Outdoors & Nature Books


Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by NatureBiomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
Best Price: $5.99
I'm still reading through, but I was expecting less theory and more practical features/examples....
Roadie: The Misunderstood World of a Bike RacerRoadie: The Misunderstood World of a Bike Racer
Best Price: $14.05
In the world of cycling, there are enthusiasts and then there are "roadies"...
The L.L. Bean Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing (L. L. Bean)The L.L. Bean Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing (L. L. Bean)
Best Price: $13.78
This is a composite of three previously published L. L Bean guides: fly-fishing, casting, and...
It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly LivingIt's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living
Best Price: $6.49
This book was so wonderful!I recommend this book to someone who is just starting out and is...
The Hot Topic: What We Can Do About Global WarmingThe Hot Topic: What We Can Do About Global Warming
Best Price: $6.99
Last year, awareness about global warming reached a tipping point. Now one of the most dynamic...


Gemstones of the World: Newly Revised & Expanded Third EditionGemstones of the World: Newly Revised & Expanded Third Edition
Best Price: $15.33
This book is by far the best single source for gemological data for the price, anywhere. ...
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals (Audubon Society Field Guide)National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals (Audubon Society Field Guide)
Best Price: $11.90
I was really excited to buy this book, but it wasn't as great as I was expecting. The pictures...
The Cyclist's Training BibleThe Cyclist's Training Bible
Best Price: $13.25
A great book with all the necessary information to turn you into your own coach.
Gemstones (Smithsonian Handbooks)Gemstones (Smithsonian Handbooks)
Best Price: $11.45
This book is very informative of the types of gems. Look who wrote it, that tells the rest of...
The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good BehaviorThe Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior
Best Price: $5.50
This book by far is the most enjoyable read I've had in a very long time. Not only is the...


If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?: Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of SuburbiaIf You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?: Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia
Best Price: $13.79
A great book. Very well written. I teach journalism and English and use examples from this book...
Deep-Sky Companions: Hidden Treasures (Deep-Sky Companions)Deep-Sky Companions: Hidden Treasures (Deep-Sky Companions)
Best Price: $27.50
This book lists and describes objects in the sky which some people have never seen unless they...
The Last American ManThe Last American Man
Best Price: $8.11
I enjoyed reading this book and I have often dreamed of living the type of lifestyle that...
My Family and Other AnimalsMy Family and Other Animals
Best Price: $4.95
All of Gerald Durell's writings are terrific, but the ones about his family are truly...
The New Marine Aquarium: Step-By-Step Setup & Stocking GuideThe New Marine Aquarium: Step-By-Step Setup & Stocking Guide
Best Price: $11.40
i started a marine aquarium from scratch and with no knowledge. it was very confusing but...

The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field GuideThe Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide
Best Price: $18.72
Handy maps to confirm the probability of your sighting. Good pictures and short discription of...
State of the World 2008: Toward a Sustainable Global Economy (State of the World)State of the World 2008: Toward a Sustainable Global Economy (State of the World)
Best Price: $11.11
This 25th Anniversary Edition of State of the World focuses on problems and solutions for...
Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and FoodFarm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food
Best Price: $12.50
This book was brilliantly written considering all that it includes -- and that is a full look at...
Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
Best Price: $14.97
Great reference on solar water heating. Lots of options and details. The item is as described....
2008 Standard Catalog of Firearms: The Collector's Price and Reference Guide (Standard Catalog of Firearms)2008 Standard Catalog of Firearms: The Collector's Price and Reference Guide (Standard Catalog of Firearms)
Best Price: $22.22
SCF is a very useful reference book. One thing really going for is the great pix of thousands of...

Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented WorldNature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World
Best Price: $10.50
Ever wonder, as I have, why Holden Caulfield is still passing judgment on adult behavior,...
Pedometer Walking: Stepping Your Way to Health, Weight Loss, and FitnessPedometer Walking: Stepping Your Way to Health, Weight Loss, and Fitness
Best Price: $4.66
If you're wondering how to get the most out of using a pedometer, this book is for you. It's...
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern ApicultureNatural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture
Best Price: $21.93
This is an excellent resource and guide and fun read. A great book for those who want more out...
Pastured Poultry ProfitsPastured Poultry Profits
Best Price: $22.21
Very detailed book for agricultural entrepreneurs. Gives specifics for everything from your...
Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to WaterBlue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water
Best Price: $14.39
This is a must read for everyone on this planet! Filled with alarming facts and information. ...

