Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


“david rains wallace”

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “david rains wallace”
Skip side bar filters
  • Chuckwalla Land

    The Riddle of California's Desert

    Described as "a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers" by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention in this new book to another distinctive corner of California—its desert, the driest and hottest environment in North America. Drawing from his frequent forays to Death Valley, Red Rock Canyon, Kelso Dunes, and other ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Mountains and Marshes

    Exploring the Bay Area's Natural History

    Described as "a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self–educated seers" by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention to one of the most distinctive corners of California: the San Francisco Bay Area. Weaving a complex and engaging story of the Bay Area from personal, historical, and environmental threads, Wallace's exploration of the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Bulow Hammock

    Mind in a Forest

    Narrated by Edward Herrmann ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 36 min

    In Florida, there exists a very special ecosystem where sub-tropical and north-temperate vegetation meet— Bulow Hammock. Saved by conservationists, it is one of the last stands of forest on the East Coast. This hardwood grove in Florida's open marshes and pine wood is now a State Park where complex life thrives. In the tradition of Peter Matthiessen and Stephen Jay Gould, David Rains Wallace links ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

People who read these also enjoyed

  • Cottage Daze

    by James Ross ...
    Cottage Daze celebrates life at the cottage where the cottage is the main character, and family, friends, pets, and fellow cottagers are the supporting cast. Whether writing about cottage routine ("First Ski," "Of Mice and Men," "Cottage Guests"), cottage tasks ("Splitting Wood," "Boat Launch"), nature ("A Gathering of Loons," "The Sting," "Autumn Spell"), cottage fun ("The Cottage Duel"), or ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

    The book is part memoir, part travelogue, and part philosophical reflection. Thoreau describes his experiences during the journey, including his encounters with people and his observations of nature. He also includes philosophical reflections on topics such as friendship, solitude, and the relationship between man and nature.Thoreau's writing style in "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bears in the Bird Feeders

    Cottage Life on Shaman's Rock

    Listen carefully and you will hear cottage country whispering lessons that can make our lives less frenetic, less complicated. The mournful call of the loon, the wind sighing in the trees, the hammering of the pileated woodpecker remind us that we are a part of a more natural world too often lost in our urban societies.Reflections from a still lake and a flickering campfire help us to realize that ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Greatest Lake

    Stories from Lake Superior’s North Shore

    by Conor Mihell ...
    Explore the connection between people and places on the rugged shore of Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake.Conor Mihell offers a compelling image of Lake Superior’s Canadian shore through colourful personality sketches, adventure stories, and environmental accounts. Admire the kitschy decor of lighthouse cottager Maureen Robertson, a 76-year-old who spends six months of the year ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Imagine This Valley

    Essays and Stories Celebrating the Bow Valley

    Edited by Stephen Legault ...
    Featuring essays from some of the area’s most beloved personalities, this exceptional literary anthology celebrates the landscape, culture, community and natural history of Alberta’s Bow Valley.Canmore and Banff are collectively renowned for their mountain culture, diverse wildlife and scenes of breathtaking natural splendour. These vibrant mountain communities are also home to exceptional ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Still in a Daze at the Cottage

    by James Ross ...
    More tales of family fun and run-ins with nature at the cottage.In the sequel to Cottage Daze, James Ross is back with more tales from the family cottage. Organized by nature’s changing seasons and containing sections covering nature, family, activity, and the cottage, Ross combines wry humour with a genuine love for adventure and respect for the natural world — although the local wild animal ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • South Florida Trees

    A Field Guide

    by Bill Buckley ...
    The mangrove shorelines, lush wetlands, open pinelands, and shady hammocks of south Florida and the Keys harbor a tremendous diversity of trees. This field guide includes complete coverage of 150 species of trees found in these subtropical habitats. The key features of each tree are described and there are over 440 full color photographs, all by the author. A glossary of botanical terms and an ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Ancient Places

    People and Landscape in the Emerging Northwest

    From a master of regional and natural history comes a collection of essays that reveals how the Pacific Northwest shaped the people—and how the people shaped the landDrawing on a range of personal research, author Jack Nisbet engages some of the iconic images in Northwest history: from fossil riches to ice age floods; from the Willamette Meteorite to the 1872 Earthquake; from up-and-down mining ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Falling into Place

    An Intimate Geography of Home

    Quietly powerful essays, weaving keenly observed insights into the mysteries of nature with those of family and community“It’s not easy,” Catherine Reid writes, “to love a person and a place in equal measure.” Love she does, however, as described in these intimate, lyric essays about the land and people around her. With the inside perspective of a native daughter combined with her outsider status ... Read more

    $22.39 CAD