Nature
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Science
- Nature's Poetic Voices
- Essays on Nature and Reflection
- Nature's Tales for Young Explorers
The Sea and the Jungle
Considered one of the greatest travel narratives, The Sea and the Jungle is H.M. Tomlinson's firsthand account of the first journey of an En…
Letters to a Friend
When John Muir was a student in the University of Wisconsin he was a frequent caller at the house of Dr. Ezra S. Carr. The kindness shown hi…
Steep Trails
A collection of Muir's previously unpublished essays, released shortly after his death. "This volume will meet, in every way, the high …
California Desert Trails
"I fell an easy prey to the beckonings of the other principal feature of California's topography, the dreamy, dreary desert. Long ago, …
Birds in the Calendar
Delightful sketches of British wild birds - a bird for every month of the year from the pheasant in January to the robin in December. This c…
Cape Cod
Cape Cod is one of several excursion books by Henry David Thoreau. The travel itinerary frames his thoughts about geography, natural and loc…
The Flood
A well-to-do French farm family is destroyed by a flood. The story, thrilling to the very end, is told from the point of view of the family…
Excursions
Excursions is an 1863 anthology of several essays by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The anthology contains an introduction …
Meteorology
Meteorology by J. G. M'Pherson offers a clear and accessible exploration of the atmospheric phenomena that shape our world. This instruction…
The Adventures of Maya the Bee
The Adventures of Maya the Bee is an exciting tale for children of all ages. Themes of growth and development of courage and wisdom are foun…
Birds of the Air
Arabella Buckley had a great love of nature and wished to impart that love to children. Birds of the Air will encourage children to observe …
Anatomy of the Human Body
Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray is a foundational text in the field of anatomy, first published in 1858 and continuously updated thr…
South American Jungle Tales
The stories in South American Jungle Tales center on the relationships between people and the different creatures Quiroga came into contact …
Pan
Pan tells the story Lieutenant Glahn and his summer in a forest north in Norway. He lives in a hut with his dog Aesop and they spend their d…
The Journal of Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist,h…
The Man Whom the Trees Loved
The Man Whom the Trees Loved explores the profound bond between humanity and the natural world through the eyes of a man captivated by the b…
Natural Theology
In this early nineteenth-century classic, William Paley assesses how our understanding of nature reflects characteristics of its creator. Fi…
The Adventures of a Nature Guide
Enos Mills (1870-1922 ), naturalist and conservationist, was instrumental in the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park. Like his mentor…
Trees Every Child Should Know
Trees Every Child Should Know invites young listeners to explore the fascinating world of trees through engaging observations and hands-on l…
Easy Lessons in Einstein
Published in 1920, Slosson’s Easy Lessons in Einstein is one of the first popularizations of Einstein’s theory of relativity. This book is m…