Mark Woods

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Indiana

A Year in America's National Parks

"In this remarkable journey, Mark Woods captures the essence of our National Parks: their serenity and majesty, complexity and vitality--and their power to heal." --Ken Burns

For many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark's most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national parks.

On the eve of turning fifty and a little burned-out, Mark decided to reconnect with the great outdoors. He'd spend a year visiting the national parks. He planned to take his mother to a park she'd not yet visited and to re-create his childhood trips with his wife and their iPad-generation daughter.

But then the unthinkable happened: his mother was diagnosed with cancer and given just months to live. Mark had initially intended to write a book about the future of the national parks, but Lassoing the Sun grew into something more: a book about family, the parks, and the legacies we inherit and the ones we leave behind.

Lassoing the Sun

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Ben Montgomery

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

2014 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in History / Biography Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, sixty-seven-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. By September 1955 she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin, sang "America, the Beautiful," and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it." Driven by a painful marriage, Grandma Gatewood not only hiked the trail alone, she was the first person--man or woman--to walk it twice and three times. At age seventy-one, she hiked the 2,000-mile Oregon Trail. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity, and appeared on TV with Groucho Marx and Art Linkletter. The public attention she brought to the trail was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery interviewed surviving family members and hikers Gatewood met along the trail, unearthed historic newspaper and magazine articles, and was given full access to Gatewood's own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence. Grandma Gatewood's Walk shines a fresh light on one of America's most celebrated hikers.

Grandma Gatewood's Walk

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Amy Stewart

Jonathon Rosen

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations. It’s an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. You’ll learn which plants to avoid (like exploding shrubs), which plants make themselves exceedingly unwelcome (like the vine that ate the South), and which ones have been killing for centuries (like the weed that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother). Menacing botanical illustrations and splendidly ghastly drawings create a fascinating portrait of the evildoers that may be lurking in your own backyard. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, this compendium of bloodcurdling botany will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers.

Wicked Plants

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Federico Di Vita

Tennessee

An Illustrated Anthology

Fungi Unveiled: Immerse yourself in cultural tales, scientific revelations, and vivid psychedelic visuals--a botanical masterpiece that enchants both the curious and the connoisseur. Explore the secret lives of 60 mushrooms in Powerful Mushrooms. Powerful Mushrooms tells the story of 60 mushrooms - divided by taxonomy and healing properties. This elegant book also highlights cultural, scientific, and historical anecdotes for readers to enjoy. All further exalted by pop- and psychedelic-style images, this book is a pleasure to browse and will become a classical botanical treatise. The mushrooms will be divided into the following categories: Exquisite Mushrooms Visionary Mushrooms Venomous Mushrooms Medicinal Mushrooms Mycoremediation Strange Mushrooms & Incredible Things

Powerful Mushrooms

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Craig Childs

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Texas

There Are Two Easy Ways to Die in the Desert: Thirst and Drowning

Naturalist Craig Childs's "utterly memorable and fantastic" study of the desert's dangerous beauty is based on years of adventures in the deserts of the American West (Washington Post). 



Like the highest mountain peaks, deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to the most seasoned explorers. Craig Childs, who has spent years in the deserts of the American West as an adventurer, a river guide, and a field instructor in natural history, has developed a keen appreciation for these forbidding landscapes: their beauty, their wonder, and especially their paradoxes. His extraordinary treks through arid lands in search of water are an astonishing revelation of the natural world at its most extreme. 



"Utterly memorable and fantastic...Certainly no reader will ever see the desert in the same way again." --Suzannah Lessard, Washington Post

The Secret Knowledge of Water

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Aldo Leopold

With Other Essays on Conservation from Round River

Nature writings of Aldo Leopold, one of the foremost conservationist of our century.

A Sand County Almanac

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Lillian Q. Stokes

Donald Stokes

Rated a very impressive, 4.3 out of 5 on Goodreads.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Maryland

Eastern Region

The easiest-to-use and most comprehensive field guide to North American birds-from the country's preeminent writers on birds and nature Drawing on more than twenty years' experience as bird and wildlife experts, Donald and Lillian Stokes have produced field guides that are factually, visually, and organizationally superior to any other books you can buy. You'll find: * All the identification information on a single page-color photographs, range map, and detailed description. No more fumbling to match photos with text! * For fast reference-a compact alphabetical index inside the front and back covers. * More than 900 high-resolution color identification photographs. * An illustrated Quick Guide to the most common backyard and feeder birds. * Convenient colored tabs keyed to each bird group. * Concise and comprehensive text, with information on habitat; plumage variation; feeding, nesting, and mating behavior; bird feeder proclivity; and-for the first time in any guide-population trends and conservation status.

