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A Year and a Day on Just a Few Acres
ISBN: 9781495499579 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Peter Larson, a 44 year old principal at an architectural firm decides to leave his job to restart his family's seventh generation farm near Ithaca, New York, he encounters doubting ghosts of his former self, hundreds of frankenchickens, fifty personable turkeys, three pigs, one enduring friendship, and the true self he has searched for his whole life. Filled with the psychology of change and down to earth stories of farming and homesteading, this is the true story of making the leap so many wish for but dare not.
When Peter Larson, a 44 year old principal at an architectural firm decides to leave his job to restart his family's seventh generation farm near Itha...
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74,94 zł |
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Bear in the Back Seat II: Adventures of a Wildlife Ranger in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
ISBN: 9780988564374 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the second volume in a national best selling series of true stories from " a]n extraordinary landscape populated with befuddled bears, hormonally-crazed elk, homicidal wild boars, hopelessly timid wolves, and nine million tourists, some of whom are clueless." The first volume was a #9 Wall Street Journal Bestseller in December of 2013. In Kim DeLozier's world, when sedated wild black bears wake up unexpectedly in the back seat of a helicopter in mid-flight, or in his car as he's driving down the highway, or in his office while he's talking on the phone, it's just another day in the...
This is the second volume in a national best selling series of true stories from " a]n extraordinary landscape populated with befuddled bears, hormona...
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43,28 zł |
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Bootstrap Geologist: My Life in Science
ISBN: 9780813060552 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The most innovative figure in marine geology has shared a lifetime of self-growth and challenging adventures in the danger zones between science and politics."--Marlan W. Downey, Bartell Professor of Geoscience, University of Oklahoma, and former president of Arco International "Written in a frank, sometimes earthy style, Bootstrap Geologist leads the reader through life in the Persian Gulf, diving in the Gulf of Mexico, and the bureaucratic constraints of big oil. I couldn t stop reading "--Bruce Purser, emeritus professor, University of Paris "Demonstrates how one can... "The most innovative figure in marine geology has shared a lifetime of self-growth and challenging adventures in the danger zones between science a... |
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142,98 zł |
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Animal Encounters
ISBN: 9781496146014 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We live on a rapidly urbanizing planet, ever more enmeshed in technological artifacts, electronic communication devices and disembodied "virtual" worlds, far more separated from the natural world than any previous generations of humans. And yet, if we think about it, nearly all of us will realize that even we denizens of the 21st Century have quite a lot of contact with non-human animals, both domesticated and wild, over the course of our lives, and that some of these experiences, especially those that occur when we're young, can be highly significant, even formative. This collection of...
We live on a rapidly urbanizing planet, ever more enmeshed in technological artifacts, electronic communication devices and disembodied "virtual" worl...
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44,22 zł |
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Audubon: Life and Art in the American Wilderness
ISBN: 9781630262747 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1803, an eighteen-year-old West Indies born Frenchman arrived in New York City, fleeing Napoleon s conscription. His work would become inextricably entwined with the new world he so proudly adopted in his motto America, my country.
Inspired by the primeval forests and the vast flocks of birds that thrived in them, Audubon spent the next several decades of his life painstakingly documenting the birds of the American wilderness. He traveled the back roads and bayous, searching out and studying the birds that were his pastime and passion. He spent long, silent hours observing them in the... In 1803, an eighteen-year-old West Indies born Frenchman arrived in New York City, fleeing Napoleon s conscription. His work would become inextricably...
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172,42 zł |
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Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West
ISBN: 9781476710846 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Much more than a coming-of-age story, Badluck Way is an important meditation on what it means to share space and breathe the same air as truly wild animals, and the necessary damage that can occur when boundaries are crossed" (Tom Groneberg, author of The Secret Life of Cowboys).
In this gripping memoir of a young man, a wolf, their parallel lives and ultimate collision, Bryce Andrews describes life on the remote, windswept Sun Ranch in southwest Montana. The Sun's twenty thousand acres of rangeland occupy a still-wild corner of southwest Montana--a high valley surrounded... "Much more than a coming-of-age story, Badluck Way is an important meditation on what it means to share space and breathe the same air as truly...
