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Wattana: An Orangutan in Paris
Chris Herzfeld - University of Chicago Press
Format: Print book
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She likes tea, sews, draws on papers and is a self-taught master of tying and untying knots. But she is not a crafty woman of the DIY set: she is Wattana, an orangutan who lives in the Jardin des Plantes Zoo in Paris. And it is in Paris where Chris Herzfeld first encounters and becomes... |
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Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table
LANGDON COOK - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning author of The Mushroom Hunters comes the story of an iconic fish, perhaps the last great wild food: salmon. For some, a salmon evokes the distant wild - thrashing in the jaws of a hungry grizzly bear on TV, perhaps. For others, it's the catch of the day on a restaurant... |
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The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London
Christopher Skaife - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The first behind-the-scenes account of life with the legendary ravens at the world's eeriest monumentThe ravens at the Tower of London are of mighty importance: rumor has it that if a raven from the Tower should ever leave, the city will fall. The title of Ravenmaster, therefore, is a serious... |
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Cats
Jenny Parks - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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The cats are back in their continuing mission: to boldly go where no one has gone before. This companion to the bestselling Star Trek Cats brings the many adventures of Star Trek: The Next Generation to life in a faithfully feline homage to the hit series. From encounters with the Borg... |
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Our Native Bees: North America's Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them
Paige Embry - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover
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All the buzz about North America's bees Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America's native bees - an endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies - is just as crucial. Our Native Bees is the result of Paige Embry's yearlong quest... |
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Ultimate Wildlife Destinations
Samantha Wilson - New Holland Pub Pty Ltd
Format: Print book
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In a world where bucket list activities and once-in-a-lifetime experiences are more possible than ever before, it is the wilds of the natural kingdom its majestic and often eccentric inhabitant that fuel the wanderlust. While African safaris might have long lured early explorers to witness... |
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Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery, 7th Edition
Massad Ayoob - Gun Digest Books
Format: Paperback
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This book can save your life! In this revised and expanded update to one of Massad Ayoob's most popular books, Combat Handgunnery helps you understand the many aspects of using a handgun to defend yourself and your loved ones in life-threatening situations. The author uses lessons... |
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Gods, Wasps and Stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees
Mike Shanahan - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Print book
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They are trees of life and trees of knowledge. They are wish-fulfillers ... rainforest royalty ... more precious than gold. They are the fig trees, and they have affected humanity in profound but little-known ways. Gods, Wasps and Stranglers tells their amazing story. Fig trees fed our pre-human... |
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Untamed Mushrooms: From Field to Table
Michael Karns - Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Paperback
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Step into nature, whether in a park, forest, prairie, or lakeland, and you are surrounded by edible wild foods-if you know where to look. Old traditions of foraging have seen a passionate resurgence of interest among midwestern chefs and home cooks intrigued by the vitality of foods growing... |
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Carnivore Minds: Who These Fearsome Animals Really Are
G. A. Bradshaw - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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Myth and media typically cast animals we consider predators or carnivores as unthinking killers - dangerous, unpredictable, and devoid of emotion. But is this portrait valid? By exploring their inner lives, this pioneering book refutes the many misperceptions that hide the true nature of these... |
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The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution
Charles Cockell - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking new view on the theory of evolution, arguing that life develops in predictable waysWe are all familiar with the popular idea of strange alien life wildly different from life on earth inhabiting other planets. Maybe it's made of silicon! Maybe it has wheels! Or maybe it doesn't.... |
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How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature
Scott D Sampson - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Format: Print book
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From the beloved host of PBS Kids' Dinosaur Train, an easy-to-use guide for parents, teachers, and others looking to foster a strong connection between children and nature, complete with engaging activities, troubleshooting advice, and much more American children spend four to seven... |
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Furry Logic: The Physics of Animal Life
Matin Durrani - Bloomsbury SIGMA
Format: Print book
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The principles of physics lie behind many of the ways animals go about their daily lives. Scientists have discovered that the way cats and dogs lap up liquids can be explained by the laws of surface tension, how ants navigate is due to polarized light, and why pistol shrimps can generate... |
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End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals
