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      The Edge of the Sea of Cortez Tidewalker's Guide to the Upper Gulf of California by Betty Hupp and Marilyn Malone

      North American Mushrooms A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi by Dr. Orson K. Miller Jr. and Hope Miller

      On the Beaten Path: An Appalachian Pilgrimage by Robert Alden Rubin


      Shades of Green Visions of Nature in the Literature of American Slavery, 1770-1860 by Ian Frederick Finseth

      Stones Witness by Margaret Randall

      Field Notes
      by Richard Quinney

      Winter Sky
      New and Selected Poems, 1968-2008 by Coleman Barks

      A Radiant Curve
      Poems and Stories by Luci Tapahonso

      Grand Canyon's North Rim and Beyond
      A Guide to the North Rim and the Arizona Strip by Stewart Aitchison

      The Colorado Plateau III
      Cultural, Biological, and Physical Research edited by Charles Charles Van Riper III and Kenneth L. Cole

      Wings in the Desert
      A Folk Ornithology of the Northern Pimans by Amadeo M. Rea

      Kartchner Caverns
      How Two Cavers Discovered and Saved One of the Wonders of the Natural World by Neil Miller

      Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges
      An Introduction to the Genus Carex (Cyperaceae) by Andrew L. Hipp

      Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest
      by William Neill

      The Yew Tree
      A Thousand Whispers by Hal Hartzell, Jr

      This Moment on Earth
      Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future by John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry

      Nymphs
      by Ernest G. Schwiebert

      Streams of Consciousness
      Hip-Deep Dispatches from the River of Life by Jeff Hull

      Playing With Fish And Other Lessons from the North
      by Robert J. Wolfe

      Essentials of Disease in Wild Animals
      by Gary A. Wobeser

      A Place to Stand
      A Tale of the Peace River Country by J. W. Secrist

      Every Root an Anchor
      Wisconsin's Famous and Historic Trees by R. Bruce Allison

      Sex in the Outdoors by Buck Tilton

      Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest An Illustrated Guide to Their Identification and Control by Elizabeth J. Czarapata

      The Hanford Reach A Land Of Contrasts by Susan Zwinger 

      Last Child in the Woods Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv

      Radical Ecology The Search for a Livable World by Carolyn Merchant

      The Mind of the Trout A Cognitive Ecology for Biologists and Anglers by Thomas C. Grubb, Jr. 

      Magnetic North The Landscapes Of Tom Uttech by Margaret Andera 

      Conserving Migratory Pollinators and Nectar Corridors in Western North America edited by Gary Paul Nabhan

      Ravensong: A Natural And Fabulous History Of Ravens And Crows by Catherine Feher-Elston 

      The Fly Fisher's Guide to Crimes of Passion: More Sedition from the Master of Meander by Seth Norman 

      Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight edited by Carol L. Boggs, et al 

      Wildflowers of Wyoming by Diantha States and Jack States

      Vanishing Paradise: Duck Hunting In The Louisiana Marsh, photos by Julia Sims with text by John R. Kemp 

      Remarkable Shrimps: Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans by Raymond T. Bauer

      Endangered and Threatened Animals of Florida and Their Habitats by Chris Scott 

      North American Watersnakes: A Natural History by J. Whitfield Gibbons and Michael E. Dorcas 

      Oklahoma Breeding Bird Atlas by Dan L. Reinking

      Nature, Culture, and Big Old Trees: Live Oaks and Ceibas in the Landscapes of Louisiana and Guatemala by Kit Anderson

      The Pine Island Paradox by Kathleen Dean Moore 

      The Cloud Garden: A True Story of Adventure, Survival, and Extreme Horticulture by Tom Hart Dyke and Paul Winder

      Feral Future: The Untold Story of Australia's Exotic Invaders by Tim Low

      Spirit of the North: The Quotable Sigurd F. Olson edited by David Backes 

      Playas of the Great Plains by Loren Smith

      Tequila: A Natural and Cultural History by Gary Paul Nabhan and Ana Valenzuela-Zapata

      A Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen

      Managing Lakes and Reservoirs by the North American Lake Management Society

      The Natural Gardens of North Carolina by B.W. Wells

      Bat Ecology by Thomas H. Kunz and M. Brock Fenton 

      Agaves of Continental North America by Howard Scott Gentry 

      The Frog Run: Words and Wildness in the Vermont Woods by John Elder 

      Whale! by K.L. Evans

      Killing The Hidden Waters by Charles Bowden

      The Pond Lovers by Gene Logsdon

      Golden Wings and Other Stories about Birders and Birding by Pete Dunne

      Reading the Roots: American Nature Writing Before Walden, edited by Michael P. Branch

