Descended from prehistoric lizards, snakes have been slithering across the earth for more than a hundred million years. There are som- Series: Lives of the Natural World
- Author: Mattison, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 069125060X
- Language: English
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Forty Ways to Know a Star: Using Stars to Understand Astronomy
$25.95 Add to cartExplore the fascinating facts and visual wonder of stars in this easy-to-read and beautifully illustrated guide from astrophysicist and popular science blogger Dr. Jillian Scudder.
Stars, the building- Author: Scudder, Jillian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1797235001
- Language: English
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The Urban Naturalist: How to Make the City Your Scientific Playground
$32.95 Add to cartA manifesto–and a field guide–for a new dawn of natural history, practiced by community scientists in their own urban jungle.
Imagine taking your smartphone-turned-microscope to an empty lot and dis- Author: Schilthuizen, Menno
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0262049090
- Language: English
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Moths of the World: A Natural History
$29.95 Add to cartA marvelously illustrated guide to the world’s moths
With more than 160,000 named species, moths are a familiar sight to most of us, flickering around lights, pollinating wildflowers about meadows and- Series: Guide to Every Family #11
- Author: Wagner, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0691248281
- Language: English
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What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees
$25.00 Add to cartFor many of us, the buzzing of a bee elicits panic. But the next time you hear that low droning sound, look closer: the bee has navigated to this particular spot for a reason using a fascinating set o… [more below]
- Author: Buchmann, Stephen L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1642833916
- Language: English
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The Neck: A Natural and Cultural History
$26.95 Add to cartA 300-million-year tour of the prominent role of the neck in animal evolution and human culture.
Humans give a lot of attention to the neck. We decorate it with jewelry and ties, kiss it passionately- Author: Dunlap, Kent
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0520393031
- Language: English
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National Geographic Backyard Guide to Edible Wild Plants
$24.99 Add to cartForage more than 100 delicious edible plants straight from your backyard with this useful, engaging, beautifully illustrated guide.
Nature-lovers, gardeners, and foodies can turn their backyard into a- Series: National Geographic Backyard Guides
- Author: Hernandez, Mimi Prunella
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1426223706
- Language: English
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Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness
$34.00 Add to cartFrom the icy seas of our poles to remote coral islands, David Attenborough has filmed in every ocean habitat on planet Earth. Now, with long-term collaborator Colin Butfield, he shares the story of ou… [more below]
- Author: Attenborough, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1538772299
- Language: English
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Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World
$30.00 Add to cartA spellbinding scientific and cultural study of snakes, the fascination and fear they inspire, and how surprising new science is indelibly changing our perception of these stunning and frightening cre
- Author: Hall, Stephen S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1538741334
- Language: English
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The Monarch Butterfly Migration: Its Rise and Fall
$29.95 Add to cartEach fall, millions of monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico. Their incredible journey–nearly 3,000 miles long–takes them through Oklahoma, Texas, and other US states, where butterfly de… [more below]
- Author: Maeckle, Monika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0806194561
- Language: English
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Galápagos: A Natural History Second Edition
$39.95 Add to cartA richly illustrated nature tour of Galápagos–now expanded, thoroughly updated, and with more than 650 color photographs
Galápagos is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and profusely illustrated natural- Author: Kricher, John C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0691217246
- Language: English
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Seasons
$18.99 Add to cartWatch six breathtaking landscapes from around the world transform through the seasons in this beautifully illustrated book. Features simple facts about the creatures and plants that are found in each … [more below]
- Author: Pang, Hannah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 1944530371
- Language: English
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Silent Spring
$29.99 Add to cartRarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring did exactly that. The outrcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred the r
- Author: Carson, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 22 2002
- ISBN10: 061825305X
- Language: English
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The Lives of Sharks: A Natural History of Shark Life
$35.00 Add to cartA richly illustrated and comprehensive introduction to the world’s sharks
Sharks are the top predators in many marine ecosystems. But tales of the killer instincts and fearsomely sharp senses of these- Series: Lives of the Natural World #7
- Author: Abel, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0691244316
- Language: English
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Color in Nature
$35.00 Add to cartA marvelously illustrated guide to color in the natural world
Recent years have seen tremendous strides in the fields of vision, visual ecology, and our own multilayered experience of color in life an- Author: Marshall, Justin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 691258619
- Language: English
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Beautiful Shells: George Perry’s Conchology
$40.00 Read moreAn informative introduction exploring our fascination with shells, complete with stunningly reproduced illustrations.
In 1811, architect, stone mason, and shell obsessive George Perry published his la
- Author: Carnall, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1851246169
- Language: English
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The Story of Nature: A Human History
$35.00 Add to cartThe story of humanity’s evolving relationship with the natural world from pre-history to the present day
Nature has long been the source of human curiosity and wonderment, and the inspiration for som- Author: Mynott, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300245653
- Language: English
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Plankton: A Worldwide Guide
$29.95 Add to cartA richly illustrated guide to the marvelously diverse plankton of the world and their fundamental role in planetary food webs
Plankton are the unsung heroes of planet Earth. Passive drifters through t- Author: Jackson, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0691255997
- Language: English
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Citrus: A World History
$50.00 Add to cartCitrus traces the history of today’s global superfood from its cultivation in the ancient world from just a handful of original wild species, via Arab trade routes, the noble collectors of medieval E
- Author: Mabberley, David J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 050002636X
- Language: English
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Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future
$30.00 Add to cartHow the path from climate change to a habitable future winds through the world’s forests
In recent years, planting a tree has become a catchall to represent “doing something good for the planet.” Ma- Author: Oakes, Lauren E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1541603346
- Language: English
