Rakuten Kobo

Mother Earth Is Our Elder

A Northern Indigenous Path Toward Sustainable Living

de Katlia (Catherine) Lafferty ...

***Instant Globe and Mail Bestseller***Indigenous solutions we can all apply today to make our lives more sustainable and engage with earth and community from award-winning Dene activist and writer Katlia.The Dene in Canada’s North West territories have lived alongside nature for many generations. From battling environmental racism on the front lines of historical environmental protests, to ... Leer más

Antes $14.99 USD Ahora $2.99 USD

***Instant Globe and Mail Bestseller***Indigenous solutions we can all apply today to make our lives more sustainable and engage with earth and community from award-winning Dene activist and writer Katlia.The Dene in Canada’s North West territories have lived alongside nature for many generations. From battling environmental racism on the front lines of historical environmental protests, to
... Leer más
Adapt

How Humans Are Tapping into Nature's Secrets to Design and Build a Better Future

de Amina Khan ...

"A unique and groundbreaking contribution to innovation through bio-inspired design." ―Professor Michael Braungart, co-author of The UpcycleAmina Khan believes that nature does it best. In Adapt, she presents fascinating examples of how nature effortlessly solves the problems that humans attempt to solve with decades worth of the latest and greatest technologies, time, and money. Humans are ... Leer más

$1.99 USD

"A unique and groundbreaking contribution to innovation through bio-inspired design." ―Professor Michael Braungart, co-author of The UpcycleAmina Khan believes that nature does it best. In Adapt, she presents fascinating examples of how nature effortlessly solves the problems that humans attempt to solve with decades worth of the latest and greatest technologies, time, and money. Humans are
... Leer más
The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything

How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World

de Peter Brannen ...

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize"Ambitious, absorbing… Brannen is an effusive, maximalist writer, a mind vividly alive on the page… and his arguments, like his writing, are hugely compelling."—The New York Times Book ReviewHow carbon dioxide made planet Earth, shaped human history, and now holds our future in the balanceEvery year, we are dangerously warping the climate by putting ... Leer más

Antes $7.99 USD Ahora $1.99 USD

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize"Ambitious, absorbing… Brannen is an effusive, maximalist writer, a mind vividly alive on the page… and his arguments, like his writing, are hugely compelling."—The New York Times Book ReviewHow carbon dioxide made planet Earth, shaped human history, and now holds our future in the balanceEvery year, we are dangerously warping the climate by putting
... Leer más
Walden

de Henry David Thoreau ...

An American masterwork in praise of nature, self-reliance, and the simple life "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." In 1845, the transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau moved from his home in the town of Concord, ... Leer más

$1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

An American masterwork in praise of nature, self-reliance, and the simple life "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." In 1845, the transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau moved from his home in the town of Concord,
... Leer más
Cry Of The Kalahari

de Mark Owens, Delia Owens ...

An international bestseller, this is an emotional and riveting story of the Owens’ travel and adventurous life in the Kalahari Desert.?“A remarkable story beautifully told…Among such classics as Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man and Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist.”—Chicago TribuneCarrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, two young Americans, Mark and Delia Owens, caught a ... Leer más

Antes $9.49 USD Ahora $1.99 USD

An international bestseller, this is an emotional and riveting story of the Owens’ travel and adventurous life in the Kalahari Desert.?“A remarkable story beautifully told…Among such classics as Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man and Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist.”—Chicago TribuneCarrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, two young Americans, Mark and Delia Owens, caught a
... Leer más
Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

de Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is
... Leer más
Lakes

Their Birth, Life, and Death

de John Richard Saylor ...

