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Book cover for John Alcock: In a Desert Garden

In a Desert Garden : Love and Death Among the Insects

John Alcock
Paperback - $30.95

In a Desert Garden draws readers into the strange and fascinating world of plants and animals native to Arizona's Sonoran Desert. As Alcock studies the plants in his yard, he shares thoughts on planting, weeding, and pruning that any gardener will ap ...

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The Mindful Hiker : On the Trail to Find the Path

Stephen Altschuler
Paperback - $27.95

So often we are drawn to nature for solace and peace in times of spiritual need. ON THE TRAIL TO FIND OUT leads the reader on a walk along the trails of Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California and encourages each of us to discover the pa ...

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The Wallowas : Coming of Age in the Wilderness

William Ashworth
Paperback - $29.95

Part mountaineering adventure story and part spiritual memoir, The Wallowas recounts a young man's search for the challenges and the solace that wilderness offers. As a student, William Ashworth discovered the Wallowa Mountains in northeast Oregon an ...

Book cover for Renee Askins: Shadow Mountain

Shadow Mountain : A Memoir of Wolves, a Woman, and the Wild

Renee Askins
Paperback - $24.95

After forming an intense bond with Natasha, a wolf cub she raised as part of her undergraduate research, Rene e Askins was inspired to found the Wolf Fund. As head of this grassroots organization, she made it her goal to restore wolves to Yellowstone ...

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John James Audubon : Writings and Drawings

John James Audubon
Hardcover - $62.95

This volume provides the most comprehensive selection of Audubon's writings ever published, along with a portfolio of his drawings.

Book cover for Mary Austin: The Flock

The Flock

Mary Austin
Paperback - $33.95

Blending natural history, politics, and allegory, Mary Austin champions local shepherds in the losing battle against the quickly developing tourist business in early twentieth-century California.

Book cover for Mary Austin: The Land of Little Rain

The Land of Little Rain

Mary Austin
Paperback - $21.95

A stunning tribute to the savage beauty of the area known as Death Valley. To most travelers it is a parched, empty territory, unwelcoming and forgiving. In a collection of essays that date back almost a century, naturalist and writer Mary Austin (18 ...

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Writing the Western Landscape

Mary Austin
Paperback - $24.95

Introduction and Illustrations by Ann H. Zwinger
The early twentieth-century works by Mary Austin and John Muir are nature-writing classics. Austin and Muir both adopted the American West as their home and wrote about its grand and wild landscape ...

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On Wilderness : Voices from Maine

Phyllis Austin
Paperback - $26.95

Featured on Boston's WCVB TV Chronicle, Nearly forty writers, artists, and photographers in this extraordinary collection raise their voices for wilderness, bearing witness to the central role it plays in Maine, its importance to our understanding of ...

Book cover for F. Lynne Bachleda: Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain : A Spiritual Anthology Celebrating the Earth

F. Lynne Bachleda
Paperback - $27.95

Blue Mountain: A Spiritual Anthology Celebrating the Earth is a collection of writings spanning five continents and 3,000 years. Within its deceptively simple sentiment is a whole world waiting to be explored - our world, rediscovered and re-envision ...

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