      Birds of Belize by H. Lee Jones

      Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination by Barbara Hurd

      The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains by Dan Flores

      Interactions Between Fish and Birds: Implications for Management edited by Ian G. Cowx

      The War Against the Beavers by Verena Andermatt Conley

      Keeping a Nature Journal: Discovering a New Way of Seeing the World Around You by Clare Walker Leslie and Charles Roth

      Walking With Henry: Based on the Life and Works of Henry David Thoreau by Thomas Locker

      Wisdom From a Rainforest: The Spiritual Journey of an Anthropologist by Stuart A. Schlegel

      Morning Earth: Field Notes in Poetry by John Caddy

      Environmental Renaissance: Emerson, Thoreau, and the Systems of Nature by Andrew McMurry 

      Hoagland on Nature: Essays by Edward Hoagland

      Barren, Wild, and Worthless: Living in the Chihuahuan Desert  by Susan J. Tweit

      Worship and Wilderness: Culture, Religion, and Law in Public Lands Management by Lloyd Burton

      The Glen Canyon Reader edited by Mathew Barrett Gross

      Rocky Mountain Futures: An Ecological Perspective, edited by Jill S. Baron

      Everglades Wildflowers by Roger L. Hammer

      The Colors of Nature Culture, Identity, and the Natural World by Alison H. Deming and Laurette Savoy

      Landscape, Nature and the Body Politic: From Britain's Renaissance to America's New World by Kenneth Robert Olwig

      Floods, Droughts, and Climate Change by Michael Collier and Robert H. Webb

      A Key to the Woody Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens by Michael D. Geller

      Man in the Landscape: A Historic View of the Esthetics of Nature by Paul Shepard 

      Borealis by Jeff Humphries

      Cedar Mesa: A Place Where Spirits Dwell by David Peterson

      Messages from the Wild: An Almanac of Suburban Natural and Unnatural History by Frederick R. Gehlbach

      Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us by Alexandra Morton 

      Wild Nights: Nature Returns to the City by Anne Mathews
      The Purple Martin by Robin Doughty and Rob Fergus
      The Best American Science and Nature Writing by Edward O. Wilson
      Trails of a Wilderness Wanderer by Andy Russell
      A Field Guide to North American Hummingbirds by Sheri L. Williamson
      Birds of the Texas Hill Country by Mark W. Lockwood
      The Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest by Ellen Meloy
      Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds: Notes from a Northwest Year by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
      Six-Legged Sex:The Erotic Lives of Bugs by James K. Wangberg 
      Wild Berries of the West by Betty B. Derig and Margaret Fuller
      Walking the High Ridge: Life as a Field Trip by Robert Michael Pyle
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      River-Walking Songbirds and Singing Coyotes by Patricia K. Lichen
      Shaped by Wind and Water by Ann Haymond Zwinger
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      Field Guide to Old-Growth Forests by Larry Eifert
      New Jersey: The Natural State by Dwight Hiscano
      Death in the Marsh by Tom Harris
      Hiking the Great Northwest: 55 Greatest Trails in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Northern California, British Columbia, and the Canadian Rockies by Harvey Manning , Vicky Spring and Ira Spring 
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      Prairie Animals: Coloring and Activity Book
      Prairie Animals
      Coloring and Activity Book
      by Melinda Bever Sinn

      Stone House Creations, 1995

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      Hungry Hollow
      Hungry Hollow
      The Story of a Natural Place
      by A.K. Dewdney

      Copernicus Books, 1998

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      Bellevue Farm: Exploring Virginia's Coastal Countryside
      Bellevue Farm: Exploring Virginia's Coastal Countryside
      by Curtis J Badger, 
      Stackpole Books, 1997
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      The Still Hunt
      The Still Hunt: The Story of Naturalist-Wildlife Photographer Jack Couffer
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      David McKay Co., 1965

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      When the Birds Fly South
      Most birds in North American migrate, or move from one location to another, twice each year. In the autumn, when the leaves and changing color and falling from the trees, they fly south for the winter....


      The Great North American Prairie
      The Great North American Prairie
      by Sara St. Antoine
      Milkweed Editions, 2001
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      The Sierra Club Wetlands Reader
      A Literary Companion
      by Sam Wilson
      Sierra Club Books, 1996
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      Selling Nature Photographs
      by Norbert Wu
      Stackpole, 1997
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      NEW GUIDEBOOKS

      Alpine Plants of North America: An Encyclopedia of Mountain Flowers from the Rockies to Alaska (Timber Press)

      Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair (Princeton Univ. Press, 2002)

      Birds of Thailand by Craig Robson (Princeton Univ. Press, 2002)

      Discovering the Geology of Baja California
      Six Hikes on the Southern Gulf Coast
      by Markes E. Johnson (University of Arizona Press)

      Field Guide to Old-Growth Forests

      Guide to the Offshore Wildlife of the Northern Atlantic
      by Michael Tove

      Lewis and Clark's Mountain Wilds
      A Site Guide to the Plants and Animals They Encountered in the Bitterroots by Sharon A. Ritter (University of Idaho Press)

      New York City Trees 
      by Edward Sibey Barnard (Columbia Univ Press)

      Oregon's Best Wildflower Hikes: 
      Northwest Region
      by George Wuerthner (Westcliffe)

      Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks
      by Kurt Bucher and Martin Frey (Srpinger Verlag)

      Trees of Michigan Field Guide
      by Stan Tekiela (Adventure Publications)

      The Utah Guide
      by Allan Kent Powell(Fulcrum)

      Where to Watch Birds in East Anglia
      by Peter Clarke, Margaret Clarke (A&C Black)

      Wisconsin's Natural Communities
      Species Connections and 50 Places to Experience Our Natural Heritage
      by Randy Hoffman (University of Wisconsin Press)
       
       

       

      Dividing the state into six geographic regions, a guidebook details the wide variety of activities in each area, from skiing to looking at rock art, and provides historical background, information on accommodations and restaurants, and maps. To identify all the air-breathing offshore wildlife potentially encountered on birding, whale-watching, or sport fishing trips at sea, you could take along a stack of field guides--or this one comprehensive guide to all the birds, whales, dolphins, seals, and sea turtles of the Northern Atlantic. 
      Cattails grow in a marsh, pitcher plants grow in a bog, jewelweed grows in a swamp, right? Do sandhill cranes live among sandy hills? Frogs live near lakes and ponds, but can they live on prairies, too? What is a pine barrens, an oak opening, a calcareous fen?  Wisconsin’s Natural Communities is an invitation to discover, explore, and understand Wisconsin’s richly varied natural environment, from your backyard or neighborhood park to stunning public preserves.  Six hikes in the area of Punta Chivato on the east coast of the southern Baja California peninsula enable visitors to better understand major themes in the natural history of the Gulf of California and its geological past. Johnson has taken a body of technical research on the geology and paleontology of the region and made it accessible in plain language for anyone who visits the peninsula, whether for study or recreation.
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      NEW NATURAL HISTORIES 

      A Natural History of the Chicago Region
      by Joel Greenberg

      Animals and Psychedelics
      The Natural World and the Instinct to Alter Consciousness
      by Giorgio Samorini (Inner Traditions)

      Burning Questions
      America's Fight with Nature's Fire
      by David Carle (Praeger)

      Columnar Cacti and Their Mutualists
      Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation
      edited by Theodore H. Fleming(The University of Arizona Press)

      Fool's Gold
      Lives, Loves, and Misadventures in the Four Corners Country
      by Bob Schultheis

      Ghosts of Tsavo
      by Phillip Caputo (National Geographic Society)

      The Hanford Reach
      A Land Of Contrasts 
      by Susan Zwinger (University of Arizona Press)

      The Mammals of Texas
      by David J. Schmidly  (University of Texas Press)

      North American Box Turtles
      A Natural History
      by C. Kenneth, Jr. Dodd (University of Oklahoma Press)

      Octopus and the Orangutan
      More True Stories of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity
      by Eugene Linden (E.P. Dutton)

      Of Moths and Men
      An Evolutionary Tale
      by Judith Hooper (W.W. Norton & Co)

      The Raptors of Arizona
      by Richard L. Glinski (University of Arizona Press)

      Rocky Mountain Natural History
      Grand Teton to Jasper
      by Daniel Mathews (Raven Editions)

      The Sonoran Desert Tortoise
      Natural History, Biology, and Conservation 
      by Thomas R. Van Devender (University of Arizona Press)

      Texas Natural History
      A Century of Change
      by David J. Schmidly

      Tinkering with Eden
      A Natural History of Exotics in America
      by Kim Todd (W.W. Norton & Co.)

