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The Light Eaters

How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

de Zoë Schlanger ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024 • TIME’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 • New York Magazine’s 10 Best Books of the Year • Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 • Smithsonian’s 10 Best Science Books of the Year • A Best Book of the Year: Boston Globe, Scientific American,New York Public Library, Chri... ... Leer más

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024 • TIME’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 • New York Magazine’s 10 Best Books of the Year • Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 • Smithsonian’s 10 Best Science Books of the Year • A Best Book of the Year: Boston Globe, Scientific American,New York Public Library, Chri...
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A Shepherd's Life

de W. H. Hudson ...

Considered a classic at the time of its publication in 1910, A Shepherd's Life is a rare account of the lives of those who lived on and worked the land in nineteenth-century rural Britain. A masterful work of prose, W. H. Hudson focuses on the story of one man, a Wiltshire shepherd named Caleb Bawcombe, whose tales of sheep dogs, farmer's wives, poachers and local fairs become a sublime account of ... Leer más

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Considered a classic at the time of its publication in 1910, A Shepherd's Life is a rare account of the lives of those who lived on and worked the land in nineteenth-century rural Britain. A masterful work of prose, W. H. Hudson focuses on the story of one man, a Wiltshire shepherd named Caleb Bawcombe, whose tales of sheep dogs, farmer's wives, poachers and local fairs become a sublime account of
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The One-Straw Revolution

An Introduction to Natural Farming

de Masanobu Fukuoka, Masanobu Fukuoka, Wendell Berry ...

Traducido por Larry Korn ...

Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. ... Leer más

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Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world.
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Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

de Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is ... Leer más

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As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is
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The Spell of the Sensuous

Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World

de David Abram ...

Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for NonfictionAnimal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception.For a ... Leer más

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Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for NonfictionAnimal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception.For a
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Tarka the Otter

de Henry Williamson ...

First published in 1927, now public domain in the US. There is no safety in nature. Tarka, an otter cub, grows up with his mother and sisters, learning how to swim and catch fish as well as how to be afraid of the cries of hunters and the flash of metal traps. Gradually, he will have to travel alone, occasionally with the female otters White-tip and Greymuzzle, who are always evading capture. They ... Leer más

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First published in 1927, now public domain in the US. There is no safety in nature. Tarka, an otter cub, grows up with his mother and sisters, learning how to swim and catch fish as well as how to be afraid of the cries of hunters and the flash of metal traps. Gradually, he will have to travel alone, occasionally with the female otters White-tip and Greymuzzle, who are always evading capture. They
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The Land Knows The Way

Eco-Social Insights for Liberation

de Ricardo Levins Morales ...

The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation is a collection of political medicines - gathered and gleaned from six decades of trickster art and activism, the long history of peoples' movements, and the deep rhythms of our planet's ecology. It offers ways to creatively and effectively respond to living in times that are, on the one hand, unprecedented and unique, and on the other, ... Leer más

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The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation is a collection of political medicines - gathered and gleaned from six decades of trickster art and activism, the long history of peoples' movements, and the deep rhythms of our planet's ecology. It offers ways to creatively and effectively respond to living in times that are, on the one hand, unprecedented and unique, and on the other,
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Pests

How Humans Create Animal Villains

de Bethany Brookshire ...

An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild ... Leer más

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An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural worldA squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild
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Primer of Ecological Restoration

de Karen Holl, Dr. ...

The pace, intensity, and scale at which humans have altered our planet in recent decades is unprecedented. We have dramatically transformed landscapes and waterways through agriculture, logging, mining, and fire suppression, with drastic impacts on public health and human well-being. What can we do to counteract and even reverse the worst of these effects? Restore damaged ecosystems.The Primer of ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

The pace, intensity, and scale at which humans have altered our planet in recent decades is unprecedented. We have dramatically transformed landscapes and waterways through agriculture, logging, mining, and fire suppression, with drastic impacts on public health and human well-being. What can we do to counteract and even reverse the worst of these effects? Restore damaged ecosystems.The Primer of
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Ecological Imperialism

The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900–1900

de Alfred W. Crosby ...

Series series Studies in Environment and History
People of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world - North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are easy to explain; in many cases they were a matter of firearms against spears. But, as Alfred Crosby maintains in this highly original and fascinating book, the Europeans' displacement and replacement of ... Leer más

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People of European descent form the bulk of the population in most of the temperate zones of the world - North America, Australia and New Zealand. The military successes of European imperialism are easy to explain; in many cases they were a matter of firearms against spears. But, as Alfred Crosby maintains in this highly original and fascinating book, the Europeans' displacement and replacement of
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Klimaungerechtigkeit

Was die Klimakatastrophe mit Kapitalismus, Rassismus und Sexismus zu tun hat

de Friederike Otto ...

