Nature category: 119170 books
Patterns in Nature
The Analysis of Species Co-Occurrences
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
What species occur where, and why, and why some places harbor more species than others are basic questions for ecologists. Some species simply live in different places: fish live underwater; birds do not. Adaptations follow: most fish have gills; birds have lungs. But as Patterns in Nature reveals,...
Physical Chemistry
Multidisciplinary Applications in Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
The advancements in society are intertwined with the advancements in science. To understand how changes in society occurred, and will continue to change, one has to have a basic understanding of the laws of physics and chemistry. Physical Chemistry: Multidisciplinary Applications in Society examines...
Conserving Europe's Wildlife
Law and Policy of the Natura 2000 Network of Protected Areas
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
The Natura 2000 network of protected areas is the centrepiece of European Union nature policy, currently covering almost one-fifth of the EU’s entire land territory plus large marine areas. This vast EU-wide network, which aims to conserve Europe’s most valuable and threatened species and habitats,...
East of the Cape
Conserving Eden
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
The story of East of the Cape: Conserving Eden is a story about nature and people. The drama takes place in a region located on the south-eastern coast of Africa where nature’s diversity is manifest: rainforest, karoo, fynbos, grassland and savanna are juxtaposed in complex and intriguing ways....
Nature à vendre
Les limites des services écosystémiques
Language: French
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Si l’on sait depuis longtemps que le bien-être humain dépend en partie de la nature, cette dépendance est aujourd’hui mise en exergue à travers la notion de services écosystémiques, définis comme étant les bénéfices que les êtres humains tirent du fonctionnement des écosystèmes.
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Song of the Sparrow
Nature Vignettes Through Lens & Thought
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
Song of the Sparrow offers a sense of wonder inspired by the natural world. The serendipity and enjoyment of nature through the beauty of just being present. The observations of isolated and intimate moments. Some are humorous, some sad, some downright scary. They are filled with rhythmsthe rhythm...
This Hill, This Valley
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
A memoir of a year immersed in nature on a New England farm, by the national bestselling author of The Dog Who Came to Stay.
After a nearly fatal bout of appendicitis, Hal Borland decided to leave the city behind and move with his wife to a farmhouse in rural Connecticut. Their new home on...
Bees Like Flowers
Mummy Nature, #2
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2015
BOOK 2 in the MUMMY NATURE series of children's books.
Watch our happy, helpful friend the Honey Bee, always so busy and buzzy and find out why bees and flowers are such good friends. Illustrations using vivid colours include many real flower species which children may recognise from their...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Marine animals have bodies suited for their watery environments. Those in the arctic tundra have thick fur to protect them from the cold. Different biomes host different animal species, and these animals adapt to their environment. Can you identify the animals living in the water, in the tundra, savanna and mud? Let’s test you out!
by Brenda Tharp
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
A classic guide to creative nature photography, now updated for the digital world.
Amateur and experienced photographers interested in taking more compelling, personal images will love this new edition of Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography, now updated to address the exciting possibilities...
Last Child in the Woods
Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2008
The Book That Launched an International Movement
“An absolute must-read for parents.” —The Boston Globe
“It rivals Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.” —The Cincinnati Enquirer
“I like to play indoors better ’cause that’s where all the electrical outlets are,” reports...
The Nature Principle
Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
For many of us, thinking about the future conjures up images of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: a post-apocalyptic dystopia stripped of nature. Richard Louv, author of the landmark bestseller Last Child in the Woods, urges us to change our vision of the future, suggesting that if we reconceive environmentalism...
Ecotherapy
Healing with Nature in Mind
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
“Groundbreaking . . . Creating a sustainable future means redefining sanity as if the human-nature relationship matters—as it profoundly does.” —Lester R. Brown, president, Earth Policy Institute
In 1995, the anthology Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind brought the...
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2003
**A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now.
"Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --Time**
Now updated with a new afterword
One of the world's...