Environmentalists & Naturalists

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

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 224Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

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 9780816675654Author Sue LeafFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota Press

Award-winning author, Thom Hatch presents the definitive biography of George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), who was recognized in his time as "The Father of American Conservation." This book chronicles not only Grinnell's life, but also offers a history of...

Wallace Byron Grange (1905-87) was an influential conservationist who worked alongside Aldo Leopold. Grange's story vividly describes his mostly idyllic childhood watching bird life in the once grand prairies just west of Chicago. He documents his...

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 nineteenth century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (Regional Book) 2016.Book InformationISBN 9781619024489Author Gary FergusonFormat HardbackPage Count...

Lowell Thomas Jr. is a famed Alaskan who made his mark as a Bush pilot and by serving in state government, but who also has had a lifetime's worth of adventures that have taken him around the world. Thomas, now eighty-nine, and living in Anchorage, is...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733519045Author Susan MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Essex EditionsPublisher Essex EditionsWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994160645Author Samuel AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Simplicity InstitutePublisher Simplicity InstituteWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847719553Author Teleri BevanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741105520Author Richard ShearsFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint New Holland PublishersPublisher New Holland PublishersWeight(grams) 320g

When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of 'rogue' elephants on his reserve at Thula Thula, his commonsense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival - notorious escape artists, they would...

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A landmark publication by the greatest natural history broadcaster of our times on how to save the ocean - and consequently our planet

Peter Scott was a remarkable man who led an extraordinary life. Writer, artist, broadcaster, conservationist, sportsman; in any one of his chosen fields he would have been remembered as someone who made a difference. That he excelled in all of these is...

Ecocritical Explorations of the Climate Crisis expands postcolonial precarity studies by addressing the current climate crisis and threats to the habitability of the planet from a range of ecocritical and environmental perspectives. The collection uses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955905589Author Eiren CaffallFormat HardbackPage Count 294Imprint Row House PublishingPublisher Row House Publishing

The story of a mother’s quest to end her family’s food waste—and all the blunders that came with it.Teralyn Pilgrim had no idea the environmental and economic impact of food waste, or that she could save $100 a month by being waste free. But when a story...

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...