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75,75 zł |
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Ma Thicket: The Story of Ethel Osborn Hill
ISBN: 9781497482067 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,10 zł |
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Naturalists in Paradise: Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon
ISBN: 9780500252109 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. InNaturalists in Paradise, Amazon expert John Hemming weaves the riveting stories of these three men's experiences in the Amazon and assesses their valuable research that drastically changed our conception of the natural world. Each of the three naturalists is famous for a particular discovery: Wallace is credited, along with Charles Darwin, for developing the theory of evolution; Bates uncovered the phenomenon of protective mimicry among insects; and Spruce transported the quinine-bearing Cinchona tree to India, saving countless lives from malaria. Drawing on the letters and books...
InNaturalists in Paradise, Amazon expert John Hemming weaves the riveting stories of these three men's experiences in the Amazon and assesses...
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106,63 zł |
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Texas Bigfoot In My Backyard The Second Year: The Second Year
ISBN: 9781501060748 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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57,42 zł |
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Von Tieren und Menschen: Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen
ISBN: 9781502970794 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carl Hagenbeck: Von Tieren und Menschen. "Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen" Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe, 2014 Vollstandiger, durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger Erstdruck: Berlin (Vita Deutsches Verlagshaus) 1908. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Hagenbeck, Carl: Von Tieren und Menschen. Leipzig: Paul List, 1967. Herausgeber der Reihe: Michael Holzinger Reihengestaltung: Viktor Harvion Gesetzt aus Minion Pro, 11 pt. "
Carl Hagenbeck: Von Tieren und Menschen. "Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen" Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe, 2014 Vollstandiger,... |
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110,48 zł |
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Von Tieren und Menschen (Großdruck): Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen
ISBN: 9781502970862 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carl Hagenbeck: Von Tieren und Menschen. "Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen" Lesefreundlicher Grossdruck in 16-pt-Schrift Edition Holzinger. Grossformat, 216 x 279 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2014 Vollstandiger, durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger Erstdruck: Berlin (Vita Deutsches Verlagshaus) 1908. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Hagenbeck, Carl: Von Tieren und Menschen. Leipzig: Paul List, 1967. Herausgeber der Reihe: Michael Holzinger Reihengestaltung: Viktor Harvion Gesetzt aus Minion Pro, 16 pt. "
Carl Hagenbeck: Von Tieren und Menschen. "Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen" Lesefreundlicher Grossdruck in 16-pt-Schrift Edition Holzinger. Grossfo... |
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132,58 zł |
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The End of the Rainy Season: Discovering My Family's Hidden Past in Brazil
ISBN: 9781593766023 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marian Lindberg grew up being told that Walter Lindberg, the man who raised her father, was a brave explorer who had been murdered in the Amazon. She took her father s claims at face value, basking in her exotic roots, until she started to notice things. The unverified legend became a riddle she couldn t solve.
As Lindberg moved from journalism to law, fell in love, and sought a family of her own, her father repeatedly interfered. He had a closed vision of his family, and sheunlike the silent Walterwas breaking out. Yet her father s story of the past haunted Lindberg. Long after her... Marian Lindberg grew up being told that Walter Lindberg, the man who raised her father, was a brave explorer who had been murdered in the Amazon. She ...
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75,58 zł |
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Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave
ISBN: 9780826355911 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When the great environmental writer Edward Abbey died in 1989, four of his friends buried him secretly in a hidden desert spot that no one would ever find. The final resting place of the Thoreau of the American West remains unknown and has become part of American folklore. In this book a young writer who went looking for Abbey's grave combines an account of his quest with a creative biography of Abbey. Sean Prentiss takes readers across the country as he gathers clues from his research, travel, and interviews with some of Abbey's closest friends--including Jack Loeffler, Ken -Seldom... When the great environmental writer Edward Abbey died in 1989, four of his friends buried him secretly in a hidden desert spot that no one would ev... |
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105,05 zł |
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Lowell Thomas Jr.: Flight to Adventure, Alaska and Beyond
ISBN: 9781941821633 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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84,17 zł |
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Texas Bigfoot In My Backyard DAWN Goes Missing: Dawn Goes Missing
ISBN: 9781503220379 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the second book in the Texas Bigfoot In My Backyard Short Stories Series. This book is a continuation of the ongoing activity we have experienced on The Bigfoot Ranch in Texas. It offers a detailed account of unusual activity and interactions as we go along and discover all the aspects of the Bigfoot People who live near our Ranch. We are baffled and amazed. Sometimes we are fearful, but only in the sense that we are new to these ongoing experiences. We hear wood knocking, we experience gifting, and what my kids like to call "borrowing." That means our things seem to go missing. We...
