Neptune, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1979. Second edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 93 pgs, colored photo endpapers, b&w and color photos within, colored boards. A preliminary guide to the snakes which can be kept satisfactorily in captivity. More about BOAS & OTHER NON-VENOMOUS SNAKES
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2, 224 pgs, index, b&w and color photos throughout. A comprehensive guide to capturing the entire spectrum of nature's diversity - from sweeping vistas to microscopic organisms. This beautiful volume takes us all over the world in... More about THE COMPLETE BOOK OF WILDLIFE & NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1975. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 199 pgs, color photos throughout. The author shares revelations of the new astronomy and explains varied theories about our turbulent skies: plus remarkable pictures made with the world's greatest telescopes. More about THE AMAZING UNIVERSE
New York: Praeger, 1974. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 246 pgs, index/notes. In two parts, "Wilderness Values", and "Saving the Wilderness", it shows how wilderness can provide new generations a link with the spirit of adventure and exploration at the heart of our nation's history. More about BATTLE FOR THE WILDERNESS
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1962. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 360 pgs, index, color photos, b&w maps. Studies of our forests and the people who manage them, including the politics of our national forests. More about WHOSE WOODS THESE ARE.; The Story of the National Forests
Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 177 pgs. When the author left the rolling hills of Pennsylvania behind for a new job in Florida, he feared the worst. While he'd heard much of the fabled southern charm, he wondered what could possibly be... More about BITTEN; My Unexpected Love Affair With Florida
Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice-Hall Canada, 1983. Hardcover. 12 x 11, 234 pgs, b&w and color illustrations and photos. A coffee-table style book with painters, novelists, poets, sculptors and composers, all join forces to help save the whale from extinction. More about WHALES.; A Celebration
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2002. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 258 pgs, index, b&w illustrations and section of color photos. Gehlbach draws on thirty years of journal entries to present a composite, day-by-day almanac of the life cycles of a semi-wild natural island in the midst of urban Texas. More about MESSAGES FROM THE WILD; An Almanac of Suburban Natural and Unnatural History
Carlsbad, NM: Carlsbad Caverns Natural History Assn. 1987. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 32 pgs, color photos. Very comprehensive description of each species which occupies Carlsbad Caverns. More about BATS OF CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986. Hardcover. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 291 pgs, index, biblio, graphs, b&w photos. Using quantitative methods and a Time-Depth-Recorder, a study of the strategies used by females in six species to rear and wean their young in different environments. More about FUR SEALS- MATERNAL STRATEGIES ON LAND & AT SEA
Salt Lake City, UT: Northwest Publishing, 1996. First edition. Paperback. 5 x 8, 206 pgs. How the coastal grizzlies of Koaiak and the Alaska Peninsula really live and how they react to the increasing presence of humans. More about NIGHTMARE OF DREAM CREEK; An Alaskan Bear Tale
Menasha, WI: American Anthropological Association, 1959. Paperback. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 165 pgs, index. Different essays about Boas from others in the field. More about THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FRANZ BOAS; Essays on the Centennial of His Birth
New York: Vanguard, 1949. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8, 249 pgs. Although already acclaimed as physician, musician, author, and spiritual leader, Dr. Schweitzer, his decision in 1913 to turn his back on it all and devote himself to the people of West Africa moved the world the most. This... More about ALBERT SCHWEITZER:; Genius in the Jungle
New York: Time Watner, 1999. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 282 pgs, b&w photos, previous owner drawings inside front and back covers. Goodall explores her extraordinary life and personal spiritual odyssey. She shares her life, talking of love and support of her mother, her son, her late husband, friends and strangers. More about REASON FOR HOPE; A Spiritual Journey
Monterrey, CA: Sea Challengers, 1989. Third edition. Paperback. 7 x 9, 96 pgs, color photos, maps. Descriptions and color plates of 126 species of common, shallow water fish that occur from Alaska to Central Baja California. Also includes illustrations, a glossary, a bibliography, indices to common names and scientific names... More about PACIFIC COAST INSHORE FISHES
Los Osos, CA: Sea Challengers, 1979. First edition. Paperback. 7 x 9, 112 pgs, color photos, maps. Describes and illustrates 161 common marine invertebrates which may be encountered by divers on the Pacific coast; identification, notes, size and range. More about PACIFIC COAST SUBTIDAL MARINE INVERTEBRATES; A Fishwatchers' Guide
New York: Harmony Books, 1996. Reprint. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 244 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w illustrations. The nature of nature. Gould's eloquent argument for a new paradigm. He teaches us how to read trends within the system. A major scientific statement from a leading evolutionary scientist. More about FULL HOUSE; The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
New York: Norton, 1989. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 347 pgs, b&w illustrations. The discovery of this interesting limestone quarry and it's perfectly preserved pre-historic creatures and the people in charge of its study in the early 20th century. More about WONDERFUL LIFE.; The Burgess Shale & the Nature of History
Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1993. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 274 pgs, b&w photos. The unusual story of the author's adoption of a wolf and funny and heartwarming events that led to the wolf's adjustment to the author's family and theirs to him. Signed by the author. More about CHAKKA
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 324 pgs, index, b&w and color photos throughout, mapped endsheets. Beautiful photos and text that tells the story of what is happening to our wildlife as the wilderness dissappears. More about OUR VANISHING WILDERNESS
Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas/Museum of Natural History, 1955. Paperback. 6 x 9, 303 pgs, b&w illustrations and maps. For the lay person who wants to know about the mammals of Kansas. More about HANDBOOK OF MAMMALS OF KANSAS
Topsfield, MA: Salem House Publishers, 1989. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 224 pgs, b&w and color photos throughout. An account of a horseback ride through New Zealand and a look at the nation's environmental and cultural challenges. More about FRAGILE EDEN; A Ride Through New Zealand
Albuquerque, NM: U.S. Geological Survey, 1994. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 118 pgs, b&w illustrations, folded maps in pocket at back. Water resources investigations report. More about HYDROGEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK AND PRELIMINARY SIMULATION OF GROUND-WATER FLOW IN THE MIMBRES BASIN,...
Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2001. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 205 pgs, index, b&w illustrations. A personal celebration of and a definitive guide to this, the last undammed and unchanneled river in the Southwest. More about THE SAN PEDRO RIVER; A Discovery Guide
Aptos, CA: 1981. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 96 pgs, b&w illustrations. An issue devoted to "gold fever" More about CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL; Volume 50, Number 9