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Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales
ISBN: 9780679742265 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describes the evolution, behavior, habitats, and threats to whales, penguins, crocodilians, and bats.
Describes the evolution, behavior, habitats, and threats to whales, penguins, crocodilians, and bats.
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Red-Tails in Love: Pale Male's Story--A True Wildlife Drama in Central Park
ISBN: 9780679758464 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Updated Edition--Ten Years Later
The scene of this enchanting (and true) story is the Ramble, an unknown wilderness deep in the heart of New York's fabled Central Park. There an odd and amiable band of nature lovers devote themselves to observing and protecting the park's rich wildlife. When a pair of red-tailed hawks builds a nest atop a Fifth Avenue apartment house across the street from the model-boat pond, Marie Winn and her fellow -Regulars- are soon transformed into obsessed hawkwatchers. The hilarious and occasionally heartbreaking saga of Pale Male and his mate as they... Updated Edition--Ten Years Later
The scene of this enchanting (and true) story is the Ramble, an unknown wilderness deep in the heart of Ne... |
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77,07 |
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A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis
ISBN: 9780679771333 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. his astonishing book by the prizewinning, bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses reveals Ackerman's parallel lives as an observer of the wildlife in her garden and as a telephone crisis counselor. "(Ackerman) brings a luminous and illuminating combination of sensuality, science, and speculation to whatever she considers."--San Francisco Examiner.
From the Hardcover edition.
his astonishing book by the prizewinning, bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses reveals Ackerman's parallel lives as an observer of th...
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80,92 |
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Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight
ISBN: 9780684849652 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1861, just a few years after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, a scientist named Hermann von Meyer made an amazing discovery. Hidden in the Bavarian region of Germany was a fossil skeleton so exquisitely preserved that its wings and feathers were as obvious as its reptilian jaws and tail. This transitional creature offered tangible proof of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Hailed as the First Bird, Archaeopteryx has remained the subject of heated debates for the last 140 years. Are birds actually living dinosaurs? Where does the fossil record... In 1861, just a few years after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, a scientist named Hermann von Meyer made an amaz...
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88,44 |
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Bright Paradise: Victorian Scientific Travellers
ISBN: 9780691048437 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether looking for the sources of the Nile, the Niger, or the Amazon, penetrating the Australian outback, or searching for the Northwest Passage, the Victorians were intrepid explorers, zealously expanding the limits of science and human knowledge. In Bright Paradise, Peter Raby describes brave voyages and gives us vivid and unforgettable portraits of the larger-than-life personalities of Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace, and Henry Bates, glorious examples of Victorian energy and confidence. He also explores wider issues such as the growth of knowledge and the spread of the... Whether looking for the sources of the Nile, the Niger, or the Amazon, penetrating the Australian outback, or searching for the Northwest Passage, ... |
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307,51 |
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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: The Maine Woods
ISBN: 9780691062242 / Angielski / Twarda / 494 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
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656,29 |
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Coming Out of the Woods: The Solitary Life of a Maverick Naturalist
ISBN: 9780738204888 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "An absorbing, unflinching, and surprisingly comic account of how one man-a devoted father-withdrew from the world and gradually returned. It's as wise and instructive as it is compelling."-Reynolds PriceIn 1974 Wallace Kaufman, following the romantic vision of a simpler life in harmony with nature he first glimpsed in Thoreau's Walden, moved on to his own land by a small stream in the North Carolina woods. Now, twenty-five years later, he emerges to tell a tale somewhat different from Thoreau's-an entertaining, moving, and distinctly late-twentieth-century story of a life lived in the wild...
"An absorbing, unflinching, and surprisingly comic account of how one man-a devoted father-withdrew from the world and gradually returned. It's as wis...
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106,77 |
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Ups and Downs Around Rainier
ISBN: 9780759646582 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,47 |
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Cities and Nature: A Handbook for Renewal
ISBN: 9780786422142 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cities and towns across the United States are making concerted efforts to restore nature and increase green space as a means of community renewal and downtown revitalization. For local government the goals are twofold: to provide an enhanced cityscape that brings residents back to the downtown to live, work and play; and to bring in tourists and further private investment. The result is revitalized areas that provide an enhanced quality of life for residents and visitors alike. This work brings together essays from more than 50 experts throughout the United States, providing a wide-ranging...
Cities and towns across the United States are making concerted efforts to restore nature and increase green space as a means of community renewal and ...
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221,82 |
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Luminous Dusk: Finding God in the Deep, Still Places
ISBN: 9780802832184 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For millennia humans knew the stars as well as we know our own backyards. Yet today many if not most of us have lost vital connections with our natural world, and so have in many ways lost our sense of wonder. In the thoughtful, genre-bending nonfiction tradition of Wendell Berry and Walker Percy, Dale Allison explores the loss of wonder in Western society. Mining insights from sources as diverse as ancient creation myths and contemporary children's books, he highlights our ongoing disconnect from the cosmos, tracing its undeniable spiritual and philosophical impact. The Luminous Dusk...
For millennia humans knew the stars as well as we know our own backyards. Yet today many if not most of us have lost vital connections with our natura...
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84,74 |
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Not Just Any Land: A Personal and Literary Journey Into the American Grasslands
ISBN: 9780803260269 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though he d lived in Iowa all his life, the allure of the prairie had somehow eluded John Price until, after a catastrophic flood, a brief glimpse of native wildlife suddenlybrought his surroundings home to him. Not Just Any Land is a memoir of Price s rediscovery of his place in the American landscape and of his search for a new relationship to the life of the prairie that once immense and beautiful wilderness of grass now so depleted and damaged as to test even the deepest faith.
