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Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An authoritative yet informal guide to the role played by fields in the modern landscape--their history, natural history and folklore--includes 300 color illustrations and practical information on sheep-shearing, drying wild herbs, flora and fauna and much more.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Second edition of illustrated field guide to wild urban plants of the northeastern United States. Includes 158 main entries plus 64 secondary species-feature descriptive information including scientific name and taxonomic authority, common names, botanical family, life form, place of origin, and identification features. Each entry is accompanied by original full-color photographs by the author which show the plants' characteristics and growth forms...
3) Mushroom wanderland: a forager's guide to finding, identifying, and using more than 25 wild fungi
Author
Publisher
The Countryman Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The breathtaking beauty of mushrooms from a master forager: how to identify and use them in cooking, home remedies, and spirituality. Foraging for mushrooms is a meditative and rewarding escape. Even if readers aren't ready to head out into the woods, this enchanting visual guide is a welcome introduction to 25 easily identifiable species, organized by location and use. Author Jess Starwood has led hundreds of foraging trips, sharing her knowledge...
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Identifying birds can be overwhelming. Where and how do you start? The good news is that most people already know more than they realize about birds, which can greatly simplify the identification process. Written in a helpful, conversational style and illustrated with numerous photos, this "12-step program" starts with the basics and builds logically into a manageable framework that enables anyone to get into, or get more out of, the world of watching,...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A lavishly illustrated guide to the seaweed families of the world. Seaweeds are astoundingly diverse. They are found along the shallows of beaches and have been recorded living at depths of more than 800 feet; they can be microscopic or grow into giants many meters long. They're incredibly efficient at using the materials found in the ocean and are increasingly used in the human world, in applications from food to fuel. They're beautiful, too, with...
Author
Series
Princeton field guides volume 157
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Natural wine is made from organically farmed grapes and without the use of additives or transformative winemaking procedures. Natural wine is the opposite of many wines you find these days, which are made from a random array of grapes and altered for color and taste to maintain consistency. Thanks in part to the farm-to-table movement, wine lovers are realizing that if they don't want to eat unnatural processed foods, why should they drink wine that...
10) Fossils
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Packed with more than 1,000 crystal-clear photographs with precise annotations to make identification easy and accurate. In this fully revised and updated edition, jargon-free text pinpoints the key characteristics of each fossil and provides quick, accessible information.
Author
Publisher
FalconGuides
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A field guide to 600 wildflowers found in North America, organized by color and alphabetically to enable wildflower enthusiasts and nature lovers to identify and learn about the natural and cultural history of flowering plants"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Featuring descriptions of 115 pterosaur species, over 5 dozen skeletal drawings and two dozen color life studies by renowned researcher and illustrator Gregory Paul, The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs in the most up to date and comprehensive coverage of the great Mesozoic group that dominated the skies for 160 million years of the Mesozoic"--
Author
Publisher
Watkins
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Foraging is one of the fastest-growing nature-related pastimes in the UK and US. There are many books about foraging but this is the only one that focuses on what is arguably everyone's favourite plant -- trees! It profiles 40 incredible trees from the UK and US -- from apple, ash, and bay, to walnut, willow, and yew, gorgeously illustrated with watercolour, pen and ink botanical illustrations. In her humorous, inspiring, and warm text, Adele explains...
Author
Publisher
The University of South Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated flight across the Southeast. Award-winning environmental scientist, naturalist, writer, educator, and artist Todd Ballantine wings his way across the vast Southeast with entertaining prose and beautiful, instructive illustrations in this delightful exploration of one hundred birds in their various habitats. Chapter by chapter Ballantine highlights which birds can be found at the beach, along the ocean and estuaries, in marshes and...
Author
Publisher
Bradt Guides Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This new, thoroughly updated and lavishly illustrated fourth edition of Bradt's Gal�apagos Wildlife is packed with information and magnificent pictures to aid in identifying key species, all in an easy-to-carry format that covers everything from the wildlife that you're likely to encounter, whether flying in the air, running along the ground or swimming underwater, to a succinct history of the islands, their habitats and volcanic origins. This...
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Series
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Bees play an essential role in the pollination of native plants and agricultural crops across the globe. In North America alone there are more than 4,000 bee species. In spite of their abundance and diversity there is no accessible field guide for the non-expert. This book will remedy that situation by providing a carefully crafted introduction to bee identification for eastern North America. No portable field guide could include coverage of the...
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