Stokes Field Guide to Birds

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Asha Frost

Colorado

13 Moons of Indigenous Wisdom, Ancestral Connection, and Animal Spirit Guidance

Indigenous Medicine Woman Asha Frost invites readers to learn the healing medicine of the 13 Ojibway moons and the spirit animals that will guide their wisdom journey. The Medicine you have been searching for lives within you. Follow the path of the 13 Ojibwe Moons with Animal Spirits and Ancestors as your guides as you unlock your connection to your own unique, inherent healing power. Through storytelling, ceremonies, and Shamanic journeys, learn to apply ancient wisdom to your life in ways that are respectful and conscious of the stolen lands, lives, and traditions of Indigenous peoples. Discover how to: - Ground and root into your own lineage and meet your Ancestral guides. - Practice self-care and rest on your journey. - Return to Ancestral ways of cleansing and purifying. - Trust and surrender so you can manifest and thrive. - Release self-doubt, fear, disconnection, and insecurity.

You Are the Medicine

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Danna Staaf

Richard Strathmann

Arkansas

The Hidden World of Baby Animals and the Amazing Ingenuity of Life

Now in paperback: A first-of-its-kind pop science journey into the hidden world of baby animals--hailed as "a gobsmacking delight!" (Sy Montgomery, New York Times-bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus)

Nursery Earth

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William Gibson Parker

Idaho

Petrified Forest National Park in Northeast Arizona was set aside in 1906 by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt to protect the scientifically important Mesozoic forests. With a boundary encompassing 225,000 acres, the park protects not only the largest and most colorful deposits of petrified wood in the world but also significant archeological and ecological resources and other important fossils, like the oldest dinosaurs in North America. The park has been a crossroads for travelers and a destination for scientists, including Albert Einstein and John Muir. As a work site of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the only national park crossed by the famous Route 66, and a centerpiece of the National Park Service's Mission 66 initiative, Petrified Forest National Park has a history that rivals that of more familiar national parks.

Petrified Forest National Park

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Dan R. Lynch

Rock collecting is simple and fun with this children’s book that includes an introduction to geology, an identification guide to rocks and minerals, and a “how to” section.

Nature’s treasures are just beneath our feet, waiting to be discovered. With this book, you’ll experience the excitement of finding, collecting, and identifying rocks and minerals. Dan R. Lynch, author of many Rocks & Minerals field guides, presents a children’s introduction to our amazing Earth.

The book begins with geology basics, such as where rocks come from and how Earth’s surface changes over time. Next, young readers are provided with an identification guide, which features full-color photographs and ID tips on 75 types of common and collectible rocks and minerals. From there, a “how to” section includes details on what to look for, where to look, and what to bring, as well as safety considerations. With rock collecting guidelines that the whole family will learn from and enjoy, this fun guide is engaging and informative.

Inside You’ll Find

“How to” section, including details on what to look for and where to look
Geology basics, such as where rocks come from and how Earth’s surface changes over time
Identification guide to 75 common and collectible rocks & minerals
Full-color photographs and ID tips
With plenty of kid-appeal, Rock Collecting for Kids starts children on a path toward becoming successful rock collectors!



An Introduction to Geology

With this book, you'll experience the excitement of finding, collecting, and identifying rocks and minerals.

Rock Collecting for Kids

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Rodolphe M. De Schauensee

John H. Dick

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

"There are 1195 species of birds belonging to 88 families occurring in China, but until now no one volume in English has described them all. Intended for use as a field guide as well as a descriptive catalog, this volume offers an account for each species with emphasis on diagnostic field characters."--Back cover

The Birds of China

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J. Baker Young

""This book is a true inspiration, a wonderful homage to Hope and the indestructible Human Spirit!"" - Roberta Lee Tennant, MA, Editor-in-Chief, Falcon Books It is the only county in United States history to be completely destroyed by a disaster. But the residents of St. Bernard Parish refused to be defeated. One Katrina volunteer tells the story of a community that came back to life against all odds: ""As volunteers we were privileged to witness their strength through the toughest of times. In St. Bernard Parish dignity and compassion, humor and hospitality were still going strong. And if these residents could maintain their goodness under these circumstances, maybe we could too if disaster ever visited us.""

