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The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest
Written by Sandi Doughton
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $23.95
Scientists have identified Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver as the urban centers of what will be the biggest earthquake, also called a mega-quake, in the continental United States. A quake will happen--in fact it's actually overdue. The Cascadia subduction zone is 750 miles long, running along the Pacific coast from Northern California... Read more >
The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest
Written by Sandi Doughton
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $23.95
Scientists have identified Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver as the urban centers of what will be the biggest earthquake, also called a mega-quake, in the continental United States. A quake will happen--in fact it's actually overdue. The Cascadia subduction zone is 750 miles long, running along the Pacific coast from Northern California... Read more >
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The Peregrine
Written by J.A. Baker
Introduction by Robert Macfarlane
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: December 31, 2004
Price: $15.95
From fall to spring, J.A. Baker set out to track the daily comings and goings of a pair of peregrine falcons across the flat fen lands of eastern England. He followed the birds obsessively, observing them in the air and on the ground, in pursuit of their prey, making a kill... Read more >
Written by J.A. Baker
Introduction by Robert Macfarlane
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: December 31, 2004
Price: $15.95
From fall to spring, J.A. Baker set out to track the daily comings and goings of a pair of peregrine falcons across the flat fen lands of eastern England. He followed the birds obsessively, observing them in the air and on the ground, in pursuit of their prey, making a kill... Read more >
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Apocalyptic Planet
A Field Guide to the Future of the Earth
Written by Craig Childs
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: July 2, 2013
Price: $16.95
A Field Guide to the Future of the Earth
Written by Craig Childs
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: July 2, 2013
Price: $16.95
2013 Orion Book Award Winner
2013 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award Winner
Ours is not a stable planet. It is prone to sudden, violent natural disasters and extremes of climate. In this exhilarating exploration of our globe, Craig Childs goes to where the apocalypse can be seen now. From the driest deserts...
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The Spell of the Sensuous
Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Written by David Abram
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 25, 1997
Price: $16.00
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 environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even... Read more >
Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Written by David Abram
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 25, 1997
Price: $16.00
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 environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even... 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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On a Farther Shore
The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
Written by William Souder
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: September 3, 2013
Price: $16.00
The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
Written by William Souder
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: September 3, 2013
Price: $16.00
A New York Times Notable Book of 2012
Rachel Carson loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries. But it was with her fourth book, Silent Spring, that this unassuming biologist transformed our relationship with the natural world. Silent Spring was a chilling indictment of DDT and other pesticides that...
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Wild Edibles
A Practical Guide to Foraging, with Easy Identification of 60 Edible Plants and 67 Recipes
Written by Sergei Boutenko
Format: Trade Paperback, 296 pages
On Sale: July 16, 2013
Price: $19.95
In this field guide to foraging wild edible plants, Sergei Boutenko (son of raw-food guru Victoria Boutenko) explores the health benefits of wild-harvested food, explains how to safely identify trailside weeds, herbs, fruits, and greens that grow worldwide, and shares his delicious, nutrient-dense recipes.
Sergei Boutenko has been gathering wild plants since... Read more >
A Practical Guide to Foraging, with Easy Identification of 60 Edible Plants and 67 Recipes
Written by Sergei Boutenko
Format: Trade Paperback, 296 pages
On Sale: July 16, 2013
Price: $19.95
In this field guide to foraging wild edible plants, Sergei Boutenko (son of raw-food guru Victoria Boutenko) explores the health benefits of wild-harvested food, explains how to safely identify trailside weeds, herbs, fruits, and greens that grow worldwide, and shares his delicious, nutrient-dense recipes.
Sergei Boutenko has been gathering wild plants since... Read more >
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Refuge
An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Written by Terry Tempest Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1992
Price: $16.00
In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event... Read more >
An Unnatural History of Family and Place
Written by Terry Tempest Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1992
Price: $16.00
In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event... Read more >
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The Good Life
Written by Scott Nearing and Helen Nearing
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 3, 1990
Price: $16.95
This one volume edition of Living the Good Life and Continuing the Good Life brings these classics on rural homesteading together. This couple abandoned the city for a rural life with minimal cash and the knowledge of self reliance and good health. Read more >
Written by Scott Nearing and Helen Nearing
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 3, 1990
Price: $16.95
This one volume edition of Living the Good Life and Continuing the Good Life brings these classics on rural homesteading together. This couple abandoned the city for a rural life with minimal cash and the knowledge of self reliance and good health. Read more >
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The Spell of the Sensuous
Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Written by David Abram
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $11.99
Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This is a major work of ecological philosophy that startles... Read more >
Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Written by David Abram
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $11.99
Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This is a major work of ecological philosophy that startles... Read more >
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