Nature - General

In this fascinating autobiography from the foremost genius of twentieth-century physics, Max Planck tells the story of his life, his aims, and his thinking. Published posthumously, the papers in this volume were written for the general reader and make accessible his scientific theories as...

A lyrical, sensuous and thoroughly engrossing memoir of one critical year in the life of an organic peach farmer, Epitaph for a Peach is "a delightful narrative . . . with poetic flair and a sense of humor" (Library Journal). Line drawings.Author: David M....

When the mercury starts to rise and the days stretch out longer, it can only mean one thing. It's spring! This season of changing weather brings rain, sunshine, and more. Explore all kinds of spring weather through simple, inviting text paired with vibrant images...

Explains climate change is real but not caused by human contribution. Further, human beings cannot stop it.Author: Joseph S. JableckiISBN-10: 1954886942ISBN-13: 9781954886940Publisher: Litprime SolutionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2021Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.23d

This book is respectfully dedicated by the writer-publisher to L.M. (Yellow Creek) Watson; whose life work with hounds of all kinds has been a quality of which this nation's breeders of dogs may justly be proud; and whose forthright courage in standing behind his...

An unparalleled collection of the finest writings about hunting dogs.Author: Lamar UnderwoodISBN-10: 1493058533ISBN-13: 9781493058532Publisher: Lyons PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2021Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.07h x 6.10w x 0.62d

Greyscale drawings of forests and wilderness for you to color. You will find fields, trees, forest expanses, wilderness and details of nature. You will love this new kind of colouring images. The greyscale adds depth and makes it look like a photo. Fun and...

This new edition of Bradt's Sri Lankan Wildlife has been fully updated to reflect all the most recent developments relevant to visitors to this beguiling island who come to watch wildlife. Whale watching, now a major part of Sri Lanka's wildlife experience, is covered,...

Dog-Speak or DoggoLingo (alternately at times referred to as woof, bork or yiff) is the idea is that such words are a dog's own idiom and are purported to be the thinking words that go on in a dog's own brain. In other words,...

Rhymed Prose Poetry. Personal and mystical. Full of heart, humor, and goodwill. Escape town on a freshet-driven and log raft-hewed tidal river, strategically survive a windstorm in comfort, examine the rhythm of life through a cow traffic jam, economize like skunk cabbage, test generational...

After three years working as a young vet in rural Aberdeenshire, Hugh Cran decided that it was time for a change. He got it. He took a post in Kenya and, forty years later, he's still there, still working, still loving every exasperating, challenging,...

This wonderfully detailed account of a solo journey taken along the back roads, shoreline trails and mountain paths of coastal California is a comprehensive celebration of nature and travel with a classic-rock soundtrack that puts the reader enjoyably in the passenger seat. From forested...

Trees offer gems of wisdom. You will be delightfully surprised in their conversations about life. You will be inspired by each tree's response, photo personally taken, and auric field description. If you are a tree lover, you will enjoy the ways to communicate with...

Welcome to A Mixed Bag, an eclectic assortment of poems inspired through the experience of living an ordinary life, a mixture of tears and sorrow . . . joys and laughter. The poems collected here, born from my mother's passing, reflect the fact life...

This book has resulted from collaborative interactions between academic institutions and animal shelters. It contains a collection of eleven papers (one review and ten research articles) on the behavior of dogs and cats in animal shelters, which can be very challenging environments. The papers...

A novel fusing of multiple approaches and range of examples exploring the dimensions, objects, and import of aesthetic encounters.Author: Robert E. InnisISBN-10: 1438488254ISBN-13: 9781438488257Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2022Pages: 214Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

The recent emergence of the vegetal world in contemporary art is the symptom of a new cultural shift. No longer just interested in their aesthetic beauty, artists now look at plant-agency and intelligence or focus on new considerations of plants as key players in...

In this beautifully illustrated book of tales, ikebana master Koka Fukushima introduces the reader, season by season, to the personalities of the flower materials she has interacted with in her half-century of flower arranging in Japan and around the world. One by one, she...

While the influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) looms large over the natural sciences, his legacy reaches far beyond the field notebooks of naturalists. Humboldt's 1799-1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimé Bonpland not only set the course for the...

In this novel exploration of Reformed spirituality, Belden C. Lane uncovers a "green theology" that celebrates a community of jubilant creatures of all languages and species. Lane reveals an ecologically sensitive Calvin who spoke of himself as ''ravished'' by the earth's beauty. He speaks...

A collection of short poems that follow a journey from darkness into light, and the ultimate realization that once we have discovered our own light and power, we have a duty and a privilege to spread this light into the world. "Walking With Light"...

The first in the series, 'Chameleon' is a book that will touch your heart and soul. The story follows a young Ben who witnesses the brutal murder of a lion while on a jungle safari with his family. The incident incites a spark inside...

This book allows birders with no familiarity of Costa Rica to know where to travel for great birds, great photos of superior species and information helpful to them in their journey. Life listers will likely pick up 350-400 lifers in a couple weeks of...

Dogs seem to be happy all the time, with no worries, no cares, living every day to the fullest. How do they do this? In this moving and uplifting work, W. R. Pursche examines how dogs live and translates their way of life into...

Established in 1836, the Bristol Zoo is the world's oldest surviving zoo outside of a capital city and has frequently been at the vanguard of zoo innovation. In The Wild Within, Andrew Flack uses the experiences of the Bristol Zoo to explore the complex...

"I have the crazy idea to represent in one work the entire material universe, everything we know today of the phenomena in the celestial spaces and of life on earth, from the stars in the nebulae to the geography of mosses and gigantic rocks,...

