Nature - General

Throughout his career as a photographer, writer and conservationist, Paul Schaefer has been the Adirondack's leading spokesperson and the driving force behind negotiating New York State's forever wild laws. In this autobiography, Schaefer recalls life in the mountains.Author: Paul SchaeferISBN-10: 0815602758ISBN-13: 9780815602750Publisher: Syracuse University...

"The definitive guide to kayaking the Florida Keys."--Jeff Klinkenberg, St. Petersburg Times"The author has gone to great lengths to provide the necessary details to make kayaking in the Keys easy."--James Bell, Florida Keys National Wildlife RefugeSpanning the 200-mile stretch of the Florida Keys, this...

In this fascinating autobiography from the foremost genius of twentieth-century physics, Max Planck tells the story of his life, his aims, and his thinking. Published posthumously, the papers in this volume were written for the general reader and make accessible his scientific theories as...

Each book in the Adventures with the Parkers series for kids 8-13 takes the Parker family to a popular national park and is packed with adventure as well as interesting facts about park activities, natural history, outdoor safety, and much more. All booksAuthor: Mike...

Nature's Economy is a wide-ranging investigation of ecology's past. It traces the origins of the concept, discusses the thinkers who have shaped it, and shows how it in turn has shaped the modern perception of our place in nature. The book includes portraits of...

Vogel traces the origin of hundreds of Indian place namesAuthor: Virgil J. VogelISBN-10: 0472063650ISBN-13: 9780472063659Publisher: University of Michigan RegionalLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/1986Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d

As part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, acclaimed science writer Philip Ball here looks at the form and growth of branching networks in the natural world, and what we can learn from them. Many patterns in nature...

Geophysics is the physics of the Earth. Central to the Earth Sciences today, it encompasses areas such as seismology, volcanism, plate tectonics, gravitational anomalies, and the Earth's magnetic field (present and past, as captured in rocks), all of which give clues to both the...

Literary Nonfiction. California Interest. Contributors include: Stephen Collis, CAConrad, Matthew Cooperman & Aby Kaupang, Adam Dickinson, Suzi F. Garcia, Brenda Hillman, Brenda Iijima, Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Lucas de Lima, Eric Magrane, Joyelle McSweeney, Julie Patton, Craig Santos Perez, Evelyn Reilly, Linda Russo, Metta...

Edgar Cayce is known world-wide as a psychic and medical intuitive who gave over 14,000 readings between 1901 and 1944. He was born March 18, 1877 on a farm near Hopkinsville KY, and died January 3, 1945 at the age of 67 in Virginia...

This book should become the "Camper's Guide" for anyone interested in staying at any of the state parks and waysides in Minnesota. It is filled with details of each of the parks and waysides; what facilities are available from one park to the next,...

The name of this book really says it all; it is the ULTIMATE book for anyone that is thinking about purchasing or a Dachshund Hound. The author is not only a dog owner, but also a breeder who showed and raised champions for over...

This vintage book contains a complete manual on the keeping of parakeets, with information on health, care, and training, talking, and breeding. Written in simple, plain language and full of useful hints and clear instruction, this is a volume that would be of considerable...

This book is a collection of stories written by one of America's most traveled and experienced turkey hunters; a man who has taken multiple toms from 49 states. Such a feat didn't come easily, so you might expect these pages to fairly drip with...

The tiny, lungless Thorius salamander from southern Mexico, thinner than a match and smaller than a quarter. The lushly white-coated Saki, an arboreal monkey from the Brazilian rainforests. The olinguito, a native of the Andes, which looks part mongoose, part teddy bear. These fantastic...

From an underground copper mine to a remote mountainside overlook, waterfalls, the Porcupine Mountains, and a host of other sites, this book explores the western side of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Ralph G. Pifer, who has explored the area for more than forty years, celebrates...

'Mist fills the Himalayan valleys, and monsoon rain sweeps across the hills. Sometimes, during the day, a bird visits me-a deep purple whistling thrush. She perches on the window sill, and looks out with me at the rain.' This personal diary records the many...

The most comprehensive travel guide to the Philippines has been completely revised and once again proves to be a trailblazer with this new edition. Inside, you'll find places, routes, highlights, hotels, restaurants etc that no other travel guide can offer. It also contains a...

Gaia's Dance is Earth's own enticing adventure story covering billions of years. Looking now through a telescope powerful enough to see Earth from a planet a few thousand light years away from us, we might see an ancient Greek storyteller relating the creation story...

Edmund Russell's much-anticipated new book examines interactions between greyhounds and their owners in England from 1200 to 1900 to make a compelling case that history is an evolutionary process. Challenging the popular notion that animal breeds remain uniform over time and space, Russell integrates...

More than a collection of fishing stories, A Place on the Water is a passionate and eloquent exploration of subjects with broad appeal: love of land and water, informed and unsentimental appreciation of nature, and outrage at changes that threaten to obliterate places we...

A Deadly Chase on The Bering Sea Immerse yourself in crewman Spike Walker's Working on the Edge, an adrenaline-fueled narrative that brings to life the world of Alaskan king crab fishing. Set against the merciless backdrop of the turbulent Bering Sea, the book is...

