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University of Minnesota Press Hawk Ridge
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£18.99
MP - University Of Minnesota Press Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContentsMinnesota County MapForeword Carrol L. HendersonPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChecklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles in MinnesotaClass AmphibiaFamily Bufonidae—True ToadsAmerican Toad, Anaxyrus americanusGreat Plains Toad, Anaxyrus cognatusCanadian Toad, Anaxyrus hemiophrysFamily Hylidae—TreefrogsBlanchard’s Cricket Frog, Acris blanchardiCope’s Gray Treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelisGray Treefrog, Hyla versicolorSpring Peeper, Pseudacris cruciferBoreal Chorus Frog, Pseudacris maculataFamily Ranidae—True FrogsAmerican Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianusGreen Frog, Lithobates clamitansPickerel Frog, Lithobates palustrisNorthern Leopard Frog, Lithobates pipiensMink Frog, Lithobates septentrionalisWood Frog, Lithobates sylvaticusFamily Ambystomatidae—Mole SalamandersBlue-Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma lateraleSpotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatumWestern Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma mavortiumEastern Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma tigrinumFamily Plethodontidae—Lungless SalamandersFour-Toed Salamander, Hemidactylium scutatumEastern Red-Backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereusFamily Proteidae—Waterdogs and MudpuppiesMudpuppy, Necturus maculosusFamily Salamandridae—NewtsEastern Newt, Notophthalmus viridescensClass ReptiliaFamily Scincidae—SkinksCommon Five-Lined Skink, Plestiodon fasciatusPrairie Skink, Plestiodon septentrionalisFamily Teiidae—Racerunners and WhiptailsSix-Lined Racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlineatusFamily Colubridae—Colubrid SnakesNorth American Racer, Coluber constrictorRing-Necked Snake, Diadophis punctatusPlains Hog-Nosed Snake, Heterodon nasicusEastern Hog-Nosed Snake, Heterodon platirhinosMilksnake, Lampropeltis triangulumCommon Watersnake, Nerodia sipedonSmooth Greensnake, Opheodrys vernalisWestern Ratsnake, Pantherophis obsoletusWestern Foxsnake, Pantherophis ramspottiGophersnake, Pituophis cateniferDekay’s Brownsnake, Storeria dekayiRed-Bellied Snake, Storeria occipitomaculataPlains Gartersnake, Thamnophis radixCommon Gartersnake, Thamnophis sirtalisLined Snake, Tropidoclonion lineatumFamily Viperidae—Pit VipersTimber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridusMassasauga, Sistrurus catenatusFamily Chelydridae—Snapping TurtlesSnapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentinaFamily Emydidae—Pond and River TurtlesPainted Turtle, Chrysemys pictaBlanding’s Turtle, Emydoidea blandingiiWood Turtle, Glyptemys insculptaNorthern Map Turtle, Graptemys geographicaSouthern Map Turtle, Graptemys ouachitensisFalse Map Turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographicaPond Slider, Trachemys scriptaFamily Kinosternidate—Musk TurtlesEastern Musk Turtle, Sternotherus odoratusFamily Trionychidae—SoftshellsSmooth Softshell, Apalone muticaSpiny Softshell, Apalone spiniferaSpecies of Possible OccurrenceWoodhouse’s Toad, Anaxyrus woodhousiiPlains Leopard Frog, Lithobates blairiPlains Spad
£29.45
University of Minnesota Press Elemental Ecocriticism Thinking with Earth Air
Book SynopsisDe-centering the human, the essays collected in Elemental Ecocriticism provide important correctives to the idea of the material world as mere resource. A renewed intimacy with the elemental holds the potential for a more dynamic environmental ethics and the possibility of a reinvigorated materialism.Trade Review"The mixture here is rich, exhilarat- ing, and while the processes of creating this collection were evidently equally so for the contributors, and while the result is illuminating and at times almost heady for the reader, it behoves us to bear in mind the toxic within such intoxication and seek a little grit amongst the mud."—Green LettersTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Eleven Principles of the ElementsJeffrey Jerome Cohen and Lowell Duckert1. Pyromena: Fire’s DoingAnne Harris2. PhlogistonSteve Mentz3. Airy SomethingValerie Allen4. The Sea AboveJeffrey Jerome Cohen5. Muddy ThinkingSharon O'Dair6. The Quintessence of WitChris Barrett7. Wet?Julian Yates8. Creeping Things: Spontaneous Generation and Material CreativityKarl Steel9. Earth’s ProspectsLowell DuckertLove and Strife: Response EssaysElementalityTimothy MortonElemental Relations at the EdgeCary WolfeElemental Love in the AnthropoceneStacy AlaimoCoda: Wandering Elements and Natures to ComeSerpil Oppermann and Serenella IovinoAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex
£18.89
MP - University Of Minnesota Press Water and What We Know