“Lakes is my favorite kind of natural history: meticulously researched, timely, comprehensive, and written with imagination and verve.”—Jerry Dennis, author of The Living Great LakesLakes might be the most misunderstood bodies of water on earth. And while they may seem commonplace, without lakes our world would never be the same. In this revealing look at these lifegiving treasures, John Richard ... Leer más

Antes $13.99 USD Ahora $1.99 USD

“Lakes is my favorite kind of natural history: meticulously researched, timely, comprehensive, and written with imagination and verve.”—Jerry Dennis, author of The Living Great LakesLakes might be the most misunderstood bodies of water on earth. And while they may seem commonplace, without lakes our world would never be the same. In this revealing look at these lifegiving treasures, John Richard
... Leer más
Democracy's Mountain

Longs Peak and the Unfulfilled Promises of America's National Parks

de Ruth M. Alexander ...

Series series Public Lands History
At 14,259 feet, Longs Peak towers over Colorado’s northern Front Range. A prized location for mountaineering since the 1870s, Longs has been a place of astonishing climbing feats—and, unsurprisingly, of significant risk and harm. Careless and unlucky climbers have experienced serious injury and death on the peak, while their activities, equipment, and trash have damaged fragile alpine resources. ... Leer más

$15.89 USD

At 14,259 feet, Longs Peak towers over Colorado’s northern Front Range. A prized location for mountaineering since the 1870s, Longs has been a place of astonishing climbing feats—and, unsurprisingly, of significant risk and harm. Careless and unlucky climbers have experienced serious injury and death on the peak, while their activities, equipment, and trash have damaged fragile alpine resources.
... Leer más
Rambunctious Garden

Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World

de Emma Marris ...

"Remarkable . . . Emma Marris explores a paradox that is increasingly vexing the science of ecology, namely that the only way to have a pristine wilderness is to manage it intensively." — The Wall Street JournalA paradigm shift is roiling the environmental world. For decades people have unquestioningly accepted the idea that our goal is to preserve nature in its pristine, pre-human state. But many ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

"Remarkable . . . Emma Marris explores a paradox that is increasingly vexing the science of ecology, namely that the only way to have a pristine wilderness is to manage it intensively." — The Wall Street JournalA paradigm shift is roiling the environmental world. For decades people have unquestioningly accepted the idea that our goal is to preserve nature in its pristine, pre-human state. But many
... Leer más
The Light Eaters

How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

de Zoë Schlanger ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024 • TIME’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 • New York Magazine’s 10 Best Books of the Year • Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 • Smithsonian’s 10 Best Science Books of the Year • A Best Book of the Year: Boston Globe, Scientific American,New York Public Library, Chri... ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024 • TIME’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 • New York Magazine’s 10 Best Books of the Year • Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction of 2024 • Smithsonian’s 10 Best Science Books of the Year • A Best Book of the Year: Boston Globe, Scientific American,New York Public Library, Chri...
... Leer más
Dear Environmentalist

Notes on Climate, Community, and the World We Still Deserve

de Isaias Hernandez ...

A hopeful invitation for environmental changeAs the Earth undergoes profound environmental changes and the powers-that-be ignore them, many of us feel disempowered and at a loss for how to process and move forward. The conversation around environmentalism has become inaccessible to many and has ignored the essential role that cultural, racial, and social equity play in our planet's survival. ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

PEDIDO ANTICIPADO

A hopeful invitation for environmental changeAs the Earth undergoes profound environmental changes and the powers-that-be ignore them, many of us feel disempowered and at a loss for how to process and move forward. The conversation around environmentalism has become inaccessible to many and has ignored the essential role that cultural, racial, and social equity play in our planet's survival.
... Leer más
The Traveler

One Man's Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris

de Andrea Wulf ...

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • Step into the life and times of George Forster, the eighteenth-century naturalist who sailed the world and made waves with his revolutionary ideas about humanity and freedom—from the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature."[A] thrilling biography-cum-adventure story." —Hampton Sides, author of The ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • Step into the life and times of George Forster, the eighteenth-century naturalist who sailed the world and made waves with his revolutionary ideas about humanity and freedom—from the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature."[A] thrilling biography-cum-adventure story." —Hampton Sides, author of The
... Leer más
Rivers of Power

How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World

de Laurence C. Smith, PhD ...

