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The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species
Terrie M. Williams - Penguin Press HC, The; F First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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When a two day-old Hawaiian monk seal pup is attacked and abandoned by his mother on a beach in Kauai, environmental officials must decide if they should save the newborn animal or allow nature to take its course. But as a member of the most endangered marine mammal species in U.S. waters,... |
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Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
Edward O. Wilson - Liveright Publishing Corp, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Half-Earth proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled biosphere: devote half the surface of the Earth to nature.In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most... |
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The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination
Richard Mabey - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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"Highly entertaining ... Without being sentimental about it, Mr. Mabey gets us to look at life from the plants' point of view. His science is sound, he's witty, and his language is engaging." -- Constance Casey, New York TimesThe Cabaret of Plants is a masterful, globe-trotting... |
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Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World
Craig Foster - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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"Amphibious Soul is an important book. . . . This book isn't about learning how to be wild but rather a guide to recognizing and reconnecting with the wild in and around us. It is a book that will inspire hope." - Jane Goodall
A passionate love story about nature that inspires... |
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The Trees of North America: Michaux and Redoute's American Masterpiece
David Allen Sibley - Abbeville Press Publishers
Format: Print book
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Franois Andr Michaux (1770-1855) was a French botanist whose work on the trees of North America gave the world's first illustrated account of American trees east of the Mississippi. From 1841 to 1849 the English botanist and one of the greatest plant explorers of North America, Thomas... |
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