R D E MacPhee - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth.Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller -- including gorilla-sized lemurs, 500-pound birds, and crocodiles that weighed a ton or more -- roamed the earth. These... |
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I Could Pee on This, Too: And More Poems by More Cats
Francesco Marciuliano - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book
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There's a new cat in town! This feisty sibling of the international bestseller I Could Pee on This will be making its own sensational mark in the cat-poetry world. I Could Pee on This, Too explores fresh feline emotions and philosophical musings through cats' own poetry, such as "Welcome... |
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Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction
Britt Wray - Greystone Books
Format: Hardcover
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Jurassic Park meets The Sixth Extinction in Rise of the Necrofauna, a provocative look at de-extinction from acclaimed documentarist and science writer Britt Wray.A captivating whirlwind tour through the birth and early life of the scientific idea known as "de-extinction." - Beth... |
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Dogtology: A Humorous Exploration of Man's Fur-ocious Devotion to Dogs
Jeff Lazarus - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Chew on this. As humans, we have a deep need to believe . . . a need to relate to something greater and more ideal than ourselves. Perhaps that's why so many millions believe in Dog. Man's devotion to Dog has come to rival the great -isms and -ologies of the world. This thing has gone... |
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Feathers: Displays of Brilliant Plumage
Robert Clark - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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Exquisite images from award-winning National Geographic photographer Robert Clark offer a captivating perspective on the vast beauty and myriad functions of a seemingly simple thing: the bird feather. Each detailed close-up is paired with informative text about the utility and evolution... |
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Jellyfish: A Natural History
Lisa-ann Gershwin - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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Jellyfish, with their undulating umbrella-shaped bells and sprawling tentacles, are as fascinating and beautiful as they are frightening and dangerous. They are found in every ocean at every depth, and they are the oldest multi-organed life form on the planet, having inhabited the ocean... |
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark work of science, history and reporting on the past, present and imperiled future of the Great Lakes.The Great Lakes -- Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior -- hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens... |
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Winter
Karl Ove Knausgaard - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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The second volume in his autobiographical quartet based on the seasons, Winter is an achingly beautiful collection of daily meditations and letters addressed directly to Knaugsaard's unborn daughter 2 December - It is strange that you exist, but that you don't know anything about... |
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Leaving the Wild: The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows, and Horses
GAVIN EHRINGER - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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A thought-provoking and surprising book that explores the ever-evolving relationship between humans and domesticated animals. The domestication of animals changed the course of human history. But what about the animals who abandoned their wild existence in exchange for our care and protection?... |
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The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras
Brantley Hargrove - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A tale of obsession and daring. A contest between humankind and nature's fiercest phenomenon. The saga of the greatest storm chaser who ever lived.At the turn of the twenty-first century, the tornado was one of the last true mysteries of the modern world. It was a monster that ravaged the American... |
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The Pipestone Wolves: The Rise and Fall of a Wolf Family
Günther Bloch - Rocky Mountain Books
Format: Print book
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In the winter of 2008-2009, a new wolf family from the Pipestone Valley suddenly appeared in the Bow Valley of Banff National Park, taking up residence alongside the Bow Valley wolf family that had ruled there for over a decade. Within a year, these new wolves had eliminated the Bow Valley... |
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Robert Macfarlane - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling, award-winning author of Landmarks and The Old Ways, a haunting voyage into the planet's past and future.Hailed as "the great nature writer of this generation" (Wall Street Journal) , Robert Macfarlane is the celebrated author of books about the intersections... |
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Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does
Philip Ball - The University of Chicago Press
Format: Print book
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Though at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a seashell and the branching veins of a leaf. Revealing the order at the foundation of the seemingly... |
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Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs
Cara Sue Achterberg - Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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When Cara felt her teenaged children slipping away and saw an empty nest on the horizon, she decided the best way to fill that void was with dogs - lots of them - and so her foster journey began. In 2015, her Pennsylvania farm became a haven for Operation Paws for Homes. There were the nine... |
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Return of the Wolf: Conflict and Coexistence
Paula Wild - Douglas & McIntyre
Format: Hardcover
