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Silent Spring
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Rachel L Carson
A new edition of the classic environmental tract with an introduction by Al Gore. Carson's muckraking book, originally published in 1962, brought about revolutionary changes in laws that affect our air, land, and water, in addition, to a banning of DDT. Considered one of the most influential books of the last 50 years, according to a panel of 22 ...
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The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
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Craig Childs
THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES tells of Craig Childs' own chilling experiences among the grizzlies of the Arctic, sharks off the coast of British Columbia and in the turquoise waters of Central America, jaguars in the bush of northern Mexico, mountain lions, elk, Bighorn Sheep, and others. More than chilling, however, these stories are lyrical, enchanting, ...
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Never Cry Wolf
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Farley Mowat
This inquiry begins with the puzzle of sibling relations. Why are individuals from the same family little more similar in personality than people from different families? Why doesn't a shared family environment lead to similar values and beliefs? Sulloway suggests a fresh way of understanding how family affects individual development. Among ...
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The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals; Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates
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Richard D Estes, Daniel Otte (Illustrator), Kathryn S Fuller (Foreword by)
ildlife-viewing safari, the guide allows even a novice wildlife observer to understand the behavior of nearly one hundred large mammals, from antelopes, hippos and elephants to lions, monkeys and gorillas. 100 illustrations.
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
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Mark Kurlansky
Winner of the Best Writing on Food Award from the James Beard Foundation in 1998.
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John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide: The Nature Photographer's Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques
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John Shaw
The problems facing the photographer in the great outdoors are special. Even highly-skilled photographers are often baffled by them. In this revised and updated version of his 1984 book, "The Nature Photographer's Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques", noted wildlife and scenic photographer John Shaw draws on his own many years in the ...
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Extraordinary Chickens
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Stephen Green-Armytage
Stephen Green-Armytage's Extraordinary Chickens is back in a new chunky format. With gorgeous color photographs and informative text, Green-Armytage surveys more than fifty breeds from around the world, capturing with his camera chickens of all sizes, shapes, and colors, plus detailed sections on chickens' curious feet and sculptural combs. ...
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Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards
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Sara Stein
Sara Stein tells how people all over the country are becoming ecological gardeners, redesigning their gardens to welcome back the creatures that man has driven away. She also offers specific information on doing the same: how to collect wild seeds, plan a patio habitat, learn about the plants native to your region, how to deal with invasive plants ...
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My Family & Other Animals
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Gerald Malcolm Durrell
The azure skies, the olive groves and the mountains of Corfu provide the stunning setting for My Family and Other Animals. Here, the Durrell family live in chaotic harmony, welcoming a constant stream of eccentric visitors to their villa. This island paradise is exquisitely described by the keen young naturalist, Gerald. With a sense of wonder he ...
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The Destruction of the Bison: An Environmental History, 1750-1920
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Andrew C Isenberg, Donald Worster (Editor), Alfred W Crosby (Editor)
The Destruction of the Bison explains the decline of the North American bison population from an estimated 30 million in 1800 to fewer than 1000 a century later. In this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study, Andrew C. Isenberg argues that the cultural and ecological encounter between Native Americans and Euroamericans in the Great Plains was the ...
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Essentials of Conservation Biology
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Mr. Richard B Primack
Essentials of Conservation Biology, Second Edition is an updated and improved version of the successful first edition, and includes current examples, study questions and the latest literature. It combines theory and research findings to explain links between conservation biology and environmental economics, ethics, law and the social sciences. Dr ...
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Ansel Adams: Our National Parks
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Ansel Adams, William A Turnage (Editor), Andrea G Stillman (Editor)
In the century or more since the establishment of the world's first national park at Yellowstone, no individual has rivaled Ansel Adams in his efforts to support the philosophical essence and practical evolution of the "national parks idea". In this book, photographs of the national parks and monuments are reproduced - the Grand Canyon, ...
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The Diversity of Life
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Edward Osborne Wilson
"Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery" - Richard Dawkins. In this book a master scientist tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. E.O. Wilson eloquently describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity today is beyond the scope of ...
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Earth from Above
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Yann Arthus-Bertrand
After five years of traveling the planet, Arthus-Bertrand presents the fruits of his labors: 170 color photographs, shot from a helicopter, of the farthest reaches of the Earth. EARTH FROM ABOVE also offers Arthus-Bertrand's thoughts on the the planet, its future, and who we are as a global population.
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Bird Egg Feather Nest
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Maryjo Koch
Maryjo Koch recorded, in watercolour images and handwritten text, facts about brids from all over the world. The structure of a bird's wing, the sturdy complexity of its nest, and the beauty and perfection of its eggs are revealed in illustrations. The artist's text - which covers topics such as migration courtship patterns, and evolutionary ...
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John Shaw's Closeups in Nature
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John Shaw
An illustrated book discussing the basic technical considerations as they apply to outdoor close-up nature photography. Information covers exposure, equipment, composition and necessary equipment applications which include: extension with tubes and bellows, macro lenses, tele-converters, flash and lighting. The reasons are given for the ...
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Dangerous Beauty: Life and Death in Africa: True Stories from a Safari Guide
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Mark C Ross
In this memoir, an American safari guide tells of his adventures in East Africa, recalling the thrills, beauties--and dangers--of the land and the ways he guides and educates the tourists who join his safaris. He also reveals what it was like to swept up in the political turmoil in that region in the 1990s--particularly the horror in Rwanda.
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Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography
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Brenda Tharp
Professional and amateur photographers alike will find an array of strategies in this guide that demonstrates how to use classic visual design principles to create strong, compelling, nature photos. Veteran photographer and naturalist Brenda Tharp presents a full-colour guide that incorporates classic design principles with a deeper understanding ...
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Portfolios of Ansel Adams
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Ansel Adams
This volume includes the seven limited-edition portfolios produced by Adams between 1948 and 1976, each containing 10 to 15 signed prints. It features many of his best and most well-known landscapes, as well as portraits and cityscapes.
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Biophilia
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Edward Osborne Wilson
The eminent biologist reflects on his own response to nature and the aesthetic aspects of his exploration of natural systems in an intensely personal essay that examines the essential links between mankind and the rest of the living world.
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Silent Spring: 25th Anniversary Edition
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Rachel Carson, Louis Darling (Illustrator)
A new edition of the classic environmental tract with an introduction by Al Gore. Carson's muckraking book, originally published in 1962, brought about revolutionary changes in laws that affect our air, land, and water, in addition, to a banning of DDT. Considered one of the most influential books of the last 50 years, according to a panel of 22 ...
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Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived
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Ralph D Helfer
When a celebrated animal trainer takes a four-month-old African lion cub into his home, they care for each other, learn from each other, and change each other's lives, indelibly. This is a one-of-a-kind love story. This moving story is about the animal that started Ralph Helfer's illustrious career as Hollywood's top animal trainer for more than ...
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National Geographic, the Photographs
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Leah Bendavid-Val (Editor)
"National Geographic: The Photographs" presents an amazing collection of award-winning "National Geographic" magazine photographs, the facts behind them, and the inside stories of the men and women who took them. The images capture rare moments in nature and the lives of animals, along with defining events in the lives of people everywhere. Many ...
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Illumination in the Flatwoods: A Season with the Wild Turkey
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Joe Hutto (Illustrator)
The acclaimed account of an astonishing human-turkey relationship.
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A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants: North America North of Mexico
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Steven Foster, Roger A Caras, Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)
Each guide employs the Peterson identification system which pinpoints key field marks for quick recognition of species and easy comparisons of confusing look-alikes. Provide up-to-date range information.
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