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From Abronia to Zinnia, Jewels of the Plains describes the natural history and garden merits of more than five hundred Great Plains wildflowers. Considered the authoritative guide by native plant en……続きを見る

Addressing the pervasive longing for meaning and fulfillment in this time of crisis, Nature and the Human Soul introduces a visionary ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully and cr……続きを見る

The first comprehensive study of the park, past and present, Death Valley National Park probes the environmental and human history of this most astonishing desert. Established as a national monument……続きを見る

The American West is home to some of the best backpacking trips in the world, and within California and Nevada are several outstanding destination trails. Hikers from all over the country, and aroun……続きを見る

In 1968 the residents of Lovell, Wyoming, began the work of saving the Pryor Mountain Mustang, a breed of horse with a genetic link dating back to the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistadores’ horse……続きを見る

The history of Lake Tahoe begins with the Washoe Indians who resided on its shores for thousands of years, with minimal impact on the landscape. The relatively brief American history at Lake Tahoe b……続きを見る

An engaging look at the history of the piñon pine and its ecosystem. Combining natural history and observations of the cultural importance of the tree to both native Indians and European settlers, L……続きを見る

This collection of essays examines the relationship between environmental injustice and the exploitation of working-class people. Twelve scholars from the fields of environmental humanities and the ……続きを見る

In No Place Like Home, Linda Hasselstrom ponders the changing nature of community in the modern West, where old family ranches are being turned into subdivisions and historic towns are evolving into……続きを見る

Friendly Fallout 1953 is a hybrid work of literature that combines the actual history of aboveground atomic testing in the Nevada desert in 1953 with fictional vignettes that explore the impact of t……続きを見る

There are many books that provide very technical details concerning honey bees. Often we want just the facts in simple and easy terms. Here you have just that, a layman's reference to honey bees. Th……続きを見る

It used to be: If you see a coyote, shoot it. Better yet, a bear. Best of all, perhaps? A wolf. How we’ve gotten from there to here, where such predators are reintroduced, protected, and in some cas……続きを見る

It is difficult to think of a more quintessential symbol of the British countryside than the British Hedgerow, bursting with blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes, and home to oak and ash, field mice an……続きを見る

Australia has a rich and unique array of animals, including the largest diversity of marsupials on earth. The recent growth in ecotourism has increased the popularity of mammal-spotting, particularl……続きを見る

From Riverbeds to Coastlines: The Ultimate Guide to Alabama’s Turtles. For nearly 200 million years, Earth has been occupied by reptilesーa lineage of terrestrial vertebrates that includes some, lik……続きを見る

Most people who are familiar with the Painted Desert of northeastern Arizona know it only from having pulled off at the Petrified Forest exit on Interstate 40. If they happen to come by it at midday……続きを見る

Reflections on the natural world and our place within it from one of our finest natural history writers – nature writing at its very best. We've all got one. A secret, special place. Hidden. Enclose……続きを見る

At the age of nineteen, biology student Chuck McAllister left behind his comfortable but uninspiring suburban life to seek adventure, clarity, and some kind of meaningful existence on the Caribbean ……続きを見る

For many, these mountains represent the Apache stronghold of Geronimo. For others, they are a birdwatcher's paradise. But the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona are more than this. They ar……続きを見る

**Waterーor the lack of itー**has shaped the contours of the American West and continues to dominate the region's development. From the incursions of the Spanish conquistadores to the dams of the Ne……続きを見る

**“You’ll come away from this riveting book blessed with owl wisdom that will enlarge your world forever.” ーSy Montgomery, author ofBirdologyandThe Soul of an Octopus In this New York Times bestsel……続きを見る

Linda Hogan and Contemporary Taiwanese Writers: an Ecocritical Study of Indigeneities and Environment is the first full length single-authored study of Native American writer Linda Hogan and the fir……続きを見る

Table of Contents Introduction Why do the leaves change color? What happens during Autumn? Fun things to do! Chapter 1: Harvest What changes happen to planet Earth during autumn? Apples Onions Squas……続きを見る

“Another fine, reflective, anecdotal look at rural Texas.” ーNew Yorker “Graves writes eloquently about a countryman’s concerns. There's not a false note in the book.” ーBoston Globe “Like the unmor……続きを見る

With the advent of inexpensive, high-power telescopes priced at under $250, amateur astronomy is now within the reach of anyone, and this is the ideal book to get you started. The Illustrated Guide ……続きを見る

À la veille de la Conférence internationale sur le climat dont Paris sera l'hôte en décembre 2015, ce livre propose un tour de France des nouveaux périls climatiques qui nous concernent directement,……続きを見る

Janice Emily Bowers takes readers from New Mexico’s White Sands to Utah’s Coral Pink Dunes to the Death Valley dunes of California and beyond. Beautifully written and illustrated, Dune Country is a ……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "JOHN MUIR Ultimate Collection: Travel Memoirs, Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies & Letters (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and de……続きを見る

Texas has a large and diverse turtle population, with forms that are found nowhere else (Cagle’s Map Turtle and the Texas Map Turtle) and wide-ranging species that barely touch the state, including ……続きを見る

Ecocriticism is a critical approach that focuses on the representation in literature of the non-human elements of the natural world, a method of inquiry that has been largely limited to literature w……続きを見る