Topical/Ecology
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John Muir: The Eight Wilderness Discovery Books
$40.00 Add to cart* Muir is perhaps the nation’s greatest conservationist
The name John Muir (1838-1914) has come to stan
* His books reveal why he devoted his life to preserving the West’s greatest natural treasures- Author: Muir, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1032
- Publish Date: September 30 1992
- ISBN10: 089886335X
- Language: English
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Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See: A New Vision of North America’s Richest Forest
$39.95 Add to cartLongleaf forests once covered 92 million acres from Texas to Maryland to Florida. These grand old-growth pines were the “alpha tree” of the largest forest ecosystem in North America and have come to d… [more below]
- Author: Finch, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 22 2012
- ISBN10: 0807835757
- Language: English
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The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
$17.00 Add to cartAn international best seller embraced and endorsed by policy makers, scientists, writers and energy industry executives from around the world, Tim Flannery’s The Weather Makers contributed in bringing… [more below]
- Author: Flannery, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 12 2006
- ISBN10: 0802142923
- Language: English
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Boiling Frogs: Intel vs. the Village
$23.95 Add to cartThe story goes that if you throw a frog into a pot of boiling water, he will jump out and save himself. If you place the same frog in a pot of cool water and slowly bring it to a boil, he will allow h… [more below]
- Author: Rockwell, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: December 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0595375286
- Language: English
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Teewinot: Climbing and Contemplating the Teton Range
$22.99 Add to cartJack Turner grew up with an image of the Tetons engraved in his mind. As a young man, he climbed the peaks of this singular range with basic climbing gear and friends. Later in life, he led treks in I
- Author: Turner, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 10 2001
- ISBN10: 0312284462
- Language: English
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Darwin Devolves
$17.99 Add to cartThe scientist who has been dubbed the “Father of Intelligent Design” and author of the groundbreaking book Darwin’s Black Box contends that recent scientific discoveries further disprove Darwinism and
- Author: Behe, Michael J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 19 2020
- ISBN10: 0062842668
- Language: English
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Upstream: In the Alaska Wilderness
$17.95 Add to cartUpstream is a continuation of Eric Wade’s wilderness story begun in his earlier book, Cabin. For many years, Wade has traveled twice a year to his cabin on a river for an extended stay in the Alaska b
- Author: Wade, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 158
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1956056203
- 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
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Vagrancy in Birds
$35.00 Read moreAn exploration of the causes and patterns of avian vagrancy
Avian vagrancy–the appearance of birds outside of their expected habitat–is a phenomenon that has fascinated natural historians for centur- Author: Lees, Alexander
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0691224889
- Language: English
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When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be
$46.58 Add to cartThe little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to Ch- Author: Williams, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0691201625
- Language: English
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The Once and Future Forest: California’s Iconic Redwoods
$26.00 Add to cartFive writers capture the majesty and grandeur of California’s famed redwoods
Originally published in celebration of Save the Redwoods League’s 100th anniversary, and here newly adapted for a trade au- Author: Save the Redwoods League
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1597145564
- Language: English
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Dead Serious: Wild Hope Amid the Sixth Extinction
$18.95 Read moreForeword INDIES Bronze Winner, Ecology & Environment
“Diverting descriptions of flora and fauna lead into captivating lessons about biological principles, all of which are embellished with humor. A r- Author: Knapp, Eli J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1948814404
- Language: English
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Historic Yellowstone National Park: The Stories Behind the World’s First National Park
$19.95 Add to cartHistoric Yellowstone National Park captures the most interesting moments in the park’s history, the slices of life in Montana and Wyoming that provide an idea of what life was like for those who chose
- Author: Gourley, Bruce T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: December 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1493059211
- Language: English
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A Planet of 3 Billion: Mapping Humanity’s Long History of Ecological Destruction and Finding Our Way to a Resilient Future A Global Citizen’s
$29.99 Add to cartHow many people can the Earth support? Tucker makes the case that the Earth’s ‘carrying capacity’ is limited to 3 billion humans, and that humanity’s century long binge has incurred an unsustainable e
- Author: Tucker, Christopher Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: September 09 2019
- ISBN10: 0578491427
- Language: English
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Michael Muller. Sharks
$80.00 Read moreMichael Muller has carved a career out of impressive encounters. Famed for his portraits of the world’s most elite actors, musicians, and sports stars, he has in the last decade built up one of the mo
- Author: Nelson, Arty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: February 02 2016
- ISBN10: 3836553597
- Language: English
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Path of the Puma: The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion
$24.95 Read more“These cats are like emissaries from the raw landscapes out West, probing the rest of the nation, showing us where patches of wildness remain, and bring a fuller dimension of wildness to them. It’s as
- Author: Williams, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1938340728
- Language: English
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Natural Farming: A Practical Guide
$19.95 Add to cartNatural Farming carries a simple but widely overlooked message: healthy soil makes healthy plants, which in turn make healthy animals and healthy people. The book explores the consequences in the soil
- Author: Coleby, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1920769196
- Language: English
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Paint and Make: Decorative and Eco Ways to Transform Your Home
$29.95 Add to cartWhen writer and artist Philippa Stockley bought her tiny Georgian house at auction, it needed just about everything doing to it, but — as with most artists — money was tight.
So, all the things she- Author: Stockley, Philippa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1914902033
- Language: English
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Mountain Nature: A Seasonal Natural History of the Southern Appalachians
$31.00 Add to cartThe Southern Appalachians are home to a breathtakingly diverse array of living things–from delicate orchids to carnivorous pitcher plants, from migrating butterflies to flying squirrels, and from bra… [more below]
- Author: Frick-Ruppert, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0807871168
- Language: English
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Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America
$17.00 Add to cartA lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its seventeen marvelous essays introduce the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the … [more below]
- Author: Forsyth, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 29 1987
- ISBN10: 0684187108
- Language: English
