Nature category: 119170 books

We are living in a time of massive change. Our planets life-giving world of nature is suffering unsustainable duress and is headed towards collapse. At the same time, humankind is forging ahead with ever more potent and destructive industrial practices, practices that are causing the over-exploitation...

To be an environmentalist early in the twenty-first century is always to be defending, arguing, acknowledging the hurdles we face in our efforts to protect wild places and fight climate change. But let’s be honest: hedging has never inspired anyone.   So what if we stopped hedging? What if we grounded...

A great collection of bear attack true stories for hikers, hunters, and all who venture into the outdoors. Bears are one of nature’s apex predators, gentle and fuzzy to watch from a distance, fierce and unpredictable when aroused—and then it’s too late for humans to escape a dangerous,...

Thus begins the tale by Stephen Bodio, a lover of birds and nature, of the incredible connection between man and birds of prey. Falconry can be traced back over four thousand years and, as Bodio says, “it is amazing that the practice did not die out soon afterward when its first adherents starved.” With...

Adventure on a DARE is the first in a series of true-life accounts describing Fritz T. Sprandels journey into himself in which he discovers his capricious nature and raises questions about the nature of faith. During the course ofhis adventure, Fritz visits a variety of natural wonders, small towns,...

A nature journal of New Hampshire wetlands life, from an author Annie Dillard calls “a national treasure.”   Following the Water is the intensely observed chronicle of a naturalist’s annual March-to-November wetlands immersion—from the joy of the first turtle sighting in March to the gorgeously...

The rhinoceros’s horn and massive leathery frame belie its docile and solitary nature, causing the animal to be consistently perceived by humans as a monster to be feared. Kelly Enright now deftly sifts fact from fiction in Rhinoceros.             Enright chronicles the vexed...

This is the account of a man's initiation into the outdoors heritage of his home territory. Jim Kilgo was born and raised not to far from the bottomlands of the Great Pee Dee River in South Carolina, but it was not until he was grown that he began to respond to the powerful lure of the forests, fields,...

Even if readers don't speak a word of cluck, bird enthusiasts and animal lovers are bound to be captivated by Whitehackle, a fighting rooster, and Ishmael, a female Cooper's hawk turned chicken thief, as they embark on a life-long duel for dominance. Daniel P Mannix dramatizes the story by filling...

Your child probably already knows how to identify common animals found around them. This Children’s book though focuses on animals that hatch from eggs. Cool photos of said animals and their families are featured here. Your kids will be truly amazed at how many different kinds of animals could come out from eggs that look exactly the same. Get it here now!

Horses, donkeys and mules all look the same, right? But they're different. They have distinguishing characteristics that would set each apart from the other. Make sure that your child names a horse a horse, a donkey a donkey and a mule a mule. Yes, it’s possible because this book exists. Go ahead and grab a copy today.

With ten stunning photographs of animals that can be found near your yard, your little nature lover can prepare for a nature expedition in your back yard! This book, designed for young children, is the fourth in the My First Field Guide series. It captures the imagination with bright, colorful pictures...

Southern Africa is home to a wealth of mammal species, occupying a great diversity of habitats. This easy-to-use, compact book is the perfect pocket identification guide to mammals of the region. It covers - in surprising detail - some 120 mammals, from the smallest (bats, sengis and shrews) to the...

Vegetation dynamics is an important subject. A knowledge and under­ standing of it is central to the science of vegetation management-in grassland, range and nature reserve management, and in aspects of wildlife management, forestry and agricultural crop production. It is also a large and diffuse...