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How to Conserve Conservationists is an autobiographical journey through Jessie Panazzolo's experience in founding a global community of budding and burnt out conservationists. Sharing her personal stories, research and observations, she shares some care instructions with the reader to help them look after the...

Southern California is sandwiched between two tectonic plates with an ever-shifting boundary. Over the last several million years, movements of these plates have dramatically reshuffled the Earth's crust to create rugged landscapes and seascapes riven with active faults. Movement along these faults triggers earthquakes...

In 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester, and the their five children, the oldest of whom was nine-years-old and the youngest, twins, barely one, pulled up stakes in the Lower Forty-eight and headed north to Alaska to follow a pioneer dream of claiming land...

In this memoir, THE CAPITAL OF PARADISE, author Mark A. Taylor turns his uncompromising inquiry on himself and views his life from a shocking new perspective: he is dying of terminal cancer. Sweep across the landscape of his life and adventures as he struggles...

A House of Many Rooms is a glittering memory palace filled with treasures that capture in splendid poetic words and images, "emotion recollected in tranquility". Some of the rooms echo the New England pastoral tone of Robert Frost while others contain the murmurs of...

This is the heartwarming true story of the adorable Northern Saw-whet owl who was rescued from the 2020 Rockefeller Christmas Tree and the human hearts who aided her. The book is beautifully illustrated to show Tiny Owl's journey from Oneonta, NY to Rockefeller Center,...

English scientist, naturalist, and geologist CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882) transformed our understanding of the planet and our place on it with his theory of evolution through natural selection. Much of the basis for his conceptual breakthrough was his research during the five-year journey he undertook...

Explore the natural beauty of Maryland by bike.As off-road, family-friendly bike paths have increased in popularity, cycling has become a safe and healthy way to exercise out-of-doors and enjoy the beauty of nature. In Maryland, cyclists are fortunate to have access to a range...

The Crystal Deva Cards contain new information channeled from the Crystal Devas, Guardians of the Mineral Kingdom, to help humankind heal the emotional and spiritual life lessons of today's world. The 44-card deck features color photos of exquisite crystals. For healing, the Devas have...

"Do you remember who you were before the world told you who you were?" Rarely do you come across a book that changes you forever. This is one of those very special, consciousness-raising texts. Far more than a self-help book, Eco-Art Therapy - Creative...

Boy Scouts co-founder and avid outdoorsman "Uncle Dan" Beard provides a clear, enthusiastic introduction to the joys of camping, trapping, and outdoor survival. Originally published nearly a century ago, this engagingly written and charmingly illustrated guide provides an atmospheric reminder of a simpler time....

In this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest's place in the cultural imagination of the West, but also of the ecological dilemmas that now confront us so urgently. Consistently...

In Dancing with an Apocalypse, Tom Titus has assembled a collection of musings in response to the social and environmental upheavals in the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. He finds inspiration from neighborhood happy hours and solitary escapes into the emerald convolutions of...

Two friends explore the possibilities of communicatingwith plants through meditation. Meeting the Spiritof each plant, and being open to its teachings, givesa new understanding of plant allies and a renewedcommitment to planetary healing.Deeper into the Garden guides the reader into theworld of plant communication....

For anyone who has ever dreamed of leaving it all behind and heading for the hills, survival expert and three-time New York Times bestselling author, Tim MacWelch, makes that a reality with How to Survive Off the Grid. Concrete, useful hints cover everything from...

Combining superb research and writing with breathtaking photographs, this expanded and updated edition of Seeing Central Park is not only an authoritative visual survey of New York City's famous landscape, but also a gorgeous gift book. For more than 160 years, Central Park has...

Explains how self-organizing systems, from crystals to human societies, share collective memories that influence their form and behavior - Includes new evidence and research in support of the theory of morphic resonance - Explores the major role that morphic resonance plays not just in...

There is magic in the incantatory, free-flowing poems of Martha Readyoff's Little Lives. In these poems, the natural world is both vibrantly real and enchantingly fanciful. And we find here a passion for all that is vulnerable in the world, the little lives of...

In our technology-driven, workaday world, connecting with nature has never before been more essential. A Wilder Life, a beautiful oversized lifestyle book by the team behind the popular Wilder Quarterly, gives readers indispensable ideas for interacting with the great outdoors. Learn to plant a...

This follow-up to Naturally Curious, a National Outdoor Book Award winner, is a day-by-day account of nature observations throughout the year. Daily entries include entertaining and enlightening observations about specific animal or plant activity happening in eastern North America on that date. Set up...

Author: Jessie PanazzoloISBN-10: 0645240206ISBN-13: 9780645240207Publisher: Lonely ConservationistsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/24/2021Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d

Legendary Idahoan, Harry Shellworth (1877-1973), is brought to life in this comprehensive look at his legacy of contributions and accomplishments for the state. Shellworth's forty-some years as a land agent with the Boise Payette Lumber Company encompassed friendships with political and historical figures, authors,...

"A picture may be worth a thousand words, but words on a page can capture what an infinite number of photos cannot. Not merely a still image, but the living, breathing soul of a place."In Wilderness Speaks, Stillman offers us for the first time,...

This special 6"x9" edition has been published by Living Book Press in association with HearthRoom Press. Originally published in the early 1900's by Anna Comstock. This book, Notes on Birds Book no.2, contains the following information: Forms to fill out while in the field...

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is the international showcase for the very best photography featuring natural subjects. The Museum's 2022 week-to-view diaries feature stunning photographs of the natural world from past years of the competition. The perfect gifts for wildlife enthusiasts, they...

