Thames & Hudson, 2007. Hardcover. 304 pages. 7-1/2 by 10 inches. Full color throughout. Short biographies of the botanists, taxonimists, etc. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. This title tells the story of the development of ideas about natural history as seen through the lives, observations.....
Camden House, March 1995. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. A tiny rufous-tailed hummingbird hovers before the bright inflorescence of a heliconia. Undetected by the foraging bird a golden eyelash viper is curled motionless around the plant. An instant later, this subtle configuration of flora and fauna is shattered by.....
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, December 2017. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness in Other Minds Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant.....
Timber Press, February 2023. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Science, nature, and adventure come together in this riveting account of a solo bike trip along the migratory path of the monarch butterfly. Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied.....
Little, Brown Spark, April 2023. Trade Paperback. A new copy. NATIONAL BESTSELLER Deepen your connection to the natural world with this inspiring meditation, "a path to the place where science and spirit meet" (Robin Wall Kimmerer). In Rooted, cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures.....
Penguin Classics, August 1983. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Thoreau's classic essays on the virtues of self-reliance and individual freedom have had relevance for every generation for more than a century. They remain high on required reading lists for students across the country.
W. W. Norton & Company, August 2022. Trade Paperback. A new copy. What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on trial. These days, as.....
Little, Brown and Company, January 2023. Hardcover. A new copy. A New York Times Editor's Choice Pick A Sunday Times (UK) Best Book of the Year - This eye-opening book offers a "clear and captivating" (Dr. Kris Verburgh?) scientific deep dive into how plants and animals have already unlocked the.....
Little, Brown Spark, April 2023. Trade Paperback. A new copy. NATIONAL BESTSELLER Deepen your connection to the natural world with this inspiring meditation, "a path to the place where science and spirit meet" (Robin Wall Kimmerer). In Rooted, cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures.....
W. W. Norton & Company, March 2017. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, a classic of our time, evolutionary biologist.....
The Experiment, August 2016. Hardcover. Ditch your fancy electric gadgetry and learn to see Earth's most famous feature with your own eyes. A handsome, illustrated guide. A new copy. A New York Times Bestseller A Forbes Top 10 Conservation and Environment Book of 2016 Read the sea like a Viking.....
Timber Press, February 2023. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Science, nature, and adventure come together in this riveting account of a solo bike trip along the migratory path of the monarch butterfly. Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied.....
Picador, January 2015. Trade Paperback. Kolbert, a New Yorker writer, is a modern-day Rachel Carson, raising a hue and cry over coming environmental catastrophes. This book makes that case that the earth is at the beginning of great extinction period (like when an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs). This one.....
Milkweed Editions, September 2014. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Bestseller Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a......
Greystone Books, May 2023. Hardcover. A new copy. "Another love letter from Wohlleben to the green world... makes the case for how we should allow forests throughout the world to regrow and in the process help heal not only the climate but us, as well."--Lydia Millet, Oprah Daily An illuminating.....
Simon & Schuster, April 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A Best Book of 2020: The Washington Post * NPR * Chicago Tribune * Smithsonian A "remarkable" (Los Angeles Times), "seductive" (The Wall Street Journal) debut from the new cohost of Radiolab, Why Fish Don't Exist is a dark and.....
Oregon State University Press, March 2003. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and.....
Vintage, August 2016. Trade Paperback. A biography of Alexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859), the insatiably curious scientist, explorer, naturalist and humanist. He foresaw human-caused climate change, railed against slavery, and mapped South American volcanos. He inspired thinkers who changed the world including Darwin, Thoreau, and John Muir. Now nearly.....
Tim Duggan Books, February 2019. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The Uninhabitable Earth hits you like a comet, with an overflow of insanely lyrical prose about our pending Armageddon."--Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon NAMED ONE OF.....
Viking Adult, August 2006. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. A masterly intellectual history of the impact of 19th-century explorer Alexander von Humboldt on American culture and science The naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769?1859) achieved unparalleled fame in his own time. Today, his.....
Haymarket Books, April 2023. Trade Paperback. A new copy. An energizing case for hope about the climate, from Rebecca Solnit ("the voice of the resistance"-New York Times), climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, and a chorus of voices calling on us to rise to the moment. Not Too Late brings strong.....
Oregon State University Press, March 2003. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn.....
Celadon Books, March 2023. Hardcover. A new copy. Birder, environmentalist and activist Mya-Rose Craig is an international force. In her moving memoir, Birdgirl, she chronicles her mother's struggle with mental illness, and shares her passion for social justice and fierce dedication to preserving our planet. Meet Mya-Rose - otherwise known.....
Flatiron Books, October 2022. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). EMPOWERING...KINARI WEBB IS AN INSPIRATION. --BILL MCKIBBEN A WONDERFUL BOOK. --JANE GOODALL A TIMELY, HOPEFUL MEMOIR ABOUT A WOMAN SPEARHEADING A GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO HEAL THE WORLD'S RAINFORESTS AND THE COMMUNITIES WHO DEPEND ON THEM Full of hope and.....
W. W. Norton & Company, April 1999. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in.....