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Wolves were once common throughout North America and Eurasia. But by the early twentieth century, bounties and organized hunts had drastically reduced their numbers. Today, the wolf is returning to its ancestral territories, and the "coywolf" -- a smaller, bolder wolf-coyote hybrid... |
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The Secret Life of Cows
Rosamund Young - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this affectionate, heart-warming chronicle, Rosamund Young distills a lifetime of organic farming wisdom, describing the surprising personalities of her cows and other animalsAt her famous Kite's Nest Farm in Worcestershire, England, the cows (as well as sheep, hens, and pigs) all roam... |
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Not So Different: Finding Human Nature in Animals
Nathan H Lents - Columbia University Press
Format: Print book
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Animals fall in love, establish rules for fair play, exchange valued goods and services, hold "funerals" for fallen comrades, deploy sex as a weapon, and communicate with one another using rich vocabularies. Animals also get jealous and violent or greedy and callous and develop... |
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Pleasures of Nature: A Literary Anthology
Christina Hardyment - The British Library
Format: Print book
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From Leonardo da Vinci on the shifting colors of the sky to Charlotte Bronte on the wild moors of Yorkshire, and from DH Lawrence inhabiting the mind of the indomitable tortoise to the intrepid Isabella Bird climbing a Hawaiian volcano, the anthology showcases many voices - lyrical, awestruck,... |
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Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth
Gordon L. Dillow - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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Combining history, pop science, and in-depth reporting, a fascinating account of asteroids that hit Earth long ago, and those streaming toward us now, as well as how we are preparing against asteroid-caused catastrophe.One of these days, warns Gordon Dillow, the Earth will be hit by a comet... |
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
Stephen Brusatte - William Morrow
Format: Book
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In this ambitious and engrossing narrative history that spans nearly 200 million years, Stephen Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field - discovering ten new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies - tells the complete... |
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The Incredible Journey of Plants
Mancuso, Stefano - OTHER PR LLC
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In this richly illustrated volume, a leading neurobiologist presents fascinating stories of plant migration that reveal unexpected connections between nature and culture. When we talk about migrations, we should study plants to understand that these phenomena are unstoppable. In the many... |
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Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water's Edge
Susan Hand Shetterly - Algonquin Books
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... |
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The Empire of the Eagle: An Illustrated Natural History
Mike Unwin - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A lavishly illustrated celebration of each of the world's sixty-eight currently recognized eagle species in all their magnificence and beguiling diversity Eagles hold a unique allure among birds for their combination of power, grace, and predatory prowess. Captivating the human imagination,... |
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Farewell to the Horse: A Cultural History
ULRICH RAULFF - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A surprising, lively, and erudite history of horse and man, for readers of The Invention of Nature and The Soul of an Octopus.Horses and humans share an ancient, profoundly complex relationship. Once our most indispensable companions, horses were for millennia essential in helping build... |
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Supernavigators: The Astounding New Science of How Animals Find Their Way
David Barrie - The Experiment
Format: Hardcover
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A globetrotting voyage of discovery celebrating the navigational gifts of animals; from whales and lobsters to birds and beetles - and many more! In Supernavigators, award-winning author David Barrie takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge science of animal navigation, where scientists... |
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Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do
Marc Bekoff - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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For all the love and attention we give dogs, much of what they do remains mysterious. Just think about different behaviors you see at a dog park: We have a good understanding of what it means when dogs wag their tails - but what about when they sniff and roll on a stinky spot? Why do they... |
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A mind-bending journey into the hidden world of fungi that will change your understanding of life on earth "A dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing book . . . I ended it wonderstruck at the fungal world--the secrets of which modern science is only now beginning to fathom." - Robert... |
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The Way Through the Woods: On Mushrooms and Mourning
Litt Woon Long - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover
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A grieving widow discovers a most unexpected form of healing - hunting for mushrooms. Long Litt Woon met Eiolf a month after arriving in Norway from Malaysia as an exchange student. They fell in love, married, and settled into domestic bliss. Then Eiolf's unexpected death at fifty-four... |
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Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology
Lisa Margonelli - Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The award-winning journalist Lisa Margonelli, national bestselling author of Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank, investigates the environmental and economic impact termites inflict on human societies in this fascinating examination of one of nature's most... |
