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  • The Essence of Wilderness: 9 Classic Wildlife Books

    Classic Nature Writing on Wildlife, Conservation, Adventure, and the Ethics of the Wild

    The Essence of Wilderness: 9 Classic Wildlife Books gathers a capacious body of nature writing in which observation, adventure, zoological description, moral reflection, and regional portraiture converge. Across its nine texts, wilderness appears not as empty scenery but as a living field of animal intelligence, ecological interdependence, danger, and wonder. Scientific attentiveness sits beside ... Read more

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  • Creatures of the Night: A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain

    Exploring the Enigmatic Nocturnal World of Western Britain's Wildlife

    In "Creatures of the Night: A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain," Alfred Wellesley Rees immerses readers in the rich tapestry of nocturnal wildlife endemic to the captivating landscapes of Western Britain. This meticulously crafted work employs a blend of vivid prose and insightful observations, capturing the essence of an ecological reality often overlooked. Rees's literary style balances ... Read more

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  • A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Illustrated + Audiobook Download Link + Active TOC)

    by Isabella Bird ...
    FEATURES:• Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations• A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book• Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book• Manually coded and crafted by professionals for highest formatting quality and standardsCheck out ngims Publishing's other illustrated literary clazzics. The vast majority of our books have original illustrations, ... Read more

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  • Independent People

    Series series Vintage International
    From the Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic author: a magnificent novel that recalls Iceland's medieval epics and classics, set in the early twentieth century starring an ordinary sheep farmer and his heroic determination to achieve independence. • "A strange story, vibrant and alive…. There is a rare beauty in its telling." —Atlantic MonthlyIf Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's protagonist, is an ... Read more

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  • The Land of Little Rain

    by Mary Austin ...
    Series series Dover Thrift Editions: Nature/Environment
    The enduring appeal of the desert is strikingly portrayed in this poetic study, which has become a classic of the American Southwest. First published in 1903, it is the work of Mary Austin (1868–1934), a prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, who was also an ardent early feminist and champion of Indians and Spanish-Americans. She is best known today for this enchanting paean to the vast, ... Read more

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  • The Arctic Prairies: A Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake

    At Athabaska Landing, on May 18, 1907, 10.15 A. M., we boarded the superb Peterborough canoe that I had christened the Ann Seton. The Athabaska River was a-flood and clear of ice; 13 scows of freight, with 60 half-breeds and Indians to man them, left at the same time, and in spite of a strong headwind we drifted northward fully 31 miles an hour. The leading scow, where I spent some time, was in ... Read more

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  • Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter

    Series series Modern Library Classics
    Written during his days as a ranchman in the Dakota Bad Lands, these two wilderness tales by Theodore Roosevelt endure today as part of the classic folklore of the West. The narratives provide vivid portraits of the land as well as the people and animals that inhabited it, ever underscoring the author's abiding concerns as a naturalist.Originally published in 1885, Hundting Trips of a Ranchman ... Read more

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  • The Land of Little Rain (Warbler Classics)

    by Mary Austin ...
    Mary Austin's love of the desert is everywhere evident in The Land of Little Rain, a collection of fourteen vignettes about the land and people of the region that today includes Death Valley National Park and the Mojave National Preserve. Part nature essay, personal essay, folk legend, and local history of the California Sierras, this enduring American classic resists classification. Her lyrical ... Read more

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  • Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland

    In this work, Thomas shares detailed narratives of his travels, describing the diverse ecosystems, wildlife, and geographic features he encountered along the way. His vivid descriptions paint a picture of the breathtaking scenery, from majestic mountains and pristine rivers to dense forests and coastal vistas. Thomas's observations provide readers with a sense of the challenges and rewards of ... Read more

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  • A Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains

    Series Book 789 - Virago Modern Classics
    'There never was anybody who had adventures as well as Miss Bird' SPECTATOR'Venture deep into the Colorado wilderness, and you will find her long-lasting legacy in the community of people choosing to live a life without limits' RUBY WAX, GUARDIAN'This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey' DERVLA MURPHY, IRISH TIMESBorn in 1831, Isabella, daughter of a clergyman, se... ... Read more

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  • In the Catskills - Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs

    First published in 1910, "In the Catskills" is a fantastic selection of essays concerning The Catskill Mountains by American naturalist John Burroughs. Nowhere is a love of Catskill Mountain landscape, its flora and fauna, and its people more beautifully expressed then in these eight essays. Highly recommended for lovers of nature writing and naturalism. John Burroughs (1837 - 1921) was an ... Read more

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  • The Land of Little Rain

    by Mary Austin ...
    Series series Classic, Nature, Penguin
    “Between the high Sierras south from Yosemite—east and south over a very great assemblage of broken ranges beyond Death Valley, and on illimitably into the Mojave Desert” is the territory that Mary Austin calls the Land of Little Rain. In this classic collection of meditations on the wonders of this region, Austin generously shares “such news of the land, of its trails and what is astir in them, ... Read more

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