      Tracking the Vanishing Frogs
      An Ecological Mystery
      by Kathryn Phillips (Penguin Books)

      Where There Are Mountains
      An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians
      by Donald Edward Davis (University of Georgia Press)

      Wild Health
      Lessons in Natural Wellness from the Animal Kingdom
      by Cindy Engel (Houghton Mifflin Co.)
       

      Mutant moths and feuding scientists—the real story behind the most famous experiment in twentieth-century evolutionary biology. H. B. D. Kettlewell was a British doctor who caughtbutterflies and moths as an all-consuming hobby. He went into the English woods with amission—to catch "evolution in action" among the now-famous peppered moths. His work became"Darwin's missing evidence," a fixture in biology textbooks for half a century. Only recently has new research brought a different story to light. Compellingly told, Of Moths and Men reveals Kettlewell as a deluded scientist who distorted facts and suppressed evidence he didn't like. Tyrannized by his mentor, the powerful E. B. Ford—an imperious misogynist and eccentric Oxford don who was a Darwinian zealot determined to crush all enemies in his path — Kettlewell ended his life a suicide. A story of hubris and heartbreak, Of Moths and Men reveals as much about the internecine battles of science as it does about the mysteries of evolution. In her novel-like ecological study, Phillips details scientists' efforts in wetlands, woodlands, rain forests, and laboratories to understand why so many species of frogs are vanishing. She clearly describes the environmental and human factors that threaten these underappreciated creatures and draws a fascinating, real-world picture of how science and scientists work..
      In Every Root an Anchor, writer and arborist R. Bruce Allison celebrates Wisconsin’s most significant, unusual, and historic trees. More than one hundred tales introduce us to trees across the state, some remarkable for their size or age, others for their intriguing histories. From magnificent elms to beloved pines to Frank Lloyd Wright’s oaks, these trees are woven into our history, contributing to our sense of place. They are anchors for time-honored customs, manifestations of our ideals, and reminders of our lives’ most significant events.  William B. Davis and David J. Schmidly bring together over seventy years of experience in the study of Texas mammals. A completely revised and updated version of Davis' classic text, which was first published in 1947, The Mammals of Texas is a perennial favorite, going through four reprints and revisions during the past forty-seven years. A basic reference for the wildlife enthusiast, the book contains information on the distribution, physical characteristics, and life histories of 181 species of Texas mammals. Included are photographs, a comprehensive set of distribution maps, and identification keys to the orders and species of mammals found in Texas. 
      To Save The Wild Bison
      Although the American bison was saved from near-extinction in the 19th century, today almost all herds are managed like livestock. Illustrated with 26 b&w illustrations and 4 maps, Franke's To Save the Wild Bison is the first book to examine the ecological and political aspects of the bison controversy and how it reflects changing attitudes toward wildlife. .
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      NEW NATURE WRITING

      A Good Life Wasted
      or Twenty Years as a Fishing Guide 
      by Dave Ames (The Lyons Press)

      Awe for the Tiger, Love for the Lamb
      A Chronicle of Sensibility to Animals
      edited by Rod Preece (Routledge)

      Bird Songs of the Mesozoic 
      A Day Hiker's Guide to the Nearby Wild 
      by David Brendan Hopes (Milkweed Editions)

      City Wilds
      Essays and Stories About Urban Nature
      edited by Terrell F. Dixon (University of Georgia Press)

      The Earth Remains Forever
      Generations at a Crossroads
      by Rob Jackson (University of Texas Press)

      The Ghost With Trembling Wings:
      Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species
      by Scott Weidensaul (North Point Press)

      God's Country or Devil's Playground
      An Anthology of Nature Writing from the Big Bend of
      Texas
      edited by Barney Nelson (University of Texas Press)

      Heart in the Wild
      A Journey of Self-Discovery With Animals of the Wilderness 
      by Susan Chern McElroy (Ballantine)

      In Nature's Name
      An Anthology of Women's Writing and
      illustration, 1780-1930
      edited by Barbara T. Gates. (University of Chicago Press)

      Living By Water
      True Stories of Nature and Spirit
      by Brenda Peterson (Fulcrum Publishing)

      North To Katahdin
      by Eric Pinder (Milkweed Editions)

      Organ Pipe
      Life on the Edge
      by Carol Ann Bassett (University of Arizona Press)

      Raven's Exile
      A Season on the Green River
      by Ellen Meloy (University of Arizona Press)

      Red Delta
      Fighting for Life at the End of the Colorado River
      by Charles Bergman (Fulcrum Publishing)

      Stories From Where We Live
      The Great North American Prairie
      edited by Sara St. Antoine (Milkweed Editions)

      The Feather Quest
      A North American Birder's Year
      by Pete Dunne (Houghton Mifflin Co.)

