Nature
Nature
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The Control of Nature
While John McPhee was working on his previous book, Rising from the Plains, he happened to walk by t...Read more
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Annals of the Former World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 ...Read more
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Coming Into the Country
This is the story of Alaska and the Alaskans. Written with a vividness and clarity which shifts scen...Read more
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Rising from the Plains
This is about high-country geology and a Rocky Mountain regional geologist. I raise that semaphore h...Read more
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Natural Resource Conservation: Management for a Sustainable Future
This comprehensive text provides the ecological principles, policies, and practices to manage a sust...Read more
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Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future
Like many of us, Mark Hertsgaard has long worried about the declining health of our environment. But...Read more
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The Practice of the Wild: Essays
Gary Snyder has been a major cultural force in America for five decades. Future readers will come to...Read more
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Practice of the Wild
The nine captivatingly meditative essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding ...Read more
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The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late
While everything appears to be collapsing around us -- ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent dise...Read more
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The Secret House: The Extraordinary Science of an Ordinary Day
In E=mc2, David Bodanis took the life's work of one of history's greatest geniuses and made it "asto...Read more
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Ants at Work: How an Insect Society is Organized
Ants have long been regarded as the most interesting of the social insects. With their queens and ce...Read more
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
"Cod" spans a thousand years and four continents. From the Vikings, who pursued the codfish across t...Read more