Science & Nature 18

This fascinating text contains a comprehensive step by step guide pertaining to the preparation and preservation of a bird skin to be used in taxidermy. Containing all the information necessary for ……続きを見る

Résumé : Avec L'Invasion de la mer (1905), Jules Verne annonce une immense transformation topographique et économique de l'Afrique... et n'en décrit que le prélude, conscient des spoliations déjà pr……続きを見る

How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of ……続きを見る

Volume 1 contains fact-based answers to questions from actual nail professionals. Based on Face to Face with Doug Schoon, Episodes 1-50. Doug Schoon, currently residing in Dana Point, CA, is an……続きを見る

An Almanac for Moderns contains a short essay for each day of the year that contemplates a unique but factual aspect of unbridled nature. According to a review in Nation, this collection of essays m……続きを見る

Somos una conciencia inconsciente, producto de una creación artificial y simulada, y por tanto virtual, en un universo binario, representados matemáticamente en un holograma. Podemos decir que nuest……続きを見る

Human reason, in one sphere of its cognition, is called upon to consider questions, which it cannot decline, as they are presented by its own nature, but which it cannot answer, as they transcend ev……続きを見る

No one ever says 'I can't remember if I've seen a whale.' A close encounter with one of the most enigmatic and remarkable creatures on the planet is a life-changing experience. Commercial whale-watc……続きを見る

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR 2017 A rich and exuberant group biography of the first geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history. These fi……続きを見る

The mighty dinosaurs were the dominant life form on earth for millions of years. But catastrophe awaited. In what amounts to a geological blink of an eye, the dinosaurs disappeared. This fun-filled ……続きを見る

Within "A Year in the Fields", Burroughs describes what an English field looks like in spring, summer autumn and winter, exploring the effect the four seasons have on the field and its inhabitants. ……続きを見る

"Time and Change" is a 1912 work on geology by American naturalist John Boroughs. Within it, Burroughs explores the beauty and science behind the history of the Earth in the masterful way for which ……続きを見る

“The Open Air” is a 1885 book by English nature writer J. R. Jefferies. John Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was an English nature writer famous for his exceptional depictions of English country lif……続きを見る

This is John Burroughs' 1875 work, "Winter Sunshine". Within it, he describes with in wonderful prose and in breathtaking detail the beauty of Winter as observed in the New England countryside. Burr……続きを見る

This is John Burroughs 1887 work, "Birds And Poets". It contains masterful sketches of bird life interspersed with delightful poems, interesting historical information, and beautiful descriptive pro……続きを見る

"My Boyhood" is collection of autobiographical sketches by American naturalist John Burroughs. The sketches primarily concern his early boyhood and farm life; and were diligently compiled by his son……続きを見る

"Camping With President Roosevelt" is an account of the author's trip to Yellowstone Park with former American president Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. A fascinating and insightful story interspersed w……続きを見る

"Riverby" is a book written by American naturalist John Burroughs, first published in 1904. It was written at Burroughs' estate of the same name, which is located on the west bank of the Hudson rive……続きを見る

"Wild Apples" is a fascinating and wonderfully-written essay concerning the history and variations of wild apple species by American naturalist Henry David Thoreau. One of Thoreau's major essays, "W……続きを見る

First published in 1907, this is an account of the author's time spent travelling and observing nature with U.S. President Roosevelt. This volume offers both an authentic glimpse of U.S. wildlife an……続きを見る

"The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers" is a collection of essays by American naturalist John Burroughs, first published in 1901. The titular paper, "The Wit of a Duck", is a fascinating essay on bird ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1879, "Locusts And Wild Honey" is a collection of essays by American naturalist John Burroughs, dealing with bees, birds, wild flowers and fruits, and much more. Beautifully-……続きを見る

This volume contains a fantastic collection of nature poetry by American journalist Charles Fletcher Lummis. "Under the Maples" is highly recommended for fans of nature writing and poetry, and it is……続きを見る

First published in 1905, "Ways of Nature" is a collection of essays by American naturalist John Burroughs. Within them, Burroughs explores the idea of bird intelligence, which he maintains had been ……続きを見る

This comprehensive guide to the taxidermy of bones and skeletons is part of a series on taxidermy and comprises seven detailed chapters by various experts on the subject. It is extensively illustrat……続きを見る

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever since. Fol……続きを見る

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever since. Fol……続きを見る

Bramante est le plus grand architecte de la Renaissance. De tous les architectes modernes, c’est lui dont le nom est le plus universellement connu. Et cependant on peut dire que nous ne possédons au……続きを見る

L’accroissement rapide des découvertes scientifiques engendre fatalement l’oubli des découvertes passées et de leurs auteurs ー oubli encore favorisé par le fait regrettable que la plupart des mémoi……続きを見る

Could hemp be the most versatile and indispensable plant on earth? The pressing objective of this public information encyclopaedia (270 illustrations) is to put hemp firmly back in the spotlig……続きを見る