Nothing but Love: A Katrina Volunteer Finds Inspiration in the Aftermath

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Joyce Sidman

How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself.

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies

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Ben Weissenbach

Massachusetts

An Offline Adventure Through the Changing Wilds of Alaska

Ben Weissenbach--an L.A. native with little prior wilderness experience--treks through the Alaskan tundra with a series of eccentric environmental scientists, and returns with a new perspective on technology and a revitalized sense of wonder for the natural world. At the age of twenty-one, college student Ben Weissenbach set out into the Alaskan wilderness armed with little more than inspiration from his literary heroes and a growing interest in climate change. What meets him there is a landscape both stark and awe-inspiring--a part of the world seen by few outside a small contingent of scientists with big personalities. There's Roman Dial, the larger-than-life field scientist who leads him on a five week journey into the Alaskan backcountry. There's Kenji Yoshikawa, the isolated researcher who leaves Ben alone for eleven days to care for his remote cabin, where temperatures at night drop to -49 degrees Fahrenheit. And there's Matt Nolan, the independent glaciologist who flies planes onto glaciers. As Ben's mental and physical resilience is tested, he discovers far more than his own limits; struck by the landscape's staggering beauty and sheer indifference to humanity, Ben emerges from each experience with a new perspective on our modern relationships to technology--and a deep sense of wonder for our natural world.

North to the Future

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The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau

Willow Walsh

Washington

Beginner Foraging Field Guide for Finding, Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Food

Discover 37 species of edible wild plants as you identify, forage, and preserve nature's nutritious bounty.

Are you tired of paying rising grocery prices for food that always looks and feels processed?

Are you looking for an alternative yet natural way to source food?

Then it's time to look towards nature!

That's right. Open the door to your backyard, and take a good hard look. Take a walk in the forest. Explore the fields.

Nature is exploding all around you.

And something special lurks within this verdant paradise -- tasty edibles just waiting to be foraged.

Experts estimate that there are more than 20,000 species of edible plants in the world... yet 90% of our food comes from only 20 of them.

There are thousands of edible plants out in the wild which are both delicious and nutritious... So why aren't we eating them?

The Pacific Northwest, with its lush forests and rich habitats, provides the perfect backdrop for numerous species of edible wild plants.

Accessing all this wealth simply requires you to forage.

You must be wondering:

 * How do I forage for edible plants -- and where exactly do I look?
 * How do I know which part of a plant is edible?
 * What if I encounter poisonous plants?

The solution to all your questions can be found here.

In Pacific Northwest Edible Plant Foraging, you will discover:

 * 37 edible plant profiles of the Pacific Northwest -- identify, harvest, preserve, and consume nature's finest offerings
 * A beginner-friendly guide to all things foraging, including all the benefits (hint: it will help you slash your grocery bills!)
 * A complete plant identification guide -- discover the essential parts of a plant and how you can identify them
 * The universal edibility test -- an 8-step process for finding out whether a plant is consumable or not
 * Ethical and responsible foraging guidelines -- safety considerations, urban foraging, and nature conservation
 * Exactly how to forage for edible plants -- a look at locations, tools, harvesting techniques, and more
 * Seasonal information on edible species... so that you can plan ahead (plus: a handy year-round foraging chart)
 * How to identify poisonous plants -- and how to treat the symptoms associated with them (for ultimate peace of mind when you're foraging)
 * A companion mini-guide filled with colored images of plants and FORAGING JOURNAL PDF DOWNLOAD- scan the QR code at the back of your paperback to get premium access!

And much more.

Foraging is a great way to connect with nature in a responsible way: by becoming a part of the ecosystem.

It makes you aware of the nurturing quality of nature, and how you can preserve it for every living being.

Plus, you get nutritious and delicious rewards too - included in this guide are 10 creative but simple recipes for the whole family!

