Nature in art

A richly illustrated look at the intersection of art and science in Renaissance EuropeArt played a pivotal role in the development of natural history during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Penguin Planet is a celebration of all things penguin.

Taken from the earlier book Priceless Florida (and modified for a stand-alone book), this volume discusses the fresh- and saltwater systems of Florida, including lakes and ponds; rivers and streams; springs; aquatic caves; estuarine waters and seafloors; submarine meadows, sponge, rock, and reef communities; and the Gulf and Atlantic Ocean.

Taken from the earlier book Priceless Florida (and modified for a stand-alone book), this volume discusses Florida's wetlands, including interior wetlands, seepage wetlands, marshes, flowing-water swamps, beaches and marine marshes, and mangrove swamps.

Taken from the earlier book Priceless Florida (and modified for a stand-alone book), this volume discusses the well-drained areas of Florida, including high pine grasslands, flatwoods and prairies, interior scrub, hardwood hammocks, rocklands and caves, and beach dunes.

Bill Hubbell writes in his preface that entering Maine is not like crossing into other states: A few miles after having passed the border, a subtle awareness sneaks in.

Unleash your inner artist in just a couple of days with this hands-on beginner's guide to drawing full of techniques, projects, and inspiration.

'Inspiring' Waterstones'Thrilling' Guardian'Marries words and images to create a special echo of this country's rich past' The Times In Wild, Amy Jeffs journeys - on foot and through medieval texts - from landscapes of desolation to hope, offering the reader an insight into a world at once distant and profoundly close to home.

'A warm and inspiring invitation to put down our phones, pick up a pencil and start really looking at the beauty all around us.

Nine-year-old Ira-Abel Rawles lives on Hook Farm in the village of Underwhelem.

';The sea is as near as we come to another world.

Many fishermen will acknowledge that the brown trout (Salmo trutta) and the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are the world's most intriguing, beautiful and noble fish.

';A single flow'r he sent me, since we met.

Designed for how people learnmakes drawing manga easyThe ideal manga drawing book for beginnerseyes, hands, feet, body shapes, and moreIncludes ideas for how to draw your own graphic novel Have you spent years admiring manga drawing and wondering how to draw cool stuff, but you havent known how to draw it on your own?

';With a moonless sky this early morning, it is eerily dark out here, and I can feel the weight of the hot and humid South Florida air.

ONE OF THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES' BEST BOOKS FOR 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2023'Eye-opening and full of surprises .

We all love to be beside the seaside!

Is there anything quite so exhilarating as swimming in wild water?

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A charm of goldfinches, an ascension of larks, a school of dolphins, a cloud of bats, a murder of crows.

'She's a genius, I believe, because she lights up every subject she touches.

Escape to glorious Nantucket in this truly enchanting summer read.

Walter Potter (1835-1918), a country taxidermist of no great expertise, became famous as an icon of Victorian whimsy.

A fascinating written exploration of the superhero phenomenon, from its beginnings in the depths of Great Depression to the blockbuster movies of today.

This easy-to-understand guide shows how to overcome technical limitations and learn to see horses in a new light, fine-tuning observation skills, and discovering how to take best advantage of photo opportunities.

In this book, the authors document in photos and words the experience of looking closely, through the passage of one year, at their 70 acres of Maine woods.

For this stunning new volume, photographer William Hubbell has turned his lens toward New England's ubiquitous stone walls.

Wild Maine is not only a book of outstanding images of wild mammals and birds from around the state, but it is also a collection of anecdotes and amusing stories about photographer Bill Silliker's interactions with wildlife.

Der blaue Planet müsste eigentlich 'Wasser' heißen und nicht 'Erde', ist er doch zu zwei Dritteln von diesem Element bedeckt.

Winner of the East Anglian Book of the Year 2015 Winner of the New Angle Book Prize 2017John Craske, a Norfok fisherman, was born in 1881 and in 1917, when he had just turned thirty-six, he fell seriously ill.

A decade ago, Tim Gallagher was one of the rediscoverers of the legendary ivory-billed woodpecker, which most scientists believed had been extinct for more than half a centurynow Gallagher once again hits the trail, journeying deep into Mexico's savagely beautiful Sierra Madre Occidental, home to rich wildlife, as well as to Mexican drug cartels, in a perilous quest to locate the most elusive bird in the worldthe imperial woodpecker.

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Without plants, there would be no life on earth.

Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian ports share waterfronts with imposing fortifications.

In this charming collection of nineteen stories, you can't help but fall in love with the unlucky fawn who is saved by a nursing home, the troublesome rabbit who warms her way into a new family and the good (German) shepherd who comforts the sick.

With over 70 original illustrations, printmaker Angela Harding invites you to look at how the light changes the world around us, and how that changes us in its turn.

In Botany for the Artist Sarah Simblet makes drawings of every type of plant, from the tiniest mosses to sumptuous flowers and trees, and shows how understnding botany helps you to create vibrant, realistic drawings.

An inspirational and beautifully illustrated book that tells the stories of 80 plants from around the globe.

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of the samurai with "e;The Great Age of the Samurai - The Warrior's Long Journey from Ancient Japan to Modern Times"e;.

A joyous celebration of Britain's rich bird lifeIn Birdland, journalist and lifelong birder Jon Gower explores our intimate connection with the bird life around us.

Think you don't have enough room to green up your act?

From his earliest work with glass to the stunning aerial panoramas of Maine islands that have gained him far-reaching fame, Eric Hopkins has consistently explored boundaries-of medium, of space, of vision.

This book is a magnificently illustrated volume that will help anglers, scientists, and nature lovers to identify and appreciate North American freshwater game fish.

By teaching you the foundations of natural dyeing, and guiding you through the simple stitch techniques, this book will allow you to dip in and out of projects while learning how to forage for and grow your own dye plants.

A master photographer shares his wisdom on the special challenges and possibilities flowers offer.

A guide to 122 hikes to more than 300 publicly accessible waterfalls .

In stunning color, master photographer Tony Sweet shows how to create beautiful photographs of water in all its forms.

Through a hundred short vignettes accompanied by stunning avian portraits, Bird Brains takes a look at the antics, behaviors, and idiosyncrasies of wild birds from the viewpoint of a professional wildlife biologist and award-winning wildlife photographer.

In the aftermath of the First World War, the painter Walter Cox cherishes the place of his childhood to keep the pulse of his art alive.