Nature Writing & Essays

Freeman Dyson, renowned physicist and public intellectual, edits this year’s volume of the finest science and nature writing. Categories: Science & Ma...

One night, poet and environmental writer John Lane tuned in to a sound from behind his house that he had never heard before: the nearby eerie and captivati...

What is it that binds human beings to other animals? T. H. White, the author of The Once and Future King and Mistress Masham’s Repose, was a young writer...

Cultural Writing. Essays. Preservationist. Inventor. Lobbyist. John Muir was many things at once, and he is California's best-known icon- so much so that hi...

For a decade Philip Connors has spent nearly half of each year in a 7' x 7' fire lookout tower, 10,000 feet above sea level, keeping watch over one of the m...

The story of a single tree, from the moment the seed is released from its cone until, more than five hundred years later, it lies on the forest floor as a ...

The Spellbinding Story Of Chris Mccandless, Who Gave Away His Savings, Hitchhiked To Alaska, Walked Into The Wilderness Alone, And Starved To Death In 1992,...

Presents A Revelatory Exploration Of The Diverse Emotional Intelligence Of Animals As Demonstrated In Stories About Loving Pigs, Cheating Magpies, Scheming ...

Seeking out wildflowers and whitewater, Ann Zwinger has called many places home. The Nearsighted Naturalist brings together work from more than two decades...

Chedoke Creek Is One Of Six Creeks That Weave Their Way Through Hamilton, But It Is The Most Hidden, Lost To Culverts And Concrete. Its Waters Are Seen Only...

For four hundred years, explorers, traders, and settlers plundered North American wildlife in an escalating rampage, but in the twentieth century an incredi...

By Amy Stewart. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [207]-208) And Index.Categories: Science & Math Biological Sciences ZoologyInvertebrates

as Meaningful Today As It Was When Sigurd F. Olson Wrote It, the Singing Wilderness Is An Essential Antidote To The Trials Of Modern Life. This Unique Volu...

The winter months offer the perfect opportunity for us to become better acquainted with our favorite birds. As they forage in gardens for seeds and berries...

In A Countryman's Journal, originally published in 1981, author Roy Barrette describes life on his small coastal Maine farm. Equipped with a few barnyard an...

Essays by Cape Cod nature writer Robert Finch, inviting the reader to enjoy special places on the landscape of Cape Cod and the Islands.Categories: Science ...

The compelling story of one family’s life among the rugged landscapes of the Coast Mountains, converting youthful ideals, raw land and a passion for the ...

By Sy Montgomery ; Illustrated By Rebecca Green.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

Three of the most original thinkers of our time explore issues that call into question our current views of reality, morality, and the nature of life. •...

An Indie Next Selection for September 2021 A Country Living Best Book of Fall 2021 From the author of the bestselling #ReadWithJenna/TODAY Show book club ...

from The Bestselling Author Of Earthway Comes A Collection Of Thoughtful And Inspiring Essays On Nature And Life. Together They Light A Path To Genuine Lov...

Discover 50 of the most impressive trails in the Berkshires, home of the Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts. Ideal for families, nature lovers, and hiking e...