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With pictures and stories the Bords present cases of encounters with Bigfoot. The Bigfoot story has moved from certainty of the creatures’ existence to claims of hoaxes, trickery, and outright lies ……続きを見る

Best one-volume guide to 140 native trees and important escapes. Full descriptions, woodlore, range, other information. Over 600 illustrations. Handy pocket size. "One of the best books we have ever……続きを見る

Charles G.D. Roberts’s fame rests on a series of very popular animal stories. Charles G.D. Roberts was a distinguished writer of his time who published more than forty volumes of poetry, romance fic……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS BOOK I. THE DESERTS OF EUROPE AND ASIA:ーTHE LANDES, THE DUNES, AND THE STEPPES. I. THE DESERT IN FR……続きを見る

Our beaches are eroding, sinking, washing out right under our houses, hotels, bridges; vacation dreamlands become nightmare scenes of futile revetments, fills, groins, what have youーall thrown up i……続きを見る

A completely revised edition of Williams's previous work with the late Ruth Ashton Nelson, Handbook of Rocky Mountain Plants, this edition uses simple and clear keys to identify more than 350 specie……続きを見る

This updated edition of The Village Herbalist provides a complete guide to the art and practice of herbalism, as well as an introduction to the herbalist's role in family and community life. Inspira……続きを見る

While many people dream of abandoning civilization and heading into the wilderness, few manage to actually do it. One exception was twenty-four-year-old Elliott Merrick, who in 1929 left his adverti……続きを見る

The indispensable guide to everything we knew and loved before modern life got in the way. This gorgeous and beautifully illustrated countryside miscellany is the perfect purchase for anyone wanting……続きを見る

Kleinvieh macht mehr Mist, als Sie glauben! Der Einklang mit den Jahreszeiten, der Umgang mit Tieren, selbst erzeugtes Obst und Gemüse: So sieht der Traum vom Landleben aus. Aber wie funktioniert da……続きを見る

The Bark River valley in southeastern Wisconsin is a microcosm of the state's - indeed, of the Great Lakes region's - natural and human history. "The Bark River Chronicles" reports one couple's jour……続きを見る

Join celebrated naturalist Stephen Moss, host award-winning BBC series Springwatch and author of The Robin, for a year in the idyllic village of Mark on the Somerset Levels – a watery wonderland ric……続きを見る

Richard Jefferies was the most imaginative and least conventional of nineteenth-century observers of the natural world. Trekking across the English countryside, he recorded his responses to everythi……続きを見る

Field-to-table cuisine! Connect with (and eat) the diverse flora around us. A recent rise in the popularity of urban farming, farmers’ markets, and foraging from nature means more people are looking……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to nests and eggs of British nesting birds, with detailed descriptions of nests, eggs, and where to look for them. Written in clear, plain language and fu……続きを見る

Max Hastings is best known as an acclaimed journalist and military historian. But what is perhaps less well known is his love of the countryside and its pursuits, above all fishing and shooting, whi……続きを見る

Originally published in 1906. This is a reprint of the second revised edition. The author was a pointer fanatic who spent many years on research before writing this book. The well illustrated book c……続きを見る

The Mountain That Was "God" Being a Little Book about the Great Peak Which the Indians Named "Tacoma" but Which Is Officially Called "Rainier" This edition features • i……続きを見る

Monsanto – ein Skandalkonzern manipuliert unsere Nahrung Der Chemie- und Biotech-Riese Monsanto gelangte bisher kaum ins Bewusstsein der Öffentlichkeit, obwohl er mit seinen Produkten wie Pestiziden……続きを見る

Winner, Carroll Abbott Memorial Award, Native Plant Society of Texas, 2002 Many visitors to Texas beaches see only the sands between the surf and the first low dunes. Because few plants grow there, ……続きを見る

Colorful characters once populated the Upper Mississippi River Valley swamps and floodplain forests. These are the river rats, hill folk, and swamp dogs whose stories Kenny Salwey tells so well. Now……続きを見る

The resurgence of state involvement in policymaking in recent years has renewed a long-standing debate about the most effective role for states within a federal system of government. In The Dimensio……続きを見る

In 1930 a sixteen-year-old boy left England to become one of the last of the ‘gentlemen adventurers’ – the fur traders of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In the Arctic he found adventure, love and loss as……続きを見る

When Andrew Furman left the rolling hills of Pennsylvania behind for a new job in Florida, he feared the worst. While he’d heard much of the fabled “southern charm,” he wondered what could possibly ……続きを見る

Chickens-why not? Tens of thousands of people in all areas of the country enjoy raising these birds, whether for food or companionship. You can, too, with this indispensable guide. Then again, you m……続きを見る

On a December day in 1968, DDT went on trial in Madison, Wisconsin. In Banning DDT: How Citizen Activists in Wisconsin Led the Way, Bill Berry details how the citizens, scientists, reporters, and tr……続きを見る

Nature conservation has become increasingly important in Britain over the last three decades. This title, first published in 1986, deals with the critical issues surrounding nature conservation and ……続きを見る

From the Romans who viewed the hedgehog as a weather prophet to modern gardeners who depend on the creature to keep gardens pest-free, the small, spiny animal has had a close connection with humans ……続きを見る

Known as the Blue Book, this guide is a program reference that documents policy for management and operations of the Wildland Fire and Aviation Management Program for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (B……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Walden oder Leben in den Wäldern / Walden; or, Life in the Woods - Zweisprachige Ausgabe (Deutsch-Englisch) / Bilingual edition (German-English)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynam……続きを見る