This is the second book in the Texas Bigfoot In My Backyard Short Stories Series. This book is a continuation of the ongoing activity we have experien...
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30,90 zł |
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When Eagles Roar: The Amazing Journey of an African Wildlife Adventurer
ISBN: 9780990766001 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Follow the daring safari of James Currie as his love of birds, fascination with wildlife and craving for adventure lead him into humorous and life threatening situations. James captures the essence of what it means to be African today, facing everything from the Big Five to the vestiges of apartheid to the AIDS epidemic. He provides authoritative information on African wildlife and illustrates hair-raising encounters with lions, buffalo, leopards, elephants, rhinoceros and snakes through exciting and humorous stories. The book follows James's journey from city boy to conservationist and shows...
Follow the daring safari of James Currie as his love of birds, fascination with wildlife and craving for adventure lead him into humorous and life thr...
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100,52 zł |
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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
ISBN: 9781571313256 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A gutsy, wholly original memoir of ragged grace and raw beauty.
"Kirkus Reviews" (STARRED) From the memories of a childhood marked by extreme poverty, mental illness, and restrictive fundamentalist Christian rules, Janisse Ray crafted a memoir that has inspired thousands to embrace their beginnings, no matter how humble, and fight for the places they love. This edition, published on the fifteenth anniversary of the original publication, updates and contextualizes the story for a new generation and a wider audience desperately searching for stories of empowerment and hope. Janisse... A gutsy, wholly original memoir of ragged grace and raw beauty.
"Kirkus Reviews" (STARRED) From the memories of a childhood marked by extreme ... |
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67,37 zł |
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Witmer Stone: The Fascination of Nature
ISBN: 9780692229385 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Witmer Stone (1866-1939) was one of the preeminent ornithologists of his day, and has been called one of the last of the "great naturalists." In addition to his involvement in the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU), including editing their journal The Auk for 25 years and serving as chairman of their conservation and classification committees, he also produced an exhaustive flora of the New Jersey Pine Barrens which is still used today, and made lesser contributions to mammalogy and entomology. He worked at the Academy of Natural Sciences (ANS) for 51 years, and performed heroic work...
Witmer Stone (1866-1939) was one of the preeminent ornithologists of his day, and has been called one of the last of the "great naturalists." In addit...
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117,89 zł |
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The Last Warriors: Face to Face with the Yanomamo
ISBN: 9781505987157 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Larry Baron, often called "The Indiana Jones of El Paso" spent his career studying vanishing cultures around the world. His passion for indigenous tribes, and the artifacts that symbolized their lives, cultures, history and mythology, inspired him to make many perilous journeys to their remote locations. The Yanamomo Indians of Brazil, also known as "The Fierce People," were considered to be the last warrior class tribe in the world, and the most dangerous to encounter. Known for their deadly skill and volatile nature few westerners had visited them and lived to tell about it. Join Mr. Baron...
Larry Baron, often called "The Indiana Jones of El Paso" spent his career studying vanishing cultures around the world. His passion for indigenous tri...
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154,52 zł |
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The Last Warriors: Face to Face with the Yanomamo BW interior
ISBN: 9781506189710 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Larry Baron, often called "The Indiana Jones of El Paso" spent his career studying vanishing cultures around the world. His passion for indigenous tribes, and the artifacts that symbolized their lives, cultures, history and mythology, inspired him to make many perilous journeys to their remote locations. The Yanamomo Indians of Brazil, also known as "The Fierce People," were considered to be the last warrior class tribe in the world, and the most dangerous to encounter. Known for their deadly skill and volatile nature few westerners had visited them and lived to tell about it. Join Mr. Baron...
Larry Baron, often called "The Indiana Jones of El Paso" spent his career studying vanishing cultures around the world. His passion for indigenous tri...
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57,26 zł |
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