Nature

Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now, award-winning nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-environmentalists from Stegner's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648919602Author HowexpertFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Hot Methods, Inc.Publisher Hot Methods, Inc.Weight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Highly portable, concise, and informative, this is the essential guide for identifying Southern Africa's most visible wildlife. Featuring full-color photos of more than 400 species of birds, mammals, snakes, lizards, and insects, Wildlife of Southern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578721866Author Ann SchaeferFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Backwoods PublishingPublisher Backwoods PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Are "animal welfare" supporters indistinguishable from the animal exploiters they oppose? Do reformist measures reaffirm the underlying principles that make animal exploitation possible in the first place? In this provocative book, Gary L. Francione...

The name John Muir has come to stand for the protection of wild land and wilderness in both America and Britain. Born in Dunbar in 1838, Muir is famed as a pioneer of conservation, and his passion, discipline and vision are still inspirational today...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888390783Author David EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Synthesizes multiple perspectives on Asian forests from early history to the near presentForests have histories that need to be told. This examination of wood and woodlands in East and Southeast Asia brings together case studies from China, Japan, Korea,...

Forest insects play important roles ecologically and economically. They pollinate plants, decompose dead plant and animal tissue, provide food for vertebrates, regulate pest organisms, and shape entire landscapes. Some are considered pests, while others...

Written with passion for anyone interested in seeing an end to the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, this book shows how, by working together, people all over the world who care about these animals are gradually bringing about change for...

Following the destruction of 95% of meadows during the twentieth century, there is an urgent need to understand what little unspoiled habitat remains in order to plan the management and restoration of existing sites, as well as re-creating future...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946390097Author Surya RamachandranFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm)...

Frozen mammals of the Ice Age, preserved for millennia in the tundra, have been a source of fascination and mystery since their first discovery over two centuries ago. These mummies, their ecology, and their preservation are the subject of this...

Horses and humans share an ancient, profoundly complex relationship. Once our most indispensable companions, horses were for millennia essential in helping build our cities, farms, and industries. But during the twentieth century, in an increasingly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312304065Author Malcolm MacPhersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 249g

Once a familiar backyard visitor in many parts of the United States and Mexico, the box turtle is losing the battle against extinction. In North American Box Turtles, C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr., has written the first book-length natural history of the twelve...

Nearly 90 percent of the earth's land surface is directly affected by human infrastructure and activities, yet less than 5 percent is legally "protected" for biodiversity conservation--and even most large protected areas have people living inside their...

The Alaska Nature Set offers the best in wildlife and plant identification for The Last Frontier State. The set includes three Pocket Naturalist Guides to Alaska -- Trees & Wildflowers, Birds, and Wildlife -- and is attractively packaged in a cellophane...

Who can fail to be amazed by the transformation of a tiny egg into a caterpillar, then into a chrysalis, finally to emerge as a beautiful butterfly? This seemingly magical process is the life cycle of every butterfly and moth and is one of the many...

This book investigates how ecology and politics meet in the Middle East and how those interactions connect to the global political economy. Through region-wide analyses and case studies from the Arabian Peninsula, the Gulf of Aden, the Levant and North...

The development of the modern world has brought with it rampant light pollution, destroying the ancient mystery of night and exacting a terrible price--wasted energy, damage to human health, and the sometimes fatal interruption of the life patterns of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615199327Author Danna StaafFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint The Experiment LLCPublisher The Experiment LLCWeight(grams) 426g

How much do animals matter-morally? Can we keep considering them as second class beings, to be used merely for our benefit? Or, should we offer them some form of moral egalitarianism? Inserting itself into the passionate debate over animal rights, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683343134Author Sandra PoucherFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

With illustrative and detailed examples drawn from throughout the country, "Green Infrastructure" advances smart land conservation: largescale thinking and integrated action to plan, protect and manage our natural and restored lands. From the individual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952419300Author Mary NewellFormat HardbackPage Count 546Imprint Dispatches EditionsPublisher Dispatches EditionsWeight(grams) 1143gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Royal Society Prize for Science Books 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780593133255Author Ed YongFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House Trade...

From ancient Pharaohs to 21st Century water wars, papyrus is a unique plant that is still one of the fastest growing plant species on earth. It produces its own "soil"-a peaty, matrix that floats on water-and its stems inspired the fluted columns of the...

Choose the right plant from 200 varieties of cacti and succulents, and learn how to grow and show them off with help from this comprehensive guide.How can you encourage your bunny ear cactus to flower and flourish? What is the best method for propagating...

Our attitudes to our environment are widely and often acrimoniously discussed, commonly misunderstood, and will shape our future. We cannot assume that we behave as newly minted beings in a pristine garden nor as pre-programmed automata incapable of...

While tropical rainforests have received much conservation attention and support for their protection, temperate and boreal rainforests have been largely overlooked. Yet these ecosystems are also unique, supporting rainforest communities, rich in plants...

This book sets out to bridge the order scales among pike researchers, populations, communities, management, and fisheries. It emphasizes the progress of pike research during the last two decades, during which the order-bridging approach emerged. This...

This title features writings from the battlefront of ideas over nature and wildness. Ten years ago, ""The Great New Wilderness Debate"" began a cross-disciplinary conversation about the varied constructions of 'wilderness' and the controversies that...

Bridget MacCaskill has been observing otters for many years and studies undertaken with her late husband Don resulted in books and a film about otters and their environment. Otters are fascinating and delightful creatures but to watch them in their...

North East Canals Through Time follows on from previous titles by specialist author and canal historian Ray Shill, notably North West Canals Through Time: Manchester, Irwell & the Peaks. As a study of the waterway infrastructure of North East England,...

The bee is probably the most written about species after the human race. As so many commentators through the ages have discovered, here is far more to the insect than its biology and life cycle. In Praise of Bees explores bees' place in human lives and...

The Wisconsin Nature Set offers the best in wildlife and plant identification for The Badger State. The set includes three Pocket Naturalist Guides to Wisconsin -- Trees & Wildflowers, Birds, and Wildlife -- and is attractively packaged in a cellophane...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947522643Author Richard CuthbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Otago University PressPublisher Otago University PressWeight(grams) 606g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101981634Author Kirk Wallace JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807090008Author Timothy BealFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press