Essays

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813080963Author Andrew FurmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint University Press of FloridaPublisher University Press of Florida

Wild Fictions brings together Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary writing on the subjects that have obsessed him over the last twenty-five years: literature and language; climate change and the environment; human lives, travel, and discoveries. The spaces that...

What does it mean to be a part of-rather than apart from-nature? This book is about how we interact with wildlife and the ways in which this can make our lives richer and more fulfilling. But it also explores the conflicts and contradictions inevitable...

The Appalachian Trail is the longest continuous footpath in the world. Its 2,140 miles run through 14 states--from Georgia to Maine--and vastly different natural and social environments, from the solitary splendor of mountain crags to the genial slopes...

The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary.About the AuthorJ. Baird Callicott is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798989178421Author Ted LevinFormat PaperbackPage Count 460Imprint Green Writers PressPublisher Green Writers Press

The essays in Farnklin Burroughs' new collection--many of which were published in Down East magazine as part of Burroughs' "Room With a View" column--cast a wide net over the land, water, and wildlife of his adopted state--Maine. Moving casually between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596293557Author George EllisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 241mm...

Presenting a wide range of views and strategies, The Green Halo analyzes the problematic relations between humans and the rest of the natural world. The author looks at the views of thinkers including John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Al Gore, and suggests...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956368529Author Jeff Darren MuseFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Wayfarer BooksPublisher Wayfarer BooksWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781429096140Author John MuirFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint American RootsPublisher American RootsWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 170mm * 112mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250858856Author Amy LeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 193mm * 124mm...

From the author of ""Through Animals' Eyes"" come more true stories from the rare perspective of someone who not only cares for the animals she treats, but also has never wanted nor tried to tame or change them. Lynn Cuny founded Wildlife Rescue and...

The Rincon Mountains east of Tucson are a small and seemingly undistinguished range; rounded and arid, they are more a site for foothill walks than serious exploring. Yet, upon close inspection, these unassuming mountains disclose many wonders and...

Mountain Time: A Field Guide to Astonishment is an essay collection that explores the inner and outer natures of remarkable human and nonhuman beings. It is a book about paying attention-with the mind and with the heart. The essays confront the ethical...

In this eclectic anthology, more than 20 scientists, nature writers, poets, and Zen practitioners, attest to how paying attention to nature can be a healing antidote to the hectic and harrying pace of our lives. Throughout this provocative and uplifting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990565109Author Jennifer a PayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Three Chairs PublishingPublisher Three Chairs PublishingWeight(grams)...

Delightful tales of hunting and fishing, family, friends, dogs, and precious time well spent and cherished Nationally recognized and award-winning writer Jim Mize captures the true essence of sport and living life to the fullest in this collection of...

Winner, 2020 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.An impassioned call for recognizing and preserving the ecological wonders of the Allegheny PlateauYosemite National Park, Louisiana's bayou, the rocky coasts of New England, the...

This volume contains eleven mountain adventures, from the high Sierras in California to first ascents in Alaska. In each John Muir, who founded the Sierra Club in 1892, maintains a careful and subtle balance between the physical and symbolic aspects of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816523849Author Carol Ann BassettFormat PaperbackPage Count 89Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 174g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816522422Author Mathew Barrett GrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 201Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams)...

Mention Nevada, and most people think of one of three things: nuclear testing, the feverish glitter of Las Vegas, or a view of drab, endless valleys and barren mountains glimpsed from a car speeding toward California. This title aims to show another side...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816537921Author Charles BowdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 270g

Since Roy Bedichek's influential ""Adventures with a Texas Naturalist"", no book has attempted to explore the uniqueness of Texas nature, or reflected the changes in the human landscape that have accelerated since Bedichek's time. ""Pride of Place""...

In this account of a simple life, Stephanie Mills reaches deep into classical sources of pleasure - good food, good health, good friends and particularly the endless delights of the natural world. Her musings about the life she desires - and the life she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679767985Author Anne RaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

With Mountain Madness, Clinton Crockett Peters chronicles his travels and personal transformation from a West Texas evangelical to mountain guide-addict to humbled humanist after a near-fatal injury in Japan's Chichibu Mountains. From 2007 to 2010,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679755012Author Joseph BarbatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 326gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

In essays that span several decades, Heinrich finds himself at home in his beloved camp in Maine, where he plays host to annoying visitors from Europe (the cluster flies) and more helpful guests from Asia (ladybugs); and as far away as Botswana, where he...

Trees are guiding symbols for Yelizaveta P. Renfro in her life and in her work. Combining memoir and nature writing, this book comprises nine essays that represent different seasons and slices of time, not unlike the rings of a tree. No two rings are...

A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed 20,000 miles of the South American...

Have you ever wondered about society's desire to cultivate the perfect lawn, why we view some animals as "good" and some as "bad," or even thought about the bits of nature inside everyday items-toothbrushes, cell phones, and coffee mugs? In this fresh...

Grand Teton National Park draws more than three million visitors annually in search of wildlife, outdoor adventure, solitude, and inspiration. This collection of writings showcases the park's natural and human histories through stories of drama and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609381189Author Paul ErringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint University of Iowa PressPublisher University of Iowa PressWeight(grams) 350g

Someone once asked me how much I charge to guide people into the woods. "That's free," I explained. "Anyone can get themselves into the woods. You pay me to get you out." Can anyone really know the northern forest? It is something you feel more in your...

Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park have been described as the climax of the coast of Maine. Millions are drawn every year to the stunning beauty of this rocky landscape of spruce-fir forest and granite islands. Some, like nature writer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780878397099Author Douglas WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint North Star Press of Saint Cloud IncPublisher North Star Press of Saint Cloud...

In his powerful memoir Where the Wind Dreams of Staying, Eric Dieterle captures the emotional storms of a boy, and then a man, who seeks meaning in a place, or a place with meaning. His restless search for purpose and identity in the American West moves...

"It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately...