Nature Writing Books


The Great Book of Wildfowl DecoysThe Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys
Best Price: $74.16
This book spends more time on loan to antique dealers and decoy collectors then it does in my...
The Lost Grizzlies: A Search for Survivors in the Wilderness of ColoradoThe Lost Grizzlies: A Search for Survivors in the Wilderness of Colorado
Best Price: $6.95
This book is a beautiful exploration of sense of place, married with a urgent discussion of the...
Autumn: A Spiritual Biography of the SeasonAutumn: A Spiritual Biography of the Season
Best Price: $10.88
A dearly beloved friend of mine purchased this book for me because she said, "It screamed...
Wild Thoughts from Wild PlacesWild Thoughts from Wild Places
Best Price: $8.60
Mr. Quammen has made science seem like the most exciting fiction. Finally someone!
The Stars, the Snow, the Fire: Twenty-Five Years in the Alaska WildernessThe Stars, the Snow, the Fire: Twenty-Five Years in the Alaska Wilderness
Best Price: $8.99
This was unreadable. If you are looking for a well-written account of living in the wilderness...


A Naturalist in AlaskaA Naturalist in Alaska
Best Price: $11.61
I came upon Murie's "A Naturalist in Alaska" after having read two of his other books,...
Kawasaki Personal Watercraft, 1992-97 (Seloc Publications Marine Manuals)Kawasaki Personal Watercraft, 1992-97 (Seloc Publications Marine Manuals)
Best Price: $19.95
Posted as "Kawasaki Personal Watercraft: Tune-up and Repair Manual - 1992-1998,"...
The Everglades: River of Grass (Special 50th Anniversary Edition)The Everglades: River of Grass (Special 50th Anniversary Edition)
Best Price: $14.89
I had read an earlier printing of this classic book, and I knew that it was an invaluable...
WaldenWalden
Best Price: $13.47
Walden is the classic account of two years spent by Henry David Thoreau living at Walden Pond...
Pieces of My Heart: Writings Inspired by Animals and NaturePieces of My Heart: Writings Inspired by Animals and Nature
Best Price: $13.63
Deep, heartfelt and inspiring. This book will touch you deeply if you care at all about...


The Years of the Forest (The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series)The Years of the Forest (The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series)
Best Price: $12.71
Wonderful books. Wish she had written more. Didn't want this book to end. I loved every one...
Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everything and Other Lessons from Darwin's Lost NotebooksPilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everything and Other Lessons from Darwin's Lost Notebooks
Best Price: $2.00
This is a tale of Darwin's becoming a true naturalist. Haupt believes that this happened...
Shark: Stories of Life and Death from the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Adrenaline)Shark: Stories of Life and Death from the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Adrenaline)
Best Price: $2.99
Written by those who fear them, those who study them and those who hunt them - May lets you see...
Grouse Hunter's Guide: Solid Facts, Insights, and Observations on How to Hunt the Ruffed GrouseGrouse Hunter's Guide: Solid Facts, Insights, and Observations on How to Hunt the Ruffed Grouse
Best Price: $5.93
This was a great book. Simple and straight forward. His writing style was quite engaging as...
Texas Range Plants (The W.L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series, No 13)Texas Range Plants (The W.L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series, No 13)
Best Price: $15.64
The book is good but the sketches make identification very difficult for the layman. I should...

Thinking Animals: Animals and the Development of Human IntelligenceThinking Animals: Animals and the Development of Human Intelligence
Best Price: $14.95
...in forty years of relentless reading. We have all seen the evidence of subjects driven mad by...
The Nature of Home: Taking Root in a PlaceThe Nature of Home: Taking Root in a Place
Best Price: $8.65
While home is 'where the heart is', it is also where the body happens to reside as well....
Wild Card Quilt: The Ecology of Home (World As Home, The)Wild Card Quilt: The Ecology of Home (World As Home, The)
Best Price: $5.50
Wild Card Quilt is a follow-up to Ecology of a Cracker Childhood in which the author builds on...
Seeing Nature: Deliberate Encounters With the Visible WorldSeeing Nature: Deliberate Encounters With the Visible World
Best Price: $5.45
The author presents 35 ways to observe nature. This book is like an extension course to...
The Long-Shadowed Forest (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series)The Long-Shadowed Forest (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series)
Best Price: $10.43
Her books are so wonderful. This book was so good I didn't want it to end. Everyone I've passed...

The Bat in My Pocket: A Memorable FriendshipThe Bat in My Pocket: A Memorable Friendship
Wow. Gotta give a kleenex alert to this one! I laughed and cried all the way through... most...
Waterfowl Hunting: Ducks and Geese of North America (The Complete Hunter)Waterfowl Hunting: Ducks and Geese of North America (The Complete Hunter)
Best Price: $14.26
This is a book for sick people. There is no other way to describe people who find pleasure in...
The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship and Discovery in the Alaskan WildThe Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship and Discovery in the Alaskan Wild
Best Price: $4.69
This book was probably the best book I have read in a long long time. It takes a LOT for me to...
Volvo-Penta Stern Drives, 1992-03Volvo-Penta Stern Drives, 1992-03
Best Price: $20.95
This book is very usefull, a must to be kept on board. Very easy to read and lot of plain...
The Color of Serendipity: A Journey Through Sri LankaThe Color of Serendipity: A Journey Through Sri Lanka
Best Price: $21.80
I purchased this book as a present. I loved the pictures, the book is divided into 3 sections: ...

A Stillness in the Pines: The Ecology of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (The Commonwealth Fund Book Program)A Stillness in the Pines: The Ecology of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (The Commonwealth Fund Book Program)
Best Price: $6.52
Voices of the LandVoices of the Land
Best Price: $5.97
What does it mean to really know the land, or a wild space? The essays compiled and edited by...
Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human ImaginationStirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination
Best Price: $3.89
This book is NOT meant to be a review of the natural history of swamps and bogs, though Hurd...
The Comfort of AutumnThe Comfort of Autumn
Best Price: $23.10
A beautiful picture of nature's autumn. Excellent photography and commentary. For a person who...
A Naturalist's Guide to Forest Plants: An Ecology for Eastern North AmericaA Naturalist's Guide to Forest Plants: An Ecology for Eastern North America
Best Price: $12.30
This book covers the tpes of plants that can be found in forest and is organized in a logical...

The Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert SouthwestThe Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest
Best Price: $10.66
I enjoy a book that surprises me, and this one did that. At first glance you expect it to be a...
The Eagle Bird: Mapping a New WestThe Eagle Bird: Mapping a New West
Best Price: $6.92
I'm very surprised there were no reviews posted. I read this when I was in law school, probably...
Elephant ManElephant Man
Best Price: $26.37
The story of an unusual relationship -- and how an unruly giant healed a broken man. Chris...
A Pheasant Hunter's NotebookA Pheasant Hunter's Notebook
Best Price: $16.47
An excellent book on midwestern pheasant hunting by a fellow who has "been there and done...
Reel Nature : America's Romance With Wildlife on FilmReel Nature : America's Romance With Wildlife on Film
Best Price: $16.75
Americans have had a long-standing love affair with the wilderness. As cities grew and frontiers...

The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures on the Edge of a CityThe Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures on the Edge of a City
Best Price: $4.99
The New Jersey Meadowlands is a large ecosystem of wetlands in northeast New Jersey three miles...
Restore Your Wooden Boat: How to Do It by Those Who've Done ItRestore Your Wooden Boat: How to Do It by Those Who've Done It
Best Price: $10.69
This book is more about "what I've done" than how to do it. Some interesting outcomes...
Solitude: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes: A Year Alone in the Patagonia WildernessSolitude: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes: A Year Alone in the Patagonia Wilderness
Best Price: $16.29
Years after losing his lower right leg in a motorcycle crash, Robert Kull traveled to a remote...
All Things Wise and WonderfulAll Things Wise and Wonderful
Best Price: $5.50
The third book in the series and you know exactly what to expect. Yes, folks, it is every bit as...
Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on One Square MileCeremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on One Square Mile
Best Price: $6.00
This is marketed as natural history / history . The author himself has admitted that parts of it...

