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1	Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail more books like this by Bill Bryson Bill Bryson, known in England as "the funniest travel writer alive," returns to the States and walks the Appalachian Trail, starting in Hanover, New Hampshire. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Prodigal Summer more books like this by Barbara Kingsolver From an isolated mountain cabin, Deanna Wolfe, a reclusive wildlife biologist, is caught off-guard by a young hunter who changes utterly her self-assured, solitary life. Lusa Maluf Landowski finds herself unexpectedly marooned on her husband's farm where she must declare or lose her attachment to the land. Garnett Walker and Nannie Rawley, a pair ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Pilgrim at Tinker Creek more books like this by Annie Dillard Chronicling the round of seasons in Roanoke Valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the author displays a wide knowledge of her small - yet universal - world. This book won the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction in 1974. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Cabinet of Curiosities more books like this by Douglas J Preston, Lincoln Child In downtown Manhattan, a gruesome discovery has just been made - an underground charnel house containing the bones of murder victims. Research reveals that a serial killer was at work in New York's notorious Five Points neighbourhood in the 1880's, bent on prolonging his lifespan by any means. When a newspaper story on the old murders appears to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Snow Leopard more books like this by Peter Matthiessen 'In 1973, [Matthiessen] journeyed with George Schaller, a field biologist, to Crystal Mountain in the Himalayas, to study the wild blue sheep of the region called bharal. They also hoped to see the rare snow leopard, an almost mythical creature which Schaller once glimpsed on a previous visit. Matthiessen is a student of Zen Buddhism and for him ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	A Sand County almanac, and Sketches here and there more books like this by Aldo Leopold This special edition of the highly acclaimed A Sand County Almanac commemorates the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Aldo Leopold, one of the foremost conservationists of our century. First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.70! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Walden or Life in the Woods more books like this by Henry David Thoreau In 1845 Henry David Thoreau left his pencil-manufacturing business and began building a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. This lyrical yet practical-minded book is at once a record of the 26 months Thoreau spent in withdrawal from society -- an account of the daily minutiae of building, planting, hunting, cooking, and, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	A Sand County Almanac: With Other Essays on Conservation from Round River more books like this by Aldo Leopold, Charles W Schwartz (Illustrator) First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "a trenchant book, full of vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Written with an unparalleled understanding of the ways of nature, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.72! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place more books like this by Terry Tempest Williams As Utah-born naturalist Terry Tempest Williams records the simultaneous tragedies of her mother's death of cancer and the flooding of the Bear River Migratory Bird Sanctuary, she creates a document of renewal and spiritual grace destined to become a classic in the literature of nature, women, and grieving. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River more books like this by Aldo Leopold (Foreword by), Charles W Schwartz (Illustrator), Carolyn Clugston Leopold (Preface by) "We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir." San Francisco Chronicle These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape -- the mountains and the prairies, the deserts and the coastlines. A stunning tribute to our land and a bold ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.32! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	A Walk in the Woods more books like this by Bill Bryson From the author of "Notes from a Small Island" and "The Lost Continent" comes this humorous report on his walk along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail covers 14 states and over 2000 miles, and stretches along the east coast of America from Maine in the north to Georgia in the south. It is famous for being the longest continuous footpath in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.05! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Ring of Bright Water more books like this by Gavin Maxwell A simplified education edition for students of ELT in the UK and abroad. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.17! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Sand County Almanac more books like this by Aldo Leopold With this spectacularly illustrated gift edition, a new generation of readers can walk beside one of America's most respected naturalists as he conveys the beauty of a marsh before sunrise or the wealth of history to be found in an ancient oak. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.50! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Tree Where Man Was Born more books like this by Peter Matthiessen This volume gives an illustrated account of Peter Matthiessen's travels in East Africa from the Sudan, through Uganda and Kenya to Tanzania. He describes the wildlife and the game reserves of the Serengeti, Maasai Mara and the Ngorongoro Crater, and the archaeological sites at Olduvai Gorge and Laetoli in the Rift Valley. During these travels he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape more books like this by Barry Holstun Lopez A portrait of the Arctic that celebrates the landscape, wildlife and people of the vast and mysterious region. Above all, it is a story of light - solar and lunar rings, halos and coronas, the aurora borealis, and the distant mountain that is actually a looming and convincing mirage. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Voyage of the Beagle more books like this by Professor Charles Darwin The series, devoted to "Adventure Classics", features best selling travel literature, the famous books that have sparked our imagination. The events that have marked the history of archaeology, sailing, mountain climbing and geographical exploration are brought back to life by the words of those who experienced them firsthand, brushing away the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.66! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum more books like this by Richard Fortey In an elegant and illuminating narrative, the acclaimed author of "Life, Trilobite!," and "Earth" acquaints the reader with the extraordinary people, meticulous research, and driving passions that helped to create the Natural History Museum in London. Illustrated. see all copies from $12.50! new only from $16.43! \| first editions \| SVS
18	The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, 1906: A Facsimile Reproduction of a Naturalist's Diary more books like this by Edith Holden see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	A Year in the Maine Woods more books like this by Bernd Heinrich Heinrich rediscovers the meaning of days spent not filling out forms, but tracking deer, or listening to the sound of a moths wing.. Escapist fantasies usually involve the open road, but Bernd Heinrichs dream was to focus on the riches of one small placea few green acres along Alder Brook just east of the Presidential Mountains. The year begins ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.39! \| first editions
20 view cover	My First Summer in the Sierra more books like this by John Muir This volume in the "John Muir Library Series" is the most popular of Muir's works: the naturalist's account of his first visit to the High Sierra and the Yosemite. There he recognized his life's calling: to preserve wilderness areas. Muir's extraordinary memoir vividly communicates the excitement and reverence he felt at discovering the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Rural Life more books like this by Verlyn Klinkenborg, PH.D. - Now in its fourth printing, the hardcover edition of THE RURAL LIFE was a NEBA bestseller and a Book Sense 76 pick.- Verlyn Klinkenborg's writings on the natural world and the changing seasons appear frequently in a column entitled "The Rural Life" on the editorial page of the New York Times.- Verlyn Klinkenborg has received a National Endowment ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.20! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Shadow of Kilimanjaro: On Foot Across East Africa more books like this by Rick Ridgeway In this work, writer, explorer and adventurer Rick Ridgeway offers an account of his journey, on foot for a month, from the summit of Mount Kilamanjaro, through the plains of Tsavo, to the sea, providing a ground-level view of East Africa as it is today and how it once was before the incursion of European civilization. Ridgeway examines the ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $7.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples more books like this by Tim Flannery Flannery, the author of THROWIM WAY LEG, chronicles the epic, 65-million-year evolution of the North American continent. Beginning with the apocryphal striking of an asteroid and following through to the landing of Columbus, Flannery covers everything from climate, species, and megafauna to migration, extinction, and human impact. a New York Times ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady more books like this by Edith Holden This is a facsimile production of a naturalist's diary for the year 1906. Edith Holden recorded in words and paintings the flora and fauna of the British countryside through the changing seasons of the year. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of the American Desert more books like this by Craig Childs Like the highest mountain peaks, deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to the most seasoned explorers. Craig Childs, who has spent years in the deserts of the American West - as an adventurer, a river guide, and a field instructor in natural history - has developed a keen appreciation for these forbidding landscapes: their beauty, ... see all copies from $4.44! new only from $6.60! \| first editions \| SVS

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