Books, Outdoors & Nature, Flora

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Michael Pollan
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by Random House Trade Paperbacks (Paperback) (Release Date: 2002-05-28)

Spike Carlsen
A Splintered History of Wood: Belt Sander Races, Blind Woodworkers, and Baseball Bats
by Collins (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2008-08-26)

In a world without wood, we might not be here at all. Without wood, we wouldn't have had the fire, heat, and shelter that allowed us to expand into the colder regions of the planet. If civilization somehow did develop, our daily lives still would be vastly different: there would be no violins, baseball bats, chopsticks, or wine corks. The book you are now holding wouldn't exist. At the same time, many of us are removed from the world where wood is shaped and celebrated every day. That world is inhabited by a unique assortment of eccentric craftsmen and passionate enthusiasts who have created some of the world's most beloved musical instruments, feared weapons, dazzling architecture, sacred relics, and bizarre forms of transportation. In A Splintered History of Wood, Spike Carlsen has uncovered the most outlandish characters and examples, from world-champion chainsaw carvers to blind woodworkers, the Miraculous Staircase to the Lindbergh kidnapping case, and many more, in a ...

National Audubon Society
Audubon Wildflowers Calendar 2009 (Wall Calendars)
by Artisan (Calendar)

A mountain meadow splashed scarlet with Indian Paintbrush. A trio of Pasqueflowers. Bright Parralena bursting from a crack in parched mud, Brittlebrush blanketing a lush palm grove. Intrepid and hardy, beautiful yet fleeting, wildflowers illuminate America's landscape, from forest to field to desert to coastline. Featuring twelve species in their native habitats, Audubon Wildflowers is a showcase for nature's most extraordinary blooms.

Richard Preston
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
by Random House Trade Paperbacks (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-02-12)

Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained–the coast redwood trees, Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have been destroyed by logging, but the untouched fragments that remain are among the great wonders of nature. The biggest redwoods have trunks up to thirty feet wide and can rise more than thirty-five stories above the ground, forming cathedral-like structures in the air. Until recently, redwoods were thought to be virtually impossible to ascend, and the canopy at the tops of these majestic trees was undiscovered. In The Wild Trees, Richard Preston unfolds the spellbinding story of Steve Sillett, Marie Antoine, and the tiny group of daring botanists and amateur naturalists that found a lost world above California, a world that is dangerous, hauntingly beautiful, and unexplored. The canopy voyagers are young–just college students when they ...

Samuel Thayer
The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants
by Forager's Harvest Press (Paperback)

A practical guide to all aspects of edible wild plants: finding and identifying them, their seasons of harvest, and their methods of collection and preparation. Each plant is discussed in great detail and accompanied by excellent color photographs. Includes an index, illustrated glossary, bibliography, and harvest calendar. The perfect guide for all experience levels.

Lee Allen Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson Institute
A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guides)
by Houghton Mifflin Company (Hardcover)

More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.

David Arora
Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi
by Ten Speed Press (Paperback)

Oliver Morton
Eating the Sun
by HarperCollins (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2008-11-18)

A story of a world in crisis and the importance of plants, the history of the earth, and the feuds and fantasies of warring scientists—this is not your fourth-grade science class's take on photosynthesis. From acclaimed science journalist Oliver Morton comes this fascinating, lively, profound look at photosynthesis, nature's greatest miracle. Wherever there is greenery, photosynthesis isworking to make oxygen, release energy, and create living matter from the raw material of sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. Without photosynthesis, there would be an empty world, an empty sky, and a sun that does nothing more than warm the rocks and reflect off the sea. With photosynthesis, we have a living world with three billion years of sunlight-fed history to relish. Eating the Sun is a bottom-up account of our planet, a celebration of how the smallest things, enzymes and pigments, influence the largest things­­—the oceans, the rainforests, and the fossil fuel economy. From ...

Peter H. Raven, Ray F. Evert, Susan E. Eichhorn
Biology of Plants
by W. H. Freeman (Hardcover)

This introduction to botany has been revised and completely reorganized - from the molecular and cellular through the whole organism to the ecosystem. The authors emphasize the relationships between growth and development, and structure and function, within the all-pervading themes of evolution and ecology. Features of the 6th editon include: coverage of diversity informed by recent sequencing studies and cladistic analyses; inclusion of current advances due to molecular techniques and biotechnology; and new material on ethnobotany and medicinal plants. There are various supplements for this product.

Elbert L. Little
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees--W: Western Region (National Audubon Society Field Guides)
by Knopf (Turtleback) (Release Date: 1980-06-12)

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