Nature category: 119170 books
The Moth Snowstorm
Nature and Joy
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
The moth snowstorm, a phenomenon Michael McCarthy remembers from his boyhood when moths “would pack a car’s headlight beams like snowflakes in a blizzard,” is a distant memory. Wildlife is being lost, not only in the wholesale extinctions of species but also in the dwindling of those species...
by Ursula Goodenough
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 1998
For many of us, the great scientific discoveries of the modern age--the Big Bang, evolution, quantum physics, relativity-- point to an existence that is bleak, devoid of meaning, pointless. But in The Sacred Depths of Nature, eminent biologist Ursula Goodenough shows us that the scientific world view...
Understanding Nature Vol. 1
Understanding Nature, #1
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
If you love nature and being outdoors - hiking, smelling the fresh air, and feeling the warm sun on your skin - you will love this book! This little book is filled with activities to increase your enjoyment and understanding of the natural world. Not only will you understand nature at a deeper level,...
A Year in Nature with Stan Tekiela
A Naturalist's Notes on the Seasons
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Stan Tekiela, acclaimed naturalist and wildlife photographer, informs and entertains you in these monthly observations of nature. Let him guide you through the seasons with 64 of his most engaging accounts of up-close-and-personal observations and experiences with nature. The month-by-month guide...
Tracks and Shadows
Field Biology as Art
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature, delves into the poetry...
Understanding Nature Vol. 2: Fun Outdoor Activities for Kids
Understanding Nature, #2
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
This is the second volume in the Understanding Nature series. My purpose for writing this volume is to encourage young people to get outdoors and enjoy the natural world. The benefits are many - exercise and fresh air, sparking curiosity and stimulating the imagination, developing a healthy attitude...
What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?
How Money Really Does Grow on Trees
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
During recent years, environmental debate worldwide has been dominated by climate change, carbon emissions and the greenhouse effect. But a number of academic, technical, political, business and NGO initiatives indicate the emergence of a new wave of environmental attention focused on “natural...
Coming of Age at the End of Nature
A Generation Faces Living on a Changed Planet
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Coming of Age at the End of Nature explores a new kind of environmental writing. This powerful anthology gathers the passionate voices of young writers who have grown up in an environmentally damaged and compromised world. Each contributor has come of age since Bill McKibben foretold the doom of humanity’s...
Mathematics in Nature
Modeling Patterns in the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2011
From rainbows, river meanders, and shadows to spider webs, honeycombs, and the markings on animal coats, the visible world is full of patterns that can be described mathematically. Examining such readily observable phenomena, this book introduces readers to the beauty of nature as revealed by mathematics...
Nature and Farming
Sustaining Native Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Conserving and enhancing native biodiversity on farms brings many benefits as well as providing many challenges. Nature and Farming explains why it is important to sustain native plants and animals in agricultural landscapes, and outlines the key issues in developing and implementing practical approaches...
Natural States
The Environmental Imagination in Maine, Oregon, and the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Richard Judd and Christopher Beach define the environmental imagination as the attempt to secure 'a sense of freedom, permanence, and authenticity through communion with nature.' The desire for this connection is based on ideals about nature, wilderness, and the livable landscape that are personal,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
The Best American Series
The next edition in a series praised as “undeniably exquisite” (Maria Popova), The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015 includes work from both award-winning writers and up-and-coming voices in the field. From Brooke Jarvis on deep-ocean mining to Elizabeth...
by Terry Nettle
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
Have you ever wondered why some people are so greedy, domineering, manipulative, nasty, cruel, or even criminal while others are so kind, honorable and responsible? If you do, you will find the answers in this book which addresses the paradox of the dark side and bright side of the human mind. The dark...
by Charles Watts
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Taking a retrospective view of the dark and unenlightened past, when the mighty forces of nature were almost entirely hidden from the human gaze; contemplating the sad spectacle of our forefathers being sunken in gross superstition, ere the light of to-day had arisen above the horizon of mental ignorance,...