Environmentalists & Naturalists

The story of the scientist who first mapped Minnesota's geology, set against the backdrop of early scientific inquiry in the state At twenty, Newton Horace Winchell declared, "I know nothing about rocks." At twenty-five, he decided to make...

In this marriage of memoir and manifesto, Elizabeth May reflects on her extraordinary life and the people and experiences that have formed her and informed her beliefs about democracy, climate change, and other crucial issues facing Canadians. The book...

The amazing story of one man's obsession with an enigmatic and deadly reptile.Raymond Ditmars (1876 1942), the first curator of reptiles at New York's famous Bronx Zoo, brought cold-blooded animals to public attention as never before. Through wildly...

David Morine’s long love affair with Maine began when he was a boy in 1946 and his parents rented their first lakeside cabin in Fryeburg. At first skeptical about the cost and the lack of plumbing or electricity, the Morines quickly felt right at home...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307360083Author Rob StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage CanadaPublisher Vintage CanadaWeight(grams) 425gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550178074Author Thom HenleyFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour PublishingWeight(grams) 606g

Open Midnight weaves two parallel stories about the great wilderness--Brooke Williams's year alone with his dog ground truthing wilderness maps of southern Utah, and that of his great-great-great-grandfather, who in 1863 made his way with a group of...

In this very special story of transcendent revelations and global repercussions, track the full course of L. Ron Hubbard's scientific horticultural discoveries. Explore his research, articles and personal notes-never before published, and yet which had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684423347Author Thom HatchFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint Turner Publishing CompanyPublisher Turner Publishing Company

Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award A Northern classic and beloved favorite, Two in the Far North chronicles the incredible story of Margaret "Mardy" Murie, called the Grandmother of the Conservation Movement, and how she became one of...

Living Off-grid in Wales examines the new policy context for off-grid rural development by contrasting the policy approach with the activist version of going off-grid. The examples examined in the book feed into much broader debates about the possibility...

My First Summer in the Sierra is the incredible true story of John Muir’s iconic time spent working in the California mountain range of the Sierra Nevada’s. In this republished edition, read about his experience that shaped so much of environmental...

A dynamic and fresh exploration of the naturalist Mark Catesby-who predated John James Audubon by nearly a century- and his influence on how we understand American wildlife.In 1722, Mark Catesby stepped ashore in Charles Town in the Carolina colony. Over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982105051Author David GessnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608685646Author William PowersFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

"Homero is one of the planet's great environmental heroes."—Jacob Scherr, Director of Global Strategy & Advocacy, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC News of the Earth chronicles Homero Aridjis's relationship with the natural world through...

In these inspiring letters to his grandchildren, David Suzuki speaks eloquently about their future and challenges them to be agents of change and to do everything with commitment and passion. He also explains why sports, fishing, feminism, and failure...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781545034842Author Salvatore John MannaFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

What do you do when your world ends? At twenty-eight years old, Krista Schlyer sold almost everything she owned and packed the rest of it in a station wagon bound for the American wild. Her two best friends joined her one a grumpy, grieving introvert,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959030324Author Miriam DarlingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 345g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250033376Author Daphne SheldrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

If you’ve suffered from setbacks or trauma in life, discover a path forward by learning to embrace the power of nature and the beauty in your experiences and pains.As a young, single?mother, Sara Schulting Kranz discovered her path to forgiveness and...

The first biography of a visionary biologist whose groundbreaking ideas regarding wildlife and science revolutionized national parks.   When twenty-three-year-old George Meléndez Wright arrived in Yosemite National Park in 1927 to work as a ranger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619021617Author Joe WilkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 298g

Winner of the Illinois State Historical Society Outstanding Achievement Award Efforts to preserve wild places in the United States began with the allure of scenic grandeur: Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon. But what about the many significant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551646770Author Grace GershunyFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628727661Author Dan EatherleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 451gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816675654Author Sue LeafFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684423330Author Thom HatchFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Turner Publishing CompanyPublisher Turner Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780299329501Author Wallace B GrangeFormat HardbackImprint University of Wisconsin PressPublisher University of Wisconsin Press

The personal diaries of one of America's best-loved naturalists, revealing his difficult and inspiring path to finding his voice and becoming a writer Few writers are as renowned for their eloquence about the natural world, its power and fragility, as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927322048Author Alan MarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Otago University PressPublisher Otago University PressWeight(grams) 688g

In March 1807, Nathaniel Wallich, a young Danish surgeon left his home in Copenhagen towards India. During the troubles of the Napoleonic Wars, it was not possible to foresee, that he was to emerge as one of the most prominent botanists of the globe in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619024489Author Gary FergusonFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780882409146Author Lowell Thomas, Jr.Format HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Alaska Northwest BooksPublisher Graphic Arts Center Publishing CoWeight(grams) 600g

William Stimpson was at the forefront of the American natural history community in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Stimpson displayed an early affinity for the sea and natural history, and after completing an apprenticeship with famed...

Cândido Rondon is by any measure the greatest tropical explorer in history. Between 1890 and 1930, he navigated scores of previously unmapped rivers, traversed untrodden mountain ranges, and hacked his way through jungles so inhospitable that even native...

From the author of the award-winning bestseller An Irish Atlantic Rainforest comes The Magic of An Irish Rainforest: A Visual Journey. In 2023, environmentalist and rewilder Eoghan Daltun travelled the length and breadth of Ireland photographing areas of...

The Pascagoula River is the largest unobstructed river in the contiguous United States. Because of this lack of restraint, the river has been left to rise and fall naturally with the seasons, overflowing annually into the adjoining bottomland forest...

A memoir and investigation exploring loss, community and the climate crisis in the Shetland Islands by environmental journalist Marianne Brown When Marianne Brown arrived in Voe, Shetland, to attend the funeral of her father, she had packed enough...