A richly illustrated field guide to all of North America's major habitatspacked with invaluable information to help you get the most out of your outdoor adventuresWhether you're a birder, naturalist, outdoor enthusiast, or ecologist, knowing the surrounding habitat is essential to getting the most out of your experiences in the field.
En 1872, como fragmento del movimiento de civilización de la barbarie, la invención de la figura de "parque nacional" (y su legitimación política, jurídica y social) constituyó una estrategia de apropiación material y conceptual del territorio, simada en el contexto del avance del Estado Nación sobre las "tribus" y de la expansión del capitalismo.
All books in this series are designed to teach you things you can actually apply, help you identify edible plants at any stage of growth, give you close up full color photographs of the edible parts at the optimal stages of growth, and show you fun and tasty things to do with them.
The central grasslands support significant biodiversity and parts of the ecoregion are known for being in the top ten ecoregions for reptiles, birds, butterflies, and tree species.
Mountains Beyond MountainsmeetsTattoos On the Heartin this unforgettable, powerful, and stunningly-told memoir of a struggling veterinarian saving animals and humans on the streets of California - and how he discovered what bonds all living creatures.
A marvelously illustrated look at the most deadly predators on the planetTooth and Claw presents the world's top predators as you have never seen them before, from big cats and wild dogs to sharks, reptiles, and killer whales.
One of today's leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlightAstronomers are like time travelers, scanning the night sky for the outermost galaxies that first came into being when our universe was a mere fraction of its present age.
An artist's uniquely personal journey across AmericaIn the nineteenth century, ornithologist and painter John James Audubon set out to create a complete pictorial record of North American birdlife, traveling from Louisiana and the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the cliffs of the Yellowstone River.
The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct lifeWe used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having vanished long ago.
In einer Zeit, in der das Wohl unserer Haustiere immer mehr in den Fokus rückt, bietet Markus Vogels Buch "Ganzheitliche Therapien für vierbeinige Freunde" einen fundierten Einblick in die Welt der Alternativmedizin für Tiere.
Der erste Fall für Mops Holmes und Kommissar WatersonKnieslingen, ein beschauliches Dorf auf der Schwäbischen Alb, wird von einer Reihe von Verbrechen erschüttert.
Eigentlich dachte Kater Snowbell, sein Werk wäre getan: Frauchen Joline ist mit ihrem Freund Ben überglücklich und es herrscht Frieden in der Villa Katzenglück.
Axel Lindén hat gewagt, wovon viele Großstädter heute träumen: Alles hinter sich lassen und auf dem Land ein ganz einfaches, naturverbundenes Leben führen.
Dieses Buch bestätigt, was Hundehalter ohnehin schon immer wussten: Hunde, seit über 15 000 Jahren ständige Begleiter des Menschen, besitzen eine ungewöhnliche Intelligenz und lösen schwierigste Aufgaben.
From her horse farm in Nebraska, Cara Whitney--wife of Dan Whitney (aka "e;Larry the Cable Guy"e;)--shares down-to-earth stories about how ordinary people can share their faith in extraordinary ways.
If you've suffered from setbacks or trauma in life, discover a path forward by learning to embrace the power of nature and the beauty in your experiences and pains.
Dieses eBook: "Allgemeine Naturgeschichte und Theorie des Himmels" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
The Story of a Small Dog Who Needed a Home and the Couple Who Needed HimWhen Michael and Cheryl Morse slowly drifted apart amid an empty nest, her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, his symptoms of PTSD, and the grief of losing their two beloved dogsput down on the same day three years priorit became apparent their lives were in need of a little joy.
Framed by the authors personal experience with backyard hens, Chickens: Their Natural and Unnatural Histories explores the history of the chicken from its descent from the dinosaurs to the space-age present.
2018 Shorty Award winner for best Creative & Media animal content***Named one of the Best Comedy Books of 2017 by Splitsider***';Over-the-top and hilarious.
Here is an engaging, informative, and no-nonsense look at the everyday situations and issuesand their legal consequencesthat affect dogs and their owners.
