Category - Nature
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Blooming Flowers: A Seasonal History of Plants and People
PaperbackOriginal price $15.00 - Original price $15.00Original price $15.00$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /An evocative and richly illustrated exploration of flowers and how, over the centuries, they have given us so much sustenance, meaning, and pleas...
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Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99$30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /Throughout the nineteenth century, swarms of locusts regularly swept across the continent, turning noon into dusk, demolishing farm communities, ...
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The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea
PaperbackOriginal price $17.95 - Original price $17.95Original price $17.95$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Winner • Pulitzer Prize for History Winner • Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Finalist • National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) A New York Ti...
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The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)
PaperbackOriginal price $17.95 - Original price $17.95Original price $17.95$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /In this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoise—the color and the gem—to probe deeper int...
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The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of Buzz and Feathers presents a natural and human history of seeds, the marvels o...
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The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /National Outdoor Book Award Winner for Outdoor LiteratureFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of Cod-the irresistible story of the science, h...
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Salt: A World History
PaperbackOriginal price $19.00Original price $19.00 - Original price $19.00Original price $19.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /"Kurlansky finds the world in a grain of salt." - New York Times Book Review An unlikely world history from the bestselling author of Cod and The ...
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The Two-Headed Whale: Life, Loss, and the Tangled Legacy of Whaling in the Antarctic
HardcoverOriginal price $27.95Original price $27.95 - Original price $27.95Original price $27.95Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Following one woman’s voyage across the Antarctic, this elegant debut confronts the dark history of the whaling industry and the mystery of one y...
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In Search of the River Jordan: A Story of Palestine, Israel and the Struggle for Water
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A writer's travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River--exploring the long conflict over water supply Access to water has played a pivo...
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Forces of Nature: New Perspectives on Korean Environments
PaperbackOriginal price $31.95 - Original price $31.95Original price $31.95$45.99$45.99 - $45.99Current price $45.99| /Bringing together a multidisciplinary conversation about the entanglement of nature and society in the Korean peninsula, Forces of Nature aims to d...
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Microbial Machines: Experiments with Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in India
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /Around 2004, members of governmental and nongovernmental organizations, science institutes, and private companies throughout India began brainstorm...
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Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /The epic story of the planet's oldest trees and the making of the modern world Humans have always revered long-lived trees. But as historian Jared...
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Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Inspired by the lapidaries of the ancient world, this book is a beautifully designed collection of true stories about sixty different stones that ...
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Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The fascinating stories of the plants that changed civilizations. "This book will mesmerize plant-lovers and non-gardeners alike." —American Ga...
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