Desert SolitaireDesert Solitaire
Best Price: $3.00
This is "classic Abbey" and his best work. What else can be said? This book should be...
The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada (California Academy of Sciences) (California Academy of Sciences) (California Academy of Sciences)The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada (California Academy of Sciences) (California Academy of Sciences) (California Academy of Sciences)
Best Price: $15.64
I hate this book. For years I have been telling fellow natural history writers that the field...
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perrennial Modern Classics)Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perrennial Modern Classics)
Best Price: $8.37
I first read this book in High School. I was impressed but 8 years later re-read the book to my...
A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guides(R))A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America (Peterson Field Guides(R))
Best Price: $11.42
Very informative. Going to have to go out this summer and put it to the test.
Blue Book of Gun Values: 29th Edition (Blue Book of Gun Values)Blue Book of Gun Values: 29th Edition (Blue Book of Gun Values)
Best Price: $39.95
This newest 29th edition of the Blue Book of Gun Values, with over one million books in...

Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical ManualBoatowner's Mechanical and Electrical Manual
Best Price: $28.98
This is the second Nigel Calder book I own, and I am even more impressed. I am an ASA-certified...
The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on EarthThe Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth
Best Price: $7.43
A very readable book written by a leading scientist. Wilson makes an effort to appeal to the...
GraysonGrayson
Best Price: $3.44
A sweet story for any age. True, and the information given is stunning. Imagine swimming with a...
The Home Energy Diet: How to Save Money by Making Your House Energy-Smart (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)The Home Energy Diet: How to Save Money by Making Your House Energy-Smart (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
Best Price: $10.60
Consider starting with "Insulate and Weatherize: Expert Advice from Start to Finish"...
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the WorldCod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
Best Price: $4.00
An interesting perspective on not just the poor cod but of all of the great creatures in the sea...

Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant ConsciousnessPlant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness
Best Price: $10.86
This accessible yet comprehensive book is a tremendous gift of both wisdom and practical...
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global WarmingAn Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming
Best Price: $12.95
This book is badly written and poorly reasoned, a shallow, tendentious screed that promotes...
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human WorldThe Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Best Price: $8.40
I have been trying to figure out how to write about this book for years; all I can say, really,...
Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature (Natural Home & Garden)Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature (Natural Home & Garden)
Best Price: $15.19
I've been teaching at a community college for 16 years on the topic of energy efficiency,...
Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of PossibilityBreak Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility
Best Price: $11.85
Superb! The gloom and doom and endless discussions of how we have wrecked the planet are...

Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of SexDr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex
Best Price: $8.75
This is a fun, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, look at the evolutionary biology of how many different...
High Noon 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve ThemHigh Noon 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them
Best Price: $6.96
Exceptional insights from the former vice-president of the World Bank. It presents a succinct...
Botany in a Day:  The Patterns Method of Plant IdentificationBotany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification
Best Price: $15.68
This book ranks with such classics of plant indentification as Agnes Chase's A First Book of...
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About ItAn Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
Best Price: $6.40
I thought that this was the best wake up call I have ever gotten! A call to action to avert the...
Pure Sea Glass: Discovering Nature's Vanishing GemsPure Sea Glass: Discovering Nature's Vanishing Gems
Best Price: $21.92
its a lovely book with good quality pictures, it makes a great coffee table book right next to...

Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate ChangeField Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
Best Price: $7.89
Little by little the skeptics of global warming are falling away. Let's hope this brief and very...
Shear Spirit: Ten Fiber Farms, Twenty Patterns, and Miles of YarnShear Spirit: Ten Fiber Farms, Twenty Patterns, and Miles of Yarn
Best Price: $19.80
An artisan who captures Maine’s summer air in her sun-and-sea-dyed yarns. A weaver and...
Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike MaintenanceZinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance
Best Price: $14.99
Excellent book full of information about MTB parts including differences from one brand to...
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic QuandariesDeath by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Best Price: $8.20
I hate to use those descriptors in the title but I couldn't think of a better way to say it....
Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (New Society Publishers)Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (New Society Publishers)
Best Price: $15.01
Peak Everything is another book by Richard Heinberg on how our whole civilization will be...

A Natural History of the SensesA Natural History of the Senses
Best Price: $4.15
A Natural History of the Senses is a wild romp through smell, taste, hearing, touch and sight....
Jupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a TriumphJupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph
Best Price: $14.05
This book is almost impossible to put down and is absolutely inspiring to read. Deaf to the...
Harvard Business Review on Green Business Strategy (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series) (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series)Harvard Business Review on Green Business Strategy (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series) (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series)
Best Price: $13.31
Just a decade ago, the term "green building strategy" evoked visions of fringe...
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's WildlifeAnimal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
Best Price: $15.34
This book is filled with incredible pictures. It also contains topical infromation on different...
Sharing Nature With Children (20th Anniversary Edition, Revised and Expanded)Sharing Nature With Children (20th Anniversary Edition, Revised and Expanded)
Best Price: $5.34
Before moving overseas, I practically lived outdoors with my two young children. We had easy...

Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around YouKeeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You
Best Price: $10.99
This book has been very helpful in teaching me how to journal. My preconceived notions on...
    
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