All Things Reconsidered: My Birding AdventuresAll Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures
Best Price: $5.99
All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures is an excellent pick for any who have long known...
Sandstone Sunsets: In Search of Everett RuessSandstone Sunsets: In Search of Everett Ruess
Best Price: $4.92
This book is a total waste of money. I wonder if the author only drove through southern Utah...
The Only Kayak: A Journey into the Heart of AlaskaThe Only Kayak: A Journey into the Heart of Alaska
Best Price: $5.00
this book is interesting and informative. I have been to Glacier Bay National park where this...
If Mountains Die: A New Mexico MemoirIf Mountains Die: A New Mexico Memoir
Best Price: $14.33
New Mexico, and the Taos area in particular, has to be one of the most beautiful places on...
How to Hunt Birds With Gun DogsHow to Hunt Birds With Gun Dogs
Best Price: $4.74
Some folks may not like Bill's writing style. I do. It is not the "Earthier than...

The Luminous Dusk: Finding God in the Deep, Still PlacesThe Luminous Dusk: Finding God in the Deep, Still Places
Best Price: $4.09
In The Luminous Dusk, Dale Allison Jr. throws "modest light upon some current conditions...
The Origins of Modern Environmental ThoughtThe Origins of Modern Environmental Thought
Best Price: $21.00
Blends of environmental, science and philosophical thinking aren't usual, but here they come...
Mercury/Mariner Outboard Shop Manual: 75-250 Hp Two-Stroke, 1998-2002 (Clymer Marine Repair Series) (Clymer Marine Repair Series)Mercury/Mariner Outboard Shop Manual: 75-250 Hp Two-Stroke, 1998-2002 (Clymer Marine Repair Series) (Clymer Marine Repair Series)
Best Price: $24.99
Return to Warden's Grove: Science, Desire, and the Lives of Sparrows (Sightline Books)Return to Warden's Grove: Science, Desire, and the Lives of Sparrows (Sightline Books)
Best Price: $16.19
Based on three seasons of field research in the Canadian Arctic, Christopher Norment’s...
Clymer Evinrude/Johnson Outboard Shop Manual: 2-70 HP Two-Stroke 1995-2003 (Includes Jet Drive Models) (Clymer Marine Repair) (Clymer Marine Repair)Clymer Evinrude/Johnson Outboard Shop Manual: 2-70 HP Two-Stroke 1995-2003 (Includes Jet Drive Models) (Clymer Marine Repair) (Clymer Marine Repair)
Best Price: $25.40
I found the manual to be quiete informative and every-bit-as-detailed, as I had hoped.

A Cactus Odyssey: Journeys in the Wilds of Bolivia, Peru, and ArgentinaA Cactus Odyssey: Journeys in the Wilds of Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina
Best Price: $94.35
I cannot remember when I have had so much enjoyment in reading a book about plants. This is not...
Marine Auxiliary Machinery, Seventh EditionMarine Auxiliary Machinery, Seventh Edition
Best Price: $51.71
An excellent review of topics. The best for engineering examination preparation leading to...
Fast Powerboat Seamanship : The Complete Guide to Boat Handling, Navigation, and SafetyFast Powerboat Seamanship : The Complete Guide to Boat Handling, Navigation, and Safety
Best Price: $14.57
Having been around boats since a wee lad with countless white knuckle fishing trips, in...
Steel BoatbuildingSteel Boatbuilding
Best Price: $22.53
Opinionated. Brash. Detailed, and interesting. All in a two volume set. This guy knows about...
Living at Nature's Pace: Farming and the American DreamLiving at Nature's Pace: Farming and the American Dream
Best Price: $16.44
The volume titled "At Nature's Pace" is an earlier edition of the better-known one...

Hunting Pressured TurkeysHunting Pressured Turkeys
Best Price: $11.71
I purchased this book because I was familiar with the authors writing in magazines. In spite of...
Making Game: An Essay on WoodcockMaking Game: An Essay on Woodcock
Best Price: $21.00
If you are looking for a how to book on woodcock and grouse hunting look elsewhere. Valdene...
City Wilds: Essays and Stories About Urban NatureCity Wilds: Essays and Stories About Urban Nature
Best Price: $19.95
  
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