Book SynopsisTrade Review"What is the effect of place on character? Of our birth landscape on how we see the world? This wonderful, meditative book asks all the right questions."—Will Weaver"Babine’s focus is on the call of the west and the mountain and rivers that carved its shape. Eloquently, passionately, she strips back the mythology of this land, seeks out the truth lying beneath our American stories, and embraces the complications we must all accept in calling anyplace home."—Booklist"Babine’s critical contribution is that we need to learn to think of the natural and the cultural as inseparable in order to expand our ecological consciousness and knowledge to face our futures."—Annals of Iowa"The value of essays in this tradition of Thoreau and Olson is to share the insights of others, to measure by our own sentiments and ultimately to examine better how we meet and see the world."—Lake Superior Magazine"Whether you’re a kindred spirit to the north woods or the most confirmed city dweller, she reminds us that the only way we can be grounded in this world is to know our place in it."—Split Rock Review"Writing with the eloquence of [Barry] Lopez and the compassion of Terry Tempest Williams, Babine is also reaching toward a new generation, ensuring the continuity and the legacy of what she has learned."—Los Angeles Review of Books"The stories in Water and What We Know bleed together the places of Babine’s childhood--lake, forest, and sky--until, as in the Minnesota she so loves, land and water become one."—Mid-American Review"Babine takes us on a multifaceted odyssey through this collection and recollection of her family history and lore. She uses every tool at her disposal to find the way our world is shaped through family and cultural heritage, weather, water and how we shape ourselves."—The CorresponderTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: In This Place, on This Day Roald Amundsen’s Teeth The Inheritance of ApplesWater and What It KnowsThe River—1997The CanoeDeadwoodPetrographyRecorded HistoryHoldenFaultsGrain Elevator SkylineI–90Ballerina in a SnowsuitThe Weight of WaterAcknowledgments
£13.99
University of Minnesota Press Jewels of the Plains
Book SynopsisFrom Abronia to Zinnia, Jewels of the Plains describes the natural history and garden merits of more than five hundred Great Plains wildflowers. Considered the authoritative guide by native plant enthusiasts and horticulturists, it captures the unique beauty, resilience, and variety of wildflowers in the Great Plains.Claude A. Barr did not set ouTrade Review"Barr’s descriptive writing is as entertaining as it is educational."—Omaha World-Herald"Groundbreaking work."—South Dakota Public Radio"A delight to read."—Northern Gardener"Barr does a fantastic job of describing the plants and writes about them in a way that is not often seen."—Botanical Society of America"I highly recommend this book to gardeners and lovers of wildflowers everywhere."—Great Plains ResearchTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction to the Revised EditionJames H. LocklearJewels of the PlainsForeword to the First EditionH. Lincoln FosterPreface to the First EditionThe Great PlainsThe Great Plains Native PlantsThe Great Plains Plants in the Wild and in the GardenThe Botanical Contributions of Claude A. BarrRonald R. WeedonNotes to the Revised EditionGlossaryBibliographyGeneral IndexScientific Index
£20.89
The University of Alabama Press Philip Henry Gosse Science and Art in Letters
Book SynopsisPhilip Henry Gosse's detailed watercolors of Alabama's native insects and plants represent a landmark in the annals of American natural history. Offered for the first time are the complete colour illustrations from Gosse's Entomologia Alabamensis, along with a biographical essay placing Gosse's work in the context of his long and fruitful life.
£23.36
The University of Alabama Press Southeastern Grasslands
Book SynopsisBrings together the latest research on southeastern prairie systems and species, provides a complete picture of an increasingly rare biome, and offers solutions to many conservation biology queries. Contributors address questions related to the diversity, ecology, and management of southeastern grasslands.Trade ReviewSoutheastern Grasslands offers a good representation of the biological significance bestowed upon these systems and the efforts currently underway to restore and maintain them for future generations to know and appreciate."" - Alfred R. Schotz, botanist and community ecologist with the Alabama Natural Heritage Program (ALNHP) at Auburn University""An excellent and thorough account, past and present, of the grasslands of the southeastern United States. The information included in this volume will be of interest to anyone studying grasslands, whether in the southeastern United States or elsewhere."" - Robert H. Mohlenbrock, author of Vascular Flora of Illinois: A Field Guide and This Land: A Guide to Eastern National ForestsTable of Contents Preface by JoVonn G. Hill and John A. Barone Chapter 1. A Synopsis of Southeastern Blackland Prairies by S. Lee Echols and Wendy B. Zomlefer Chapter 2. Historical Distribution of Prairies in Arkansas by John A. Barone Chapter 3. The Use of General Land Office Survey Notes to Locate Prairie Patches in the Jackson Prairie Region by Toby Gray and Timothy J. Schauwecker Chapter 4. Eastern Texas Prairie Landscapes by Jason R. Singhurst and Matt White Chapter 5. Floristics of the Louisiana Cajun and Inland Prairies by Charles Allen Chapter 6. The Native Flora of Grasslands and Associated Woodlands in the Grand Prairie Ecoregion of Eastern Arkansas by C. Theo Witsell, Thomas L. Foti, and Brent T. Baker Chapter 7. Vegetation and Flora on Lowlands in the Central Black Belt of Mississippi—How Low Did the Original Prairie Go? by J. J. N. Campbell and W. R. Seymour Jr. Chapter 8. An Alternative Natural Distribution for Osage Orange, Maclura pomifera, Including the Prairies of the Southeast by Jennifer L. Seltzer Chapter 9. Prehistoric Molluscan Faunas of the Mississippi Black Prairie by Evan Peacock Chapter 10. The Grasshopper Fauna of Southeastern Grasslands: A Preliminary Investigation by JoVonn G. Hill Chapter 11. Encroachment and Persistence of Trees in Southeastern Grasslands by J. Morgan Varner Chapter 12. Experimental Removal of Eastern Redcedar to Restore Black Belt Prairie Remnants: Effects on Plant, Ant, and Grasshopper Communities by John A. Barone, JoVonn G. Hill, and Lisa McInnis