Learn the essentials of Asian spices and herbs with this useful and portable reference book. The Handy Pocket Guide to Tropical Herbs & Spices introduces over 35 different herbs, spices and aromatics commonly found in Asia. Each item is clearly presented and described in...

In books such as The Complete Walker and The Man Who Walked Through Time, Colin Fletcher has established a reputation as a literate and witty apostle of roughing it. Secret Worlds of Colin Fletcher is a highly personal celebration of solitary backpacking (and day...

More than 400 years ago William Gilbert said, "The Earth itself is a great magnet." Today, we know that it is also a great magnetic tape recorder. This work is a comprehensive, up-to-date textbook on extracting and using rock and paleomagnetic data in archaeological,...

When most people think of Detroit and music, they think of the Motown sound. But what many people forget is that Detroit has a remarkable jazz history, which became a major influence in what came to be known as the Motown sound.Before Motown is...

"I found it filled with many interesting things . . . ."---Arthur Miller"For those of us who have admiration and affection for the university and the city of Ann Arbor, it is fascinating reading."---Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States"Marwil clearly documents...

Creative EvolutionBy Henri BergsonTranslated by Arthur MitchellThe history of the evolution of life, incomplete as it yet is, already reveals to us how the intellect has been formed, by an uninterrupted progress, along a line which ascends through the vertebrate series up to man....

Naturalist, hunter, and explorer Charles Shedon's descriptive account of traversing the remote, untamed wilderness of Alaska in 1904. Includes photographs from the exploration.Author: Charles SheldonISBN-10: 1500459801ISBN-13: 9781500459802Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/08/2011Pages: 218Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.46d

Native Americans have long survived off the land of Vermont's plains and mountain-lands. The many species of trees, bushes and plants throughout the state have provided them with food, medicine and shelter. Whether for survival, curiosity or just for fun, this book will walk...

Native Americans have long survived off the land of Connecticut's plains and mountain-lands. The many species of trees, bushes and plants throughout the state have provided them with food, medicine and shelter. Whether for survival, curiosity or just for fun, this book will walk...

Entertaining, colorful, and deceptively full of facts, This Phenomenal Life tells the story of the wondrous ways that humans are always completely at one with our surrounding world. From the vast galaxies above to the miniature microbes within, humans are organically connected to the...

Diary of a Nobody is near perfect as a piece of English comedy, its humor gentle and subtle, its depiction of character, class, time and location flawless. It fixes forever the late-Victorian world of the respectable Lower Middle Class, populated by clerks, petty merchants...

Never has the world come as close to the catastrophic destruction that nearly came to pass in October 1962. The United States and the Soviet Union, uneasy allies in World War II but Cold War rivals after the defeat of Germany, squared off over...

In Medicinal Plants of the Borderlands: A Bilingual Resource Guide, anthropologist Dr. Antonio "Tony" Zavaleta shares medicinal plant information from his lifetime of experiences with Mexican folk healers known as curandero/a(s). Consulting with their patients, healers issue recetas, handwritten prescribed orders for medicinal plants...

One of the most spectacular drives in North America, the San Juan Skyway is a 236 mile loop which winds through forests of aspen and pine, over high passes with stunning panoramic views of mountain ranges exceeding 14,000 feet in elevation, through historic mining...

Originally published in Germany in 1923, "The German Shepherd Dog in Word and Picture" is the English translation of what is probably the most important book ever published on this popular breed. This volume is highly recommended for owners and breeders alike, and it...

Guide to Afro-Cuban Herbalism is aimed to serve as a reference tool for practitioners of the various african based traditions such as Afro-Cuban Orisha/Ifa Worship, Vodou, Camdomble, et al. This book provides extensive information on the medicinal, religious and magical uses of 700 plants.Author:...

A truly inspiring story, in gorgeous prose, about one family's journey into blueberry farming. Delicious reading. --Naomi Wolf, author of The End of America The Blueberry Years is a mouth-watering and delightful memoir based on Jim Minick's trials and tribulations as an organic blueberry...

In this book, Sander Van der Leeuw examines how the modern world has been caught in a socio-economic dynamic that has generated the conundrum of sustainability. Combining the methods of social science and complex systems science, he explores how western, developed nations have globalized...

This short and easy to read guide discusses what you need to think about for your goats. What are your goats housing and bedding options? What to think about when setting up the best pasture for your goats? What are your options for fencing...

The Life of the Spider is a volume in Jean-Henri Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques", in which he shares fifty years of careful observation. He re-acquaints us with the most everyday insects, inspiring a new interest, awareness and understanding in the reader. This volume concerns spiders.Author:...

Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson. Creative Evolution is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. In the writing of this English translation of Professor Bergson's most important work, I was helped by the friendly interest of Professor...

While exploring wilderness wisdom from several faith traditions, you will discover how the universal experience of being present in nature can lead to startling discoveries both about God and about yourself.Author: John LionbergerISBN-10: 1594732191ISBN-13: 9781594732195Publisher: Skylight Paths PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2007Pages: 178Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.96h...

Organizing his book according to the monastic hours of prayer, Chet Raymo examines the strength of scientific language to encounter the divine in the natural world.Author: Chet RaymoISBN-10: 1561012351ISBN-13: 9781561012350Publisher: Cowley PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/25/2005Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.52d

John Muir's Journal of Explorations of America's Greatest Natural Treasures This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1901 Our National Parks is a celebration of American outdoors heritage and the legacy that the American national parks system seeks to preserve. In this...