Environmentalists & Naturalists

"Once I started this incomparable story, I couldn't put it down, and I cannot get it out of my mind—nor will I ever. The message of what can be accomplish...

For years, serious naturalists have treasured their copies of Francis Harper's naturalist's edition of The Travels of William Bartram as the definitive ver...

Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural life—vowing that, for one year, they’d only buy food ra...

"A fascinating account of inner and outer exploration and discovery in one of the last remote regions of the world - sharp-eyed, insightful, candid, and we...

On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whippi...

Title: Sea Shepherd( My Fight for Whales & Seals) Binding: Paperback Author: PaulWatson Publisher: W.W.Norton&CompanyCategories: Biographies & M...

One of Americas greatest landscape designers and conservationists, Jensen used native plants to introduce the influential Prairie style of landscape archi...

Birder, environmentalist and activist Mya-Rose Craig is an international force. In her moving memoir, Birdgirl, she chronicles her mother’s struggle with ...

In this new biography, based on a reexamination of Thoreau's manuscripts and on retracing of his trips, Robert Richardson offers a view of Thoreau's life a...

To escape the tough streets of Southeast Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s, young Rodney Stotts would ride the metro to the Smithsonian National Zoo. There...

A spellbinding adventure about investigating folklore in the wilds from a beloved modern-day explorer.Categories: History WorldExpeditions & Discoveries...

Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt's Role In Launching Modern Conservationsim, Identifying The Contributions Of Such Influences As James Audubon And John Muir Whi...

A Writer's Search For Inspiration, Beauty, And Solace Leads Her To Birds In This ... Meditation On Creativity And Life--Categories: Arts & Photography T...

From the environmental activist, consumer advocate, renowned crusader, and champion fighter whose courageous case against Pacific Gas and Electric was drama...

"A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose...

Since the founding of the National Park Service in 1916, tens of thousands of NPS employees and volunteers have devoted themselves to preserving our public ...

Spellbinding adventure from Canada's most beloved modern-day explorer. Traverspine is not a place you will find on most maps. A century ago, it stood near t...

Full Of Never-before-seen Illustrations, Life Sketches Is An Inspiring And Elegant Portrait Of Robert Bateman’s Life As An Artist And Of His Belief That â...

In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines--the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodivers...