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How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency
Akiko Busch · Penguin Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Vivid, surprising, and utterly timely, Akiko Busch's HOW TO DISAPPEAR explores the idea of invisibility in nature, art, and science, in search of a more joyful and peaceful way of living in today's increasingly surveilled and publicity-obsessed worldIn our increasingly networked... |
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The Science Behind a Happy Dog: Canine Training, Thinking and Behaviour
Emma K Grigg · 5m Publishing
Pages: 263
Format: Paperback
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How can you be sure that your dog is happy? What can owners do to ensure their dog has the best chance at a long, happy life? Experts in animal behavior, Emma Grigg and Tammy Donaldson, set out to explore our current understanding of canine well-being in this engaging and authoritative... |
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Talking to Animals: How You Can Understand Animals and They Can Understand You
Jon Katz · Atria Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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There are so many benefits to learning how to communicate with animals. Love, trust, a spiritual connection that goes to the heart of the human-animal bond. Every time I listen to them, I learn about myself.We seem to need animals in our disconnected lives more and more, yet we understand... |
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Yorkshire Terriers
Sharon Lynn Vanderlip · Barron's Educational Series, Inc., 2015.
Pages: 95
Format: Print book
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If you think that Yorkies are delicate, retiring, and shy ... think again. The Yorkie possesses a big dog personality and a big dog attitude inside that cute little doggie body. Dog fanciers who love the diminutive Yorkie quickly learn why this spirited pooch has been a favorite, funny,... |
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Parrot Parenting: The Essential Care and Training Guide to +20 Parrot Species
Carol Frischmann · i5 Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the tiny parakeet to the giant hyacinth macaw not all parrots place the same demands on their parents Parakeets conures cockatiels loriesthe parrot family consists of the most popular pet birds each offering keepers their unique characteristics and exotic beauty as well as their specific... |
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Sedges and Rushes of Minnesota: The Complete Guide to Species Identification
Welby R. Smith · Univ Of Minnesota Press
Pages: 696
Format: Paperback
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The first comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide to Minnesota's nearly 250 species of sedges and rushes When most of us encounter a sea of what seem like grasses, we don't know if we're looking at a bog or a fen, a swamp or a marsh or a meadow. What we're seeing probably... |
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Whales: An Illustrated Celebration
Kelsey Oseid · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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A gorgeously illustrated, entertaining, and educational guide to the wonderful whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the world.Some of the world's most fascinating and beloved animals, cetaceans--whales, dolphins, and porpoises--have captivated the human imagination for centuries. Whales:... |
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Acadia: The Complete Guide: Mt Desert Island & Acadia National Park
James Kaiser · Destination Press; Third Edition edition
Format: Book
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Updated with essential travel information, this gorgeous guidebook reveals the hidden gems of Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island. From outdoor adventures such as hiking, biking, sea kayaking, and sailing to the top local restaurants, this in-depth guide puts the best of Acadia... |
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The Man Who Climbs Trees
James Aldred · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A professional tree climber encounters gorillas, snakes, spiders, and birds of prey, as well as answers and perspective, hundreds of feet up, all over the world Every child knows the allure of climbing trees. But how many of us get to make a living at it, spending days observing nature... |
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A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
Michael Allaby · Oxford University Press; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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Thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research in the field, A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation provides over 9,000 alphabetically arranged entries on scientific and social aspects of the environment, including concise and authoritative information on key thinkers,... |
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How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
SY MONTGOMERY · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals - her friends - who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green.Understanding someone who belongs to another species... |
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Horizon
Barry Lopez · Knopf
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover
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From the National Book Award-winning author of the now-classic Arctic Dreams, a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped an extraordinary life.Taking us nearly from pole to pole--from modern... |
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Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean
Morten Andreas Strøksnes · Knopf
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the Norwegian Brage Prize 2015Winner of the Norwegian Critics' Prize for Literature 2015Winner of the Norwegian Reine Ord Prize at Lofoten International Literature Festival 2016A salty story of friendship, adventure, and the explosive life that teems beneath the ocean, for readers... |
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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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