The Overloaded Ark
Faber & Faber, April 1987. Trade Paperback. Relates the author's experiences and adventures during a 6-month expedition in West Africa to collect specimens for his zoo. More
Faber & Faber, April 1987. Trade Paperback. Relates the author's experiences and adventures during a 6-month expedition in West Africa to collect specimens for his zoo. 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
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, Inc., January 1961. Trade Paperback. More
The University of North Carolina Press, October 2021. Paper Back. The American South is famous for its astonishingly rich biodiversity. In this book, Georgann Eubanks takes a wondrous trek from Alabama to North Carolina to search out native plants that are endangered and wavering on the edge of erasure. Even..... More
Permanent Publications, December 2019. Paper Back. ideas and inspiration for those looking to reduce their household waste Is recycling really the answer to household waste? How do we eliminate microplastics from our wastewater? How do we avoid consumer goods that are designed to break? How do we stop the oceans..... More
Apollo Booksellers, June 1990. Hardcover. Written by two of the leading explorers in the birdlife of the High Andes, this book sets new standards in this field. The book is illustrated by Jon Fjeldsaa, one of the World's most gifted bird artists, who again has proved his accuracy with the..... More
Time Life Books / The Nature Companu, 1995. Reprint. Hardcover. Authoritative, lavishly photographed and illustrated guides to the wonders of the natural world around us. Clear, accessible format, charts, diagrams, field tips, practical pointers, and historical profiles. {6 & 1/2' x 11'} In dustjacket, edgeworn especially across top. Clear laminate..... More
Houghton Mifflin, November 1984. Trade Paperback. More
Metropolitan, August 2022. Paper Back. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ATLANTIC, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND NEW STATESMAN A radically immersive exploration of three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness, asking what kinds of creatures humans were, are, and might yet be How did humans come..... More
Knopf, June 2022. Hardcover. This captivating memoir is a "startling testimony to the glories and sorrows of raising and harvesting plants and animals" (Anthony Doerr, best-selling author of All the Light We Cannot See), as an itinerant farmhand chronicles the wonders hidden within the ever-blooming seasons of life, death, and..... More
Nan A. Talese, October 2005. Hardcover. In this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher Graeme Gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birds. Birds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirations. As divine messengers, symbols of our yearning..... More
Chelsea Green Publishing, March 2019. Paper Back. WINNER of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Washington Post "50 Notable Works of Nonfiction" Science News "Favorite Science Books of 2018" Booklist "Top Ten Science/Technology Book of 2018" A marvelously humor-laced page-turner about the science of semi-aquatic rodents.... A masterpiece..... More
Celadon Books, October 2021. Hardcover. **THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines--the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval--it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has..... More
Harcourt, January 2006. Trade Paperback. A NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Inspiring...Crammed with facts and anecdotes about Temple Grandin's favorite subject: the senses, brains, emotions, and amazing talents of animals."--New York Times Book Review A groundbreaking look at the emotional lives of animals, from beloved animal scientist Temple Grandin. Why would a cow..... More
Random House, February 2022. Hardcover. "Immersive . . . bracingly ambitious . . . rewinds the story of life on Earth--from the mammoth steppe of the last Ice Age to the dawn of multicellular creatures over 500 million years ago."--The Economist "One of those rare books that's both deeply informative..... More
Greystone Books, June 2022. Paper Back. In this evocative and heart-wrenching memoir, a hard-working Welsh molecatcher reveals his double life as a poet and a dreamer - "A wonderful memoir ... hands down the most charming book I read last year."--Margaret Renkl, The New York Times "How to Catch a...... More
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, August 1991. Trade Paperback. This is the definitive book on the seabirds of the world, describing virtually all the known species. Illustrated in color. More
Viking, March 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. "[A] glorious guide to the miracle of life's sound." --The New York Times Book Review A lyrical exploration of the diverse sounds of our planet, the creative processes that produced these marvels, and the perils that sonic diversity now faces We live on a...... More
While the rest of us nature-lovers flail to describe how listening the sounds of other beings in the world is a vital practice, Haskell has a talent for putting the ephemeral and the embodied to the page, beautifully demonstrating through science and aesthetics how vital soundmaking is to every creature in the world, and how human activity--of course--threatens this sense fundamental to all of us.
Collins, August 1994. Trade Paperback. A visionary new program that businesses can follow to help restore the planet."The first important book of the 21st century. It may well revolutionize the relationship between business and the environment."--Don Falk, Executive Director, Society for Ecological Restoration. More
Penguin Books, September 2021. Paper Back. A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown Regeneration offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into..... More
Dover Publications, December 2011. Trade Paperback. Silent predators of the night, owls are fascinating birds that play a crucial role in controlling rodent populations and maintaining ecological balance. In this carefully researched, well-illustrated book -- the first full-scale owl-watching field guide ever published -- one of the foremost American authorities..... More
Kales Press, May 2022. Hardcover. Hermann Hesse understood trees to be symbols of transcendence and rebirth, of instinctive growth present in all natural life. This elegant collection of his essays, poems, and passages on trees, accompanied by thirty-one of his watercolor illustrations, reveals his inspired thoughts on nature, spirituality, and..... More
Princeton University Press, August 1986. Trade Paperback. Describing all of Colombia's birds, Steven Hilty and William Brown bring together information on one of the world's largest avifaunas-nearly 1,700 species. Over half of all the species of birds in South America are included, thus making the book useful in regions adjacent..... More
National Geographic, April 2022. Hardcover. For millennia, trees have offered renewal and inspiration. They have provided for humanity on every level, from spiritual sanctuary to the raw material for our homes, books, and food. In this beautiful and revealing book, National Geographic combines legendary photography with cutting-edge science to illuminate..... More