Learn about the amazing natural science of trees in this gorgeously illustrated nature and science ebook. From the highest branch and leaf down to the complex “wood wide web” of roots, every part of a tree plays an important role in its own growth and the habitat of the whole forest or...
Books Of Note: Conserving Living Natural Resources In The Context Of A Changing Worldwater resources and the many engineering, scientific, legal, and political complexities involved in managing them. Robert Glennon's book is devoted to a fairly simple but often ignored concept: The changes caused...
This is a true story of a man so obsessed with rare bird feathers he breaks in to the British Natural History museum to steel them, this is a fascinating look at all things bird related from women’s fashion to fly fishing tiers. I can’t wait to read more of this book. View all ...
Tips include using natural light whenever possible or even making your own toothpaste. Whether you’re looking for small changes or larger ones to your lifestyle, this book makes living a greener lifestyle accessible to just about anyone. 6. All You Need Is Less: The Eco-Friendly Guide to ...
Lucy, meanwhile, is finally introduced to the iconic Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in Olive’s apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known—“unrecorded lives,” Olive calls them—...
2. The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine This is one of the first places I turn for all manner of simple family health matters. Its advice is sound, reassuring, practical and manageable at home, and it's one of my standard housewarming gifts for anyone just starting out. Written by two nat...
Claire is almost the only person in the world who can operate a costly machine, developed by her supervisor, that can identify proteins inside living cells. An innocent stranger in a strange land, Claire invokes the machine's demons while trying to quench her love for poetry, inherited from ...
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written. Ellis Nelson has served as an Air Force officer, government contractor, and teacher. She writes for children and young adults largely under the newly emerging category of visionary fiction. Having returned from living abroad in Europe,...
this is the third and final satirical novel in a series about an english ex-pat, jerry samper, living in tuscany. jerry is a rather successful ghostwriter of “autobiographies” for shallow sports and pop-culture figures. his real passions, however, include extreme gastronomy (badger wellington,...
Between 1970-2012 (in just over 40 years),humans have wiped out about 60% of the earth’s mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians, according toWWF’s Living Planet report of 2018. (As the human population has increased, wildlife populations havedecreased, by similar degrees. Over th...