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Too Big to Walk: The New Science of Dinosaurs
Brian J. Ford · William Collins
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
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Ever since Jurassic Park we thought we knew how dinosaurs lived their lives. In this remarkable new book, Brian J. Ford reveals that dinosaurs were, in fact, profoundly different from what we believe, and their environment was unlike anything we have previously thought.In this meticulous... |
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Butterflies of Louisiana: A Guide to Identification and Location
Craig Marks · LSU Press
Pages: 462
Format: Paperback
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Butterflies abound in every region of the Bayou State, and with this authoritative resource in hand, both the experienced and novice butterfly watcher can identify a frequent backyard visitor or pinpoint the haunts of a particular species. With a long flight season stretching from late... |
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Pandora's Garden: Kudzu, Cockroaches, and Other Misfits of Ecology
Clinton Crockett Peters · University of Georgia Press
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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Pandora's Garden profiles invasive or unwanted species in the natural world and examines how our treatment of these creatures sometimes parallels in surprising ways how we treat each other. Part essay, part nature writing, part narrative nonfiction, the chapters in Pandora's Garden... |
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Radiant: Farm Animals Up Close and Personal
Traer Scott · Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
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Gregarious or shy, curious or placid, playful or retiring, all the animals in Traer Scott's newest collection have one thing in common: a sparkling personality! This whimsical, soulful, and personal photo collection focuses on the lives of the farm animals we often take for granted.... |
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Grit and Gold: The Death Valley Jayhawkers of 1849
Jean Johnson · University of Nevada Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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No other Western settlement story is more famous than the Donner Party's ill-fated journey through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. But a few years later and several hundred miles south, another group faced a similar situation just as perilous. Scrupulously researched and documented, Grit... |
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Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan
Barbara J Barton · Michigan State University Press
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback
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This is the first book of its kind to bring forward the rich tradition of wild rice in Michigan and its importance to the Anishinaabek people who live there. Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan focuses on the history, culture, biology, economics, and spirituality surrounding this... |
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A High Low Tide: The Revival of a Southern Oyster
André Joseph Gallant · University of Georgia Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Oysters are a narrative food: in each shuck and slurp, an eater tastes the place where the animal was raised. But that's just the beginning. André Joseph Gallant uses the bivalve as a jumping of point to tell the story of a changing southeastern coast, the bounty within its waters,... |
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Beginner's Luck: Dispatches from the Klamath Mountains
Malcolm Terence · Oregon State University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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In the late 1960s, Malcolm Terence left his job as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times to look for adventure and may have found more than he bargained for. The era had triggered unprecedented social and political changes in America, tectonic shifts that challenged war and the social order... |
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