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The Complete Cat Breed Book
DK Publishing · DK
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Combining cat breeds, behavior, and training tips in one easy volume, The Complete Cat Breed Book is an essential reference to the basics of choosing and looking after a cat. Packed with practical advice on cat maintenance, from handling and grooming to nutrition, exercise, and health,... |
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Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes
Mark Bittman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 326
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning champion of culinary simplicity who gave us the bestselling How to Cook Everything and How to Cook Everything Vegetarian comes Food Matters, a plan for responsible eating that's as good for the planet as it is for your weight and your health.We are finally starting... |
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Basic Texas Birds: A Field Guide
Mark Lockwood · University of Texas Press
Pages: 403
Format: Paperback
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Finding all the birds in Texas can be a lifetime pursuit. Basic Texas Birds, an easy-to-use field guide, will help you identify over 180 species of birds that are found across the state, including a selection of the rarer "Texas specialties" that draw birders to Texas from around... |
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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 presented... |
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Restoring Texas: Raiford Stripling's Life and Architecture
Michael McCullar · Texas A&M University Press
Pages: 161
Format: Hardcover
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Restoration architect Raiford Stripling rescued some of Texas' most historic sites from oblivion, including Ashton Villa in Galveston, the French Legation in Austin, Independence Hall at Washington-on-the-Brazos, and Presidion La Bahía in Goliad. This handsome volume, inspired by the 1983... |
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Reader's Digest North American Wildlife: Birds
Reader's Digest Association. · Readers Digest
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
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Focusing on abundant, wide-ranging, or conspicuous birds in particular, a profusely illustrated handbook of bird species lists their distinguishing traits and behavior patterns and sorts swimming and wading birds from land birds. Original. |
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A Rock between Two Rivers: The Fracturing of a Texas Family Ranch
Hugh Fitzsimons III · Trinity University Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A Rock between Two Rivers is the story of a man coming to terms with the environmental legacy of his family's ranch in Dimmitt County, Texas, and reckoning with the birthright he'll leave for the generations who follow. What began for Hugh Fitzsimons as a mission to expose local... |
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The Nueces River: Río Escondido
Margie Crisp · Texas A&M University Press
Pages: 284
Format: NOOK Book
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First appearing on early Spanish maps as the Río Escondido, or hidden river, and later named Río de las Nueces after the abundant pecan trees along its banks, the Nueces today is a stream of seeming contradictions: a river that runs above and below ground; a geographic reminder of a history... |
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The Life and Love of the Sea
Lewis Blackwell · Abrams, in association with PQ Blackwell, 2015.
Pages: 216
Format: Print book
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Showcasing cutting-edge underwater photography from the world's leading marine and nature photographers, The Life & Love of the Sea is a breathtaking visual tour of the ocean's great diversity. Readers will experience land meeting sea with images of dramatic coastlines, barrier... |
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Adapt: How Humans Are Tapping into Nature's Secrets to Design and Build a Better Future
Amina Khan · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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Amina Khan believes that nature does it best. In Adapt, she presents fascinating examples of how nature effortlessly solves the problems that humans attempt to solve with decades worth of the latest and greatest technologies, time, and money. Humans are animals too, and animals are incredibly... |
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Texas Quails: Ecology and Management
Leonard A Brennan · Texas A&M University Press
Pages: 491
Format: Hardcover
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Nothing is more evocative of the Texas outdoors than the whistled call of the bobwhite. While the familiar two-note greeting is now just a memory for most of us who live in the state's growing urban sprawl, this bird is an economic commodity on par with crops and livestock in some regions... |
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