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The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist on Remote Caribbean Shores
ISBN: 9780813044842 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the John Burroughs Medal, American Museum of Natural History A naturalist with a taste for adventure as a state of mind proves an absorbing storyteller as he wanders the Caribbean coasts. Kirkus Reviews
The most compelling account of sea turtle ecology the world had ever seen. Research in Review Writing in the best tradition of the great naturalist explorers. Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring This is a classic and it remains as fresh and vibrant as ever. Marine Turtle Newsletter Written with...Winner of the John Burroughs Medal, American Museum of Natural History A naturalist with a taste for adventure as a state of mind proves an...
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Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness
ISBN: 9780762780624 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this engaging and eye-opening read, forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near her home, she learns the ways of the first people who lived there and, along with a quirky cast of characters, discovers an array of useful wild plants hiding in plain sight. As she harvests them for food, medicine, and just-in-case apocalypse insurance, Lerner delves into anthropology, urban ecology and sustainability, and finds herself looking at...
In this engaging and eye-opening read, forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, ...
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85,69 |
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Liminal Zones: Where Lakes End and Rivers Begin
ISBN: 9781572339538 / Angielski / Miękka / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After the death of his paddling companion, a German shepherd labrador retriever mix namedJasper, Kim Trevathan began a series of solitary upstream kayaking quests in search of whathe calls liminal zones, transitional areas where dammed reservoirs give way to the currentof the rivers that feed them. For four years he scoured the rivers and lakes of America, whereenvironmentally damaging, and now decaying, man-made structures have transformed thewaterways. In this thoughtful work, he details his upriver adventures, describing the ecologicaland aesthetic differences between a dammed river and a...
After the death of his paddling companion, a German shepherd labrador retriever mix namedJasper, Kim Trevathan began a series of solitary upstream kay...
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96,90 |
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Walking
ISBN: 9781596058811 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The philosophies of HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862)-hero to environmentalists and ecologists, profound thinker on humanity's happiness-have greatly influenced the American character, and his writings on human nature, materialism, and the natural world continue to be of profound import today. In this essay, first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and vital to any appreciation of the great man's work, Thoreau explores: . the joys and necessities of long afternoon walks . how spending time in untrammeled fields and woods soothes the spirit . how Nature guides us on our walks . the lure...
The philosophies of HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862)-hero to environmentalists and ecologists, profound thinker on humanity's happiness-have greatly in...
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25,50 |
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Stalking the Plumed Serpent and Other Adventures in Herpetology
ISBN: 9781561646227 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on his more than 40 years of field research, Means, an expert on the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, reveals the biological complexity and beauty of the animals he has studied. In Australia, Means searches for the fiercey, reputed to be the world's deadliest terrestrial snake. In Mexico, he stalks the rattlesnake that might have served as the model for the mythical plumed serpent of Mayan art. In Florida, he is chased by cottonmouth moccasins. Through his experiences, Means hopes that readers will gain a new appreciation for animals called herps, or creepy-crawly things.
Based on his more than 40 years of field research, Means, an expert on the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, reveals the biological complexity and beau...
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66,29 |
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The Autobiography of Charles Darwin
ISBN: 9783842441743 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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75,78 |
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Five Old Men of Yellowstone: The Rise of Interpretation in the First National Park
ISBN: 9781607812463 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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96,90 |
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Lynton Keith Caldwell: An Environmental Visionary and the National Environmental Policy Act
ISBN: 9780253010308 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of a visionary leader, Lynton Keith Caldwell, who in the early 1960s introduced the study of the environment and environmental policy at a time when such areas of expertise did not exist. Caldwellwas a principal architect of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 andis recognized as the "inventor" of the Act's important environmental impact statement provisions, now emulated around the world. For the next three decades, Caldwell played a leading role in establishing ethics-based environmental policy and administration as major areas of inquiry in the United States... This is the story of a visionary leader, Lynton Keith Caldwell, who in the early 1960s introduced the study of the environment and environmental po... |
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Escaping Into Nature: The Making of a Sportsman-Conservationist and Environmental Historian
ISBN: 9780870717109 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was only by escaping into nature that I could obtain the peace and harmony I sought. from the Introduction
In "Escaping into Nature," prominent wildlife conservationist and environmental historian John Reiger shares his story of an angler and hunter who found a cause and a calling and combined them for his life s work. John Reiger s outdoor adventures as a young man primed him for the teachings of the great sportsmen-conservationists of the past, particularly George Bird Grinnell, Theodore Roosevelt, and Aldo Leopold. Inspired by these conservation giants, Reiger left the security... It was only by escaping into nature that I could obtain the peace and harmony I sought. from the Introduction
In "Escaping into Nature," prominent... |
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Grizzlies on My Mind: Essays of Adventure, Love, and Heartache from Yellowstone Country
ISBN: 9780882409955 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is it about Yellowstone National Park that draws millions of visitors from all over the world? If you've visited Yellowstone, you should already know the answer. If you've never visited--or you have, but still don't know the answer--Michael Leach explains it to you in his book of essays, "Grizzlies on My Mind."
Leach is a Yellowstone insider with unmatched passion for this nation's first national park. At the age of twenty-two, Leach's dream of becoming a Yellowstone ranger came true. It wasn't long before he'd earned the nickname "Rev" for his powerful Yellowstone "sermons." ... What is it about Yellowstone National Park that draws millions of visitors from all over the world? If you've visited Yellowstone, you should already ...
