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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
RAN461
$20.00  
Paperback, Richard Preston, 320 pages, 5.2 x 0.7 x 8, 9780812975598
Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained–the coast redwood trees,   Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have been destroyed by logging, but the untouched...
Life Through Time: The 700-Million-Year Story of Life on Earth
Life Through Time: The 700-Million-Year Story of Life on Earth
DKP097
$19.99  
Hardcover, John Woodward, 32 pages, 10 x 14, 9780744020175
Explore astonishing landscapes teeming with giant insects, dinosaurs, and giant mammals, and see the extraordinary creatures that lived in ancient seas to discover life from ancient creatures to early humans. In a series of stunning panoramic illustrations, this book tells the story of life...
Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood
Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood
PGN207
$19.95  
Paperback, John Soennichsen, 304 pages, 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5, 9781570616310
The land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains is characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts--in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. Legendary geologist J Harlen Bretz, starting in the 1920s, was the first to explore the area. Bretz, a former science teacher at...
Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness
Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness
HCT039
$18.99  
Paperback, Lyanda Lynn Haupt, 256 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780316019118
There are more crows now than ever. Their abundance is both a sign of ecological imbalance and a generous opportunity to connect with the animal world. CROW PLANET is a call to experience the wildlife in our midst, reminding us that we don't have to head to faraway places to encounter "nature."...
The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter
The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter
PGN288
$22.00  
Paperback, Colin Tudge, 480 pages, 6.5 x 9.5, 9780307395399
A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism,  The Tree  is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future. There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive...
Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline: The Travels of an Artist and a Scientist along the Shores of the Prehistoric Pacific
Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline: The Travels of an Artist and a Scientist along the Shores of the Prehistoric Pacific
IPG080
$35.95  
Paperback, Kirk Johnson, 290 pages, 10 x 10, 9781555917432
In this long-awaited sequel Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll are back on a road trip—driving, flying, and boating their way from Baja, California to northern Alaska in search of the fossil secrets of North America’s Pacific coast. They hunt for fossils, visit museums, meet scientists and paleonerds,...
American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
SIM201
$22.00  
Paperback, Eric Rutkow, 416 pages, 5.2 x 1 x 8, 9781439193587
Eric Rutkow’s “deeply fascinating” ( The Boston Globe ) work shows how trees were essential to the early years of the republic and indivisible from the country’s rise as both an empire and a civilization. Among  American Canopy ’s many captivating stories: the Liberty Trees, where colonists...
The Dinosaur Artist - Obsession, Betrayal and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy - Book
The Dinosaur Artist - Obsession, Betrayal and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy - Book
HCT058
$21.99  
Hardcover, Paige Williams, 432 pages, 6.5 x 9.3 x 1.5", 9780316382519
In this 2018 New York Times Notable Book,Paige Williams "does for fossils what Susan Orlean did for orchids" (Book Riot) in her account of one Florida man's attempt to sell a dinosaur skeleton from Mongolia--a story "steeped in natural history, human nature, commerce, crime, science, and...
The Sense of Wonder: A Celebration of Nature for Parents and Children
The Sense of Wonder: A Celebration of Nature for Parents and Children
HRW155
$18.99  
Paperback, Rachel Carson, 112 pages, 6 x 9, 9780062655356
First published a half-century ago, Rachel Carson's award-winning   The Sense of Wonder   remains the classic guide to introducing children to the marvels of nature In 1955, acclaimed conservationist Rachel Carson—author of   Silent Spring —began work on an essay that she would come to...
Douglas Fir: The Story of the West’s Most Remarkable Tree
Douglas Fir: The Story of the West’s Most Remarkable Tree
MOU117
$21.95  
Hardcover, Stephen Arno, 192 pages, 6 x 0.75 x 8.25, 9781680511994
Westerners familiar with their forests may think they know the Douglas fir--but how well do they? Douglas firs are found in the continental northwest from British Columbia to as far south as Oaxaca, Mexico. They flourish in the Cascades, Rocky Mountains, Sierra, and other mountain ranges, as...
Earth-Shattering Events: Volcanoes, earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis and other natural disasters
Earth-Shattering Events: Volcanoes, earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis and other natural disasters
IPS178
$19.95  
Hardcover, Robin Jacobs, 98 pages, 9781908714701
Dynamic illustrations paired with illuminating text will entice even a reluctant reader to revel in this selection; an excellent addition to any nonfiction library'. -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL STARRED REVIEW 'An eye-opening, and -widening, early introduction to our restless planet'. --...
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us - Book
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us - Book
RAN663
$20.00  
Ed Yong, 480 pages, 5 x 8, 9780593133255
NEW YORK TIMES   BESTSELLER • A “thrilling” ( The New York Times ), “dazzling” ( The Wall Street Journal ) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed...
Heaven On The Half Shell: The Story Of The Oyster In The Pacific Northwest - Book
Heaven On The Half Shell: The Story Of The Oyster In The Pacific Northwest - Book
UWP014
$29.95  
Paperback, David George Gordon, 248 pages, 7.27 x 0.57 x 9.02", 9780295750781
Heaven on the Half Shell offers a thoroughly researched and richly illustrated history of the Pacific Northwest's beloved bivalve, the oyster. Starting with the earliest evidence of sea gardens and clam beds from 11,500 years ago, this book covers the history of oyster cultivation through...
Knowing The Trees: Discover The Forest From Seed To Snag - Book
Knowing The Trees: Discover The Forest From Seed To Snag - Book
MOU142
$24.95  
Hardcover, Ken Keffer, 224 pages, 5.98 x 0.87 x 8.11", 9781680515527
An engaging, fact-filled, and beautifully illustrated guide to a forest’s life cycle Includes wide range of natural history and facts about types of forests, tree species, tree biology, and more Full-color illustrations throughout and Seeds of Knowledge sidebars enliven and...
Return Of The Bison: A Story Of Survival, Restoration, And A Wilder World - Book
Return Of The Bison: A Story Of Survival, Restoration, And A Wilder World - Book
MOU141
$21.95  
Paperback, Roger Di Silvestro, 256 pages, 6 x 0.75 x 7.95", 9781680515831
"With fervor and meticulous research--and with implications for the future of megafauna around the world--Roger L. Di Silvestro recounts the complex and difficult ongoing struggle for bison recovery." -   Shelf Awareness Offers a hopeful view of threatened species, grounded in...
The State of Fire: Why California Burns - Book
The State of Fire: Why California Burns - Book
HEY021
$28.00  
Hardcover, Obi Kaufmann , 256 pages, 5 x 7.1, 9781597146517
How do we live with fire? From the creator of   The California Field Atlas , a book of stewardship, resilience, and hope. Fire is an essential part of California's ecology. Humans have been using it to shape the California landscape for thousands of years. But today many Californians'...
The Last Wilderness - Book
The Last Wilderness - Book
UWP020
$24.95  
Olympic Peninsula, Paperback, Murray Morgan , 296 pages, 8.4 x 5.5, 9780295745336
Murray Morgan's classic history of the Olympic Peninsula, originally published in 1955, evokes a remote American wilderness "as large as the state of Massachusetts, more rugged than the Rockies, its lowlands blanketed by a cool jungle of fir and pine and cedar, its peaks bearing hundreds of...
We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth - Book
We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth - Book
IPS333
$20.99  
Paperback, Dahr Jamail, 416 pages, 9 x 6, 9781620978597
With a new afterword by the authors A powerful, intimate collection of conversations with Indigenous Americans on the climate crisis and the Earth’s future Although for a great many people, the human impact on the Earth-countless species becoming extinct, pandemics claiming millions of...