Author: Edward StepPublisher:
ISBN: 9781447455790
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Nature Rambles - An Introduction to Country-Lore - Summer to Autumn
Author: Edward StepPublisher:
ISBN: 9781447455790
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Nature Rambles, Spring
Author: Oliver Perry MedsgerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast
Author: Carol GraciePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691144664
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This volume presents a detailed description of more than thirty-five wildflower species of the Northeast, describing their colors, habitats, range, pollination, history, cultural lore, medicinal uses, and literary and artistic references. The spring-blooming wildflowers looked at range from old favorites to lesser-known species. Featuring more than 500 full-color photos in large-sized format, the book delves deep into the life histories, lore, and cultural uses of more than 35 plant species. The narrative covers topics such as the naming of wildflowers; the reasons for taxonomic changes; pollination of flowers and dispersal of seeds; uses by Native Americans; related species in other parts of the world; herbivores, plant pathogens, and pests; medicinal uses; and wildflower references in history, literature, and art. The photos capture the beauty of these plants and also illustrate the concepts discussed in the text.
Fifty-two Nature Rambles
Author: William Percival WestellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau
Author: Ben ShattuckPublisher: Tin House Books
ISBN: 1953534090
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 A New England Indie Bestselller A New York Times Best Book of Summer, a Wall Street Journal and Town & Country Best Book of Spring “A gorgeous reminder that walking is the most radical form of locomotion nowadays.” —Nick Offerman “I think Thoreau would have liked this book, and that’s a high recommendation.” —Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of Cape Cod. Over a century and a half later, Ben Shattuck does the same. With little more than a loaf of bread, brick of cheese, and a notebook, Shattuck sets out to retrace Thoreau’s path through the Cape’s outer beaches, from the elbow to Provincetown’s fingertip. This is the first of six journeys taken by Shattuck, each one inspired by a walk once taken by Henry David Thoreau. After the Cape, Shattuck goes up Mount Katahdin and Mount Wachusett, down the coastline of his hometown, and then through the Allagash. Along the way, Shattuck encounters unexpected characters, landscapes, and stories, seeing for himself the restorative effects that walking can have on a dampened spirit. Over years of following Thoreau, Shattuck finds himself uncovering new insights about family, love, friendship, and fatherhood, and understanding more deeply the lessons walking can offer through life’s changing seasons. Intimate, entertaining, and beautifully crafted, Six Walks is a resounding tribute to the ways walking in nature can inspire us all.
City Wilds
Author: Terrell DixonPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820323503
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The assumptions we make about nature writing too often lead us to see it only as a literature about wilderness or rural areas. This anthology broadens our awareness of American nature writing by featuring the flora, fauna, geology, and climate that enrich and shape urban life. Set in neither pristine nor exotic environs, these stories and essays take us to rivers, parks, vacant lots, lakes, gardens, and zoos as they convey nature's rich disregard of city limits signs. With writings by women and men from cities in all regions of the country and from different ethnic traditions, the anthology reflects the geographic differences and multicultural makeup of our cities. Works by well-known and emerging contemporary writers are included as well as pieces from important twentieth-century urban nature writers. Since more than 80 percent of Americans now live in urban areas, we need to enlarge our environmental concerns to encompass urban nature. By focusing on urban nature writing, the selections in City Wilds can help develop a more inclusive environmental consciousness, one that includes both the nature we see on a day-to-day basis and how such nearby nature is viewed by writers from diverse cultural backgrounds.
We're Going on a Nature Hunt
Author: Steve MetzgerPublisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439859295
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
On a perfect spring day three friends go on a nature hunt.
A Nature Study Guide
Author: William S. FurneauxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Country rambles, and Manchester walks and wild flowers
Author: Leopold Hartley GrindonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Flowers Are Calling
Author: Rita GrayPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544340124
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Rhyming text explores the wonders of natural cooperation between flowers and the animals and insects of the forest.--