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The Breath of a Whale: The Science and Spirit of Pacific Ocean Giants
Leigh Calvez · Sasquatch Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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From the author of The Hidden Lives of Owls, an exploration of the elusive lives of whales in the Pacific Ocean, home to orcas, humpbacks, sperm, blue, and gray whales.Leigh Calvez has spent a dozen years researching, observing, and probing the lives of the giants of the deep. Here, she relates... |
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The Carbon Code: How You Can Become a Climate Change Hero
Brett Favaro · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
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Our world is getting hotter, and it's our fault. Our addiction to fossil fuels is destroying not only our ancient planet, but our modern civilization. How can we protect our fragile ecosystems while preserving our way of life? How can we respond to climate change deniers who mock the fact... |
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Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water's Edge
Susan Hand Shetterly · Algonquin Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Glimpse the wonders of a hidden world. An ancient, and vital, part of nature's ecosystem, seaweed is now emerging as an increasingly important source of food in a world faced with diminishing natural resources. In Seaweed Chronicles, acclaimed nature writer Susan Hand Shetterly opens... |
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition
JON L DUNN · National Geographic
Pages: 592
Format: Paperback
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This fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling North American bird field guide is the most up-to-date guide on the market. Perfect for beginning to advanced birders, it is the only book organized to match the latest American Ornithologists' Union taxonomy.With more than... |
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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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Animals Strike Curious Poses
Elena Passarello · Sarabande Books
Pages: 200
Format: Print book
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Beginning with Yuka, a 39,000 year old mummified woolly mammoth recently found in the Siberian permafrost, each of the 16 essays in Animals Strike Curious Poses investigates a different famous animal named and immortalized by humans. Modeled loosely after a medieval bestiary, these witty,... |
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Insects: An Edible Field Guide
Stefan Gates · Ebury Press
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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Ever been tempted by the thought of trying juicy deep fried mealworms, protein-rich cricket flower, or swapping your snacks for salt and vinegar flavored grasshoppers? If so then you are not alone! Over 2 billion people regularly eat insects as part of their diet, and the world is home... |
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Cats I've Known: On Love, Loss, and Being Graciously Ignored
Katie Haegele · Microcosm Publishing
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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A collection of deeply heartfelt, humorous, and insightful stories of cats written by a true wordsmith and raconteur.From deep friendships to brief encounters, this is the story of the cats in Katie Haegele's life, or rather the story of her life in relation to the many cats she meets... |
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Inside the Inferno: A Firefighter's Story of the Brotherhood that Saved Fort McMurray
Damian Asher · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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An action-packed, on-the-ground memoir of the Fort McMurray wildfire and the courage, resilience, and sacrifice of the firefighters who saved the city.In May 2016, what began as a remote forest fire quickly became a nightmare for the ninety thousand residents of Fort McMurray. A perfect... |
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Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth
Charles Massy · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback
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In Call of the Reed Warbler, Charles Massy explores regenerative agriculture and the vital connection between our soil and our health. It is the story of how a grassroots revolution -- a true underground insurgency -- can save the planet, help reduce and reverse climate change, and build... |
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Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird
Katie Fallon · Foreedge
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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Turkey vultures, the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, are found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina, and nearly everywhere in between. In the United States we sometimes call them buzzards; in parts of Mexico the name is aura cabecirroja,... |
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