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A stunning collection of personal observations that uses images of the American West to probe larger concerns in lyrical, evocative prose that is a true celebration of the region.続きを見る

A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty."@lt;br@gt;THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEW@lt;br@gt;Edward Abbey lived for three seasons in the desert……続きを見る

Coming into the Country "is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness o……続きを見る

Barry Lopez's National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his masterpiece. Lopez offers a thorough examination of this obscure world-its terrain, its wildlife, its history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on their icy shores. But what t……続きを見る

These easy-to-use guides are divided into three parts: introductory essays; color plates and species accounts; and appendices - all in a convenient size!続きを見る

Identifying birds that visit feeders is made easy with this at-a-glance guide, which includes range maps and descriptions of birds and foods that attract them. 34 color plates. 14 color photos.続きを見る

Designed to help readers more fully understand how animals live and survive in the wilds, this guide is a must for every nature explorer. Detailed line drawings and text reveal clues found in an animal's tracks that help identify it.続きを見る

Some sharks can bite 300 times harder than a person and can hear prey in the water from 3,000 feet away. Find out more about these impressive hunters, from the tiny pygmy shark to the giant whale shark.続きを見る

The classic of nature writing--the spellbinding story of adventures among arctic wolves--is now available in a new paperback edition.続きを見る

Picturesque descriptions and sketches by one of America's most important and influential naturalists describes the author's 1869 stay in California's Yosemite River Valley and the Sierra Mountains. Muir's engaging journal describes majestic vistas, flora and fauna, as well as the region's other br……続きを見る

Color detailed, accurate depictions of 45 species: elephant stag beetle, earwig, scorpion, tarantula, black widow spider, human flea, pleasing fungus beetle, many more. Informative captions.続きを見る

For the centennial of the birth of "Silent Spring" author Rachel Carson, a new edition of her groundbreaking paean to the sea Celebrating the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, "Under the Sea-Wind"-Rachel Carson続きを見る

All 933 identification pictures are full-color photos of significant details of virtually all native trees and many cultivated species as you see them in their natural habitat.続きを見る

An uproarious and authoritative natural history in the form of letters to and answers from the preeminent sexpert in all creation, this bestselling guidebook to sex reveals, for example, when necrophilia is acceptable, how to have a virgin birth, and when to eat your lover.続きを見る

In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was nature ……続きを見る

In the book which won her a Pulitzer Prize in 1975, Dillard writes in the form of a journal, trying to understand God by chronicling the seasons along Tinker Creek in Virginias Blue Ridge Mountains, and by exploring the paradoxical coexistence of beauty and violence.続きを見る

Eight rules of mushroom gathering, color photographs, identification checklist, recipes, advice on handling, and more.続きを見る

Three simple-reference sections use carefully crafted questions and answers devised by veterinarians to provide all the tools needed to deal with everything from general horse care and welfare to more serious illnesses and injuries. With its highly visual flow-chart format readers can start with a……続きを見る

This field guide features the wildflowers from the southern tip of the Appalachians in Georgia and Alabama to the Blue Ridge Parkway of North Carolina and Virginia, including Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Full-color examples throughout make it easy to identify and enjoy the rich flower life……続きを見る

With hundreds of color photos and concise information, this reference has everything gardeners and naturalists need to know about caterpillars and the plants that help them turn into butterflies.続きを見る

A guide to identification of marine plant and animal life along 88,600 miles of tidal shoreline of the United States.続きを見る

With this book, published more than a half-century ago, Aldo Leopold created the discipline of wildlife management. Although "A Sand Country Almanac" is doubtless Leopold's most popular book, "Game Management" may well be his most important. In this book he revolutionized the field of conservation.続きを見る

Did you know that while in flight, the sparrow's heart can beat up to 760 times per minute? Or that a baby blue whale grows at a rate of 3.3 kg an hour while it's nursing, a grand total of 17 tons by the end of the nursing stage? How about that glow worms have a light output efficiency of 100%, as……続きを見る

ー Only state specific mammals--and all of them ー great photos--full page and smaller insets showing morphs and juveniles ー scan photos--often the only thing we are able to see of a mammal ー tracks--both individually and in patterns ー information on food. habitat, young, size and more ー range……続きを見る

All the wild trees, shrubs, and woody vines in the area north to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina and Tennessee, and west to the Dakotas and Kansas are described in detail. Accounts of 646 species include shape and arrangement of leaves, height, color, bark texture, flowering season, and frui……続きを見る