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Displaying records 101 through 110 of 1569 |
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Price: $20.00
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Sale: $12.99
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Bud Moore
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 978.68
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Publication Date: 1996-10-01
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Reading Level: 476
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Description: The Lochsa Story explores the lessons drawn from two centuries of human interaction with northern Idaho's Lochsa country and how those lessons can affect management philosophies of similar regions across the continent and beyond. This personal narrative is thoroughly documented and includes maps and scores of rare, old photographs.
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $7.34
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Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Michael Lanza
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Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 917.4404
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Publication Date: 2005-04-10
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Reading Level: 200
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Description: Covering the most popular Massachusetts hiking destinations, this is the hiker's guide to finding the best trails throughout the state. Foghorn Outdoors Massachusetts Hiking guides hikers through the Cape Cod National Seashore, the Berkshire Hills, the Appalachian Trail, the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail, and the Midstate Trail. Families, day-trippers, and seasoned hikers looking for a change of pace will all find the perfect trail among the options selected by outdoor enthusiast and hiking expert Michael Lanza. This guidebook provides updated, easy-to-use region and trail maps, photographs, illustrations, complete information on fees, permits, user groups, contacts, and driving directions for every possible hike. Foghorn Outdoors Massachusetts Hiking has the details on the best available hiking in Massachusetts.
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Price: $23.00
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Sale: $3.92
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Manufacturer: Pantheon
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Terry Tempest Williams
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Publisher: Pantheon
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.784
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Publication Date: 2001-09-11
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: As a lifelong desert dweller, Terry Tempest Williams is intimately familiar with the multiple shades of red, and she explores many of them, among other things, in this tribute to the desert and canyon country of southern Utah that she holds so dear. In this collection of essays, poems, congressional testimony, and journal entries (some previously published), she ruminates on the meaning of wilderness and the need to preserve it as a way to save ourselves as much as the land itself. In Red, she lends an elegant and passionate voice to the growing "Coyote Clan" in southern Utah--"hundreds, maybe even thousands, of individuals who are quietly subversive on behalf of the land"--along with the many others ideologically in step with this movement. She also discusses those deeply resentful of active environmentalists as well as those seething at the U.S. government for the way it manages millions of acres of western land, writing that "Federal control in the American West remains an open wound." Some of these contrary voices even come from within her own clan, a reality she describes in an essay in which she gently debates the merits of the Endangered Species Act with her father and other family members who own and operate a construction company in Utah. A beloved nature writer and environmental voice, Williams writes emotionally and even erotically of her relationship with the red-rock landscape surrounding her home outside Moab, closely analyzing the wildlife, human characters, and Anasazi petroglyphs of this magical, arid region. --Shawn Carkonen
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Price: $27.95
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Sale: $27.95
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Manufacturer: University of Arizona Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert H. Webb
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Publisher: University of Arizona Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 979.132
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Publication Date: 1996-05-01
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Reading Level: 290
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Description: Photographs made in Grand Canyon a century ago may provide us today with a sense of history; photographs made a century later from the same vantage points give us a more precise picture of change in this seemingly timeless place. Between 1889 and 1890, Robert Brewster Stanton made photographs every 1-2 miles through the river corridor for the purpose of planning a water-level railroad route and produced the largest collection of photographs of the Colorado River at one point in time. Robert Webb, a USGS hydrologist conducting research on debris flows in the Canyon, obtained the photographs and from 1989 to 1995 replicated all 445 of the views captured by Stanton, matching as closely as possible the original camera positions and lighting conditions. Grand Canyon, a Century of Change assembles the most dramatic of these paired photographs to demonstrate both the persistence of nature and the presence of humanity. Unexpected longevity of some plant species, effects of animal grazing, and expansion of cacti are all captured by the replicate photographs. More telling is evidence of the impact of Glen Canyon Dam: increased riparian vegetation, new marshes, aggraded debris fans, and eroded sand bars. In the accompanying text, Webb provides a thorough analysis of what each pair of photographs shows and places the project in its historical context. Complementing his narrative are six sidebar articles by authorities on Canyon natural history that further attest to a century of change. The level of detail obtained from the photographs represents one of the most extensive long-term monitoring efforts ever conducted in a national park; it is the most detailed documentation effort ever performed using repeat photography. Much more than simply a picture book, Grand Canyon, a Century of Change is an environmental history of the river corridor, a fascinating book that clearly shows the impact of human influence on Grand Canyon and warns us that its future is very much in our hands.
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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $9.28
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Manufacturer: University of Minnesota Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Scott Anderson
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Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 797.1220971
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Publication Date: 1990-06
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Reading Level: 156
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Description: Beginning on a front porch in Duluth, Minnesota, and ending three months later in Hudson Bay, author Scott Anderson took every canoeist's dream trip. Filled with humor, mis-adventure, and ultimate success, Distant Fires is a must-read for anyone who has ever picked up a paddle. An American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $1.10
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Manufacturer: Ulysses Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Marty Olmstead
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Publisher: Ulysses Press
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Edition: 4th
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Dewey Decimal Number: 917.580444
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Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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Reading Level: 408
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Description: Where Vacations Meet Adventures! First, Hidden Georgia reviews the destination’s famed attractions. Then (more importantly!) it invites the reader to go further to “Hidden” spots other guides overlook, including small inns and local restaurants. The guide also focuses on outdoor adventures with detailed information on beaches, parks and outdoor activities. Special traveler-friendly features include hidden spots, author’s favorite picks, getaway itineraries, driving and walking tours, websites and e-mail addresses, and multiple scaled maps that zoom in on each area. Hidden Georgia leads to Civil War sites near Atlanta, bistros in Savannah's historic district and cozy B&Bs in the Golden Isles. The author offers recommendations and opinionated reviews for over 150 restaurants and over 250 hotels. This updated edition includes 31 maps.
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Price: $31.95
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Sale: $37.57
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Manufacturer: Academic Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Doug Pratt
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Publisher: Academic Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 591.9969
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Publication Date: 2000-04-01
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Reading Level: 416
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Description: People travel to Hawaii for sun, sand, and surf but increasingly spend parts of their trips hiking, birdwatching, kayaking, whale-watching, or snorkeling in the island's stunning national parks and nature reserves. Ecotravellers to the islands know that Hawaii is a special place biologically, harboring many native animal and plant species that occur nowhere else on Earth. Contained in this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about the island's magnificent animal life. The author visited parks and preserves, discussed wildlife with local and international experts, and then selected his color illustrations from more than 300 of the islands' most common fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds (including essentially every Hawaiian bird). You will want to have this easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated book as a constant companion on your trip.
Key Features
* Provides identifying, location, and conservation information on frequently spotted animals
* Gives up-to-date information on the ecology, behavior, and conservation of the families of animals to which the pictured species belong
* Contains information on Hawaiian habitats and on the most common plants you will see, and on the underwater animals most divers and snorklers actually see
* Gives brief descriptions of the state's national parks and nature reserves
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Price: $13.00
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Sale: $1.95
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Manufacturer: Counterpoint
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Nancy Lord
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Publisher: Counterpoint
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508
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Publication Date: 2000-04
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: A century ago, Edward H. Harriman, the president of the Union Pacific Railroad and perhaps the wealthiest man in America, put some of his wealth to visionary purpose: he outfitted a steamship with scientific instruments, hired a 65-member crew, and invited choice friends to accompany him on a cruise to Alaska. But more: he invited 30 more guests, "the nation's top natural scientists, mainly, but also a few practical engineering types, some cultural enthusiasts, select writers and artists and photographers." Among those 30 "faculty" were the great naturalists John Muir, John Burroughs, C. Hart Merriam, George Bird Grinnell, and William Dall, who took the opportunity to study the flora, fauna, and geology of the glacier-carved coasts of what Burroughs called "green Alaska," infusing American natural-history literature with a stream of books and articles on the then little-known North. Nancy Lord, the author of the fine Alaska memoir Fishcamp, retraces the course of the Harriman expedition, examining how much of Alaska has changed--but also how much more has remained much as her peers of a century ago saw it. Her graceful, vigorous book is a fine contribution to the history of science, and a welcome addition to the shelves of anyone with an interest in natural-history writing and arctic exploration. --Gregory McNamee
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $4.49
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Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Dick Pitman
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Publisher: The Lyons Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.95416096
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Publication Date: 2008-04-01
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: This British ex-patriot moved to Zimbabwe in 1977, when it was still called Rhodesia. Pitman stumbled into saving wild animals almost by mistake. But his sense of humor, and love of animals, made him a perfect candidate for this fraught and sometimes frustrating mission. His tales from the bush and passion for wildlife and conservation are filled with humor and heartbreak—saving elephants in Matusadona National Park, tracking black rhinos, saving cheetahs, and, perhaps most dangerous, introducing foreign tourists to African wildlife. This is a witty and hope-filled true story from a talented writer who is frequently in the news discussing the challenges of Zimbabwe’s natural future. |
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Price: $18.60
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Sale: $13.04
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Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Iain Sinclair
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 388
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Publication Date: 2003-10-02
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Reading Level: 592
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Description: A brilliant voyage of discovery into the deeply unfashionable fringes of London. 'It isn't often that one reads a book and is convinced that it's an instant classic, but I'm sure that "London Orbital" will be read 50 years from now. This account of his walk around the M25 is on one level a journey into the heart of darkness, that terrain of golf courses, retail parks and industrial estates which is Blair's Britain. It's a fascinating snapshot of who we are, lit by Sinclair's vivid prose, and on another level a warning that the mythological England of village greens and cycling aunts has been buried under the rush of a million radial tyres' - J. G. Ballard, "Observer".
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