WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A BIRD: FROM FLYING TO NESTING, EATING TO SINGING--WHAT BIRDS ARE DOING, AND WHY
The bird book for birders and nonbirders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly...
LITTLE BOOK, BIG PLANTS: BRING THE OUTSIDE IN WITH 45 FRIENDLY GIANTS
Learn how to care for your houseplant giants, from the glorious Fiddle Leaf Fig and impressive Banana Plant to the ever-popular Monstera - this book...
Nature, Botanicals, Animals
WHO CARES WINS: REASONS FOR OPTIMISM IN A CHANGING WORLD
Written by Cole, Lily
A rousing call to action, this book will leave you feeling hopeful that we can make a difference in the midst of an age of turmoil, destruction, and uncertainty. The climate crisis, mass extinctions, political polarization, extreme inequality--the world faces terrifying challenges that threaten to divide us, yet Lily Cole argues that it is up to us to actively choose optimism, collabo-
BIRDS IN THE BARNES FOUNDATION
Written by Steiner, Julie
A playful room-by-room "bird-watching" guide to the Albert C. Barnes galleries. Rumor has it that Dr. Barnes put a bird in every room of his famed collection. But is this really true, and if so, why? The Barnes Foundation collection offers an astounding array of art, focusing on post-impressionist and early modern masters: Renoir, Cézanne, Picasso, and Matisse.
TREES (GIFT EDITION): BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN
Art Wolfe's immersive photos capture the wonder humans have felt about trees for millennia. From the ancient Assyrian Tree of Life to the Iroquois peoples' Tree of Peace, trees have played an archetypal role in human culture and spirituality since time immemorial.
FATHOMS: THE WORLD IN THE WHALE
Written by Giggs, Rebecca
"A work of bright and careful genius." --Robert Moor, New York Times bestselling author of On Trails "Fathoms took my breath away.
LANGUAGE OF BUTTERFLIES: HOW THIEVES, HOARDERS, SCIENTISTS, AND OTHER OBSESSIVES UNLOCKED THE SECRETS OF THE WORLD'S FAVORITE INSECT
Written by Williams, Wendy
In this fascinating book from the New York Times bestselling author of The Horse, Wendy Williams explores the lives of one of the world's most resilient creatures--the butterfly--shedding light on the role that they play in our ecosystem and in our human lives. Butterflies are one of the world's most beloved insects.
CABINET OF NATURAL CURIOSITIES
Written by Willmann, Rainer
The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era often collected natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba (1665-1736) was unrivaled in his passion.
ERNST HAECKEL 40TH
Written by Voss, Julia
Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) was a German-born biologist, naturalist, evolutionist, artist, philosopher, and doctor who spent his life researching flora and fauna from the highest mountaintops to the deepest ocean.
BOTANICAL INSPIRATION: NATURE IN ART AND ILLUSTRATION
Written by Victionary
A world without plants is a world without life, both literally and figuratively. Besides forming the very basis of human survival on Earth, they are also an important source of creative inspiration, ingenuity, and expression.
COLLECTORS: CREATING HANS SLOANE'S EXTRAORDINARY HERBARIUM
This lavishly illustrated book reveals the lives of the people who assembled the greatest botanical collection of the Early Modern period, with stories of adventure and discovery across every continent. Sir Hans Sloane's herbarium, housed at the Natural History Museum in London, is probably the most extensive herbarium collection of its kind.
PHILOSOPHY IN THE GARDEN
Written by Young, Damon
Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his 'thought tree'?
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