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American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
Nate Blakeslee - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrated Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her Before men ruled the earth, there were wolves. Once abundant in North America, these majestic creatures were hunted to near extinction in the lower 48 states by the 1920s.... |
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Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness
QING LI - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive guide to the therapeutic Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or the art and science of how trees can promote health and happinessNotice how a tree sways in the wind. Run your hands over its bark. Take in its citrusy scent. As a society we suffer from nature deficit... |
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The Unsettlers: In Search of the Good Life in Today's America
Mark Sundeen - Riverhead Books
Format: Print book
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The radical search for the simple life in today's America. On a frigid April night, a classically trained opera singer, five months pregnant, and her husband, a former marine biologist, disembark an Amtrak train in La Plata, Missouri, assemble two bikes, and pedal off into the night, bound... |
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Frans de Waal - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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A New York Times Bestseller From world-renowned biologist and primatologist Frans de Waal, a groundbreaking work on animal intelligence destined to become a classic.What separates your mind from an animal's? Maybe you think it's your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your... |
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Personalities on the Plate: The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat
Barbara J King - The University of Chicago Press
Format: Print book
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In recent years, scientific advances in our understanding of animal minds have led to major changes in how we think about, and treat, animals in zoos and aquariums. The general public, it seems, is slowly coming to understand that animals like apes, elephants, and dolphins have not just... |
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The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods
Robert Llewellyn - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover
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"With precise, stunning photographs and a distinctly literary narrative that tells the story of the forest ecosystem along the way, The Living Forest is an invitation to join in the eloquence of seeing." - Sierra Magazine. From the leaves and branches of the canopy to the roots... |
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The Book of Cheese: The Essential Guide to Discovering Cheeses Youll Love
Liz Thorpe - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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EXPLORE THE WORLD OF CHEESE BY ASKING YOURSELF ONE SIMPLE QUESTION: WHAT CHEESES DO I ALREADY LOVE?. This is the first book of its kind to be organized not by country, milk type, or any other technical classification. The Book of Cheese maps the world of cheese using nine familiar favorites,... |
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The Hunt: The Outcome Is Never Certain
Alastair Fothergill - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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Nothing in nature is more dramatic than the exertion of a hunter in pursuit and the maneuvers of its intended prey. This breathtaking volume, spectacularly illustrated with over 250 of the most gripping and colorful nature images ever taken, reveals the dynamic relationship between predator... |
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The Wasting of Borneo: Dispatches from a Vanishing World
Alex Shoumatoff - Beacon Press
Format: Print book
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Acclaimed naturalist Alex Shoumatoff issues a worldwide call to protect the drastically endangered rainforests of BorneoIn this wide-ranging narrative, seasoned travel and environmental writer Alex Shoumatoff takes readers on a journey from the woods of rural New York to the rain forests... |
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The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure
SHOBA NARAYAN - Algonquin Books
Format: Paperback
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The elevator door opens. A cow stands inside, angled diagonally to fit. It doesnt look uncomfortable, merely impatient. "It is for the housewarming ceremony on the third floor," explains the woman who stands behind the cow, holding it loosely with a rope. She has the sheepish... |
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Birds of a Feather: A True Story of Hope and the Healing Power of Animals
LORIN LINDNER - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring story of how one woman's vision helped create a unique healing communityLee Woodruff: "This true story will twist your heart like a sponge and renew your faith in the world."Vicki Myron: "A heartwarming book." Animal lover though she was, Lorin Lindner... |
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The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us
LUCY JONES - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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By the world-renowned seismologist, a surprising history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to comeEarthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--these all stem from the same forces that give our planet life. It is only when they exceed... |
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Camp: Stories and Itineraries for Sleeping Under the Stars
Luc Gesell - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover
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Pitch a tent and unroll your sleeping bag in some of the most secluded campsites on Earth. With tales from the trail, arresting images, and helpful instruction, this wild guide reveals what calls people to camp: under all the gear, it's as much about living off the grid as it is about the thrill... |
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition
David Sibley - Alfred A Knopf, 2016.
