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In this exhilarating work, Barbara Hurd explores some of the most extraordinary places on earth, from sacred caves in India to secret caves in Arizona. With passionately informed prose, Hurd makes these strange dark spaces come to light, illuminating the...

In the great tradition of Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle, this book is a first-person narrative of daunting travel and scientific discovery in the little-known country of Myanmar. Dr. Kress explored many areas in this enigmatic country, surveying its teak...

A warning, a movement, a collection borne of protest. In Watch Your Head, poems, stories, essays, and artwork sound the alarm on the present and future consequences of the climate emergency. Ice caps are melting, wildfires are raging, and species...

Celebrating the natural diversity of our cities; The assumptions we make about nature writing too often lead us to see it only as a literature about wilderness or rural areas. This anthology broadens our awareness of American nature writing by featuring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061233326Author Annie DillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 227g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770502086Author Hugh W. McKervillFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Whitecap BooksPublisher Whitecap Books Limited

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143473206Author Arupjyoti SaikiaFormat HardbackPage Count 366Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House, IndiaWeight(grams) 788g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952143441Author Roy BarretteFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Islandport PressPublisher Islandport PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476739250Author Robert MoorFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 513g

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Annie Dillard observes "The best of Edward Hoagland is the best in the land." Now, in a beautiful new hardcover edition, signed by the author, and including new material, comes the best observations on nature by the finest essayist of our time.About the...

While living in the Presidio National Park, Leslie Carol Roberts became enchanted with the park's 125-year old forest, native plant and habitat restoration, serpentine rock formations, and wild beaches just outside the Golden Gate. Roberts unearths...

Blending natural history, politics, and allegory, Mary Austin champions local shepherds in the losing battle against the quickly developing tourist business in early twentieth-century California. The Flock is based on Mary Austin's first-hand experiences...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781429096126Author Henry ThoreauFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint American RootsPublisher American RootsWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 168mm * 104mm * 8mm

In playfully pessimistic and thought-provoking essays, author Andrew McMurry explores a vital but fundamentally perverse human practice: destroying our planet while imagining we are not. How are humans able to do this? Entertaining Futility: Despair and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881468274Author John LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Mercer University PressPublisher Mercer University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493052189Author David K. LeffFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 237mm...

"The mother of intersectional Latinx identity." -Cosmopolitan"Scorchingly good."-Cheryl Strayed"The most fearless writer in America." -Luis Alberto Urrea, Pulitzer Prize finalist "A truly distinctive, authentic, and dynamic literary voice. . . Myriam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816537914Author Charles BowdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 275g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781555663100Author Howard E EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 137Imprint Bower HousePublisher Bower House

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781896300535Author Stan RoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint NeWest PressPublisher NeWest PressWeight(grams) 378gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781422376218Author Joseph EwanFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint American Philosophical Society PressPublisher American Philosophical Society Press

Guy de la Valdène’s beautifully written essay (and first book) is an ode to an iconic bird, part natural history, and part hunting memoir. It’s a well-regarded and undisputed classic, an edgy, elegant examination of the habits and history of a reclusive...

A respected author and scholar, Paul A. Johnsgard has spent a lifetime observing the natural delights of Nebraska's woodlands, grasslands, and wetlands. Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie collects his musings on Nebraska's natural history and the issues of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802122971Author Tim FlanneryFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538758335Author Ben WeissenbachFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680576351Author Henry David ThoreauFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Wordfire PressPublisher Wordfire PressWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879611316Author Stella Walthall PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 261Imprint Naturegraph Publishers, IncorporatedPublisher Naturegraph Publishers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948521499Author Lis McLoughlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Human Error PublishingPublisher Human Error PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732320949Author Mike ChristieFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Michael ChristiePublisher Michael ChristieWeight(grams) 236g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611689891Author Michael J. CadutoFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint University Press of New EnglandPublisher University Press of New England

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996971928Author Kathleen O'RourkeFormat PaperbackImprint Booksmyth PressPublisher Booksmyth PressWeight(grams) 218g

And so begins a journey-not only an exploration of rapids, lakes, and forests, but also an inner journey of discovery. Through poetic text and drawings, woven gracefully with quotes by John Muir, Walking Buffalo, Sigurd F. Olson, Henry David Thoreau, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662807169Author Matthew A CroninFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Liberty Hill PublishingPublisher Liberty Hill PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909947061Author Fennel HudsonFormat HardbackPage Count 158Imprint Fennel's Priory LimitedPublisher Fennel's Priory LimitedWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986266404Author Jeffrey RavageFormat PaperbackPage Count 414Imprint Ravaged BooksPublisher Ravaged BooksWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788869774782Author Rudolf GassenhuberFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint MimesisPublisher MimesisWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 9mm