Houghton Mifflin, May 1998. Trade Paperback. Descriptions of 380 species include size, weight, color, markings, number of teeth, habitat, habits, and comparisons with similar species. Superb color illustrations and line drawings show 230 animals. Range maps as well as photos of skulls and drawings of animal tracks, dens, nests, and..... More
Farrar, Straus, Giroux, January 1982. Hardcover. During his brief, energetic life (1817-62), and long before backpacking became popular, Henry David Thoreau climbed a number of New England mountains -- at the time remote wilderness areas where only Indians and a few pioneering botanists regularly traveled.Walking with Thoreau gives Henry David..... More
Mudlark, January 2023. Hardcover. From shark attack survivor to the shark's biggest advocate, Paul de Gelder tells us just why these majestic diverse animals need our help as much as we need them. Something happens to you the first time you dive with sharks... We have a perennial fascination with..... More
Timber Press, February 2023. Paper Back. Science, nature, and adventure come together in this riveting account of a solo bike trip along the migratory path of the monarch butterfly. Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration--a round-trip..... More
Grand Central Publishing, September 2022. Hardcover. What if animals and humans could speak to one another? Tom Mustill--the nature documentarian who went viral when a thirty-ton humpback whale breached onto his kayak--asks this question in his thrilling investigation into whale science and animal communication. A New Yorker Best Book of..... More
Mudlark, January 2023. Hardcover. From shark attack survivor to the shark's biggest advocate, Paul de Gelder tells us just why these majestic diverse animals need our help as much as we need them. Something happens to you the first time you dive with sharks... We have a perennial fascination with..... More
Dover Pubns, January 1986. Trade Paperback. More
TarcherPerigee, October 2022. Hardcover. A one-of-a-kind guide to birding locally that encourages readers to slow down and notice the spectacular birds all around them. Many birders travel far and wide to popular birding destinations to catch sight of rare or "exotic" birds. In Slow Birding, evolutionary biologist Joan E. Strassmann..... More
Knopf, April 2020. Oversized Hardcover. The bird book for birders and nonbirders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing--and why: Can birds smell?; Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?; Do..... More
Thames & Hudson, September 2022. Hardcover. The kingdom of fungi has survived all five major extinction events. They sustain critical ecosystems, recycling nutrients and connecting plants across vast areas, and help to produce many staples of modern life, such as wine, chocolate, bread, detergent, and penicillin. Today, in the face..... More
Milkweed Editions, February 2023. Paper Back. A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in conversation with archival objects of Black history and memory. What are the politics of nature? Who owns it, where is it, what role does it play in our lives? Does it need to be tamed..... More
Timber Press, February 2023. Paper Back. Science, nature, and adventure come together in this riveting account of a solo bike trip along the migratory path of the monarch butterfly. Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration--a round-trip..... More
Storey Publishing, LLC, February 2023. Paper Back. Best-selling gardening author Barbara Pleasant makes organic vegetable gardening easy, fun, and rewarding with detailed planting and care designs for 24 beginner-friendly gardens to fit any site, whether it's a tiny side yard, a border, a trellis alongside the house, or a front..... More
Bloomsbury USA, March 2011. Trade Paperback. Forty years after her mother's work changed the way we eat, Anna Lappé's Diet for a Hot Planet changed the way we think about food production and global warming. Fifty years ago, Frances Moore Lappé's Diet for a Small Planet sparked a revolution in..... More
Twelve, December 2022. Hardcover. An intimate and revelatory dive into the world of the beaver--the wonderfully weird rodent that has surprisingly shaped American history and may save its ecological future. From award-winning writer Leila Philip, BEAVERLAND is a masterful work of narrative science writing, a book that highlights, though history..... More
Houghton Mifflin Company, October 2002. Trade Paperback. First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. "Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with..... More
Blue Ribbon Books, January 1901. Hardcover. Re-print edition; No jacket present; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards, significantly faded at spine; Text free of markings; An excellent reading/research copy. More
Random House Trade Paperbacks, April 2021. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A "brilliant [and] entrancing" (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi--the great connectors of the living world--and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds..... More
Penguin Books, June 2022. Paper Back. The uplifting, adventure-filled memoir of one groundbreaking scientist's quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants. "A fascinating and deeply personal journey." --Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants and The Drunken Botanist Traveling by canoe, ATV..... More
Vintage, June 2022. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest--a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery "Finding the Mother Tree reminds us..... More
National Geographic, November 2022. Oversize Softcover. Targeted to beginners and beyond, National Geographic's fun, inspiring guide to the art, craft, and science of bird-watching combines practical know-how and expert knowledge. Browsable and bursting with helpful illustrations and photographs, Birding Basics offers new ideas for when, where, and how to get..... More
Princeton University Press, August 2022. Hardcover. From award-winning author and ornithologist Tim Birkhead, a sweeping history of the long and close relationship between birds and humans Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art, and philosophy. We have..... More
Macmillan, January 2006. Trade Paperback. More
Red Lightning Books, March 2022. Hardcover. For over a decade, artist Jimmy Fike traveled across the continental United States in an epic effort to photograph wild edible flora. Edible Plants is the culmination of that journey, featuring over 100 photographs that Fike has selectively colorized to highlight the comestible part..... More
Peter Pauper Press, January 1960. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Mild foxing present at outer edge text block as well as end-pages/paste-downs; Previous owner initials present at front free end-page; Text free of markings; Dust jacket shows mild wear with slight fraying at edges and spine. More