Format: Print book
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FlexiboundNow completely revised and updated--the indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative guide to the birds of the East in a portable format they will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive, this guide features 650 bird species, plus regional populations,... |
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The Dog Merchants: Inside the Big Business of Breeders, Pet Stores, and Rescuers
Kim Kavin - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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We love them with all our hearts, but do we really know where our dogs came from? Kim Kavin, author of Little Boy Blue, reveals the complex network behind the $11 billion-a-year business of selling dogs. A must-read for the benefit of all dogs, everywhere. In what promises to become an "Omnivore's... |
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The Fly-Fisher's Craft: The Art and History
Darrel Martin - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book
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An illustrated guide to historical and modern flies, hooks, lines, and loop rods.Whether looking for a back-to-basics approach to fly-tying or a better understanding of its history, The Fly-Fisher's Craft is the perfect volume to educate the curious angler as well as to provide tips... |
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Alaska's Bears: Grizzlies, Black Bears, and Polar Bears
Bill Sherwonit - Alaska Northwest Books
Format: Print book
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Alaska is truly bear country. It is the only one of America's fifty states to be inhabited by all three of North America's ursine species: black, polar bear, and brown bear (also known as grizzly) . Alaska's Bears is a handy guidebook to the bears of Alaska, a book that slips... |
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The Secret Language of Cats
Susanne Sch tz - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever wondered what your cat is saying Cats do not meow randomly, nor do they growl or hiss because they have nothing better to do. Cat sounds have a purpose, and they can carry important messages, whether for us or other cats.Susanne Schtz is hard at work on breaking the cat code.... |
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The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs
David Hone - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Print book
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'Gripping and wonderfully informative' Tom Holland, New Statesman Adored by children and adults alike, Tyrannosaurus is the most famous dinosaur in the world, one that pops up again and again in pop culture, often battling other beasts such as King Kong, Triceratops or velociraptors in Jurassic... |
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Darwin's Fossils: The Collection That Shaped the Theory of Evolution
ADAM LISTER - Smithsonian Books
Format: Paperback
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Reveals how Darwin's study of fossils shaped his scientific thinking and led to his development of the theory of evolution.Darwin's Fossils is an accessible account of Darwin's pioneering work on fossils, his adventures in South America, and his relationship with the scientific... |
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Driving Horses: How to Harness, Align, and Hitch your Horse for Work or Play
Steve Bowers - Voyageur Press
Format: Paperback
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Driving Horses is the classic reference guide for people who drive horses, whether on the farm, in competition, or as a business. If you've never harnessed a horse before, how do you make sense of all those straps and buckles? How do you hitch a pair so they pull evenly? How do you hold... |
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Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth
Michael S. Engel - Sterling
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating look at the world's most numerous inhabitants, illustrated with stunning images from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection. To date, we have discovered and described or named around 1.1 million insect species, and thousands of new species are added... |
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How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea
Tristan Gooley - The Experiment
Format: Print book
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A New York Times Bestseller Read the sea like a Viking and interpret ponds like a Polynesian - with a little help from the "natural navigator"! In his eye-opening books The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs and The Natural Navigator, Tristan Gooley helped... |
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The Most Perfect Thing: Inside
Tim Birkhead - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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Renowned ornithologist Tim Birkhead opens this gripping story as a female guillemot chick hatches, already carrying her full quota of tiny eggs within her undeveloped ovary. As she grows into adulthood, only a few of her eggs mature, are released into the oviduct, and are fertilized by sperm... |
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Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions
David Attenborough - Quercus
Format: Hardcover
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In 1954, David Attenborough, a young television presenter, was offered the opportunity of a lifetime--to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for the London Zoo's collection, and to film the expedition for the BBC for a new show called Zoo Quest.This is the story of those... |
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The Animal's Companion: People & Their Pets, a 26,000-Year Love Story
Jacky Colliss Harvey - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Hardcover
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The animal-human connection has thrived throughout history. THE ANIMAL'S COMPANION is a fascinating exploration of our universal human need for the companionship of animals--dogs, cats, horses, birds, iguanas, and more.The earliest evidence of a human and a pet can be traced to as far as France... |