Chapter 13. Conservation and Management of Subtropical Grasslands in South-Central Florida by Elizabeth H. Boughton, Patrick J. Bohlen, Steve L. Orzell, Edwin L. Bridges, and Reed F. Noss Chapter 14. Effects of Landscape History on Plant Communities in Semi-natural Grassland Buffers by Jolie G. Dollar, Timothy J. Schauwecker, Samuel K. Riffell, and L. Wes Burger Jr. Chapter 15. Ground Cover Assessment of CRP Conservation Practice 36 in Georgia by James W. Tomberlin, Nicholas Brown, and Reggie E. Thackston Chapter 16. Forb Community Response to Management of Grassland Buffers by Jolie G. Dollar, Timothy J. Schauwecker, Samuel K. Riffell, and L. Wes Burger Jr. Chapter 17. Highway Right-of-Way Mowing Regimens in Northeastern Mississippi: Effects on Native Prairie Plant Species by Edward D. Entsminger, John W. Guyton, Raymond B. Iglay, and Jeanne C. Jones Chapter 18. Reconstructing Prehistoric Prairie Habitat Types Using Archaeological Data by Jennifer L. Seltzer and Evan Peacock Chapter 19. A Preliminary Study of Learning about Prairie Restoration Ecology: A Comparison between Biology Major and Nonmajor Students by Bruno Borsari and Malcolm F. Vidrine Chapter 20. Attempts at Converting a Southern Mississippi Bahia Grass Pasture to Diverse Prairie via Local-Provenance, Source-Certified Seed by Marc G. Pastorek, Malcolm F. Vidrine, Charles Allen, Bruno Borsari, and Gail Barton References Cited Contributors Index
£54.64
The University of Alabama Press Distracted by Alabama
Book SynopsisInterspersed throughout with insights drawn from James Seay Brown's academic career and his work with a variety of Birmingham-area community organizations, this book traces a very personal, historically informed, and idiosyncratic profile of a region in transition in the mid to late twentieth century.
£30.56
The University of Alabama Press Footprints in Stone
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£38.66
Wesleyan University Press The Traprock Landscapes of New England
Book SynopsisLavishly illustrated natural history of the distinctive lava highlands in the Connecticut Valley
£18.50
Great Outdoors Publishing Company Dictionary of Seashore Life
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£5.97
Great Outdoors Publishing Company Handbook of Shells
Book SynopsisTake this easy-to-tote guide along to the beach to help identify your finds among its 120 shells and assortment of other seashore creatures. Each shell is illustrated with a line drawing.
£7.59
Great Outdoors Publishing Company The Wilderness Coast
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£11.39
LUP - University of Georgia Press Rural Hours
Book SynopsisThe daughter of the novelist James Fenimore Cooper uses narratives and descriptions of her walks and excursions in this piece of American nature writing, to reveal her ideal society as a rural one, carefully poised between the receding wilderness and looming industrialization.
£33.64
LUP - University of Georgia Press City Wilds Essays and Stories about Urban Nature
Book SynopsisThis anthology aims to broaden our awareness of American nature writing by featuring the flora, fauna, and geology that shape urban life. Set in neither pristine nor exotic conditions, the stories and essays include rivers, vacant lots and gardens as they show nature's disregard of city limits.
£28.80
University of Georgia Press Reconnecting with John Muir Essays in
Book SynopsisThe mountain environment provides a common ground for the diverse modes of engagement and mediation. By attempting to understand the meaning of Muir's assertion that ""going to the mountains is going home,"" the author points us toward a practice of integrated reading, scholarship, teaching, and writing that is adequate to our environmental crisis.
£41.95
University of Georgia Press Crackers in the Glade Life and Times in the Old
Book SynopsisThe largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the United States, the Everglades holds a unique place among all the world's wetlands. This title provides an account of bygone days in the Everglades. It takes us to the remote, half-wild frontier of southwest Florida in the early part of the twentieth century.
£20.85
University of Georgia Press Flint River Users Guide
Book SynopsisThe Flint River is arguably Georgia's most beautiful river, and in terms of the terrain through which it flows on its 344-mile journey, there is not another Georgia river that exposes the river traveler to more diverse vistas. The Flint River User's Guide is a portal to adventure on this spectacular river.
£20.85
University of Georgia Press Things New and Strange A Southerners Journey
Book SynopsisChronicles a research quest undertaken by G. Wayne Clough, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution born in the South. Soon after retiring from the Smithsonian, Clough decided to see what the Smithsonian collections could tell him about South Georgia, where he had spent most of his childhood in the 1940s and 1950s.
£28.45
University of Georgia Press Coyote Settles the South
Book SynopsisTells the story of John Lane’s journey through the Southeast US, as he visits coyote territories: swamps, nature preserves, farm fields, suburbs, a tannery, and even city streets. On his travels he meets, interrogates, and observes those who interact with the animals - trappers, researchers, hunters, pet owners, and even a devoted coyote hugger.
£15.26
University of Georgia Press Ocmulgee River Users Guide
Book SynopsisBoth novice and experienced water sports enthusiasts will find all the information required to enjoy the full length of the Ocmulgee River through Macon to its confluence with the Altamaha near Lumber City in this volume.
