
A Short History Of The World According To Sheep
From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the rolling hills of medieval England to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have been ce...
View full detailsFrom the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the rolling hills of medieval England to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have been ce...
View full detailsThere is a renaissance blooming in the climate movement: leadership that is more characteristically feminine and more faithfully feminist, rooted i...
View full detailsThis animal encyclopedia with a twist showcases more than 100 animals in close-up detail. Arranged from biggest to smallest, the wildlife of the wo...
View full detailsAn anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet praises the whale. Shakespeare sympathizes with the hunted hare. Marianne Moore tries to catch a jelly-fish. Virgil a...
View full detailsCats, cats, and more cats! Expressive or aloof, affectionate or enigmatic, cats have complicated characters that make them compelling artists' muse...
View full detailsAt the start of the nineteenth century, John James Audubon embarked upon an epic ornithological quest across America with nothing but his artist's ...
View full detailsEight inspiring chapters cover key elements for the 'biophilic home', including materials, views, colour and natural light. Each section explores t...
View full detailsDid you know that there are roughly 400,000 different species of beetles? These incredible creatures make up about 25% of all animals on our planet...
View full detailsTwo centuries of literary homages to the fascinating feline: stories by writers of every stripe--from P.G. Wodehouse to Doris Lessing, from Damon R...
View full detailsFor most of human history, people believed that everything in the world was created at once. But scientists started to challenge that idea and in 1...
View full detailsillustrated by Jonathan Woodward Every creature in the ocean – from the tiny snail to the enormous blue whale – depends on water for survival. This...
View full detailsillustrated by Jonathan Woodward Every creature in the forest – from the tiny beetle to the giant bear – depends on trees for survival. This wonder...
View full detailsDid you know that the fishing cat has partially webbed paws for catching fish? Or that pumas can leap over 15 feet into trees? There are roughly 38...
View full detailsFrom the Common Swift, which can stay in the air continuously without landing for up to ten months at a time, to the tiny Goldcrest, Europe’s small...
View full detailsDarkness has shaped the lives of humans for millennia, and in Dark Skies, Tiffany Francis travels around Britain and Europe to learn more about noc...
View full detailsDog Stories rounds up a pack of vivid and colorful stories about man’s best friend by a wide range of great writers, from Mark Twain and Anton Chek...
View full detailsFrom Chaucer to Billy Collins and from basset hounds to brindle bull terriers, Doggerel presents a robust brood of the most charming verse tributes...
View full detailsNutritionists tell you to eat more fish. Environmentalists tell you to eat less fish. Apparently they are both right. It's the same thing with almo...
View full detailsDid you know that there are over 4,000 known species of frog? Some are bigger than your dinner plate, while others are small enough to sit on your ...
View full detailsThere is no real evidence that humans ever 'domesticated' cats. Rather, it seems that at some point cats saw the potential value to themselves of h...
View full detailsFishing Stories nets an abundant catch of wonderful writing in a wide variety of genres and styles. The moods range from the rollicking humor of Ru...
View full detailsFour- Legged Therapy is a delightfully illustrated collection of ten stories that recognise the therapeutic value of having animals in our lives. A...
View full detailsFungipedia presents a delightful A–Z treasury of mushroom lore. With more than 180 entries—on topics as varied as Alice in Wonderland, chestnut bli...
View full detailsThe splendid poems in this collection both represent and glorify the cultivating instinct, and each of them "succeeds in annihilating all that's ma...
View full detailsillustrated by Jarom Vogel Since horses were first domesticated thousands of years ago, these iconic animals have been a part of human history--the...
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View full detailsHumankind's fascination with the animal kingdom began as a matter of survival - differentiating the edible from the toxic, the ferocious from the t...
View full detailsAt just fifteen, Greta Thunberg became one of today's most prominent climate change activists—her impassioned calls for action on global warming ha...
View full detailsLearn how to care for your own houseplant giants, from the glorious Fiddle Leaf Fig and impressive Banana Plant to the ever-popular Monstera - this...
View full detailsLittle David grew up in Leicester on the campus of a university, where his father was a professor. As a child, he spent hours in the science librar...
View full detailsWhen Jane was little, her father gave her a toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. This inspired her lifelong love of animals, and she went to study them in...
View full detailsToday many of us live indoor lives, disconnected from the natural world as never before. And yet nature remains deeply ingrained in our language, c...
View full detailsJourney to the highest peaks and plateaus of planet Earth...but make sure to bring your climbing gear! Take a closer look at the mountains of the w...
View full detailsIn August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. A year later, she was joined in her strike by ...
View full detailsDid you know that an octopus has three hearts? And that they are particularly intelligent, with some being known to use tools? Dive into this fasci...
View full detailsSaving the environment is our collective duty. With each passing day, climate change is causing Pacific islands to disappear into the sea, accelera...
View full detailsillustrated by Ji-Won Lee Where does all the plastic waste go? Journey through the life cycle of plastic - how plastics are produced, the many uses...
View full detailsA captivating anthology that celebrates one of nature's most majestic creatures and the age-old bond between humans and horses. All kinds of equine...
View full detailsA unique anthology of poems--from around the world and through the ages--that celebrate trees. For thousands of years humans have variously worship...
View full detailsThroughout history, poets have felt the ancient pull of the sea, exploring the full range of mankind's nautical fears, dreams, and longings. The co...
View full detailsillustrated by Ben Newman Join your helpful guide, Professor Astro Cat, as he takes a dive from the seashore all the way to the ocean floor. From w...
View full detailsillustrated by Ben Newman Welcome back, stargazers! Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what a star looks like up close? Ever won...
View full detailsWe're not just losing the wild world. We're forgetting it. We're no longer noticing it. We've lost the habit of looking and seeing and listening an...
View full detailsDownsizing. Decluttering. A parent's death. Sooner or later, all of us are faced with things we no longer need or want. But when we drop our old cl...
View full detailsA gathering of the best maritime fiction from the last two hundred years: tales of shipwrecks and storms at sea, of creatures from the deep, of voy...
View full detailsThe Art of Angling offers a bountiful catch of poems from around the world and through the ages on every aspect of the beloved sport. Fishing has i...
View full detailsFor the poet, even the most minute details of the natural world are starting points for flights of the imagination, and the pages of this collectio...
View full detailsFleshy, spiny, hairy, flowering-and coming in every imaginable shape, color and size-this plant family has captured the affection of plant enthusia...
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