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  • Discovering the Chesapeake

    The History of an Ecosystem

    Edited by Philip D. Curtin, Grace S. Brush, George W. Fisher ...
    With its rich evolutionary record of natural systems and long history of human activity, the Chesapeake Bay provides an excellent example of how a great estuary has responded to the powerful forces of human settlement and environmental change. Discovering the Chesapeake explores all of the long-term changes the Chesapeake has undergone and uncovers the inextricable connections among land, water, ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

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  • The Eternal Frontier

    An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples

    by Tim Flannery ...
    A comprehensive history of the continent, "full of engaging and attention-catching information about North America's geology, climate, and paleontology" ( The Washington Post Book World).Here, "the rock star of modern science" tells the unforgettable story of the geological and biological evolution of the North American continent, from the time of the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Sea without Fish

    Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region

    by David L. Meyer, Richard Arnold Davis, Steven M. Holland ...
    Series series Life of the Past
    A "superbly written, richly illustrated" guide to the animals who lived 450 million years ago—in the fossil-rich area where Cincinnati, Ohio now stands ( Rocks & Minerals).The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fossils found in limestones and shales that were deposited as sediments on the sea floor during the Ordovician Period, about 450 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mannahatta

    A Natural History of New York City

    by Eric W. Sanderson ...
    What did New York look like four centuries ago? An extraordinary reconstruction of a wild island from the forests of Times Square to the wetlands downtown.Named a Best Book of the Year by Library Journal , New York Magazine , and San Francisco ChronicleOn September 12, 1609, Henry Hudson first set foot on the land that would become Manhattan. Today, it's difficult to imagine what he saw, but for ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Walden Warming

    Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Woods

    by Richard B. Primack ...
    "An unnervingly close-to-home perspective [on] the dynamics and impact of climate change on plants, birds, and myriad other species, including us."— BooklistIn his meticulous notes on the natural history of Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau records the first open flowers of highbush blueberry on May 11, 1853. If he were to look for the first blueberry flowers in Concord today, mid-May ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture

    Environmental Histories of the Georgia Coast

    by Paul S Sutter, Paul M Pressly ...
    Series series Environmental History and the American South
    An essay collection exploring the history of 5,000-year relationship between human culture and nature on the Georgia coast.One of the unique features of the Georgia coast today is its thorough conservation. At first glance, it seems to be a place where nature reigns. But another distinctive feature of the coast is its deep and diverse human history. Indeed, few places that seem so natural hide so ... Read more

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  • The Moundbuilders: Ancient Societies of Eastern North America (Second)

    by George R. Milner ...
    Brought up to date with the latest research, The Moundbuilders is the definitive visual guide to North America’s eastern region and the societies that forever changed its landscape.Hailed by Bruce D. Smith, curator of North American archaeology at the Smithsonian Institution, as “without question the best available book on the pre-Columbian . . . societies of eastern North America,” this wide ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • A Gathering of Wonders

    Behind the Scenes at the American Museum of Natural History

    by Joseph Wallace ...
    Since it was founded in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History has stood as one of the world's greatest repositories of scientific information and investigation. This delightful book takes us behind the exhibits and shows us some of the great researchers and fabulous objects from the Museum's past and present, ranging through every department and focusing on fabulous tales and fascinating ... Read more

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  • Looking for Longleaf

    The Fall and Rise of an American Forest

    by Lawrence S. Earley ...
    Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America. Today these magnificent forests have declined to a fraction of their original extent, threatening such species as the gopher tortoise, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and the Venus fly-trap. Conservationists have proclaimed ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Bogs of the Northeast

    by Charles W. Johnson, Ian Worley ...
    What makes bogs so interesting yet so misunderstood? This generously illustrated book presents many of the exciting, almost enthralling, facets of bogs--unusual plants, intricate ecological relationships, animals, myths and folklore, and the myriad history recorded in the peats. Despite the fascinating bogs hold, until now there has been no popular book that deals with them in a comprehensive yet ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Water, Earth, Fire: Louisiana's Natural Heritage

    by Paul A. Keddy ...
    Louisiana is one of the most beautiful parts of North America. It offers much more than Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street. With 25 maps and 60 illustrations, this is the first book to introduce the full range of wild places in Louisiana. Certainly the states magnificent swamps are described, but Louisiana showcases a great diversity of natural habitats prairies, longleaf pine savannas, oak forests, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Arrowheads and Spear Points in the Prehistoric Southeast

    A Guide to Understanding Cultural Artifacts

    by Linda Crawford Culberson ...
    The Native American tribes of what is now the Southeastern United States left intriguing relics of their ancient cultural life. Arrowheads, spearpoints, stone tools, and other artifacts are found in newly plowed fields, on hillsides after a fresh rain, or in washed-out creekbeds. These are tangible clues to the anthropology of the Paleo-Indians, and the highly developed Mississippian peoples.This ... Read more

    $15.89 USD