New York: St. Martin's Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. In a radical reinterpretation of the nineteenth century West, George Black casts Yellowstone's creation as the culmination of three interwoven strands of history - the passion for exploration, the violence of the Indian Wars and the "civilizing" of... More about Empire of shadows: the epic story of Yellowstone
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, illustrations., maps. Written in an engaging style this book provides a detailed and illustrated account of this mysterious lizard. Authors David Brown and Neil Carmony dig out the tall tales, dispel the myths, and reveal the lizard's true character. Through... More about Gila monster: facts and folklore of America's Aztec lizard
Hanover: University Press of New England, 2002. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Designed specifically for the amateur naturalist and filled with hands-on-projects and activities. More about Pond and brook: a guide to nature in freshwater environments
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. In the years after the Revolutionary War, the fledging republic of America was viewed by many Europeans as a degenerate backwater, populated by subspecies weak and feeble. Chief among these naysayers was the French count and world-renowned naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc de... More about Mr. Jefferson and the giant moose: natural history in early America
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs, line drawings, maps. Carl H. and Evelyn M. Ernst have completely revised their landmark reference to present the most comprehensive review of these animals in years. The first volume contains species accounts of the venomous lizards... More about Venomous reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico: volume two, Crotalus
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs, line drawings, maps. Carl and Evelyn Ernst have completely revised their landmark reference to present the most comprehensive review of these animals in years. Volume One of this definitive work presents dramatically improved species accounts of... More about Venomous reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico: volume one, Heloderma,...
Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2003. Octavo, paperback, photographs, text illustrations. Lisa Floyd gathers together noted scientists and historians to celebrate the varied and unique woodland region surrounding Mesa Verde National Park. More about Ancient Pinon-Juniper woodlands: a natural history of Mesa Verde country
Guildford: Lyons Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, maps. As climate change encroaches, natural habitats are shifting while human development makes islands of even the largest nature reserves, stranding the biodiversity within them. "The Spine of the Continent" profiles the most ambitious conservation effort ever made: to create linked protected areas from... More about Spine of the continent: the race to save America's last, best wilderness
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of America's National Parks, this book is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. This stunning volume collects the very best of National Geographic's... More about The National Parks: an illustrated history, 100 years of American splendor
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations. Part of the Pocket Guide series launched in 2013, this new guide to reptiles and amphibians contains spot-on descriptive information and key facts in a handy, pleasant-to-hold, easy-to-use volume. Provides information on 148 species most likely to be found... More about National Geographic pocket guide to reptiles and amphibians of North America
Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2013. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. This is a natural history of the wildlife species that call Yellowstone National Park and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem their home. Illustrated with stunning images by renowned wildlife photographer Thomas Mangelsen, this book describes the lives of species... More about Yellowstone wildlife: ecology and natural history of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem
Hanover: University Press of New England, 2002. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. Designed both to encourage beginning naturalists and to challenge more experienced observers to look at the familiar in new ways, A Field Guide to the Familiar offers an introduction to common plants, animals, and natural phenomena. Beautiful drawings add... More about A field guide to the familiar: learning to observe the natural world
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, oblong format, black and white illustrations. There's no sound quite like it, or as viscerally terrifying: the ominous rattle of the timber rattlesnake. It's a chilling shorthand for imminent danger, and a reminder of the countless ways that nature can suddenly snuff... More about America's snake: the rise and fall of the Timber rattlesnake
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 2002. Octavo, colour photographs. Lockwood's breathtaking volume takes you directly into the world of the American alligator, intriguing the most wary reader and delighting all others. More about The alligator book
College Station: Texas A & M Uinversity Press, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. The paths of humans and wildlife cross all the time, and it is the aim of this handbook to make sure those paths cross as peacefully as possible. Lopez tackles a wide variety of situations that occur when... More about When raccoons fall through your ceiling: the handbook for coexisting with wildlife
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. For more than a century, America's national forests have proved an environmental gift and cultural treasure. Under the management of the U.S. Forest Service, this system of public lands encompasses 193 million acres of mountains, prairies, rivers, and canyons-much of... More about America's great national forests, wildernesses and grasslands
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, (2012. seventh edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Over 281 million people visited the national parks in 2011, a number that is predicted to grow in the next decade. National Geographic, associated with the parks since their founding has the unmatched expertise and authority for... More about Guide to National Parks of the United States
New York: Houghton Mifflin, (2016. fourth edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. A completely updated edition, including 122 newly recognized or recently established non-native species of reptiles and amphibians. The new edition of this definitive guide reflects 25 years worth of changes in our knowledge of reptiles and amphibians. It includes... More about Peterson field guide to reptiles and amphibians of Eastern and Central North America
Washington: Smithsonion Institution Press, 1998. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Traces the evolution and behaviour of the more than eighty living species and subspecies of rattlesnakes in North and South America. More about Rattlesnake: portrait of a predator
New York: Scribner, 2013. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. This fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of our nation's history. The history of trees in America is no less remarkable than the history of the United States... More about American canopy: trees, forests, and the making of a nation
Anchorage: University of Alaska, (2008. reprint). Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Sherwood charts the history of the environmental and political conflict in Alaska, examining the creation of the Alaska Game Commission in the early 1930s. More about Big game in Alaska: a history of wildlife and people
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A long-time Alaskan, Simpson offers a series of compelling essays on Alaskan bears in both wild and urban spaces, because in Alaska, bears are found not only in their natural habitat but also in cities and towns. Bringing together field... More about Dominion of bears: living with wildlife in Alaska
London: British Museum, 2007. Quarto, colour plate, paperback. Presents a reproduction of the famous British Museum collection of drawings made by John White, who in 1585, accompanied a group of English settlers sent to found a colony in 'Virginia'. This book explores White's role as a colonist, surveyor and artist... More about A new world: England's first view of America
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2014. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. From Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay, from inside the bone-crushing jaws of an alligator to the storms that race across the blackwater backcountry, award-winning conservation photographer Mac Stone takes us on a visual journey through the Everglades. More than... More about Everglades: America's wetland
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2010. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white illustrations. From the arrival of Henry Hudsons Half Moon in the estuarial waters of what would come to be called New York Harbor to the 2006 agreement that laid out plans for General Electric to clean up the... More about Nature of New York: and environmental history of the empire state