Price s journey toward a conscious commitment to place takes him to some of America s largest... Though he d lived in Iowa all his life, the allure of the prairie had somehow eluded John Price until, after a catastrophic flood, a brief glimpse of ...
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63,62 |
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Magpie Rising: Sketches from the Great Plains
ISBN: 9780803271074 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rolling, billowing, delicate landscape of Nebraska's Sandhills; the tombstone of Billy the Kid-stolen so often that it must be caged and shackled-in Fort Sumner, New Mexico; an intercontinental ballistic missile trundling down a highway under heavy guard in Weld County, Colorado; cottonwoods and cranes, faded hotels and abandoned trailers painted aqua and purple; the ghosts of Pawnees, Cheyennes, and Kiowas and generations of settlers whose descendants now grouse in a cafe in Heimdahl, North Dakota, or roar off to a bikers convention in Sturgis, South Dakota. These are some of the things...
The rolling, billowing, delicate landscape of Nebraska's Sandhills; the tombstone of Billy the Kid-stolen so often that it must be caged and shackled-...
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56,66 |
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All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming
ISBN: 9780804010689 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amidst Mad Cow scares and consumer concerns about how farm animals are bred, fed, and raised, many farmers and homesteaders are rediscovering the traditional practice of pastoral farming. Grasses, clovers, and forbs are the natural diet of cattle, horses, and sheep, and are vital supplements for hogs, chickens, and turkeys. Consumers increasingly seek the health benefits of meat from animals raised in green paddocks instead of in muddy feedlots.
In "All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming," Gene Logsdon explains that well-managed pastures are nutritious and... Amidst Mad Cow scares and consumer concerns about how farm animals are bred, fed, and raised, many farmers and homesteaders are rediscovering the trad...
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All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming
ISBN: 9780804010696 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amidst Mad Cow Scares and consumer concerns about how farm animals are bred, fed, and raised, many farmers and homesteaders are rediscovering the traditional practice of pastoral farming. Grasses, clovers, and forbs are the natural diet of cattle, horses, and sheep, and are vital supplements for hogs, chickens, and turkeys. Increasingly consumers seek the health benefits of meat from animals raised in green paddocks instead of in muddy feedlots. In All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming, Gene Logsdon explains that well-managed pastures are nutritious and palatable -...
Amidst Mad Cow Scares and consumer concerns about how farm animals are bred, fed, and raised, many farmers and homesteaders are rediscovering the trad...
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73,42 |
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The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández
ISBN: 9780804739634 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the extensive writings of Dr. Francisco Hernandez (1515-87). Celebrated in his own day as one of Spain's leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work on the native plants and materia medica of central Mexico. Sent to New Spain in 1570 by King Philip II to research and describe the natural history of the region, to assess the medical usefulness of the natural resources, and to gather ethnographic materials for an anthropological history, Hernandez was the first trained scientist to...
This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the extensive writings of Dr. Francisco Hernandez (1515-87). Celebrated in his own da...
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347,74 |
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Searching for the Secrets of Nature: The Life and Works of Dr. Francisco Hernández
ISBN: 9780804739641 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays by historians, historians of science and medicine, and literary and textual scholars--from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Spain--analyzes the achievements of Dr. Francisco Hernandez (1515-87) in the history of medicine and science in Europe and the Americas. Celebrated in his own day as one of Spain's leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work on the native plants and materia medica of central Mexico. Sent to New Spain in 1570 by King Philip II to research and describe the natural history of the region, to assess the...
This collection of essays by historians, historians of science and medicine, and literary and textual scholars--from the United States, Canada, Mexico...
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328,15 |
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Song for the Blue Ocean
ISBN: 9780805061222 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part odyssey, part pilgrimage, this epic personal narrative follows the author's exploration of coasts, islands, reefs, and the sea's abyssal depths. Scientist and fisherman Carl Safina takes readers on a global journey of discovery, probing for truth about the world's changing seas, deftly weaving adventure, science, and political analysis. Part odyssey, part pilgrimage, this epic personal narrative follows the author's exploration of coasts, islands, reefs, and the sea's abyssal depth... |
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127,12 |
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The Bill McKibben Reader: Pieces from an Active Life
ISBN: 9780805076271 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Powerful, impassioned essays on living and being in the world, from the bestselling author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy For a generation, Bill McKibben has been among America's most impassioned and beloved writers on our relationship to our world and our environment. His groundbreaking book on climate change, The End of Nature, is considered "as important as Rachel Carson's classic Silent Spring"* and Deep Economy, his "deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding"** exploration of globalization, helped awaken and fuel a movement to restore... Powerful, impassioned essays on living and being in the world, from the bestselling author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy |
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119,42 |
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Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World
ISBN: 9780807063415 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the tradition of Wendell Berry, Sanders champions fidelity to place, informed by ecological awareness, arguing that intimacy with one's home region is the grounding for global knowledge.
In the tradition of Wendell Berry, Sanders champions fidelity to place, informed by ecological awareness, arguing that intimacy with one's home region...
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108,80 |
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The Greenhouse Trap: What We're Doing to the Atmosphere and How We Can Slow Global Warming
ISBN: 9780807085035 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What We're Doing to the Atmosphere and How We Can Slow Global Warming
What We're Doing to the Atmosphere and How We Can Slow Global Warming
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87,22 |
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