Scrupulous scholarship and magical prose are brought to bear on such diverse topics as seeds, the hieroglyphs on shells, lost tombs, the goddess Circe, city dumps, and Neanderthal man.

    Its heroine is Pippa, an elegant, affectionate but enigmatic cheetah - the spotted sphinx."Mrs. Adamson is confirmed as one of the most remarkable women of her times... I believe The Spotted Sphinx to be her best book." - Derek Tangye, Sunday Telegraph"She has done it again! There is so much vital warmth in her narrative... Its pictorial record is superb." - Times Literary Supplement

    Well ensconced in their professional lives in Chicago, they made the decision to follow their dream of a simple existence, pulling up their stakes and plunging into the wilds of northern Minnesota.A Place in the Woods, first published in 1969, describes how the Hoovers gradually adapted to the rigors of wilderness survival, relating events that occurred prior to those Helen Hoover described in her bestselling The Girl of the Deer. This is a tale of starting out, of the pitfalls of beginning a new life -- one punctuated by near disasters but also by moments of rare beauty.A Place in the Woods is enlivened by warm, humorous anecdotes showing both the struggle and reward involved in joining this small community of rabbits, deer, and distant neighbors. This volume, now available in paperback for the first time, conveys the special joy of each small victory in the wilderness.

    Jack Olsen's true account, traces the causes of the tragic night in August 1967 when two separate and unrelated campers, a distance apart, were savagely mangled and killed by enraged bears.

    Belknap's Waterproof Grand Canyon River Guide (All New Color Edition)

    They go back to the late Paleolithic; the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying intuition and rebirth; the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe." He develops, as replacement for shattered social structures. a concept of tribal tradition which could lead to "growth and enlightenment in self-disciplined freedom. Whatever it is or ever was in any other culture can be reconstructed from the unconscious through meditation...the coming revolution will close the circle and link us in many ways with the most creative aspects of our archaic past.

    It provides extensice coverage of abiotic, fungal, viral, bacterial, nematode and other plant diseases and their associated epidemiology. It also covers the genetics of resistance and modern management on plant disease. Plant Pathology, 5th Edition, is the most comprehensive resource and textbook that professionals, faculty and students can consult for well-organized, essential information. This thoroughly revised edition is 45% larger, covering new discoveries and developments in plant pathology and enhanced by hundreds of new color photographs and illustrations. * The latest information on molecular techniques and biological control in plant diseases* Comprehensive in coverage * Numerous excellent diagrams and photographs * A large variety of disease examples for instructors to choose for their course

    Throughout, Olson makes a compelling case for preserving the wilderness. He puts forth his own life as an example of how nature can have a spiritual effect on the human soul, and proposes diligence on behalf of those who fight to conserve our forests, wetlands, and dunes.

    It's about Audubon's life as a kind of focus for a lot of things about humans. I hope it's the way life is. It's about his heroic solution of his problems and the problems of being a man."(1) Warren elaborates on what attracted him to Audubon in a later interview with Peter Stitt, saying, "I began to see him as a certain kind of man, a man who has finally learned to accept his fate. The poem is about man and his fate - all along, Audubon resisted his fate and thought it was evil man is supposed to support his family, and so forth. But now he accepts his fate" (Talking p. 244).Critics generally seem to agree that Audubon: A Vision is a watershed moment in Warren's career as a poet. Calvin Bedient goes so far as to say that Warren's "greatness as a writer ... began with Audubon: A Vision."(2) Much of the critical attention has focused on the poem's sources and influences, with a number of critics drawing parallels between the poem and Eudora Welty's portrayal of Audubon in her short story "A Still Moment."(3) But a number of critics have also observed the poem's mythological or archetypal qualities. In an early review, Louis Martz claims that in the poem Warren, "like Aeschylus or Ovid, is re-imagining a myth."(4) Hugh Ruppersburg concurs, stating that the poem "seeks to define Audubon's mythic significance in history and literature."(5) In any case, reviewers and critics alike see the work as the culmination and embodiment of all of Warren's major concerns and themes. ...(Anthony Szczesiul)

    

    Updated with all new color photography of contemporary riders and horses, it includes details on training the rider, schooling the horse, cross-country riding, dressage exercises, and jumping techniques. It expertly provides a wealth of practical knowledge and experience and concisely lays down rules and guidelines that are as applicable today as when the book was written more than 70 years ago. Beginners and experts alike will find the instructions easy to follow and will benefit from the essential theoretical background provided here but so often overlooked in modern riding.

    Thalassa Cruso was often called the "Julia Child of horticulture."

    An engaging, anecdotal account of the author's adventures in the Northern Rockies.

    

    

    

    Each page introduces a new letter of the alphabet.

    58 naturalists and writers, including John George, John Steinbeck, Jacques Yves Cousteau, and others.

    Describes the experiences of a wolf pack in the Toklat Pass of Alaska during the November moon.

    

    Mpls./St. Paul magazine. A landmark book in nature photography and writing, opening a door to a vision of the forest seldom seen by most.

    There, 8,300 feet above sea level, summer is short and winter long and often harsh; it is a place where much of life exists on the margin. In good years the grasses are lush; in bad years, even the mice starve. But it is a land the Zwingers have lovingly explored and recorded, careful not to disrupt the balance of the land, the relationship of plant to animal and of each to its environment.These forty acres, called Constant Friendship after the Maryland land her ancestor settled in the early 1730s, are a place of all seasons, for even in winter there is a promise of spring, and in spring the foretaste of summer. The white of snow becomes the white of summer clouds, the resonant green of spruce becomes the green head of drake mallard ... here part of each season is contained in every other.In beautiful and simple language and with 80 illustrations, Beyond the Aspen Grove tells of meadow, lake, marsh and forest, of algae and dragonflies, of deer and jays that live in the thin clear air of the mountain world.

    Hardcover with dustjacket. A manual of wood identification with forty actual wood specimens, An essential book for any woodworker. Great idea, well written and well organized. The way that the 40 samples are bound into the book is ingenious.