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Nature Studies



Nature Studies

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Trees
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The Sibley Guide to Trees
The Sibley Guide to Trees
by David Allen Sibley
Staff Pick
In his new book, David Allen Sibley shifts his focus from birds to trees, including gorgeous illustrations and fascinating information. The Sibley Guide to Trees will dramatically change the way you look at your backyard, your neighborhood, and the... (read more)

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    Woodswoman II

    Anne Labastille
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Oversized Books
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A Shadow Falls
A Shadow Falls
by Nick Brandt and Peter Singer and Vicki Goldberg
Staff Pick
A Shadow Falls is the most gorgeous book I've seen this year. Brandt's photographs of animals are evocative and emotional, and this oversized book will make a stunning gift for anyone interested in art, ecology, or the natural world.... (read more)


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Bears
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Bear Portraits
Bear Portraits
by Jill Greenberg
Staff Pick
This disarming, adorable collection of bear portraits by celebrity photographer Jill Greenberg is my favorite book of the year. Like Andrew Zuckerman (Creature), Greenberg has the unique ability to coax powerful emotions out of her large, carnivorous... (read more)

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Birds
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Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song
Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song
by Les Beletsky
Publisher Comments
Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds — including the rediscovered Ivory-billed Woodpecker — in a stunning new format... (read more)

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General
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Spell of the Sensuous : Perception and Language in a More-than-human World (96 Edition)
Spell of the Sensuous : Perception and Language in a More-than-human World (96 Edition)
by David Abram
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David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural... (read more)

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Featured Titles
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The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
by Jack Nisbet
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"[A]n entertaining portrait of the unfettered determination that drove one of the giants in the field...and infused the young nation he viewed with a keen and zealous spirit... (read more)

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Botany
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Wicked Plants: A Book of Botanical Atrocities
Wicked Plants: A Book of Botanical Atrocities
by Amy Stewart
Staff Pick
It's not easy being green. Mostly, everything else eats you. But some plants fight back with thorns and poisons. Some plants are: Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart.... (read more)

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Evolution
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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
by Richard Dawkins
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Just when you were almost out of topics to argue about, here comes Richard Dawkins with another defense of evolution. But hang on ... (read more)

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Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees
Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees
by Roger Deakin
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Here, published for the first time in the United States, is the last book by Roger Deakin, famed British nature writer and icon of the environmentalist movement. In Deakin's glorious meditation on wood, the "fifth element" -- as it exists in nature, in... (read more)

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Used Books
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The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
by Ellen Meloy
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“Diverse, thoughtful, and humorous.” —Albuquerque... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Saturday, January 2, 2010
The Sibley Guide to Trees
  1. The Sibley Guide to Trees
    by David Allen Sibley
  2. A Shadow Falls
    by Nick Brandt and Peter Singer and Vicki Goldberg
  3. Bear Portraits
    by Jill Greenberg
  4. Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song
    by Les Beletsky
  5. Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest (Timber Press Field Guides)
    by Steve Trudell

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Nature Studies

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