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  1. Book ImageThe Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

    Sebastian Junger

    A real-life thriller that leaves us with the taste of salt on our tongues and a terror of the deep.More

  2. Book ImageClimate Change: Picturing the Science

    Gavin Schmidt, Joshua Wolfe, Jeffrey D. Sachs

    An unprecedented union of scientific analysis and stunning photography illustrating the effects of climate change on the global ecosystem.More

  3. Book ImageNatural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

    David Quammen

    "David Quammen is simply the best natural essayist working today."--Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own BackyardMore

  4. Book ImageAcross the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation

    Robert L. Fleming, Jr., Dorje Tsering, Liu Wulin, Et Al.

    Remarkable photographs celebrate the wild places and the exquisite animals of the country called “the roof of the world.”More

  5. Book ImageThe Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth

    Edward O. Wilson

    The book that launched a movement: “Wilson speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all” (Oliver Sacks).
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  6. Book ImageThe Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

    David Blackbourn

    "Brilliantly conceived....[A] tour de force in historical writing."—Ian KershawMore

  7. Book ImageExtreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book

    Christopher C. Burt

    Revised and Updated

    The ultimate weather book for the weather enthusiast or anyone interested in the oddities and extremes of nature.More

  8. Book ImageDwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World

    Linda Hogan

    Award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan explores her lifelong love of the living world and all its inhabitants.More

  9. Book ImageAmerican Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn

    Ted Steinberg

    “Ted Steinberg proves once again that he is a master storyteller as well as our foremost environmental historian.”—Mike DavisMore

  10. Book ImageDirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

    William Bryant Logan

    “A gleeful, poetic book. . . . Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review More

  11. Book ImageWhere Mountains Are Nameless: Passion and Politics in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    Jonathan Waterman

    The "compelling" (Seattle Times) story behind a most sacred piece of American wilderness.More

  12. Book ImageOak: The Frame of Civilization

    William Bryant Logan

    The ultimate distance race is within your reach—a completely updated edition of the now-classic work.More

  13. Book ImageLittle Things in a Big Country: An Artist and Her Dog on the Rocky Mountain Front

    Hannah Hinchman

    Winner of the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Award: A unique alchemy of art and natural history—a four-color hand-lettered and illustrated tale of a year's rambles in the northern Rockies.More

  14. Book ImageThe Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed

    John Vaillant

    A tale of obsession so fierce that a man kills the thing he loves most: the only giant golden spruce on earth.More

  15. Book ImageOut of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil

    David Goodstein

    Science tells us that an oil crisis is inevitable. Why and when? And what will our future look like without our favorite fuel?More

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