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The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
Jack E Davis - Liveright
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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The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization
Vince Beiser - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial role it plays in our lives.After water and air, sand is the natural resource that we consume more than any other--even more than oil. Every concrete building and paved road on Earth, every... |
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Deep Thinkers: Inside the Minds of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises
Janet Mann - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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Humans aside, dolphins, whales, and porpoises are often considered to be the smartest creatures on Earth. Science and nature buffs are drawn to stories of their use of tools, their self-recognition, their beautiful and complex songs, and their intricate societies. But how do we know what... |
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Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America
Stephen Shunk - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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A complete guide to the natural history, ecology, and conservation of North America's 23 woodpecker species. From the iconic Woody Woodpecker to the ubiquitous Northern Flicker, woodpeckers have long captivated our attention. Their astonishing anatomy makes them one of the most specialized... |
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Owls of the World
James R Duncan - Reed New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd
Format: Print book
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The best and most up-to-date book on owls available. Packed with beautiful illustrations, it explores owl behaviour and lifecycle, including hunting, courtship, breeding and special adaptations for nocturnal life. There is a chapter on each owl family, from the huge eagle owls to the diminutive... |
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Summer
KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD - Penguin Pr
Format: Hardcover
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The grand finale of Karl Ove Knausgaard's masterful and intensely-personal series about the four seasons, illustrated with paintings by the great German artist Anselm Kiefer. June--It is completely dark out now. It is twenty-three minutes to midnight and you have already slept for four... |
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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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Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology
Michael J. Benton - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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In this fascinating and accessible overview, renowned paleontologist Michael J. Benton reveals how our understanding of dinosaurs is being transformed by recent fossil finds and new technology.Over the past twenty years, the study of dinosaurs has transformed into a true scientific discipline.... |
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The Seabird's Cry: The Lives and Loves of the Planet's Great Ocean Voyagers
ADAM NICOLSON - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Life itself could never have been sustainable without seabirds. As Adam Nicolson writes: "They are bringers of fertility, the deliverers of life from ocean to land."A global tragedy is unfolding. Even as we are coming to understand them, the number of seabirds on our planet is in freefall,... |
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The Second Body
Daisy Hildyard - Fitzcarraldo Editions
Format: Paperback
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Every living thing has two bodies. To be an animal is to be in possession of a physical body, a body which can eat, drink and sleep; it is also to be embedded in a worldwide network of ecosystems. When every human body has an uncanny global presence, how do we live with ourselves? In this... |
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Horizon
Barry Lopez - Knopf
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... |
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Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
A N WILSON - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life.With the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin - hailed as the man who "discovered evolution" - was propelled into the pantheon of great scientific thinkers, alongside Galileo,... |
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Craig & Fred: A Marine, A Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other
CRAIG GROSSI - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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The uplifting and unforgettable true story of a US Marine, the stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield, and how they saved each other and now travel America together, "spreading the message of stubborn positivity."In 2010, Sergeant Craig Grossi was doing intelligence work for Marine... |
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The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us About Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future
Jim Robbins - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating investigation into the miraculous world of birds and the powerful - and surprising - ways they enrich our lives and sustain the planetOur relationship to birds is different from our relationship to any other wild creatures. They are found virtually everywhere and we love to watch... |
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Microsculpture: Portraits of Insects
LEVON BISS - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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"You will never look at a beetle or a moth the same way again." --WIRED"Art meets science to dazzling effect." --The GuardianMicrosculptureis a unique photographic study of insects in mind-blowing magnification that celebrates the wonders of nature and science. Levon... |
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Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA
E.G. Vallianatos - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food.These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic... |