£27.67
University of Georgia Press This Impermanent Earth Environmental Writing
Book SynopsisCharts the course of the American literary response to the twentieth century's accumulation of environmental deprivations. The essays range in subject matter from twentieth-century examples of what was then called nature writing, through writing after 2000 that gradually redefines the environment in increasingly human terms.Trade ReviewMultitudinous writers have been rattling the shakers and clanging the cymbals for a long time to bring attention to the natural world, especially its plights. With this collection the Georgia Review establishes its history as a venue for these prophetic and prescient voices, especially in opening dialogues to those who have been too long excluded. This is fine reading - so many ideas, so much truth, so much power packed in here. This is a book I'll reach for again and again." - Janisse Ray, author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood and Drifting into Darien
£27.16
University of Georgia Press An Abundance of Curiosities The Natural History
Book SynopsisBeginning with an overview of early naturalists who marveled at the region’s natural treasures, Eric Bolen and James Parnell’s natural history of the Coastal Plain offers a nature-focused walk through the distinctive geological features and plant and animal communities of the area that extends from the Fall Line to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.
£36.03
University of Georgia Press A Field Guide to the Mushrooms of Georgia
Book SynopsisWritten in a relaxed style and using terminology that is easily accessible for both beginners and more experienced mushroom enthusiasts, this book emphasizes identification based primarily on macroscopic field characters, including observational data based on the authors’ years of experience.Trade ReviewHere is a comprehensive guide to the mushrooms of Georgia and the surrounding myco-rich Southeast. It includes several species not featured in other field guides of the region, and the photo illustrations are consistently high quality. Many will appreciate that the scientific names of species reflect the most recent revisions of taxonomy. Whether this is your first or fifteenth identification guide to eastern North American mushrooms, this one belongs in your library. Highly recommended." - William C. Roody, author of Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians"This book is an outstanding contribution to Georgia mycology. The authors' extensive study of mushrooms in Georgia is evident, with hundreds of represented species from each part of the state. It is a perfect book for beginners and a must-have for seasoned Georgia mycologists." - Emily Cantonwine, biology professor, University of Georgia, and senior editor of the Plant Health Instructor"A very useful field guide to the macrofungi of Georgia. The authors' selection of species depicted in this field guide is excellent, including common and eye-catching species while steering clear of confusing species. The synoptic descriptions are also excellent. The color photographs are of high quality, making this a very attractive book." - D. Jean Lodge, adjunct botanist in plant biology, University of Georgia
£40.37
University of Georgia Press Keeping the Chattahoochee Reviving and Defending
Book SynopsisSally Sierer Bethea was one of the first women in America to become a ‘riverkeeper’ - a vocal defender of a specific waterway who holds polluters accountable. In Keeping the Chattahoochee, she tells stories that range from joyous and funny to frustrating - even alarming - to illustrate what it takes to save an endangered river.Trade ReviewFor over a decade, Sally Bethea rocked the city with her fearless and principled leadership of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and insistence that the city and the people of Atlanta take notice, and then action, to correct pollution in the river. She taught me, and many others who were skeptical, the importance of civic advocacy in solving what seem like intractable problems. Sally offers the experience we need to preserve and protect the planet." - Shirley Franklin, former mayor of the City of Atlanta"Sally Bethea is a force of nature. Here the river activist, who made the Chattahoochee run cleaner, decides to deepen her relationship to the watershed. On foot, slowly, paying close attention, she travels repeatedly over the course of a year through a forest to the river. These explorations recall her two decades of stunning success—a courageous and unstoppable defender of nature looking forward, looking back. Impressive all around, this beacon of a book inspires, enlivens, and offers hope." - Janisse Ray, author of Wild Spectacle"My husband Rutherford and I realized that we needed to safeguard our life-sustaining drinking water. We co-founded Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and hired Sally Bethea. Beginning with only a canoe, she eventually won billions of dollars for the protection of one of America’s most important waterways. In this inspirational book, Sally describes her journey with entertaining stories that illustrate how to step up and make a significant difference." - Laura Turner Seydel, co-founder of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, board trustee of Waterkeeper Alliance, and board chair of Captain Planet Foundation"For all who love rivers, it would be an extremely special day to walk with Sally Bethea along the rapids of the Chattahoochee and hear about two decades of pathbreaking progress in conservation there. Now, thanks to this memoir, we get to do exactly that. Come along and learn about the enlightened and courageous efforts undertaken by this dedicated riverkeeper. Her success can inform us all regarding what must be done for our waters and for the communities that depend upon them." - Tim Palmer, author of Lifelines: The Case for River Conservation"Sally Bethea knows the Chattahoochee—its beauty, its importance for people and wildlife and the threats facing it—better than nearly anyone else. And the work of Ms. Bethea shows that dogged persistence, determination, public support, existing laws, prodding of government agencies and on and on can help win important environmental protection victories even in the face of substantial adversity." - Charles Seabrook, author of The World of the Salt Marsh: Appreciating and Protecting the Tidal Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast
£30.21
Ohio University Press Haunted by Waters
