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Author
Publisher
University Press of New England
Pub. Date
1980
Edition
paperback
Physical Desc
x, 276 p. ill. 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This expanded edition of an established work offers a generously illustrated natural history set in the context of the state's geologic and human pasts. A broad ecological overview written in engaging narrative for lay readers as well as naturalists, conservationists, and biologists, the book is enhanced with more than 140 photographs, drawings, maps, and diagrams. Also a practical guidebook, it directs people to where they can see what is being...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing songbirds from the Empire State Building as they migrate...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by University Press of New England
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
xi, 456 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book is a must-have for anyone wanting to understand Vermont’s forests, wetlands, mountaintops, and shores. Richly illustrated with beautiful line drawings and stunning color photographs, this accessible field guide will delight outdoor explorers and armchair naturalists alike. The book starts with an introduction to the natural community concept and the factors influencing our natural systems, from wind and water to soil and rocks. Then,...
5) Grand Canyon
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
Language
English
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Description
"An exploration of the Grand Canyon on a grand scale, as only Jason Chin can illustrate and explain."--
Author
Publisher
Lake Champlain Committee
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
150 p. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
An engaging introduction to Lake Champlain s varied physical and biological resources in short essays that offer enough detail to satisfy ecologists, but a prose style that anyone can enjoy. Six sections: The Setting; Forces; Phenomena; Living Lake: Plants; Living Lake: Animals; The Future of Lake Champlain.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1966
Edition
[Enl. ed.]
Physical Desc
xv, 269 p. illus. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as ""full of beauty and vigor and bite, "" A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with a call for changing our understanding of land management.
14) The snow leopard
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest to find the Lama of Shey at the ancient shrine on Crystal Mountain. The result is a remarkable account of a journey both physical and spiritual, as the arduous climb yields to Matthiessen...
Author
Language
English
Description
Stretching from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail offers some of America's most breathtaking scenery. It also offers an irresistible, amusingly ill-conceived adventure to Bryson & his out-of-shape walking companion, Stephen Katz. Mile by arduous mile, these unlikely pioneers walk the Appalachian Trail, along the way surviving the threat of bear attacks, cravings for hot showers & cream sodas, the loss of key provisions, & everything else this...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Fountas & Pinnell
Q
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : col. illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Presents a visual tribute to the evolving terrain and animals of the Galapagos that traces the island's fiery origins, its rise and decline as an environment, and the emergence of life on new islands.
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