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The Language of Flowers Companion
Written by Mandy Kirkby
Foreword by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $13.99
“A flower is not a flower alone; a thousand thoughts invest it.”
Daffodils signal new beginnings, daisies innocence. Lilacs mean the first emotions of love, periwinkles tender recollection. Early Victorians used flowers as a way to express their feelings—love or grief, jealousy or devotion. Now, modern-day romantics are enjoying a resurgence of...
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Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: April 12, 1988
Price: $10.95
This guide decsribes and illustrates 80 of the most abundant and colorful insects and spiders in North America. An additional thirteen insects are mentioned as similar or related species. 80 color plates. Read more >
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The Story of Squeak
Written by Arnette Heidcamp
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: March 6, 1991
Price: $17.95
Anyone who has fallen under the spell of the hummingbird will treasure this lovable true story of a young ruby-throated hummingbird who becomes part of someone's household and life. 57 full-color photographs; 10 black-and-white drawings. Read more >
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Written by Alma R. Hutchens
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: November 10, 1992
Price: $18.95
This authoritative guide—based on the author's classic reference work, Indian Herbalogy of North America —is a portable illustrated companion for the professional and amateur herbalist alike. It provides detailed descriptions of 125 of the most useful medicinal plants commonly found in North America, along with directions for a range of uses... Read more >
An Earthly Cosmology
Written by David Abram
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 24, 2010
Price: $14.99
David Abram’s first book, The Spell of the Sensuous—hailed as “revolutionary” by the Los Angeles Times, as “daring and truly original” by Science—has become a classic of environmental literature. Now Abram returns with a startling exploration of our human entanglement with the rest of nature.
As the climate veers toward catastrophe, the...
The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers
Written by Lee Sandlin
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $13.99
With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations
From the acclaimed author of Wicked River comes Storm Kings, a riveting tale of supercell tornadoes and the quirky, pioneering, weather-obsessed scientists whose discoveries created the science of modern meteorology.
While tornadoes have occasionally been spotted elsewhere, only the central plains of North America have the perfect...
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Written by Sonali Deraniyagala
Read by Hannah Curtis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $17.50
On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since. She...
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Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American Landscape
Written by Brad Tyer
Format: Hardcover, 248 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $25.95
A memoir-meets-exposé that examines our fraught relationship with the West and our attempts to clean up a toxic environmental legacy
In 2002, Texas journalist Brad Tyer strapped a canoe on his truck and moved to Montana, a state that has long exerted a mythic pull on America’s imagination as an unspoiled...
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Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 9, 1993
Price: $10.95
Designed to help readers more fully understand how animals live and survive in the wilds, this guide is a must for every nature explorer. Detailed line drawings and text reveal clues found in an animal's tracks that help identify it. Read more >
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Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: April 25, 1995
Price: $10.95
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