Book SynopsisFour essential questions: Why does one fish? How should one properly fish? What relations are created in fishing? And what effects does fishing have on the future? Haunted by Waters is a self-examination by the author as he constructs his own narrative and tries to answer these questions for himself.Trade Review“Haunted by Waters is a landmark book…[Browning’s] brilliant displays of research and erudition in chapters on Old World and New World angling traditions and American Transcendentalism are nonpareil. So, too, is his comprehension regarding the art of fly-fishing in its entirety. What’s more, no one has ever written a literary history of fly-fishing, even a brief one, with more style or insight.” * Bloomsbury Review *“Many anglers can't seem to get enough of their sport, so they make artificial flies and read a lot about fishing when they're not streamside. Browning's book contemplates the strong attraction of this revered pastime and thoughtfully considers the literature that it has inspired…. Chapters that can be categorized as ecocriticism, the new term for environmental literary criticism, are interspersed with ‘Interludes,’ wherein Browning, a devoted fly fisherman, offers first-person confessions and observations about his joyful obsession. Recommended for all large fishing collections.” * Library Journal *“Mark Browning has pioneered the serious literary study of American prose centered on fly fishing—and he has linked it convincingly, admirably, to the major traditions of nature writing that run from Thoreau through Barry Lopez. Bravo!”“In this thoughtful, penetrating…look at the literature of fly-fishing, the author notes that fishermen who write can be likened to our ancient ancestors,`who blazoned portrayals of the hunt on the walls of … caves’…. In scrutinizing Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and his story ‘Big Two-Hearted River' … Browning finds the most profound portrayals of fishing as an`activity where life and death meet and stare at each other.’” * Kirkus Reviews *“Anyone who is genuinely interested in fly-fishing and is also a serious reader will be gratified by Browning's book…. Authors of books in which fly-fishing plays an accompanying role are household words. Browning's book is a better guide to what to read than any other I know.” * The Baltimore Sun *
£30.53
MJ - Ohio University Press The Locavores Kitchen A Cooks Guide to Seasonal
Book SynopsisIn more than 150 recipes that highlight seasonal flavors, Marilou K. Suszko inspires cooks to keep local flavors in the kitchen year round.Trade Review“A homey, chatty text seamlessly incorporates more than 200 recipes in this book promoting using the freshest locally available ingredients that are in season and preserving them by freezing and canning for use when they aren’t in season.… An even-handed guide to preparing and devouring what’s in season.” * Booklist *“I can’t think of a better recommendation for a cookbook.” * Cleveland Magazine *“Riding the crest of ever-evolving food trends takes some real ingenuity. This carefully configured cookbook manages to chart the course in an unexpectedly old-fashioned way. For those not in the know, locavore is a newly minted word used to loosely describe one who purchases and eats foodstuffs grown, raised and produced exclusively within a 100-mile radius of home. It’s a pretty tall order, one within the expertise of food-savvy Suszko. In her hands, it’s just a palate-pleasing turnaround from making do with supermarket food from anywhere to preparing, eating and preserving unadulterated local fare, season by season, as our ancestors did.” * Kirkus Reviews *“Suszko’s words will inspire readers to realize the possibilities not only in their yards and markets, but in their kitchens…. Before you know it, the reader’s purchasing habits and kitchen creations will mirror the availability and abundance of the growing season.” * Ohioana Quarterly *“On the 40th anniversary of Chez Panisse, Alice Waters’ landmark restaurant in Berkeley, Calif., and epitome of the local foods movement, comes this thoughtfully organized and user-friendly new kitchen resource. I say ‘resource’ because it is much more than a cookbook. Along with many, many approachable recipes, there is a bounty of beautifully presented information.” * Ohio Today *“A delightfully inspiring primer for anyone who may be curious about the local foods movement.” * Ohio Magazine *“With the increasing access to local food, consumers need ideas for selecting, storing and cooking the fare…. To the rescue: Marilou K. Suszko, a cookbook author and cooking instructor considered a guru of eating locally.” * The Columbus Dispatch *“(Suszko) comforts us by reminding us that leading a locavore-inspired life is not a new fad, picked up at the store, but an old rhythm we know in our bones and have returned to, one by one, as we each decide to harvest, cook and preserve foods grown locally, season by season.” * Edible Columbus *“More than a cookbook, The Locavore’s Kitchen spotlights seasonal favorites, such as asparagus, melons or fall greens, as well as local flavors, like maple syrup, grassfed beef or milk.” * Hobby Farm Home *“This delightfully unusual cookbook is tailored especially for food-preparers who want to make delicious meals from their own garden produce and from farmers and market gardeners in their neighborhood. It includes excellent information on not just local fruits and vegetables but grains, animal products of all kinds, mushrooms, and wines. The recipes are imaginative and inspired. For example, for that he-man in your family who thinks he doesn’t like asparagus, how about beer-battered asparagus spears? Or when is the last time you enjoyed rustic pear tart in cornmeal pastry? Suszko also includes essential information on preserving local foods for winter.” * author of The Contrary Farmer *“Marilou Suszko’s celebration and demystification of sustainably grown agricultural products in The Locavore’s Kitchen is inspiring. The emphasis on simplicity, eating with purpose, and seasonal sensitivity should be applauded, and the book should be read and used by everyone. Remember, eat your veggies!” * Chef’s Garden of Huron, Ohio *
£24.69
University of Pittsburgh Press Butterflies of Pennsylvania A Field Guide
Book SynopsisButterflies of Pennsylvania will serve as a handy reference for a broad readership including students and educators, backyard butterfly enthusiasts and gardeners, conservationists and naturalists, public and school libraries, entomologists, lepidopterists, and butterfly watchers in general.
£26.06
University of Hawai'i Press Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the
Book SynopsisProvides an account of the subject of vanished islands and hidden continents in the Pacific. This book addresses the persistent myths of a sunken continent in the Pacific, which became widespread after European arrival and were subsequently incorporated into new age and pseudoscience explanations of our planet and its inhabitants.