By the early eighteenth century, the economic primacy, cultural efflorescence, and geopolitical power of the Dutch Republic appeared to be waning. The end of this Golden Age was also an era of natural disasters. Between the late seventeenth and the mid-eighteenth century, Dutch communities...

You Can Heal -Naturally will help anybody who wants to learn about energy medicine, muscle testing and natural health. It is designed in three sections - the beginner section is for the reader who is new to the concept of muscle testing. The intermediate...

First published in 1908, "Scouting for Boys" is the seminal work on scouting by British Army officer and founder of the worldwide scouting movement, Robert Baden-Powell. Originally written as a manual for self-instruction, "Scouting for Boys" details many important scouting skills including scoutcraft, tracking,...

Chronicling her quest for wildness and home in Alaska, naturalist Marilyn Sigman writes lyrically about the history of natural abundance and human notions of wealth--from seals to shellfish to sea otters to herring, halibut, and salmon--in Alaska's iconic Kachemak Bay. Kachemak Bay is a...

What can you do in the winter? Make a snow hill, snowball, snow fort, snow person, and snow angel. Pair this photo-driven nonfiction title with its companion fiction book, Snow Clothes.Author: Katie PetersISBN-10: 1541573471ISBN-13: 9781541573475Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2019Pages: 16Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.10lbsSize: 7.70h...

Conflicts over water prevalent in prehistory continue to expand and intensify. Although this natural resource informed our history, it will definitely controlour future. Unfortunately, those living in the western United States believe in water's abundance with many forgetting that most of the region is...

Like many Americans at the dawn of the 1980s, Richard and Jeanne Coffey were confused about America's direction on the world stage. It was a good time to learn how to live independently. Bogtrotter is the story of a man and woman who sold...

This book should become the "Camper's Guide" for anyone interested in staying at any of the state parks and waysides in Minnesota. It is filled with details of each of the parks and waysides; what facilities are available from one park to the next,...

This portrait of Sandia, the mountain backdrop that dwarfs Albuquerque's sprawl, offers a sense of place through the eyes of a photographer and the words of a writer. Fascinated by Sandia, by the light of its dawns and sunsets, by its seasons, by the...

Bobcats Before Breakfast is the firsthand account of a twentieth century naturalist, guide, hunter, trapper, woodsman who spent more than forty years living with and off the land. With grit and zeal this self-taught naturalist gathered knowledge about how animals live and shared his...

Examines Goethe's neglected but sizable body of scientific work, considers the philosophical foundations of his approach, and applies his method to the real world of nature.Author: David SeamonISBN-10: 0791436829ISBN-13: 9780791436820Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/02/1998Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 9.14h x 5.94w...

The silent and continuous erosion trickling from the top of mountains, via glaciers, tropical forests, sand dunes, icefields of Patagonia, European glaciers into the ocean and the urban waterways of New York's harbor. Tracing an unbroken line, the eye is guided from one sweeping...

This anthology of work by members of the Bay Area Travel Writers transports readers to destinations around the world, moving from Tibet to Morocco to the Philippines, from Ireland to Italy to Mada-gas-car, from a windswept island in the South Atlantic to the North...

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch is a memoir of a ranch and a rock. When my husband and I purchased a beautiful ranch south of Laramie, Wyoming, we didn't realize we were to become experts in barn restoration. Neither did I realize I was...

Mindfulness is easiest in nature and nature is most reliant on the mindfulness of humans. This book offers diverse approaches to a mindful experience of nature in 84 nature-oriented exercises. Those who wish to understand, learn, or intensify the attitude of mindfulness will find...

Author: Henry StephensISBN-10: 1849022585ISBN-13: 9781849022583Publisher: Benediction BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/09/2009Pages: 744Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.66lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.56d

Photos and maps for this edition of the book are in black and white. A color version is available and the ebook is a reproduction of the color version. Organ Mountains- Desert Peaks National Peaks National Monument is located in Do a Ana County...

A woman's passion for wilderness, family, and faith leads her to a land of harsh realities and great fulfillment - a celebrated perspective on the Alaskan experience. "This prose is a vibrant celebration, both sensual and poetic, of the familiar and unobserved nature of...

Spanish Wells Bahamas The Island, The People, The Allure, is written for those who want to explore a true outpost island paradise. In addition to providing the travel-planning essentials necessary to enjoy your perfect vacation, Christopher Cirillo introduces you to some of the fascinating...

Do you have stored food for emergencies? Do you have recipes for tasty food from this stored food? These are recipes for stored- type foods and aren't in any regular cookbooks that I know of. This may be what you're looking for or may...

When professional photographer Laura Walthers captured a photograph of an "enchanted tree" on one of her nature walks, it revealed dozens of images of REAL faeries, gnomes and elves. It was as if the photo was alive And when they began to communicate with...

Author: Tom A. RafinerISBN-10: 1450089542ISBN-13: 9781450089548Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/14/2010Pages: 706Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.55d

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: John C. WisterISBN-10:...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: John Henry ComstockISBN-10: 1446093867ISBN-13: 9781446093863Publisher:...

The Samoyed - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breed from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from a...

The Newfoundland - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breed from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from a...

The Irish Wolfhound - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breed from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from...

The Dachshund - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers together all the best early writing on the breed from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from a...