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Afterglow
EILEEN MYLES · Grove Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Prolific and widely renowned, Eileen Myles is a trailblazer whose decades of literary and artistic work "set a bar for openness, frankness, and variability few lives could ever match" (New York Review of Books) . This newest book paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a beloved... |
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Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood
Teresa E Masear · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 306
Format: Print book
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A heartwarming account of the trials and triumphs a hummingbird rehabber encounters while caring for her tiny, fragile patients
Before he collided with a limousine, Gabriel, an Anna's hummingbird with a head and throat cloaked in iridescent magenta feathers, could spiral 130 feet... |
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Icefall: Adventures at the Wild Edges of Our Dangerous, Changing Planet
John All · PublicAffairs
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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In May 2014, the mountaineer and scientist John All fell into a crevasse near Everest and took a series of videos as he struggled to climb out 70 feet of ice and snow with fifteen broken bones - including 6 cracked vertebrae, internal bleeding, a severely dislocated shoulder, and his face... |
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Water Rights and the Environment in the United States: A Documentary and Reference Guide
John R Burch · Greenwood, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
Pages: 442
Format: eBook
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This sweeping study traces the development of water policy in the United States from the 19th century to the present day, exploring the role of legislation in appropriating access to water to the American people.* Addresses recent events including the handling of Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill... |
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Birds: Myth, Lore and Legend
Rachel Warren-Chadd · Bloomsbury Natural History
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Why are owls regarded either as wise or as harbingers of doom? What gave rise to the fanciful belief that storks bring babies? Why is the eagle associated with victory, or the hummingbird with paradise? The answers are here in this new and engaging book. By re-telling the many legends,... |
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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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The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
Jack E Davis · Liveright
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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The tragic collision between civilization and nature in the Gulf of Mexico becomes a uniquely American story in this environmental epic. When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its "special kind of providence." Indeed, the Gulf... |
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Rainbow Dust: Three Centuries of Butterfly Delight
Peter Marren · The University of Chicago Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Like fluttering shards of stained glass, butterflies possess a unique power to pierce and stir the human soul. Indeed, the ancient Greeks explicitly equated the two in a single word, psyche, so that from early times butterflies were not only a form of life, but also an idea. Profound and deeply... |
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Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
Alan Weisman · Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful investigation into the chances for humanitys future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us.In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of humanitys constant pressures.... |
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The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London
Christopher Skaife · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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The first behind-the-scenes account of life with the legendary ravens at the world's eeriest monument The ravens at the Tower of London are of mighty importance: rumor has it that if a raven from the Tower should ever leave, the city will fall. The title of Ravenmaster,... |
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