Wie gerecht kann eine Welt in der Klimakrise sein?Der Klimawandel trifft uns nicht alle gleich. Friederike Otto liefert anhand von acht extremen Wetterereignissen konkrete Beispiele, was die wirklichen Ursachen sind, wer besonders betroffen ist und vor allem: Was Klimagerechtigkeit tatsächlich bedeutet und was dafür noch getan werden muss. Der Klimawandel zerstört nicht die Menschheit, aber ... Leer más

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Wie gerecht kann eine Welt in der Klimakrise sein?Der Klimawandel trifft uns nicht alle gleich. Friederike Otto liefert anhand von acht extremen Wetterereignissen konkrete Beispiele, was die wirklichen Ursachen sind, wer besonders betroffen ist und vor allem: Was Klimagerechtigkeit tatsächlich bedeutet und was dafür noch getan werden muss. Der Klimawandel zerstört nicht die Menschheit, aber
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Sharing Nature®

Nature Awareness Activities for All Ages

de Joseph Cornell ...

Sharing Nature by author Joseph Bharat CornellA nature education classic has been rewritten!Joseph Cornell has combined***Sharing Nature with Children*** (which has sold more than half a million copies and sparked a worldwide revolution in nature education) with Sharing Nature with Children II (a treasury of some of Joseph's best-loved nature games for children ... ... Leer más

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Sharing Nature by author Joseph Bharat CornellA nature education classic has been rewritten!Joseph Cornell has combined***Sharing Nature with Children*** (which has sold more than half a million copies and sparked a worldwide revolution in nature education) with Sharing Nature with Children II (a treasury of some of Joseph's best-loved nature games for children ...
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Karánkaway Country

de Roy Bedichek ...

Roy Bedichek spent most of his life working in the educational field in Texas, but his main interest was always the great outdoors. His first book, Adventures with a Texas Naturalist, was published when he was almost seventy, and his second, Karánkaway Country, appeared three years later. Both were the result of a lifetime of exploring a beloved land, of searching observation, of discussion, ... Leer más

$21.99 USD

Roy Bedichek spent most of his life working in the educational field in Texas, but his main interest was always the great outdoors. His first book, Adventures with a Texas Naturalist, was published when he was almost seventy, and his second, Karánkaway Country, appeared three years later. Both were the result of a lifetime of exploring a beloved land, of searching observation, of discussion,
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Nature's Temples

A Natural History of Old-Growth Forests Revised and Expanded

de Joan Maloof ...

An impassioned case for the importance of ancient forests and their preservationStanding in an old-growth forest, you can instinctively sense the ways it is different from forests shaped by humans. These ancient, undisturbed ecosystems are increasingly rare and largely misunderstood. Nature’s Temples explores the science and alchemy of old-growth forests and makes a compelling case for their ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

An impassioned case for the importance of ancient forests and their preservationStanding in an old-growth forest, you can instinctively sense the ways it is different from forests shaped by humans. These ancient, undisturbed ecosystems are increasingly rare and largely misunderstood. Nature’s Temples explores the science and alchemy of old-growth forests and makes a compelling case for their
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Entangled Life

How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

de Merlin Sheldrake ...

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEA “brilliant [and] entrancing” (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems.**“Grand and dizzying in how ... Leer más

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**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEA “brilliant [and] entrancing” (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems.**“Grand and dizzying in how
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Ecocivilization

Making a World that Works for All

de Jeremy Lent ...

“One of the greatest thinkers of our age" (The Guardian) presents a new way of living—one modeled on nature’s design instead of capitalism's—for fans of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Doughnut EconomicsIt has often been said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism—and yet that is what the historical moment urgently calls for. As climate chaos, ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

“One of the greatest thinkers of our age" (The Guardian) presents a new way of living—one modeled on nature’s design instead of capitalism's—for fans of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Doughnut EconomicsIt has often been said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism—and yet that is what the historical moment urgently calls for. As climate chaos,
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Hedgehog

de Pat Morris ...

Series Libro 137 - Collins New Naturalist Library
The hedgehog is regularly voted Britain’s favourite mammal, and yet we know surprisingly little about the life of this spiny mammal. Pat Morris provides an all-encompassing new study of the hedgehog and its habitat, shedding new light on conservation efforts crucial to the survival of this charming creature of our countryside.In recent years the hedgehog has ousted the badger, dolphin and red ... Leer más

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The hedgehog is regularly voted Britain’s favourite mammal, and yet we know surprisingly little about the life of this spiny mammal. Pat Morris provides an all-encompassing new study of the hedgehog and its habitat, shedding new light on conservation efforts crucial to the survival of this charming creature of our countryside.In recent years the hedgehog has ousted the badger, dolphin and red
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Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless

What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival

de Maria Pinto ...

