Natural history
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Fly Fishing New Hampshire’s Secret Waters
$21.99 Add to cartNew Hampshire’s hard and rugged exterior protects one of America’s richest native brook trout fisheries. These abundant waters are as varied as the landscape, from Mount Washington to peaceful meadows… [more below]
- Series: Natural History
- Author: Angers, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1467141682
- Language: English
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Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Country Garden
$26.00 Add to cartWinner of the Nan Shepherd Prize, moving between Trinidad and an idyllic English country garden, this lyrical and reflective book is about the search for home
What is home?
It’s a question that has trou
- Author: Farrell, Marchelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1838858679
- Language: English
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On Ancient Wings: The Sandhill Cranes of North America
$45.00 Read moreRising from sandbars on the Platte River with clarion calls, the sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) feels the urgency of spring migration. Elegant, noble, and spiritual, the sandhill crane is one of the… [more below]
- Series: Natural History
- Author: Forsberg, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0975496409
- Language: English
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Marsh Mud and Mummichogs: An Intimate Natural History of Coastal Georgia
$26.95 Add to cart“This book,” writes marine biologist Evelyn B. Sherr, “is meant to give others an understanding of the fascinating life of the region, from the smallest creatures in marsh mud and estuarine water, to
- Series: Wormsloe Foundation Nature Book
- Author: Sherr, Evelyn B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 15 2017
- ISBN10: 0820351407
- Language: English
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When There Were Birds
$19.99 Read moreA landmark book that charts humanity’s changing relationship with birds – from the ancient Egyptians to the twenty-first century
‘A marvellously original slice of social history’ Daily Mail ‘The fact- Author: Adkins, Roy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 0349144478
- Language: English
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Extinction: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMost people are familiar with the dodo and the dinosaur, but extinction has occurred throughout the history of life, with the result that nearly all the species that have ever existed are now extinct…. [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wignall, Paul B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 0198807287
- Language: English
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Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartDinosaurs are fascinating creatures and their popularity seems never ending, fueled by films such as Jurassic Park and documentaries such as Walking with Dinosaurs. Yet dinosaurs (or more precisely no… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Norman, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0198795920
- Language: English
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The Malay Archipelago (Vol. 1&2): Complete Edition
$11.10 Add to cart- Author: Wallace, Alfred Russel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: April 26 2021
- ISBN10: 8027340993
- Language: English
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Prairie Time
$29.95 Add to cartWinner, Carroll Abbott Memorial Award, presented by the Native Plant Society of Texas In its prime, the Texas Blackland Prairie formed a twelve-million-acre grassy swath across the state from the San … [more below]
- Series: Sam Rayburn Rural Life, Sponsored by Texas A&m University-Commerce #10
- Author: White, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 10 2013
- ISBN10: 1623491363
- Language: English
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High Vistas:: An Anthology of Nature Writing from Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains, Volume II, 1900-2009
$21.99 Add to cartHigh Vistas is the first anthology devoted to nature and descriptive writing from Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains, inclusive of the Tennessee side of the present day Great Smoky M… [more below]
- Series: Natural History
- Author: Ellison, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 18 2011
- ISBN10: 159629356X
- Language: English
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Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies
$29.95 Read moreAn informative, entertaining, and beautifully illustrated look at the beloved firefly
For centuries, the beauty of fireflies has evoked wonder and delight. Yet for most of us, fireflies remain shroude- Author: Lewis, Sara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 26 2016
- ISBN10: 0691162689
- Language: English
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Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
$22.00 Add to cartRain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive.
It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of the world’s water. Yet this is the first book to- Author: Barnett, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 05, 2016
- ISBN10: 0804137110
- Language: English
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The Chattooga River: A Natural and Cultural History
$21.99 Add to cartThe Chattooga River has run through the American consciousness since the movie Deliverance” thrust it into the national spotlight. But this National Wild and Scenic River is much more than the make-be… [more below]
- Series: Natural History
- Author: Garren, Laura Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1609499859
- Language: English
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The Story of Rice
$22.95 Add to cartRice is the staple food for more than half of the world’s population, but it is often taken for granted and regarded as a common cereal crop. As a rice-eater and a botanist, the author delves deep int… [more below]
- Author: Zhang, Xiaorong
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1977253709
- Language: English
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Bats of the West Indies: A Natural History and Field Guide
$39.95 Add to cartBats of the West Indies is a concise guide to the sixty-one bat species found across the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the Lesser Antilles. Edited by Allen Kurta and Armando Rodr?uez-Durç–£, this
- Author: Kurta, Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 150176893X
- Language: English
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Olympic National Park: A Natural History
$29.95 Add to cartRenowned for its old-growth rain forest, wilderness coast, and glaciated peaks, Olympic National Park is a living laboratory for ecological renewal, especially as the historic Elwha River basin regene
- Author: McNulty, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 029574328X
- Language: English
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Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants
$20.00 Add to cartDiscover the folklore and history of our most toxic plants through this beautifully produced, gorgeously illustrated compendium–a captivating coffee table book for enthusiasts of witchcraft books and
- Series: Folk Magic
- Author: Inkwright, Fez
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1454956712
- Language: English
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The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives
$19.99 Add to cart“Fascinating…Buchmann’s knowledge and enthusiasm jump off the page.” —The Wall Street Journal
“An extraordinarily good book.” –Edward O. Wilson The lively and definitive story of the beauty, sexua- Author: Buchmann, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 09, 2016
- ISBN10: 1476755531
- Language: English
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The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change
$20.00 Add to cartStretching 1,400 miles along the Australian coast and visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is home to three thousand individual reefs, more than nine hundred islands, and thousands of marine spe
- Author: McCalman, Iain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 0374535345
- Language: English
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Crossroads of the Natural World: Exploring North Carolina with Tom Earnhardt
$26.00 Add to cartIn this richly illustrated love letter to the wild places and natural wonders of North Carolina, Tom Earnhardt, writer and host of UNC-TV’s Exploring North Carolina and lifelong conservationist, seaml… [more below]
- Author: Earnhardt, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 146966934X
- Language: English
