The Earth: natural history: general interest

Winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Award in the memoir/autobiography category!

Networks of Invasion bridges a conceptual gap between ecological network studies and invasion biology studies.

The Majesty of the Horse is a celebration of an animal that has shaped the fate of mankind.

The Arctic doesn't spring to mind when most people think about autumn.

A lavishly illustrated guide to the seaweed families of the worldSeaweeds are astoundingly diverse.

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canada's aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem.

Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder recruits a Romantic philosophy of biology into contemporary debates to both integrate the theoretical implications of ecology, evolution, and development, and to contextualize the successes of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis's gene's-eye-view of biology.

The Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.

The British have always been obsessed by the weather.

Come aboard!

Methods in Computational Physics, Volume 12: Seismology: Body Waves and Sources is a six-chapter text that covers the numerical solution of some major problems on seismic body wave propagation and generation in the Earth.

Pairing in-depth journalism with historical perspectives, this book makes a compelling case for a natural solution to the growing problem of flooding.

Florida Historical Society Stetson Kennedy Book AwardStretching along 156 miles of Florida's East Coast, the Indian River Lagoon contains the St.

Originally published in 1985, The Semantic Theory of Evolution addresses the notion that life is not shaped by the single law of natural selection, but instead by a plurality of laws that resemble grammatical rules in language.

Contemporary ideas of nature were largely shaped by schools of thought from Western cultural history and philosophy until the present-day concerns with environmental change and biodiversity conservation.

'A lovely little book .

Where water meets land, life abounds.

Down from the Trees: Man's Amazing Transition from Tree-Dwelling Ape Ancestors covers the evolution of man from tree-dwelling ape to Homo sapiens as he is today.

Take a walk on the beach with three coastal experts who reveal the secrets and the science of the North Carolina shoreline.

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science.

Deadly Peaks is a collection of the most notable mountaineering disasters and near-disasters in history.

This book examines the meaning of religion within the scientific, evidence-based history of our known past since the big bang.

For the first time together, River Trilogy combines three classic works on fly fishing by W.

Jacalyn Duffin's History of Medicine is one of the leading texts used to teach the history of the medical profession.

This symposium, held in Argentina in March 2003, commemorates Otto Nordenskjold's 1901 expedition, and pays tribute to the Swedish and Argentinian explorers who took on the challenge of early fieldwork in Patagonia and Antarctica.

Alan Root is one of the great wildlife pioneers.

The Moselle has been one of the main arteries of European Communication and transportation for centuries.

In an age of rife consumption and increasing need for consideration of sustainable social practices, an exploration of the aesthetics of weather from various angles becomes vital in shedding light on its importance to our experience of the changing world.

America's prairies are home to some of the most abundant and beautiful wildflowers in the country.

Once covered by wild grasses, America's heartland is by nature a grassland, populated with plants whose ecological importance, practical value, and subtle beauty we are only now beginning to comprehend.

The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all--or so we think.

Originally published in 1951, Homo Faber is an examination of the scientific outlook on human mental evolution through the lens of parapsychology.

'Dawkins has a gift for making science enjoyable.

Britain's nature year, from the first flower to the last leafWith a mix of evocative writing, beautiful photographs and facts that are too good to keep to yourself, this book explores 50 magical moments that define our seasons.

Reconnect with the seasons in Britain and Ireland with this month-by-month guide to the world around us - including key dates, tide tables and garden tasks; constellations and moon phases; sunrises, folk songs, seasonal recipes plus a 'bun of the month'; and - because 2023 will be a good year for planet spotting - the solar system and the zodiac.

What is the connection between May Day and the Statue of Liberty?

Once covered by wild grasses, America's heartland is by nature a grassland, populated with plants whose ecological importance, practical value, and subtle beauty we are only now beginning to comprehend.

A comprehensive, richly illustrated guide to Japan's astonishing animals and plants-and the natural forces that have shaped themThis richly illustrated guide is the first comprehensive and accessible introduction to the extraordinary natural history of the Japanese archipelago.

This book offers a novel defence of a highly contested philosophical position: biological natural kind essentialism.

Originally published in 1995, The Early Writings of Harold W.

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives is an award-winning and groundbreaking exploration of the fundamental elements of the taxonomy, systematics, physiology, and ecology of sharks, skates, rays, and chimera.

A thrilling tour of the sea's most extreme species, coauthored by one of the world's leading marine scientistsThe ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments.

Dragonflies are among the most ancient of living creatures - few insect groups fascinate as much or are more immediately recognisable.

Winner: National Outdoor Book AwardA Kansas Notable BookThe upper Arkansas River courses through the heart of America from its headwaters near the Continental Divide above Leadville, Colorado, to Arkansas City, just above the Kansas-Oklahoma border.

Maine's varied geography invites a variety of weather conditions.

A field guide to the unique ecosystems and mountain trails in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee"e;Treeless wonders"e; of the Southern Appalachians, grassy balds have long baffled scientists and enchanted outdoor enthusiasts.

Foundations for Sustainability: A Coherent Framework of Life-Environment Relations challenges existing assumptions on environmental issues and lays the groundwork for a new paradigm, bringing a greater understanding of what is needed to help create an environmentally and economically sustainable future, which to date has been an uphill battle and not an obvious choice.

LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION.