Natural history
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The Durrells of Corfu
$14.95 Add to cartThe Durrell family are immortalised in Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals and its ITV adaptation, The Durrells. But what of the real life Durrells? Why did they go to Corfu in the first plac
- Author: Haag, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 28 2017
- ISBN10: 1781257884
- Language: English
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Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive History’s Most Iconic Extinct Creature
$19.00 Add to cartThe bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and The 37th Parallel tells the fascinating Jurassic Park–like story of the genetic restoration of an extinct species–the woolly mammoth. “Paced… [more below]
- Author: Mezrich, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1501135562
- Language: English
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Clay: The History and Evolution of Humankind’s Relationship with Earth’s Most Primal Element
$29.95 Add to cartMore than a third of the houses in the world are made of clay. Clay vessels were instrumental in the invention of cooking, wine and beer making, and international trade. Our toilets are made of clay. … [more below]
- Author: Staubach, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1611685036
- Language: English
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The Tree
$16.99 Add to cartThe classic meditation on creativity and the natural world
“For years I have carried this book. . . with me on travels to reread, ponder, envy. In prose of classic gravity, precision, and delicacy, Fow
- Author: Fowles, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 28 2010
- ISBN10: 0061997773
- Language: English
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GigaFlood: The Largest of the Lake Missoula Floods In Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington
$24.00 Add to cartThe Ice Age Lake Missoula Floods affected four states and left much evidence of their passing. Most dramatic are the scablands of eastern Washington. With few exceptions all other books on the subject… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 31 2015
- ISBN10: 0989084027
- Language: English
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Big Bend: A Photographic Journey
$14.95 Add to cart- Author: Braden, Al
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: March 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1560377925
- Language: English
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In the Beginning
$33.99 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1906833508
- Language: English
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On Time and Water
$26.00 Add to cartA few years ago, Andri Snaer Magnason, one of Iceland’s most beloved writers and public intellectuals, was asked by a leading climate scientist why he wasn’t writing about the greatest crisis mankind … [more below]
- Author: Magnason, Andri Snær
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: March 23 2021
- ISBN10: 194883023X
- Language: English
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Natural Wonders of the World
$50.00 Add to cartDiscover which of Earth’s wonders should definitely make it onto your bucket list with this unparalleled survey of the world’s natural treasures.
Landscape photography combines 3D terrain models and o- Series: DK Wonders of the World
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1465464174
- Language: English
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Nature Handbook: Explore the Wonders of the Natural World
$24.99 Add to cartA practical illustrated guide to exploring, observing, and understanding nature
Chris Packham will pass on his passion for nature and make you an enthusiastic and knowledgeable amateur naturalist Chri- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 0744052114
- Language: English
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Planet Earth III
$55.99 Read moreThe iconic series that started it all returns: accompanying an 8-part program narrated by David Attenborough, Planet Earth IIItakes you closer than ever to the world’s most fascinating animals and lan… [more below]
- Author: Gunton, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 178594827X
- Language: English
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Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind
$19.99 Add to cart“Riveting. … Pattison’s uncanny ability [is] to write evocatively about science. … In this, he is every bit as good as the best scientist writers.” —New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
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- Author: Pattison, Kermit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0062410296
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to the Natural World of the Twin Cities
$29.95 Add to cartAn illustrated guide to the natural habitats and rich diversity of wildlife in the greater Minneapolis and St. Paul metro area
Though the Twin Cities and environs have proven a fine habitat for one p- Author: Moriarty, John J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1517905494
- Language: English
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Bird Brain: An Exploration of Avian Intelligence
$29.95 Add to cartWhy birds are smarter than we think
Birds have not been known for their high IQs, which is why a person of questionable intelligence is sometimes called a “birdbrain.” Yet in the past two decades, the- Author: Emery, Nathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 0691165173
- Language: English
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The Extreme Life of the Sea
$17.95 Add to cartA thrilling tour of the sea’s most extreme species, coauthored by one of the world’s leading marine scientists
The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments- Series: Princeton Science Library #122
- Author: Palumbi, Anthony R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0691229236
- Language: English
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Origin Africa: A Natural History
$39.95 Add to cartA richly illustrated journey through the evolution of Africa’s extraordinary natural world across deep time
Origin Africa is a unique introduction to the natural history and evolution of the most misr- Author: Kingdon, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0691228531
- Language: English
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The Origin of Species and the Voyage of the ‘Beagle’: Introduction by Richard Dawkins
$42.00 Add to cartEasily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin’s The Origin of Species is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. On
- Series: Everyman’s Library Classics
- Author: Darwin, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1024
- Publish Date: October 14 2003
- ISBN10: 1400041279
- Language: English
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White Pine: The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree
$30.00 Read moreAmerica was built on white pine. From the 1600s through the Civil War and beyond, it was used to build the nation’s ships and houses, barns, and bridges. It became a symbol of independence, adorning t… [more below]
- Author: Pastor, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: January 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1642831417
- Language: English
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The Truth about Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife
$16.99 Read moreMary Roach meets Bill Bryson in this “surefire summer winner” (Janet Maslin, New York Times), an uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries of the animal world
Humans have gone to t- Author: Cooke, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1541674081
- Language: English
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Wisconsin State Parks: Extraordinary Stories of Geology and Natural History
$26.95 Read moreHit the trail for a dramatic look at Wisconsin’s geologic past.
The impressive bluffs, valleys, waterfalls, and lakes of Wisconsin’s state parks provide more than beautiful scenery and recreational o- Author: Spoolman, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: April 27 2018
- ISBN10: 0870208497
- Language: English
