Nature category: 119170 books
The Way of Coyote
Shared Journeys in the Urban Wilds
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
A hiking trail through majestic mountains. A raw, unpeopled wilderness stretching as far as the eye can see. These are the settings we associate with our most famous books about nature. But Gavin Van Horn isn’t most nature writers. He lives and works not in some perfectly remote cabin in the woods...
Shapes
Nature's patterns: a tapestry in three parts
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Patterns are everywhere in nature - in the ranks of clouds in the sky, the stripes of an angelfish, the arrangement of petals in flowers. Where does this order and regularity come from? It creates itself. The patterns we see come from self-organization. Whether living or non-living, scientists have...
Theodore Roosevelt for Nature Lovers
Adventures with America's Great Outdoorsman
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
For history and nature fans
Theodore Roosevelt is one of the most beloved U.S. presidents of all time.
Handsomely designed with more than 40 illustrations and photographs.
A nice gift for history buffs and naturalists.
In addition to being a politician, frontiersman, and rancher, Roosevelt...
Between Mind and Nature
A History of Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
From William James to Ivan Pavlov, John Dewey to Sigmund Freud, the Würzburg School to the Chicago School, psychology has spanned centuries and continents. Today, the word is an all-encompassing name for a bewildering range of beliefs about what psychologists know and do, and this intrinsic interest...
Ignoring Nature No More
The Case for Compassionate Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
For far too long humans have been ignoring nature. As the most dominant, overproducing, overconsuming, big-brained, big-footed, arrogant, and invasive species ever known, we are wrecking the planet at an unprecedented rate. And while science is important to our understanding of the impact we have...
by Michael J Roads
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
CONSCIOUS GARDENING covers all the natural, physical aspects of organic gardening, like mulching, the living soil, composting, natural fertilisers, lawns, organic sprays, growing vegetables, fruit and berries according to climate, paramagnetic energy, hens for eggs and tons more, all very detailed...to...
by Elizabeth Lawlor
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
Though we often think of the natural world as lying far from our front door, often the most interesting aspects of nature can be found in the kitchen, basement, or backyard. Discover Nature Around the House explores the properties, processes, and phases of the plant and animal life in our own homes,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
The nature of reality has been a long-debated issue among scientists and philosophers. In 1930, Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein had a long conversation on the nature of reality. This conversation has been widely quoted and discussed by scientists, philosophers and scholars from the literary...
Moral Materialism
A Semantic Theory of Ethical Naturalism
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Modern science describes the physical effects of material causes, but not the moral consequences of conscious choices. Is nature merely a rational place, or is it also a moral place? The question of morality has always been important for economists, sociologists, political theorists, and lawmakers....
Nature's Design
exploring the mysteries of the natural world
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
What's so special about grass? Why do cows have four stomachs? When will lions give their last roar? How do animals plan menus - and co-ordinate hunts? Why do bees dance? How many elephants are too many? This compelling book explores and finds answers to some of Nature's most intriguing mysteries....
ReWild
The Art of Returning to Nature
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
As our busy, technology-driven lives become more sedentary and less connected to wildlife, it is important to remember the natural, human connection we have to the wilderness.
Nick Baker, naturalist and wildlife presenter, takes the reader back to our natural instincts. Journeying through...
Environmental Infrastructure in African History
Examining the Myth of Natural Resource Management in Namibia
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Environmental Infrastructure in African History offers a new approach for analyzing and narrating environmental change. Environmental change conventionally is understood as occurring in a linear fashion, moving from a state of more nature to a state of less nature and more culture. In this model,...
by Elizabeth Lawlor
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
Winter is no time to limit nature activity! In Discover Nature in Winter, informative background on winter stargazing, wildlife behavior, deciduous and coniferous trees, melt-freeze cycles, and much more are paired with hands-on explorations that bring this season to life—no matter where you live....
by Roseann Beggy Hanson, Jonathan Hanson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Southern Arizona is a not only a world-class travel destination, it's also a region with so many natural attractions that even its residents never run out of places to explore. The Southern Arizona Nature Almanac reveals the incredible diversity of the desert Southwest by highlighting its most compelling...