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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. Includes tips on how to attract hummingbirds and butterflies to backyards - and how to identify them once they've arrived. Includes information on where hummingbirds and butterflies live, what they eat, and the best garden plants to attract..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. A treasury of memorable, funny, and sharply observed writings found in the renowned Journal of Henry David Thoreau. These stories concern creatures he came upon when rambling the fields, forests, and wetlands of Concord and nearby communities. A...... More
Anchorage: University of Alaska, 2010. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. The author recounts both the harrowing adventures and the moving experiences that have marked his career as a biologist. Beginning in 1951, Troyer embarked on a 31 year career at Kodiak Island Brown bear preserve. Also available in hardcover..... More
College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. America's national parks are home to some of nature's great wildlife spectacles. Here, Gary W. Vequist and Daniel S. Licht, focus on twelve animals that have been imperilled and at risk, but are now protected within the..... More
Fairbanks: University of Alaska, 2008. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A striking collection of photographs that powerfully depict the islands' tumultuous weather and stunning landscape that have drawn so many to their shores. More