Series series Great Circle Books
Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto offers a stunning debut book that uncovers strange and beautiful fungal connections between the natural and human worlds. She mingles reportage, research, memoir, and nature writing, touching on topics that range from Black farmers’ domestication of the unforgettable aroma of truffles to the possibility that enslaved people wielded mycological poisons ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto offers a stunning debut book that uncovers strange and beautiful fungal connections between the natural and human worlds. She mingles reportage, research, memoir, and nature writing, touching on topics that range from Black farmers’ domestication of the unforgettable aroma of truffles to the possibility that enslaved people wielded mycological poisons
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Foundations of Restoration Ecology

de Margaret A. Palmer, Joy B. Zedler, Donald A. Falk ...

Series series Science Practice Ecological Restoration
The practice of ecological restoration, firmly grounded in the science of restoration ecology, provides governments, organizations, and landowners a means to halt degradation and restore function and resilience to ecosystems stressed by climate change and other pressures on the natural world. Foundational theory is a critical component of the underlying science, providing valuable insights into ... Leer más

$46.99 USD

The practice of ecological restoration, firmly grounded in the science of restoration ecology, provides governments, organizations, and landowners a means to halt degradation and restore function and resilience to ecosystems stressed by climate change and other pressures on the natural world. Foundational theory is a critical component of the underlying science, providing valuable insights into
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Tropical Gemstones

de Carol Clark ...

Series series Periplus Nature Guides
Learn the essentials of Asian gemestones with this useful and portable reference book.Gemstones, both mythical and real, are deeply embedded in the arts, religions and cultures of Asia. This handy pocket guide provides an excellent introduction to the full range of superb gemstones mined and processed in the region, their physical characteristics, historical importance and countries of origin. ... Leer más

$5.99 USD

Learn the essentials of Asian gemestones with this useful and portable reference book.Gemstones, both mythical and real, are deeply embedded in the arts, religions and cultures of Asia. This handy pocket guide provides an excellent introduction to the full range of superb gemstones mined and processed in the region, their physical characteristics, historical importance and countries of origin.
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Sonoita Plain

Views from a Southwestern Grassland

de Carl E. Bock, Jane H. Bock, Stephen E. Strom ...

Far to the south of Arizona’s sprawling metropolises, a rolling savanna of grass, oak, and mesquite rises above the surrounding deserts. The Sonoita Plain is a basin of a thousand square miles bracketed by mountains, a land once the domain of cowboys that is now more and more the focus of exurban development. These southwestern grasslands are both typical of and distinct from those of the Great ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

Far to the south of Arizona’s sprawling metropolises, a rolling savanna of grass, oak, and mesquite rises above the surrounding deserts. The Sonoita Plain is a basin of a thousand square miles bracketed by mountains, a land once the domain of cowboys that is now more and more the focus of exurban development. These southwestern grasslands are both typical of and distinct from those of the Great
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Protecting Pollinators

How to Save the Creatures that Feed Our World

de Jodi Helmer ...

We should thank a pollinator at every meal. These diminutive creatures fertilize a third of the crops we eat. Yet half of the 200,000 species of pollinators are threatened. Birds, bats, insects, and many other pollinators are disappearing, putting our entire food supply in jeopardy. In North America and Europe, bee populations have already plummeted by more than a third and the population of ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

We should thank a pollinator at every meal. These diminutive creatures fertilize a third of the crops we eat. Yet half of the 200,000 species of pollinators are threatened. Birds, bats, insects, and many other pollinators are disappearing, putting our entire food supply in jeopardy. In North America and Europe, bee populations have already plummeted by more than a third and the population of
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Life After Dead Pool

Lake Powell's Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River

de Zak Podmore ...

Award-winning journalist Zak Podmore brings to life the magnificent terrain and complex politics of the Colorado River, its dying reservoirs—and the surprising revelation that the inevitable loss of Lake Powell could be a turning point for more a sustainable future.“A chronicle of ecological redemption.”—KEVIN FEDARKOAfter decades of drought, the American West is stretched to the breaking point. A ... Leer más

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Award-winning journalist Zak Podmore brings to life the magnificent terrain and complex politics of the Colorado River, its dying reservoirs—and the surprising revelation that the inevitable loss of Lake Powell could be a turning point for more a sustainable future.“A chronicle of ecological redemption.”—KEVIN FEDARKOAfter decades of drought, the American West is stretched to the breaking point. A
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Naming Nature

A Cabinet of Natural Curiosities for Word Lovers

de T.A. Barron ...

A lyrical journey through the world's languages from bestselling author T.A. Barron, revealing how we've named—and been shaped by—the natural world, with exquisite archival art from Oxford's Bodleian Library.“A GLORIOUS BOOK” —Dr. Jane GoodallFrom New York Times bestselling author T.A. Barron comes this captivating exploration of how human cultures across time and geography have described the ... Leer más

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A lyrical journey through the world's languages from bestselling author T.A. Barron, revealing how we've named—and been shaped by—the natural world, with exquisite archival art from Oxford's Bodleian Library.“A GLORIOUS BOOK” —Dr. Jane GoodallFrom New York Times bestselling author T.A. Barron comes this captivating exploration of how human cultures across time and geography have described the
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