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Mycelium Running
How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Written by Paul Stamets
Format: Trade Paperback, 356 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2005
Price: $35.00
Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how.
The basic science goes like this: Microscopic cells called... Read more >
How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Written by Paul Stamets
Format: Trade Paperback, 356 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2005
Price: $35.00
Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how.
The basic science goes like this: Microscopic cells called... Read more >
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Dirt Work
An Education in the Woods
Written by Christine Byl
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $24.95
An Education in the Woods
Written by Christine Byl
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $24.95
A lively and lyrical account of one woman’s unlikely apprenticeship on a national-park trail crew and what she discovers about nature, gender, and the value of hard work
Christine Byl first encountered the national parks the way most of us do: on vacation. But after she graduated from college, broke and ready...
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The Botany of Desire
A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Written by Michael Pollan
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 12, 2001
Price: $15.99
The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in America
In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once... Read more >
A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Written by Michael Pollan
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 12, 2001
Price: $15.99
The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in America
In 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once... Read more >
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A Victorian Flower Dictionary
The Language of Flowers Companion
Written by Mandy Kirkby
Foreword by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $22.00
The Language of Flowers Companion
Written by Mandy Kirkby
Foreword by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $22.00
“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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Nature Wars
The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds
Written by Jim Sterba
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $26.00
The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds
Written by Jim Sterba
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $26.00
This may be hard to believe but it is very likely that more people live in closer proximity to more wild animals, birds and trees in the eastern United States today than anywhere on the planet at any time in history. For nature lovers, this should be wonderful news -- unless...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds--W
Western Region - Revised Edition
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 832 pages
On Sale: September 27, 1994
Price: $19.95
Introduced in 1977 and completely revised in 1994, these bestselling photographic field guides have become the birding bibles of more than four million enthusiasts. Virtually every bird found in North America is brought to life in a full-color photograph and with textual information on the bird's voice, nesting habits, habitat, range... Read more >
Western Region - Revised Edition
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 832 pages
On Sale: September 27, 1994
Price: $19.95
Introduced in 1977 and completely revised in 1994, these bestselling photographic field guides have become the birding bibles of more than four million enthusiasts. Virtually every bird found in North America is brought to life in a full-color photograph and with textual information on the bird's voice, nesting habits, habitat, range... Read more >
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Sibley Backyard Birding Flashcards
100 Common Birds of Eastern and Western North America
Written by David Allen Sibley
Format: Non-traditional book
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $14.99
From leading ornithologist David Sibley, this flashcard deck is designed for the beginner and backyard bird watcher.
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds is now transformed into 100 easy-to-reference cards housed in one handsome pull-drawer gift box. Divided into one stack of 50 common Western and Eastern North American birds, and one stack... Read more >
100 Common Birds of Eastern and Western North America
Written by David Allen Sibley
Format: Non-traditional book
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $14.99
From leading ornithologist David Sibley, this flashcard deck is designed for the beginner and backyard bird watcher.
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds is now transformed into 100 easy-to-reference cards housed in one handsome pull-drawer gift box. Divided into one stack of 50 common Western and Eastern North American birds, and one stack... Read more >
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America
Edited by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $19.95
New enthusiasts are flocking in record numbers to the fascinating pastime of birding. National Geographic has been meeting their need for clear and accurate information for 25 years with our million-selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America. Now, to better serve the expanding market, we’ve customized our field-guide format... Read more >
Edited by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $19.95
New enthusiasts are flocking in record numbers to the fascinating pastime of birding. National Geographic has been meeting their need for clear and accurate information for 25 years with our million-selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America. Now, to better serve the expanding market, we’ve customized our field-guide format... Read more >
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fishes
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 896 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2002
Price: $21.95
Covering both freshwater and saltwater species, this fully revised edition brings a new level of accuracy and usefulness to the original fishes field guide published over 20 years ago.
Over 700 new full-color photographs, 286 black-and-white illustrations, and 637 maps combine to make this book the most comprehensive field guide available to... Read more >
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 896 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2002
Price: $21.95
Covering both freshwater and saltwater species, this fully revised edition brings a new level of accuracy and usefulness to the original fishes field guide published over 20 years ago.
Over 700 new full-color photographs, 286 black-and-white illustrations, and 637 maps combine to make this book the most comprehensive field guide available to... Read more >
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The Sibley Guide to Trees
Written by David Allen Sibley
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $39.95
David Allen Sibley, the preeminent bird-guide author and illustrator, now applies his formidable skills of identification and illustration to the trees of North America.
Monumental in scope but small enough to take into the field, The Sibley Guide to Trees is an astonishingly elegant guide to a complex subject. It condenses a... Read more >
Written by David Allen Sibley
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $39.95
David Allen Sibley, the preeminent bird-guide author and illustrator, now applies his formidable skills of identification and illustration to the trees of North America.
Monumental in scope but small enough to take into the field, The Sibley Guide to Trees is an astonishingly elegant guide to a complex subject. It condenses a... Read more >