£23.96
University of Hawai'i Press Migrant Ecologies
Book SynopsisCeates an understanding of the past, present, and futures of the lands, seas, peoples, practices, microbes, animals, plants, and other natural forces that shape the Pacific. The book effectively argues for the existence of an interconnected Pacific World environmental history.
£51.00
University of Hawai'i Press Migrant Ecologies
Book SynopsisThe Pacific Ocean is remarkable for its diverse human and non-human inhabitants, their long-distance migrations, and their influences on other parts of the world. This book creates an understanding of the past, present, and futures of the lands, seas, peoples, practices, microbes, animals, plants, and other natural forces that shape the Pacific.Trade ReviewEncompassing the expansive ocean, Migrant Ecologies finds coherence in Matt Masuda’s conception of the Pacific as a place of “multiple translocalisms,” marvelously varied culturally and ecologically, but tied together by movement. Here a splendid cast of characters-sooty shearwaters, chickens, dogs, rats, whales, tuna, sweet potatoes, breadfruit, and people-cross latitude, longitude, and coast lines, shaping lands and lives as they go, but all the while subject to the effects of human impacts, cultural mores, climatic circumstances, and other influences. So we see Maori hunting affecting the diet of Indigenous North Americans, traditional patterns of island land-holding working against the introduction of commercial farming, and tourists altering the nearshore ecology of Hawai‘i. In this intriguing environmental history, exceptionalism and cosmopolitanism go hand in hand to complicate the ramifications of development and extractivism." - Graeme Wynn. The University of British Columbia"From bird migration to nuclear radiation, Migrant Ecologies brilliantly demonstrates how migration and mobility underpinned environmental histories of the Pacific World from the deep past to the present. This illuminating book invigorates debates about indigenous histories and agency by showing how human and non-human migration have fundamentally shaped the Pacific in every historical period. Migrant Ecologies not only offers a new way to understand the Pacific but also provides a model for other environmental histories struggling to reconcile global and indigenous paradigms in a conceptual framework." - Brett Bennett, University of Johannesburg and Western Sydney University
£22.36
Beaufort Books A Walk for Sunshine
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn inherently fascinating, absorbing, and entertaining read from cover to cover, this new twentieth anniversary edition of "A Walk for Sunshine" is unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library collections. -- Midwest Book ReviewI recommend this book to anyone who is a hiker, or who has a physical goal they want to reach, whether it's running a race, climbing a mountain, or winning a championship because you learn so much about the qualities needed to accomplish a daunting task. -- Enthusiastic About LifeJeff's book is unique because it not only documents his personal journey on the AT but also captures the real challenges and joy of trekking for a cause. It ain't sunshine all the time to push through boundaries to accomplish a goal your heart truly is set to achieve. In this edition, I appreciated Jeff's outline in the end of concrete steps to take in order to make one's social cause a success for those of us who wish to make hiking a tool to make a difference. -- Brown Gal Trekker
£13.25
University of Missouri Press The Galapagos
Book SynopsisThe Galápagos ecosystem, a tapestry of living things, is probably the best preserved of any in the world. Like all ecosystems, it is made of many components that are interwoven and interdependent. Now, in spectacular pictures and insightful prose, The Galápagos: Exploring Darwin's Tapestry opens the Galápagos experience to general readers.
£51.30
University of New Mexico Press Mountains of New Mexico
Book SynopsisA guide to New Mexico's mountains, this work provides essential information such as location, physiographic province, elevation and relief, ecosystems, and ownership. It also includes the historical and natural details that make each range unique: archaeology, Native American presence, mining history, ghost towns, recreation, and more.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Southern Rocky Mountains; Great Plains; Colorado Plateau; Basin and Range; Datil-Mogllon Section of the Transition Zone; Index.
£20.85
University of New Mexico Press Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction; Ecology of the Sandia Mountains; Weather in the Sandia Mountains; Fire in the Sandia Mountains; Geology of the Sandia Mountains; Grasses, Fungi, Lichens, Mosses & Others; Wildflowers; Coniferous Trees and Shrubs; Broad Leaf Trees and Shrubs; Tree Diseases; Arthropods; Reptiles and Amphibians; Birds; Mammals; Human Presence in the Sandia Mountains;' Place Names of the Sandias; Hiking Trails; Cross-Country Skiing and Winter Recreation.
£265.73
University of New Mexico Press Finding Abbey The Search for Edward Abbey and
Book SynopsisWhen the environmental writer Edward Abbey died in 1989, four of his friends buried him secretly in a hidden desert spot that no one would ever find. The final resting place of the Thoreau of the American West remains unknown and has become part of American folklore. In this book a young writer who went looking for Abbey’s grave combines an account of his quest with a creative biography of Abbey.