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Ruthless Tide: The Tragic Epic of the Johnstown Flood
AL ROKER - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping narrative history of the 1889 Johnstown Flood - the deadliest flood in US history - from New York Times bestselling author, NBC Host, and legendary weather authority Al Roker.May 1889: After a deluge of rainfall - nearly a foot in less than twenty-four hours - swelled the Little... |
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The Aliens Among Us: How Invasive Species Are Transforming the Planetand Ourselves
Leslie Anthony - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A thoughtful, accessible look at the rapidly growing issue of invasive plants, animals, and microbes around the globe with a focus on the scientific issues and ecological, health, and other challenges From an award-winning adventure and science journalist comes an eye-opening exploration... |
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Smithsonian: Flora: Inside the Secret World of Plants
DK. - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the extraordinary diversity of the plant world--and how plants work--with this photographic celebration of the trees, flowers, and foliage plants that share our planet.From tiny mosses and delicate ferns to vibrant blooms and stately palms, Flora invites you to explore the plant... |
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The Wolf Connection: What Wolves Can Teach Us about Being Human
Teo Alfero - Atria/Enliven Books
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the transformative lessons from one of humanity's oldest teachers - the wolf - with this enthralling and accessible guidebook to help us restore our connection with nature, our communities, and our deepest selves.The wolf has enthralled humankind for millennia, as a creature... |
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Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World
Tim Low - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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An authoritative and entertaining exploration of Australia's distinctive birds and their unheralded role in global evolution Renowned for its gallery of unusual mammals, Australia is also a land of extraordinary birds. But unlike the mammals, the birds of Australia flew beyond the continent's... |
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Wolf Nation: The Life, Death, and Return of Wild American Wolves
Brenda Peterson - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Peter Matthiessen's Wildlife in America or Aldo Leopold, Brenda Peterson tells the 300-year history of wild wolves in America. It is also our own history, seen through our relationship with wolves. The earliest Americans revered them. Settlers zealously exterminated... |
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Gem
Dk. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book
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A dazzling visual guide to precious and semiprecious stones, organic gems, and precious metals, Gem showcases beautiful, specially commissioned images as well as science, natural history, mythology, and true stories of adventure and discovery.From diamonds to sapphires to obsidian,... |
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Endangered
TIM FLACH - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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In Endangered, the result of an extraordinary multiyear project to document the lives of threatened species, acclaimed photographer Tim Flach explores one of the most pressing issues of our time. Traveling around the world - to settings ranging from forest to savannah to the polar seas... |
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Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet's Journey
STEPHEN KUUSISTO - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.At the age of thirty-eight, Stephen Kuusisto - who has managed his whole life without... |
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Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean
Jonathan White - Trinity University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left... |
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Eye of the Shoal: A Fishwatcher's Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything
Helen Scales - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Hardcover
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Seventy per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water. This vast aquatic realm is inhabited by a multitude of strange creatures and reigning supreme among them are the fish. There are giants that live for centuries and thumb-sized tiddlers that survive only weeks; they can be pancake-flat... |
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The Enigma of the Owl: An Illustrated Natural History
Mike Unwin - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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A rare invitation into the mysterious lives of owls around the world, with spectacularly revealing photographs and fascinating details Perhaps no other creature has so compelling a gaze as the owl. Its unblinking stare mesmerizes; its nocturnal lifestyle suggests secrets and mystery. This... |
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Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
NOAH STRYCKER - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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Traveling to 41 countries in 2015 with a backpack and binoculars, Noah Strycker became the first person to see more than half the world's 10,000 species of birds in one year. In 2015, Noah Strycker set himself a lofty goal: to become the first person to see half the world's birds in one year.... |
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Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator
Jason M Colby - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Since the release of the documentary Blackfish in 2013, millions around the world have focused on the plight of the orca, the most profitable and controversial display animal in history. Yet, until now, no historical account has explained how we came to care about killer whales in the first... |
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