      This Compost
      Ecological Imperatives in American Poetry by Jed Rasula (University of Georgia Press)

      Waist Deep in Black Water
      by John Lane (University of Georgia Press)

      Where We Belong
      by Paul Shepard (University of Georgia Press)

      Wild Card Quilt
      by Janisse Ray (Milkweed Editions)

      World Atlas of Biodiversity
      Earth's Living Resources in the 21st Century 
      by Brian Groombridge and Martin D. Jenkins (University of California Press)

      Yearning for the Land
      A Search for the Importance of Place
      by John W. Simpson (Pantheon Books)
       


      Playing With Fish And Other Lessons from the North by Robert J. Wolfe. A series of thought-provoking essays on nature, culture, and the human condition that convey unsuspected lessons from the Alaska Natives . Look closely
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      Escalante The Best Kind of Nothing by Brooke Williams with photographs by Chris Noble. Essays on a desert landscape of mesas, buttes, and boundless solitude known as Escalante . Look closely
      Intriguing factual essays written for the casual nature lover and the experienced bird-watcher. Accompanied by vivid line drawings and quotes from noted naturalists, Brushed by Feathers is a muse for all. Includes month-by-month introductions to birds of the West — from backyard feeders to wetland, forest, and waterway inhabitants. Describes more than 150 western United States and Canadian birds, in locales from Kenai, Alaska, to southeastern Arizona. Also includes folklore, native traditions, and insights into bird identification, migration, breeding, and other activities...  Seventeen years after leaving home "for good," self-sufficient single mother Janisse Ray leaves her comfortable life in Montana to revisit her cracker origins. Craving a life built on "land, history, and blood," she moves into the family's rundown 1920s farmhouse in Baxley, Georgia. There she rediscovers the nearly lost pleasures of country life - a Thanksgiving syrup boil, alligator trapping, and neighbors - as well as family skirmishes. Wild Card Quilt is the story of her return and the adventures that follow as she ponders whether she will stay in Baxley "and die where seven generations of grandmothers had died" before her. 
      Voyageurs National Park chronicles the complex legal and political campaign to found Minnesota’s only national park. Witzig’s thoroughly documented and referenced research allows him to offer a detailed view of the unanticipated disappointments and defining moments of achievement that accompanied this complicated legislative battle.. When a flash of pink was spotted in a cloud of gray gulls over Newburyport, Massachusetts, ten thousand people descended on the town in hopes of seeing a rare Ross's gull from Siberia. Among them were Pete and Linda Dunne, who set off from there on a year-long odyssey. Dunne had poured the most remarkable stories, birds, and characters into this unforgettable book about their once-in-a-lifetime adventure. 
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      NEW SCIENCE WRITING

      Cracking the Genome
      Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA
      by Kevin Davies

      I Have Landed
      The End of a Beginning in Natural History
      by Stephen Jay Gould

      Linneaus
      The Compleat Naturalist
      by Wilfrid Blunt

      The Eureka! Moment
      100 Key Scientific Discoveries of the 20th Century by Rupert Lee (Routledge, 2003)

      The Nothing That Is
      A Natural History of Zero
      by Robert Kaplan

      From superconductors to the Big Bang, the best tales of scientific revelation are collected in this addictive tour through the modern world's key scientific discoveries. Rupert Lee's accounts transport readers to the moment of realization: the inventor's laboratory, his or her doubts, initial setbacks, feuds with other scientists, and finally the shock and excitement of triumph. Together, these "biographies of inspiration" paint an astonishing picture of human ingenuity. In physics we learn how scientists for Bell Labs inadvertently supplied proof for the Big Bang theory while trying to eliminate the background hiss in their microwave antenna. In astronomy we see Hubble's recognition that the universe is expanding, not static, as well as the fortuitous discovery of Pluto by a farm boy from Kansas. We join Watson and Crick as they decode the double helix of DNA, and Karl von Frisch as he deciphers the honeybee's waggle dance. Skillfully written to clarify concepts from quarks to relativity to antibodies for the lay reader, this is a must-read for anyone interested in popular science and the history of invention. .  The life of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), the man who gave living organisms two Latin names, is celebrated afresh in this newly revised and magnificently illustrated edition of the definitive biography. In his native Sweden, Linnaeus is revered by children as the  "Prince of Flowers" and by adults as a great biologist, the author of classics on natural history, and, owing to his impassioned study of the sex life of plants, as history's foremost "botanical pornographer." 
       
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