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
FAR FROM LAND: THE MYSTERIOUS LIVES OF SEABIRDS
Written by Brooke, Michael
The lives and activities of seabirds as you've never seen them before Seabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places. They spend large portions of their lives at sea, often far from land, and nest on beautiful and remote islands that humans rarely visit.
BIRDS OF PREY OF THE EAST: A FIELD GUIDE
Written by Wheeler, Brian K
Birds of Prey of the East and its companion volume, Birds of Prey of the West, are the most comprehensive and authoritative field guides to North American birds of prey ever published.
PLANTS THAT KILL: A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST POISONOUS PLANTS
Written by Larsson, Sonny
A full-color illustrated guide to the natural history of the most poisonous plants on earth This richly illustrated book provides an in-depth natural history of the most poisonous plants on earth, covering everything from the lethal effects of hemlock and deadly nightshade to the uses of such plants in medicine, ritual, and chemical warfare.
DOG: A NATURAL HISTORY
Written by Miklósi, Ádám
An accessible and richly illustrated introduction to the natural history of dogs--from evolution, anatomy, cognition, and behavior to the relationship between dogs and humans As one of the oldest domesticated species, selectively bred over millennia to possess specific behaviors and physical characteristics, the dog enjoys a unique relationship with humans.
PASTA FOR NIGHTINGALES: A 17TH-CENTURY HANDBOOK OF BIRD-CARE AND FOLKLORE
Written by Dal Pozzo, Cassiano
The first-ever English translation of a seventeenth-century ornithology text, complete with historic watercolor illustrations This beautifully illustrated book brings together the newly commissioned, first-ever English translation of one of the earliest studies in ornithology with the original watercolors, now part of the British Royal Collection, that provided the inspiration for its
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN: ARTIST, SCIENTIST, ADVENTURER
Written by Kathirithamby, Jeyaraney
A 2018 Moonbeam Children's Books Gold Award Winner! In 1660, at the age of thirteen, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) began her study of butterfly metamorphosis--years before any other scientist published an accurate description of the process.
BRAVE BIRDS: INSPIRATION ON THE WING
Written by White, Maude
In Brave Birds, cut-paper artist and writer Maude White presents an entirely new collection of sixty-five stunning cut-paper birds. As a source of inspiration, each bird is paired with an original message of kindness and strength associated with its particular traits to encourage bravery and perseverance.
MY CHICKENS AND I
Written by Rossellini, Isabella
In this delightful illustrated book, actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini shares her newfound passion for raising chickens. When a cardboard carton dotted with airholes arrived at her door, Rossellini expected to welcome 38 yellow chicks to her Long Island farm.
MUSHROOM AT THE END OF THE WORLD: ON THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE IN CAPITALIST RUINS
Written by Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt
What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world--and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places.
U.S. MILITARY WORKING DOG TRAINING HANDBOOK
Written by Department of Defense
Learn how to train your dog exactly as the U.S. military trains its canine soldiers. This manual is the Department of Defense's principle source of information on care, conditioning, and training of our nation's Military Working Dogs - such as Cairo, the canine who served in the raid that killed Bin Laden.
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