From the giant cedar of the rainforest came a wealth of raw materials vital to the way of life, art and culture of the early First Nations people of the Northwest Coast.All parts of the cedar tree had many uses. From the wood, skilled...

An inspirational & immersive travelogue exploring the power of the natural lights of night. Moonlight, starlight, the ethereal glow of snow in winter. When you flick off a switch, other forms of light begin to reveal themselves. Artificial light is everywhere. Not only is...

Everything you ever wanted to know about drawing horses, hardware, history, and mythology. How to Draw Horses shows you how to draw dynamic horses using step by step guides and tutorials. Rockeman shows you how to draw brilliant equines from around the globe along...

This beautiful and inspiring book is an authoritative and timely account of our planet's natural wonders, explaining how and why our bodies and brains benefit from being in nature, as well as the importance of valuing and protecting them for future generations.In each chapter...

Author: Tim ErnstISBN-10: 1882906128ISBN-13: 9781882906123Publisher: Tim Ernst PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2010Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d

Walkers, bikers, paddlers and snowshoers can encounter relics of the past and their incredible tales from Keene to the Seacoast. Exploring Southern New Hampshire" takes history off the page, out of the car and into the welcoming pine-scented woods and priAuthor: Lucie BryarISBN-10: 1626194238ISBN-13:...

A guided journal for walkers who want to expand their physical and creative worlds through acts of mindfulness. SILVER MEDAL WINNER OF THE NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD - "Beautifully designed . . . I'd like to give a copy of this smart, fetching book to...

Written with humor and affection, and enhanced with 81 of the author's charming, historically accurate drawings, Our Vanishing Landscape takes readers on a leisurely sojourn through a bygone era. Leading us along rustic winding roads bordering fields and farmhouses, Eric Sloane captures our imaginations...

This is one of the great classics of nature and boyhood by one of America's foremost nature experts. It presents a vast range of woodlore in the most palatable of forms, a genuinely delightful story. It will provide many hours of good reading for...

This is Volume 1 of E. A. Wallis Budge's Egyptian Heaven and Hell trilogy, this one being 'The Book of Am-Tuat'. A cosmological treatise which describes the Tuat, the underworld that the boat of the Sun God, Ra, traverses during the night hours. Each...

Nature versus Machine. Set in the near future where a powerful quantum AI computer offers people an illusion of reality in a world suffering from the excesses of Humanity's wants and desires. Ten-year-old Jake is faced with choosing the natural world or a mirage...

Drawing from his long experience as a naturalist, the author responds to the unexpected and symbolic aspects of a wide spectrum of phenomena throughout the universe. Scrupulous scholarship and magical prose are brought to bear on such diverse topics as seeds, the hieroglyphs on...

In this eloquent, finely structured poetry chapbook, Lois Mathieu takes us past hardship and loss into a world where redemption and joy spread brilliant ribbons of light across the landscape of life. Author: Lois MathieuISBN-10: 1943826943ISBN-13: 9781943826940Publisher: Antrim HouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2022Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize:...

When we're grieving, we need relief from our pain. Today we often turn to technology for distraction when what we really need is the opposite: generous doses of nature. Studies show that time spent outdoors lowers blood pressure, eases depression and anxiety, bolsters the...

David Sobel's follow-up to Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens walks readers through the nitty-gritty facts of running a nature-based program. Organized around nine themes, each chapter begins with an overview from the author, followed by case studies from diverse early childhood programs, ranging from...

In this comprehensive and abundantly illustrated book, Allan A. Schoenherr describes the natural history of California--a state with a greater range of landforms, a greater variety of habitats, and more kinds of plants and animals than any area of equivalent size in all of...

This book reflects some of the great, and often humorous, experiences he's had in his career, as well as sharing many of his most successful activities he has found useful as an educator. Some are "originals," but many are "borrowed" and revised to fit...

Stunning images of mandalas as they appear in our universe illustrate the story of unity, making this book an uplifting visual treat that reveals our connection to the world and to one another. The mandala is an archetypal symbol of wholeness that is replicated...

With an Introduction by David Amigoni. Charles Darwin's travels around the world as an independent naturalist on HMS Beagle between 1831 and 1836 impressed upon him a sense of the natural world's beauty and sublimity which language could barely capture. Words, he said, were...

Explore the natural beauty of Maryland on foot.Maryland affords a rich variety of natural places for residents and visitors to enjoy, from the Chesapeake shores through expansive Piedmont farmland to the Appalachian Plateau. And whether you're headed to the seashore or the mountains, there...

A closer observation of nature allows us to use all of our senses, relax our overthinking brain and become more mindful. Mindfulness is living in the present moment; quieting thoughts of the past or future. Providing a sense of clarity, gratitude, and well being,...

The biggest US state is full of superlatives. Denali, the highest peak in North America at 20,320 feet, is still rising, pushed upward as a tectonic plate collides from the south. The collision has also created huge mountains along Alaska�s Gulf Coast, where humid...

New in paperback This captivating book of recollections celebrates the holiday traditions of Appalachian families as passed from one generation to the next. Based on Foxfire students' interviews with neighbors and family members, the memories shared here are from a simpler time, when gifts...

Michael Toon wants his Flat Earth Gravity Challenge contestants to waltz into a methodological boondoggle so that he can reject any data that does not subscribe to the unscientific methodologies and pseudo-scientific technologies that he subscribes to. For this reason, Michael Toon amounts to...

Braiding the wild, the spiritual, and the human into poems and meditations, Chrissa Ventrelle focuses on the soothing wisdom of nature and the gift of togetherness in her second collection, What Nature Knows: Poems & Meditations.ISBN-10: 0578910969ISBN-13: 9780578910963Publisher: From a FriendLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2021Pages: 136Format:...