In 'John Muir: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth & Letters to a Friend (Illustrated Edition)', John Muir, the famed naturalist and environmentalist, offers readers a profound insight into his early life and the experiences that shaped his love for the wilderness.
Franz Boas' 'The Central Eskimo' provides a comprehensive study of the cultural practices, social structure, and daily life of the Central Eskimo people.
Mad old colonels who took their trousers off before going elephant hunting, women poachers with terriers sewn into their underskirts, duck shooters chasing their quarry in helicopters - here they all in their vast and until now, long forgotten, eccentricity.
James Oliver Curwood's novel KAZAN, including its sequel Baree, Son of Kazan, is a gripping tale of survival, love, and redemption set in the harsh wilderness of the Canadian North.
In 'Die Forschungsreise des Afrikaners Lukanga Mukara ins innerste Deutschland' nimmt uns Hans Paasche mit auf eine faszinierende Reise in die deutsche Kolonialzeit.
Even though ferrets are relatively new to the pet world, these charming weasels have been human companions for thousands of years, as author Karen Dale Dustman shares in the opening of Ferrets.
Even though ferrets are relatively new to the pet world, these charming weasels have been human companions for thousands of years, as author Karen Dale Dustman shares in the opening of Ferrets.
An excellent introduction to the remarkable rat, written by the world-famous Rat Lady, Debbie Ducummum, Rats offers expert advice to all keepers of these popular fancy pets.
An excellent introduction to the remarkable rat, written by the world-famous Rat Lady, Debbie Ducummum, Rats offers expert advice to all keepers of these popular fancy pets.
Featuring incredible photography and insight from an international team with long-term ties to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bat Island spotlights the unique beauty and environmental importance of the seventy-six species of bats on Panama's Barro Colorado Island.
Der lange Weg des MenschenDas Aussterben der Dinosaurier war die große Chance der Säugetiere: Jahrelang lebten sie im Schatten der Ungetüme, nun eroberten sie sich die Erde zurück.
This easy-to-read, fact-filled guide features over 80 mammal species found in the Kruger National Park, one of Africas most popular game-viewing destinations.
"e;The Animal Mind: A Text-Book of Comparative Psychology"e; by Margaret Floy Washburn is a seminal work that offers an in-depth exploration of animal behavior and cognition, bridging the gap between psychology and zoology.
Mammals are animals of the Mammalia, a large class of warm blooded vertebrates having mammary glands in the female, a thoracic diaphragm, and a four chambered heart.
Mammals are animals of the Mammalia, a large class of warm blooded vertebrates having mammary glands in the female, a thoracic diaphragm, and a four chambered heart.
Mammals are animals of the Mammalia, a large class of warm blooded vertebrates having mammary glands in the female, a thoracic diaphragm, and a four chambered heart.
Identifying wildlife in Britain and Ireland is quick and easy with this complete practical field guide to the animals, plants, and fungi of the British Isles.
Besides being a world-famous game-viewing destination, the Kruger National Park is home to an incredible diversity of bugs, beetles, butterflies, spiders, scorpions and other creepy-crawlies.
Excerpt: "e;A COMPLETE WORK, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, BEARING ON THE WORLD'S DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF THE DOG, GROUPED UNDER THEIR SEVERAL NATIONALITIES, WITH DESCRIPTIVE MATTER EXPLAINING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND UTILITY OF EACH"e;.
Can a man, alone in the Canadian wilderness, in the depths of the worst winter in memory, surrounded by wolves, survive and fulfill his unique destiny?
'A delight' Hugh Warwick, ecologist and author of A Prickly Affair'Hilarious and heartbreaking' Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell'A triumph' Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild, Being a Human and A Little Brown Sea'A necessary nature book, with prose as sharp as prickles.
The "e;hilarious and moving"e; true story of one of the Second World War's most unusual combatants-a 500-pound cigarette-smoking, beer-drinking brown bear (Scotsman).
Part history, part travelogue, part environmental manifesto, The Last Bonobo forces us to reexamine established modes of conservationwhile blazing a path toward new, sustainable solutions to our most urgent environmental issues.
Among all the large whales on Earth, the most unusual and least studied is the narwhal, the northernmost whale on the planet and the one most threatened by global warming.