£19.76
MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico Sarapiqu237 Chronicle A Naturalist in Costa Rica
Book SynopsisThe abundant insect life of the rainforests of northeastern Costa Rica is the subject of this engaging book, first published over twenty-five years ago and now including two new chapters on the rise of ecotourism in the region.Trade Review“Young . . . brings the trained eye of an entomologist and an unabashed admiration for the beauty of nature to this engaging and informative account of his experiences during twenty-one years of fieldwork in Costa Rica’s rainforests.”—Publishers Weekly“A splendid read. For newcomers to the moist tropics, and for any but the most sated old-timers, it can be commended for an entertaining account of a locality where life is lived to the full—by all species, including the human observer.”—Norman Myers, New Scientist
£23.36
University of New Mexico Press Chul Mut Sacred Bird Messengers of the Chamula
Book SynopsisIn these testimonies dictated to her lifelong friend, anthropologist Diane Rus, Maruch Mendez Perez describes her years of dreams, instruction, and experience, a narrative that sheds light on the basic values of her Chamula culture and cosmovision and that has remarkable parallels to concepts of the ancient Maya as interpreted by scholars.Trade ReviewThis book is a masterpiece. Méndez Pérez has not only given us a narrative of inestimable importance, but Rus has enabled us to compare her understandings and knowledge of birds with those of other Maya peoples in Mesoamerica."—Christine Eber, author of Women and Alcohol in a Highland Maya Town: Water of Hope, Water of Sorrow"An extraordinary document. . . . It is not just a fascinating study of an indigenous woman's wisdom about birds, the sacred, and their role in the workings of the cosmos, it is also an exemplary model of intercultural conversation and experimentation. . . . A work of great ethnographic density and expressive beauty."—Pedro Pitarch, author of The Jaguar and the Priest: An Ethnography of Tzeltal Souls
£33.75
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC True Wilderness Contemporary Christian Insights
Book SynopsisThe True Wilderness has established itself as one of the spiritual classics of the twentieth century. Given as sermons to Trinity College undergraduates in the years following the author's breakdown in the 1950's, it illustrates the dangers of bad religion and the debilitating effects of a false view of God. Williams goes on to show that the true God is experienced by people who have accepted themselves and other people. It is a plea for a positive, life-enhancing faith and its unsparing honesty is particularly suited to contemporary readers. H.A. Williams was born in 1919 and was Fellow and Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge until 1969 when he joined the Community of the Resurrection and Mirfield, Yorkshire. He is the author of Joy of God, True to Experience and True Resurrection (all published by Continuum).
£18.99
Rizzoli Adirondacks
Book SynopsisCovering more ground than Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon combined, the Adirondack Park is one of the great untouched wilderness areas in this country. Each year it attracts millions of visitors who come to hike, canoe, ski, or just enjoy the views. This panoramic volume presents a beautiful selection of images, including ten 360-degree shots. The images capture the tree-covered mountains in full autumnal glory, rivers hushed by winter snow, and verdant meadows alive with spring, as well as historic resorts and quaint villages. Each chapter covers a different corner from Lake Placid and the High Peaks to Saranac Lake, Lake George, and the Fulton Chain. To appreciate the wonders of the Adirondacks through the lens of one of the area's most accomplished photographers is like exploring them for the first time.
£14.19
Tor Mark Press Yorkshire Curiosities Yorkshire Dales
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£9.50
New York University Press Green Guerrillas Environmental Conflicts and
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£19.12
Transworld Publishers Ltd Big Meg
Book Synopsis''Big Meg is big fun! It''s packed to the gills with gobsmacking facts, insightful conjecture, and personal obs from two world-class scientists and explorers ... a megaladon of delight for any shark-lover!'' - Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus''Tim Flannery scores again, diving into the murky myth-filled waters surrounding the world''s biggest predator, and surfacing with a breathless true story stuffed with astounding facts and personal experience.'' - Lucy Cooke, author of Bitch and The Unexpected Truth about Animals''If you are not already addicted to Tim Flannery''s writing, discover him now.'' - Jared Diamond, author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel''Engagingly written and a real labour of love (down to the tiny fin at the bottom of each right hand page). Give this book to the wannabe palaeontologist in your life'' - MAIL ON SUNDAY---------------------------------------Trade ReviewBig Meg is big fun! It's packed to the gills with gobsmacking facts, insightful conjecture, and personal obs from two world-class scientists and explorers. It's a slim volume--but a megaladon of delight for any shark-lover!' -- Sy Montgomery, author of National Book Award finalist, The Soul of an OctopusHugely enjoyable. We're going to need a much bigger boat! -- Dr George McGavin, zoologist and broadcasterTim Flannery scores again, diving into the murky myth-filled waters surrounding the world's biggest predator, and surfacing with a breathless true story stuffed with astounding facts and personal experience. -- Lucy CookeEngagingly written and a real labour of love (down to the tiny fin at the bottom of each right hand page). Give this book to the wannabe palaeontologist in your life * Mail on Sunday *If you are not already addicted to Tim Flannery's writing, discover him now. -- Jared Diamond, author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel
£15.29
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Learning with Nature A Howto Guide to Inspiring
Book SynopsisA beautifully designed book full of creative ideas and fun activities to get your children outdoors, with a foreword by Chris Packham. Spending time outdoors and interacting with the elements gives our senses a host of stimuli that cannot be recreated indoors. Whether you're splashing in muddy puddles, making shelters, foraging blackberries, playing hide and seek or watching birds, experiencing the natural world reduces stress, makes us feel alive and lays critical foundations for a healthy developing brain. Learning with Nature is ideal for parents, teachers and youth workers looking to enrich children's learning through nature and teach them to enjoy and respect the great outdoors. Written by experienced Forest School practitioners, it is packed with more than 100 tried and tested games and activities suitable for groups of children aged between 3 and 16, which aim to help children develop key practical and social skills and gain a better awareness of the world. The booTrade ReviewLearnlng with Nature is a valuable resource to anyone with a passion to create this connection between children and the outside world. With 100 different game and activity ideas, forest school leaders, families, home schoolers, cubs, brownie, scout and guide leaders would all find something here. * Caroline Bennett, Westonbirt Magazine *This book will be invaluable to all gardeners who enjoy creating opportunities to get their younger family and friends excited about being in a garden. I thoroughly recommend it. * The Gardening Times *All three authors are experienced practitioners, and the book speaks with real authority.... The result is a book of outdoor ideas that just beg to be tried. * Make Wealth History *This is a truly inspirational book that will get you and your children running to be outside. * Cathi Pawon, Juno *A creative and easy to read guide of games and activities for the great outdoors which are suitable for all ages, from children of nursery age right through to adults. ... 6 out of 6 stars. * Sandra Kent, Families Magazine *Whether you are a parent or educator, Learning with Nature is full of ideas for fun in the great outdoors. It caters for children and young people of all ages and abilities – and comes with clear instructions and illustrations. So grab a copy, get your boots on, fill your backpack and head to your nearest wild (or not so wild) space for some playful adventures. * Tim Gill, Author of No Fear: Growing Up In A Risk Averse Society *I recommend this book to you all, so ‘get out, play and connect’! * John Cree, Chair of the Forest School Association *This wonderful new book aims to connect children with nature. Through a broad range of outdoor activities and games, young people are encouraged to engage their senses and interact with nature. This not only leads to a better understanding of the natural world but can also contribute to much broader agendas such as personal and social development. Most importantly, the activities are fun. It is through enjoyment and understanding that people will want to conserve and care for their environment and so I encourage everyone to give the book a try. * Andy Naylor, John Muir England Award Manager *This book enables key outdoor experiences to happen. It includes an exciting ‘toolkit’ of well-structured, engaging activities that will inspire, excite and encourage children to reconnect with nature – and to have a whole load of fun in the process! * Amanda Elmes, Learning, Outreach and Volunteer Lead, South Downs National Park Authority *Table of ContentsForeword by Chris Packham Introduction Looking after nature GAMES - Warm-ups - Plants and trees - Animals and birds - Sensory awareness - Team building - Wandering NATURALIST ACTIVITIES - Tool safety - Wild facts - Birds - Animals - Plants - Trees SEASONAL ACTIVITIES - Teas through the seasons - Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter SURVIVAL ACTIVITIES - Foraging wild plants - Fire safety - Shelter - Water - Fire - Wild food Afterword by Jon Cree Author biographies Resources and bibliography Nature organisations Photograph credits Index
£28.00
Atlantic Books Seven Flowers
Book SynopsisJennifer Potter is the author of four novels and six works of non-fiction, most recently The Jamestown Brides, The Untold Story of England's 'maids for Virginia' (Atlantic, 2018). Other titles published by Atlantic include The Rose, A True History; Seven Flowers And How They Shaped Our World; and Strange Blooms, The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants. A long-time reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and an accredited Royal Literary Fund (RLF) Consultant Fellow, she currently runs writing workshops for students and staff at British universities and was recently appointed one of the first RLF Writing Fellows at the British Library.Trade ReviewThis literary delight will surely become compulsory reading for flower enthusiasts everywhere... Accompanied by magnificent colour plates and botanical etchings, this book is a voyage of discovery. A thoroughly rewarding read. * The Lady *Jennifer Potter is a wonderful writer on the history and culture of plants, plantsmen, and gardens... Any gardener, of the practical or armchair variety, will love this beautifully written survey. * Good Book Guide *Endlessly beguiling... Potter's range of reference is huge, from Dante to Ginsberg, from the flower-and-bird paintings of the Song dynasty to Manet and from early Christianity to Hindu creation myths... Every page yields up some delicious nuggets * Gardens Illustrated *Fascinating and highly readable * The Garden *Anyone who has ever planted a seed or loved a flower can appreciate the author's knowledge and devotion * Kirkus Reviews *
£11.69
Acair William Macgillivrays A Hebridean Naturalists
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£14.25
Goose Lane Editions Wild Apples
Book SynopsisThere is a dreamlike quality to many of the stories in this new collection from Wayne Curtis. In Wild Apples, he returns to familiar themes of love and longing, and the push-pull emotions which inevitably accompany any attempt to break free of the ties that bind. Simple pleasures abound in these evocative stories, be it fishing on the river, gathering beans for an evening supper (are they beans or has-beens?), or listening to the jukebox at the local diner. Curtis mines the shaft of everyday experiences, turning each one into a meditation on human nature. In the title story, an afternoon drive yields fertile ground as a father and son stop to shake down a gnarled crab apple tree for the sweet-sour orbs of autumn. With a seemingly effortless style, he casts his line into the river of the past, reeling in tales of youthful folly, the Christmastime birth of a little sister, and life on the Miramichi River, which could be any river, anywhere. Curtis also shares his insightTrade Review"Wild Apples is a volume mixed with appropriate portions of nostalgia, memory, and love for a time that will never return." * Daily Gleaner *
£13.49
Goose Lane Editions Of Earthly and River Things An Anglers Memoir
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Poetic prose and microscopic detail combined with thoughtful reflection and vivid storytelling makes Of Earthly and River Things a celebration and hymn of praise. Curtis is a romantic in the best sense. He evokes a gentler past and offers us a refreshing immersion into a life lived deeply connected to the land, the cycles of nature, and currents of a river." -- Sheree Fitch
£14.39