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The Autobiography Of Charles Darwin
ISBN: 9781478123651 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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47,85 |
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Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America
ISBN: 9781571313553 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John James Audubon is renowned for his masterpiece of natural history and art, The Birds of America, the first nearly comprehensive survey of the continent's birdlife. And yet few people understand, and many assume incorrectly, what sort of man he was. How did the illegitimate son of a French sea captain living in Haiti, who lied both about his parentage and his training, rise to become one of the greatest natural historians ever and the greatest name in ornithology? In Under a Wild Sky this Pulitzer Prize finalist, William Souder reveals that Audubon did not only compose...
John James Audubon is renowned for his masterpiece of natural history and art, The Birds of America, the first nearly comprehensive survey of t...
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The Story of My Heart
ISBN: 9781937226411 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. - Terry and Brooke]'s quest to understand Jefferies' ideas of a 'soul-life' has brought the British writer's ideas alive...-
--THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE -...an oustanding new book...a first-rate tribute to an author who now has been rescued from obscurity.- --THE UTAH REVIEW -...a small volume that packs a punch.- --THE DURANGO HERALD -The couple converses with Jefferies in the book as if with a new friend...Jefferies' prescient call for solitude in nature has proven itself worth fresh consideration.- --ALBUQUERQUE WEEKLY... - Terry and Brooke]'s quest to understand Jefferies' ideas of a 'soul-life' has brought the British writer's ideas alive...-
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Fractured Land: The Price of Inheriting Oil
ISBN: 9780873519526 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What does an environmentalist do when she realizes she will inherit mineral rights and royalties on fracked oil wells in North Dakota? How does she decide between financial security and living as a committed conservationist who wants to leave her grandchildren a healthy world?
After her father's death, Lisa Westberg Peters investigates the stories behind the leases her mother now holds. She learns how her grandfather's land purchases near Williston in the 1940s reflect four generations of creative risk-taking in her father's Swedish immigrant family. She explores the ties between... What does an environmentalist do when she realizes she will inherit mineral rights and royalties on fracked oil wells in North Dakota? How does she de...
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A-Birding on a Bronco
ISBN: 9781500120627 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This classic ourdoor adventure story by Florence A. Merriam tells an engaging account of the author's birding adventures on horseback through the California late 19th century countryside. The trials of covering the distance via beasts of burden are described along with the outdoor adventure excitement of discovering scores of native California avifauna.
This classic ourdoor adventure story by Florence A. Merriam tells an engaging account of the author's birding adventures on horseback through the Cali...
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Pigs in Clover: Or How I Accidentally Fell in Love with the Good Life
ISBN: 9781409154655 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the true story of a Londoner who gives up his job as an estate agent in the city, moves to the wilds of Exmoor, starts a smallholding and becomes self-sufficient, with a few bumps along the way. Simon's journey from urbanite to self-sufficient smallholder is brimming with incidents - some funny and some tragic - leading him to question Mother Nature, himself, the food he eats, and his role in it all. Which makes the transition from city life to self-sufficient smallholder slow, emotional and, for him, often confusing, but it is also beautiful, warming and laugh-out-loud funny.
So... This is the true story of a Londoner who gives up his job as an estate agent in the city, moves to the wilds of Exmoor, starts a smallholding and beco...
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Memories and Reflections: The Life, Work and Observations of an Agricultural and Environmental Scientist
ISBN: 9781783265725 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a series of personal recollections concerning the life and work of a leading American-Israeli environmental and agricultural scientist, whose wide-ranging personal and professional experiences span eight decades and some 40 countries around the world. It recalls a family's journey in 1932 from California to Palestine, and the events that led to his taking part in the establishment of the first modern settlement in the highlands of the Negev Desert (later joined by ex-Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion), and helping to innovate and apply efficient methods of soil and water...
This is a series of personal recollections concerning the life and work of a leading American-Israeli environmental and agricultural scientist, whose ...
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Robinson Jeffers: Poet and Prophet
ISBN: 9780804789639 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The precipitous cliffs, rolling headlands, and rocky inlets of the California coast come alive in the poetry of John Robinson Jeffers, an icon of the environmental movement. In this concise and accessible biography, Jeffers scholar James Karman reveals deep insights into this passionate and complex figure and establishes Jeffers as a leading American poet of prophetic vision. In a move that would define his life's work, Jeffers' family relocated to California from Pennsylvania in 1903 when he was sixteen. While a graduate student at the University of Southern California he met Una Call...
The precipitous cliffs, rolling headlands, and rocky inlets of the California coast come alive in the poetry of John Robinson Jeffers, an icon of the ...
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Grizzlies on My Mind: Essays of Adventure, Love, and Heartache from Yellowstone Country
ISBN: 9780871083173 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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132,99 |
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Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
ISBN: 9781781394342 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thoreau's -Walden- is an American Classic. -Henry went forth to battle when he took to the woods, and Walden is the report of a man torn by two powerful and opposing drives-the desire to enjoy the world and the urge to set the world straight.- - E. B. White. This edition containing Thoreau's essay -On the Duty of Civil Disobedience- is in modern easy to read typeface.
Thoreau's -Walden- is an American Classic. -Henry went forth to battle when he took to the woods, and Walden is the report of a man torn by two powerf...
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90,94 |
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