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How to Age-Proof Your Dog: The Art and Science of Successful Canine Aging
Elizabeth U Murphy · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 280
Format: Print book
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How to Age-Proof Your Dog: The Art and Science of Successful Canine Aging gives dog owners the information and tools they need to provide proactive and preventative health care starting early in their dog's life and continuing throughout various stages and ages. In this book, readers are instructed... |
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The Year Yellowstone Burned: A Twenty-Five-Year Perspective
Jeff Henry · Taylor Trade Pub
Pages: 285
Format: Print book
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The Yellowstone fires of 1988 consumed nearly 800,000 acres - 36 percent of the park. In the years following, spectacular wildflowers rose from the ashes and trees rapidly reclaimed the landscape. In this twenty-five-year look back at the fires, author and photographer Jeff Henry recalls... |
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Furry Logic: The Physics of Animal Life
Matin Durrani · Bloomsbury SIGMA
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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The principles of physics lie behind many of the ways animals go about their daily lives. Scientists have discovered that the way cats and dogs lap up liquids can be explained by the laws of surface tension, how ants navigate is due to polarized light, and why pistol shrimps can generate... |
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The Meaning of Birds
SIMON BARNES · Pegasus Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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A gorgeously illustrated and enchanting examination of the lives of birds, illuminating their wondrous world and our connection with them. One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live... |
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Don't Trust, Don't Fear, Don't Beg: The Extraordinary Story of the Arctic 30
Ben Stewart · The New Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Melting ice, a military arms race, the rush to exploit resources at any cost-the Arctic is now the stage on which our future will be decided. And as temperatures rise and the ice retreats, Vladimir Putin orders Russia's oil rigs to move north. But one early September morning in 2013... |
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Saving Tarboo Creek: One Family's Quest to Heal the Land
Scott Freeman · Timber Press
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover
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"A moving account of a beautiful project. We need stories of healing in this tough moment; this is a particularly fine one." - Bill McKibben, author of Radio Free Vermont When the Freeman family decided to restore a damaged creek in Washington's Olympic Peninsula - to transform... |
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Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon
JOHN CLAYTON · Pegasus Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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An evocative blend of history and nature writing that tells the story of Yellowstone's evolving significance in American culture through the stories of ten iconic figures. Yellowstone is America's premier national park. Today is often a byword for conservation, natural beauty, and a way for everyone... |
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The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey Through Human History
SUSANNA FORREST · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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An essential book for anyone who's ever been captivated by horses, The Age of the Horse is a breathtaking exploration of the enduring connection between humans and Equus caballus. Equestrian expert Susanna Forrest presents a unique, sweeping panorama of the animal's prominent role... |
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Overview: A New Perspective of Earth
Benjamin Grant · Amphoto
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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A stunning and unique collection of satellite images of Earth that offer an unexpected look at humanity, derived from the wildly popular Daily Overview Instagram account.Inspired by the "Overview Effect"--a sensation that astronauts experience when given the opportunity to look... |
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Marnie the Dog: I'm a Book
Shirley Braha · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Print book
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From senior shelter dog to international star, Marnie the Dog has a photo book!Once an old, sick dog who was found on the streets and named "Stinky," Marnie the Dog got a second lease on life when she was adopted from a shelter at age ten. Soon, her signature looks and endearing... |
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Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland
Miriam Horn · W W Norton
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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The story of a huge, largely hidden, and entirely unexpected conservation movement in America.Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental work -- restoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans -- would not call themselves environmentalists;... |
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