So what are you waiting for?

If you're eager to start foraging for edible plants of the Pacific Northwest in a safe and responsible way, then scroll up and click "Add to Cart" right now.

Pacific Northwest Edible Plant Foraging

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Jennifer S. Holland

Pennsylvania

47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom

It is exactly like Isaiah 11:6: “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid . . . ” Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and a bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake and a hamster. The well-documented stories of Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten; and the hippo Owen and the tortoise Mzee. And almost inexplicable stories of predators befriending prey—an Indian leopard slips into a village every night to sleep with a calf. A lionness mothers a baby oryx. Ms. Holland narrates the details and arc of each story, and also offers insights into why—how the young leopard, probably motherless, sought maternal comfort with the calf, and how a baby oryx inspired the same mothering instinct in the lionness. Or, in the story of Kizzy, a nervous retired Greyhound, and Murphy, a red tabby, how cats and dogs actually understand each other’s body language. With Murphy’s friendship and support, Kizzy recovered from life as a racing dog and became a confident, loyal family pet. These are the most amazing friendships between species, collected from around the world and documented in a selection of full-color candid photographs.

Unlikely Friendships

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Allan Fowler

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Fun, factual, fascinating--who says science has to be dull? With striking full-color photos and minimal text, It's a Good Thing There Are Insects immediately involves your readers as they discover intriguing facts about insects and the world around them.

It's a Good Thing There Are Insects

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Kathleen Zoehfeld

Utah

Introduces the different types of, and uses for, rocks and minerals, and discusses how they are formed.

National Geographic Readers: Rocks and Minerals

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Taylor Putnam

Michael Putnam

The ultimate color-by-color flower reference guide - from New York's pre-eminent floral designers, Putnam and Putnam

Planning a wedding, a dinner, a birthday party, a romantic evening, holiday entertaining, or just arranging flowers for the pleasure of having them, more often than not your creative process begins with thinking about the color of the flowers that you want. To help you find what you are looking for, Flower Color Guide is the first reference book to organize flower types by color, with an emphasis on seasonality and creative color schemes - and the results are stunning in their sheer variety. What Pantone is to color, Flower Color Guide is to flowers.

Showcasing 400 flowers at their peak, with stunning photography taken by Putnam & Putnam in their Brooklyn studio, this guide includes an appendix featuring perforated pages, with tips on flower care, notes on how to prepare vessels and a list of suggested color schemes. A great gift to give, or to have for oneself, the book speaks to the most seasoned flower enthusiasts as well as those just beginning to explore the possibilities of arranging flowers.

Taylor Putnam and Michael Putnam have built a reputation for romantic, dramatic floral arrangements and installations using color as their guiding principle - here, they share their knowledge with readers worldwide: "This is the book we wished we had when we started doing flowers."

Flower Color Guide

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Michael Lim

Yun Shu

The kingdom of fungi has survived all five major extinction events. They sustain critical ecosystems, recycling nutrients and connecting plants across vast areas, and help to produce many staples of modern life, such as wine, chocolate, bread, detergent, and penicillin. Today, in the face of urgent ecological, societal, and spiritual crises, fungi are being engineered to grow meat alternatives, create new sources of medicine, produce sustainable biomaterials, and even expand our collective consciousness.The Future Is Fungi is a complete introduction to this hidden kingdom. Exploring their past, present, and potential future impact in four key areas--food, medicine, psychedelics and mental health, and environmental remediation--this resource reveals how fungi have formed the foundations of modern life.Featuring eighteen mushroom profiles, authors Michael Lim and Yun Shu contextualize each species in history and mythology, alongside their medicinal and culinary uses. Easy-to-follow for the beginner, with rich, informative texts, awe-inspiring 3D digital art, and tips on how to immerse yourself in the world of fungi, this is a manifesto for the future. This beautifully illustrated book is an invitation into a deeper awareness of our relationship with the natural world, each other, and ourselves. 

Future Is Fungi

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Ethel Pochocki

30th Anniversary Edition

The thirtieth-anniversary edition of a beloved children's book.

The Mushroom Man

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Carl Safina

The Story of Alfie

A baby owl is rescued and rehabilitated, and builds her own family, in this tender and wise picture book.

Owls in Our Yard!

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