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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal
by Edward Abbey  Publisher Comments For the first time in softcover, Edward Abbey's last book, a collection of unforgettable barbs of wisdom from the best-selling author of The Monkey Wrench Gang. Notes from a Secret Journal Edward Abbey on: Government-"Terrorism: deadly violence against...
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The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures at the Edge of a City
by Robert Sullivan Publisher Comments Imagine a grunge north Jersey version of John McPhee's classic The Pine Barrens and you'll get some idea of the idiosyncratic, fact-filled, and highly original work that is Robert Sullivan's The Meadowlands. Just five miles west of New York City, this...
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Shadow Mountain : a Memoir of Wolves, a Woman, and the Wild (03 Edition)
by Renee Askins Publisher Comments After forming an intense bond with Natasha, a wolf cub she raised as part of her undergraduate research, Rene e Askins was inspired to found the Wolf Fund. As head of this grassroots organization, she made it her goal to restore wolves to Yellowstone...
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That Quail, Robert
by Margaret Stanger Publisher Comments The perennially bestselling and acclaimed classic of the little bird who preferred human companionship to other quail....
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The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow: The Mystical Nature Diary of Opal Whiteley
by Opal Whiteley and Benjamin Hoff 
Publisher Comments Long before environmental consciousness became popular, a young nature writer named Opal Whiteley captured America's heart. Opal's childhood diary, published in 1920, became an immediate bestseller, one of the most talked-about books of its time. Wistful,...
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Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape
by Barry Lopez
Powells.com Staff Pick "Barry Lopez won the 1986 National Book Award for Arctic Dreams. A more accurate test, though, for the true quality of a book is how well it wears over time. And though it may yet be too soon to conclude, Arctic Dreams appears to have taken its place as...
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The Accidental Explorer
by Sherry Simpson Publisher Comments In these acclaimed essays, Sherry Simpson recounts her experiences as an ordinary woman confronting the vast expanses of water and wilderness of her home state. Her adventures include a harrowing bear encounter and a near-death experience...
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The Lost Notebooks of Loren Eiseley
by Loren Eiseley Publisher Comments This indispensable collection is filled with marvelous autobiographical glimpses of Loren Eiseley at different points in his life-as a young, inquisitive man during the Depression, as an astute archaeologist, as a blossoming writer, and lastly, as a...
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Travels of William Bartram (28 Edition)
by Wiliam Bartram Publisher Comments First inexpensive, illustrated edition of early classic on American geography, plants, Indians, wildlife, early settlers. Naturalist's poetic, lovely account of travels through Florida, Georgia, Carolinas from 1773 to 1778. Influenced Coleridge...
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Washington & Oregon Nature Guide
by Erin McCloskey Publisher Comments A great companion to take along on your next weekend trek, the Washington and Oregon Nature Guide encompasses all the nature you’re likely to encounter in the Northwest. The book features over 400 species of animals and plants commonly found in...
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Pennsylvania Trees & Wildflowers: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalist)
by James Kavanagh Publisher Comments Pennsylvania Trees and Wildflowers is an easy-to-access manual to familiar Pennsylvania trees and wildflowers. This durable folding guide, printed on laminate material, is an essential resource for any level of nature explorer, to...
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The Wild Places (Penguin Original)
by Robert Macfarlane Publisher Comments "An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we're laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earth's surface." Bill McKibben Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question...
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Adios Amigos: Tales of Sustenance and Purification in the American West
by Page Stegner Publisher Comments Page Stegner’s extensive writings on American history have made him a popular and critical favorite. Adios Amigos maintains his high standard. These essays expertly interweave natural history, conservation polemic, ecology, and wilderness...
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Spirit of the Siskiyous: The Journals of a Mountain Naturalist
by Mary Paetzel Publisher Comments For 25 years, Mary Paetzel roamed Oregon's rugged Siskiyou Mountains, tracking rare plants and insects and recording her experiences in a series of illustrated journals. This beautiful volume of her writings and artwork chronicles a self-taught...
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Discover Nature in Winter
by Elizabeth P. Lawlor Publisher Comments More than 90 winter activities for all regions of the U.S. and Canada--for beginning naturalists of any age. With little more than a notebook, a hand lens, and curiosity, readers will be equipped for limitless winter discovery. 150 drawings....
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More Alaska Bear Tales
by Larry Kaniut Publisher Comments In a sequel to "Alaska Bear Tales," Larry Kaniut offers more true stories of bear encounters that are action-packed and compelling. Both titles are musts for all who love a good adventure story....
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Case Files of the Tracker
by Tom Brown Publisher Comments "A practitioner of a skill that faded away with the frontier in this country"("People") shares vivid accounts of his most fascinating cases as an outdoorsdetective....
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Thoreau on Water: Reflecting Heaven (01 Edition)
by Thoreau Publisher Comments From Henry David Thoreau's large body of work, only three books were published during his lifetime. In fact much of his greatest work was left behind in his journals and other manuscripts. Drawing on these writings, the editors of the Thoreau Society...
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Minnesota Trees & Wildflowers: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalist)
by James Kavanagh Publisher Comments Minnesota Trees and Wildflowers is an convenient field reference to familiar trees and wildflowers found in this state. This durable folding guide, printed on laminate material, is an essential resource for any level of nature explorer. ...
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The Second John McPhee Reader
by John Mcphee Publisher Comments This second volume of The John McPhee Reader includes material from his eleven books published since 1975, including Coming into the Country, Looking for a Ship, The Control of Nature, and the four books on geology that comprise Annals of the Former...
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