Pilgrim Press, April 2021. Paper Back. To deny water is to deny life. Gonna Trouble the Water considers the sacred nature of water and the ways in which it is weaponized against non-white communities. With compelling contributions from scholars and activists, politicians and theologians, Gonna Trouble the Water de-centers the..... More
University of North Carolina Press, August 2017. Paper Back. Why has the American South--a place with abundant rainfall--become embroiled in intrastate wars over water? Why did unpredictable flooding come to characterize southern waterways, and how did a region that seemed so rich in this all-important resource become derailed by drought..... More
Houghton Mifflin, November 1984. Trade Paperback. More
UNKNO, November 1987. Trade Paperback. Unlike social wasps, hunting wasps fill their life with action and battle. Crompton describes their lives like a veteran war reporter. "A lot of curious and enticing information". -- Kirkus Reviews. More
Mariner Books, April 1996. Trade Paperback. For centuries along the Bay of Bengal, tigresses have taught their cubs to hunt humans. Tigers swim out to boats and seize fishermen, carrying away full-grown human bodies as easily as a cat holds a fish. On land they ambush honey gatherers and woodcutters..... More
Tarcher, September 1990. Trade Paperback. More
Fourth Estate, May 2000. Trade Paperback. A gripping story of obsession, adventure and the search for our oldest surviving ancestor - 400 million years old - a four-limbed dinofish! In 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, a young South African museum curator, caught sight of a specimen among a fisherman's trawl that she..... More
The History Press, April 2015. Trade Paperback. In the late 1800s, Georgia and the Carolinas produced millions of pounds of honey and created a lasting legacy within the industry. The uses for the sweet nectar go well beyond flavor. Bee pollination extensively benefits agricultural crops in the area. Elements from..... More
Mountaineers Books, May 1996. Trade Paperback. More
Easton Press, January 1991. Leather. Gilt-decorative green cloth. Silk endpapers and ribbon marker. All edges gilt. More
E. P. Dutton, April 1977. Trade Paperback. More
Cornell University Press, April 2014. Trade Paperback. From 1971 to 1985, battles raged over Westway, a multibillion-dollar highway, development, and park project slated for placement in New York City. It would have projected far into the Hudson River, including massive new landfill extending several miles along Manhattan's Lower West Side..... More
University of Chicago Press, January 1989. Paper Back. At his death, Henry Thoreau left the majority of his writing unpublished. The bulk of this material is a journal that he kept for twenty-four years. Sharon Cameron's major claim is that this private work (the Journal) was Thoreau's primary work, taking..... More
Villard Books, October 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. In a nation where our love of dogs keeps growing and dog ownership has reached an all-time high, confusion about dogs and their behavioral problems is skyrocketing. Many dogs are out of control, untrained, chewing up furniture, taking medication for anxiety, and biting..... More
Milkweed Editions, September 2020. Hardcover. "Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year." --NPR From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us. As a child, Nezhukumatathil..... More
Context Books, January 2000. Paper Back. At once a beautifully poetic memoir and an uncompromising political tract, the narrative moves elegantly between the microcosm of Jensen's family and the macrocosm of world history. Parallels are drawn between the abuse he experienced at the hands of his father and the destructive..... More
Hill & Wang Pub, December 1993. Trade Paperback. More
Back Bay Books, September 2001. Trade Paperback. By enquiring into the puzzle of sibling relations, Frank J. Sulloway pioneers a new view of how family affects individual development. He shows that birth-order is so fundamental to the family that it transcends gender, class and nationality. More
Penguin Books, May 1998. Trade Paperback. "A Field Guide to Cows" makes it possible for even the novice to identify and get to know America's fifty-two breeds of cattle, from the black-and-white Holstein to the shaggy, long-horned Highland. Every entry in this entertaining yet completely usuable book features an illustration..... More
Houghton Mifflin Company/ Riverside Press, 1903. Cloth. U.S. edition. Octavo. Black cloth covered boards with lettering on spine and stamped gold author's facsimile signature front board. Board edges worn, especially bottom edge. Cloth is discolored from exposure to moisture back board top half. Tanning of end pages. Previous owner's bookplate..... More
Dover Publications, January 1962. First Thus. Cloth. Two volumes sold as set. Folio. Grey cloth boards with gold lettering in black rectangles on spine. In very good dustjackets. Volume one has clipped front flap. Volume two is not clipped. Tight binding. Very good overall, both volumes. More
University Of California Press, August 1983. Trade Paperback. More
Houghton Mifflin, August 2003. Hardcover. The naturalist-author of Stirring the Mud offers an illuminating study of the natural history and spiritual quality of caves, describing the intriguing interiors of caves around the world, their unusual inhabitants, the fascination caves hold for fellow cavers, and other aspects of these dark and..... More
Tin House Books, September 2021. Hardcover. Annabel Abbs's Windswept: Walking the Paths of Trailblazing Women is a beautifully written meditation on connecting with the outdoors through the simple act of walking. In captivating and elegant prose, Abbs follows in the footsteps of women who boldly reclaimed wild landscapes for themselves..... More
Georgia Department of Natural Resources, January 1974. Hardcover. Boards somewhat bowed; edges spotted; bookplate on front free endpaper; jacket chipped, with some discoloration; still a solid, presentable copy. More
