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
LOOK BIG: AND OTHER TIPS FOR SURVIVING ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS OF ALL KINDS
Written by Levin, Rachel
A humorous and helpful illustrated field guide to avoiding interactions--both dangerous and annoying--with 50 wild animals, including survival techniques, wildlife etiquette, and other essential advice. As humans encroach on wild places, encounters with animals--from bears, bison, mountain lions, and mice to turkeys, ticks, rats, and raccoons--have become increasingly commonplace.
SIBLEY BIRDS OF LAND, SEA, AND SKY: 50 POSTCARDS
Written by Sibley, David Allen
Birdwatchers everywhere will love this beautiful box of 50 postcards featuring original bird paintings by renowned ornithologist David Sibley. This brand new vertical format offers 50 postcards of birds lovingly rendered in watercolors by David Sibley and chosen with their individual beauty and prominence in the country in mind.
MEANING OF BIRDS
Written by Barnes, Simon
A gorgeously illustrated and enchanting examination of the lives of birds, illuminating their wondrous world and our connection with them. One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live in.
CATNIP: A LOVE STORY
Written by Korda, Michael
With the imagination of a writer and the eye of an artist, Michael Korda doodled on the backs of old manuscripts in his tackroom while his wife, Margaret, was out riding. They loved and acquired cats--a habit written about previously in their book, Cat People--and the few in residence at this time would serve as inspiration for the drawings.
GULF: THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN SEA
Written by Davis, Jack E
Hailed as a "nonfiction epic . . . in the tradition of Jared Diamond's best-seller Collapse, and Simon Winchester's Atlantic" (Dallas Morning News), Jack E. Davis's The Gulf is "by turns informative, lyrical, inspiring and chilling for anyone who cares about the future of 'America's Sea' " (Wall Street Journal).
FAREWELL TO THE HORSE: A CULTURAL HISTORY
Written by Raulff, Ulrich
Horses and humans share an ancient, profoundly complex relationship. Once our most indispensable companions, horses were for millennia essential in helping build our cities, farms, and industries. But during the twentieth century, in an increasingly mechanized society, they began to disappear from human history.
HOW TO THINK LIKE A CAT
Written by Garnier, Stephane
Do cats worry about retirement? Nope. Do cats do things they don't want to do? Definitely not. Do cats rush around at all hours of the day when they'd rather be licking their paws and looking out a window? Please.
AAAAW TO ZZZZZD: THE WORDS OF BIRDS: NORTH AMERICA, BRITAIN, AND NORTHERN EUROPE
Written by Bevis, John
The distinctive and amazing songs and calls of birds: a meditation and a lexicon."A miraculous little book: a compressed encyclopedia of our fascination with avifauna."--The Nation"A charming, funny, and eccentric book."--Times Literary Supplement"An elegant tribute to the beauty of its subject."--Los Angeles Times
NATURAL SELECTION
Written by Pearson, Dan
"A lovely book for green-thumbed readers to read in the winter as they sit by the fireplace and await spring."--Publisher's Weekly In Natural Selection, Dan Pearson draws on ten years of his Observer columns to explore the rhythms and pleasures of a year in the garden.
EQUESTRIAN WORLD
Written by Clotten, Peter
- An homage to the many facets of the equestrian sport world and a must-have for all horse lovers - With breathtaking candids by selected equine photographers - Insider tips on the best hotels and destinations for horseback riders The Equestrian World takes you on a journey into a world where there is always the scent of polished leather and fresh hay in the air.
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