Morbid, but strangely fascinating accountsIn 2015, a group of seven hikers were killed when a sudden flood struck Keyhole Canyon in Zion National Park.
For James Herriot fans and pet lovers, a modern-day, funny-yet-poignant memoir about what it is like to be the only person in a small family not employed in the veterinary profession.
Featuring 450 step-by-step, full-color photos, the book first establishes training basics, and then shows how to enhance core training sessions with classic tricksas well asadvanced obedience games; agility training; jumping, retrieving, and digging tricks; flashy frisbee tricksand useful tricks such as finding the remote, retrieving the newspaper, and cornering the cat.
Revised and updated this guide provides detailed directions and GPS coordinates to the best rockhounding sites in Washington, with valuable tips on what to tools to bring and how to conduct your search.
Revised and updated this guide provides detailed directions and GPS coordinates to the best rockhounding sites in Washington, with valuable tips on what to tools to bring and how to conduct your search.
Featuring 450 step-by-step, full-color photos, the book first establishes training basics, and then shows how to enhance core training sessions with classic tricksas well asadvanced obedience games; agility training; jumping, retrieving, and digging tricks; flashy frisbee tricksand useful tricks such as finding the remote, retrieving the newspaper, and cornering the cat.
From a childhood in Camden to the frontiers of space, an inspirational memoir from space scientist, presenter of The Sky at Night, and bestselling author Maggie Aderin.
Recognized as a new voice in American Science and Nature writingWith the success of Daryln Brewer Hoffstots first book, A Farm Life, published by Stackpole Books in 2023, this new collection of her writings features 20+ essays of observations and insights about the fields, forest, and farm where she lives in western Pennsylvania.
Beyond the usual small rodents that have thrived in cities and suburbs for centuries, urban wildlife now includes larger animals that have adapted to live in areas dominated by human beings.
In the tradition of The Inside of a Dog, top science writer and TV personality Jay Ingram shares new insights into the hearts, minds, and bodies of the animals who love us (or do they?
A love letter to the Adirondacks, revealing the hidden wonders and interconnected lives of its wildlife by one of the region's most prolific and prominent residents.
A love letter to the Adirondacks, revealing the hidden wonders and interconnected lives of its wildlife by one of the region's most prolific and prominent residents.
Offers entries of 106 plant foods, including their origins, histories, and religious significance as well as culinary and medicinal uses Covers an extensive range of fruits, vegetables, grains, pulses, nuts and seeds, herbs and spices as well as specialty foods like chocolate, pasta, sugar, coffee, and tea Provides nutritional and healing properties, based on the latest scientific findings on nutriceuticals and phytochemicals, to present each food as a medicineThe last major study of plant foods, Origin of Cultivated Plants, was first published in 1885.
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award"e;Perfect for fans of faith writing by Madeline L'Engle and Anne Lamott, Ellis's exquisite book resounds with hope and birdsong.
Experience a year immersed in the healing power, adventure, and tranquility of the natural world, on sixteen acres of wild land in Southern Ontario, Canada.
True Crimes Vol 1 is a comedic collection of case files documenting the daily mayhem inside a household where the pets behave like suspects, witnesses, informants, and occasionally criminals.
Sierra Nevada Wildflowers is an informative guide to the rich and varied flora of California's Sierra Nevada, a majestic mountain chain that includes Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks, from the upper foothills, through forests and mountain meadows, along the shores of alpine lakes, and up onto windswept ridges high above timberline.
Sierra Nevada Wildflowers is an informative guide to the rich and varied flora of California's Sierra Nevada, a majestic mountain chain that includes Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks, from the upper foothills, through forests and mountain meadows, along the shores of alpine lakes, and up onto windswept ridges high above timberline.
Reptiles of Ecuador takes readers on a scientific and immersive journey through one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth, exploring the remarkable reptiles that inhabit its Pacific coast, Andes, Amazon Basin, and Galápagos Islands.
Through gentle training methods learned from Ray Hunt--the original "e;horse whisperer"e;--Robert Milner shows retriever owners how to train the hunting retriever by using its own natural tendencies instead of force.
Through gentle training methods learned from Ray Hunt--the original "e;horse whisperer"e;--Robert Milner shows retriever owners how to train the hunting retriever by using its own natural tendencies instead of force.
