Nature category: 119170 books
A Sugar Creek Chronicle
Observing Climate Change from a Midwestern Woodland
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
In 2010, while editing a report on the effects of climate change in Iowa, ecologist Cornelia Mutel came to grips with the magnitude and urgency of the problem. She already knew the basics: greenhouse gas emissions and global average temperatures are rising on a trajectory that could, within decades,...
Saving Arcadia
A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Saving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes is a suspenseful and intimate land conservation adventure story set in the Great Lakes heartland. The story spans more than forty years, following the fate of a magnificent sand dune on Lake Michigan and the people who care about...
The Wildlife Pond Book
Create Your Own Pond Paradise for Wildlife
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2019
Ponds are vital oases for nature. They are nursery grounds, feeding stops and bathing spots. They are genetic superhighways and vibrant ecosystems each brimming with life, interactions and potential. And they are for everyone.
In The Wildlife Pond Book, Jules Howard offers a fresh perspective...
The Blue, the Gray, and the Green
Toward an Environmental History of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how nature—disease, climate, flora and fauna, and other factors—affected the war and also how the war shaped Americans’ perceptions, understanding,...
Our Existence Part 2 : The Nature & Origin of Life, Mind, and Soul
A straightforward and impartial guide to the science & philosophy of living things
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
What is Life?
In the second book of this intriguing series, the author continues his insights into recent scientific findings; this time concerning the major step-change for existence - the development of life.
While delving into the science behind our bodies and minds, he explores the...
At Nature’s Edge
The Global Present and Long-Term History
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
In an epoch when environmental issues make the headlines, this is a work that goes beyond the everyday. Ecologies as diverse as the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean coast, the Negev desert and the former military bases of Vietnam, or the Namib desert and the east African savannah all have in common...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Technological tools and computational techniques have enhanced the healthcare industry. These advancements have led to significant progress and novel opportunities for biomedical engineering. Nature-Inspired Intelligent Techniques for Solving Biomedical Engineering Problems is a pivotal reference...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
The Romance of Science pays tribute to the wide-ranging and highly influential work of Trevor Levere, historian of science and author of Poetry Realised in Nature, Transforming Matter, Science and the Canadian Arctic, Affinity and Matter and other significant inquiries in the history of modern science....
by Richard Jefferies
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
When Jefferies moved to the outskirts of London to be closer to the hub of literary England, he was surprised to discover an abundance of wildlife in the area. Nature Near London is a collection of his essays exulting in the pleasures of the region’s natural world and rich landscape—from herbs and trees to birds and the breeze.
by Thomas H. Macbride
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
The fungi as a class may hardly be called popular. For various reasons they are, so to speak, under a cloud. They are little known, and so in lieu of better information the legend "poison" seems to run for all the finer and more showy species. If not held absolutely poisonous, most are at...
by Paola Pierpaoli
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 20, 2015
The voices of the spirits of nature collected by Paola Pierpaoli on walks in the area of Lake Bracciano (Rome).
The book is provided with images of anthropomorphic trees and drawings.
It’s suitable for adults and children as it can be read and seen as a fairy tale.
All Nature Sings
An Outdoor Companion for Celebrating God’S Creation
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
All Nature Sings is a selection of classical and contemporary perspectives toward Gods creation and a collection of songs, scriptures, and other inspirational words gathered to help Christians appreciate and see the natural world, Gods creation, through a spiritual lens.
CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDE:...
The Nature of Light
What is a Photon?
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Focusing on the unresolved debate between Newton and Huygens from 300 years ago, The Nature of Light: What is a Photon? discusses the reality behind enigmatic photons. It explores the fundamental issues pertaining to light that still exist today.
Gathering contributions from globally recognized...
Rainbows
Nature and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018
The rainbow is a compelling spectacle in nature—a rare, evanescent, and beautiful bridge between subjective experience and objective reality—and no less remarkable as a cultural phenomenon. A symbol of the Left since the German Peasants’ War of the 1520s, it has been adopted by movements for...