An "eye-opening, sometimes alarming, and ultimately inspiring" natural history of rivers and their complex and ancient relationship with human civilization (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction).Rivers, more than any road, technology, or political leader, have shaped the course of human civilization. They have opened frontiers, founded cities, settled borders, ... Leer más

Antes $14.99 USD Ahora $1.99 USD

An "eye-opening, sometimes alarming, and ultimately inspiring" natural history of rivers and their complex and ancient relationship with human civilization (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction).Rivers, more than any road, technology, or political leader, have shaped the course of human civilization. They have opened frontiers, founded cities, settled borders,
... Leer más
Fire Weather

On the Front Lines of a Burning World

de John Vaillant ...

**PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION • A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-winning, best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce • Winner ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

**PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION • A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-winning, best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce • Winner
... Leer más
Witch's Forest

Trees in magic, folklore and traditional remedies

de Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Sandra Lawrence ...

Series series Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
There is more folklore, mythology and magic associated with our trees and forests than with any other living things.Known throughout the world as dark and wild places where witches make mischief and eerie creatures dwell, forests are also places of sanctuary for the ancient magic and the most enchanting species of trees.Kew: Witch's Forest is a beautifully illustrated, captivating journey through ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

There is more folklore, mythology and magic associated with our trees and forests than with any other living things.Known throughout the world as dark and wild places where witches make mischief and eerie creatures dwell, forests are also places of sanctuary for the ancient magic and the most enchanting species of trees.Kew: Witch's Forest is a beautifully illustrated, captivating journey through
... Leer más
Raising Hare

A Memoir

de Chloe Dalton ...

**NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE • A fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman’s unlikely friendship with a wild hare.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, TIME, The Boston Globe, The Economist, Scientific ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

**NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE • A fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman’s unlikely friendship with a wild hare.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, TIME, The Boston Globe, The Economist, Scientific
... Leer más
The Ends of the World

Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

de Peter Brannen ...

One of Vox’s Most Important Books of the DecadeNew York Times Editors' Choice 2017Forbes Top 10 Best Environment, Climate, and Conservation Book of 2017As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass e... ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

One of Vox’s Most Important Books of the DecadeNew York Times Editors' Choice 2017Forbes Top 10 Best Environment, Climate, and Conservation Book of 2017As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass e...
... Leer más
SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition

The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere

de John 'Lofty' Wiseman ...

Featuring more than 275 unique color photos, this specially designed hardcover edition of the world’s preeminent survival guide illuminates as never before the legendary techniques and instruction of the “classic outdoor manual” (Outside)Revered as the “survival bible” (Washington Post), the worldwide bestseller SAS Survival Handbook has long been the definitive resource for all campers, hikers, ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

Featuring more than 275 unique color photos, this specially designed hardcover edition of the world’s preeminent survival guide illuminates as never before the legendary techniques and instruction of the “classic outdoor manual” (Outside)Revered as the “survival bible” (Washington Post), the worldwide bestseller SAS Survival Handbook has long been the definitive resource for all campers, hikers,
... Leer más
A Sand County Almanac

With Other Essays on Conservation from Round River

de Aldo Leopold ...

Series series Galaxy Books
First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "a trenchant book, full of vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Written with an unparalleled understanding of the ways of nature, the book includes a section on the monthly changes of ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "a trenchant book, full of vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Written with an unparalleled understanding of the ways of nature, the book includes a section on the monthly changes of
... Leer más
Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind

The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind

de David Quammen ...

"Rich detail and vivid anecdotes of adventure....A treasure trove of exotic fact and hard thinking."—The New York Times Book Review, front pageFor millennia, lions, tigers, and their man-eating kin have kept our dark, scary forests dark and scary, and their predatory majesty has been the stuff of folklore. But by the year 2150 big predators may only exist on the other side of glass barriers and ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

"Rich detail and vivid anecdotes of adventure....A treasure trove of exotic fact and hard thinking."—The New York Times Book Review, front pageFor millennia, lions, tigers, and their man-eating kin have kept our dark, scary forests dark and scary, and their predatory majesty has been the stuff of folklore. But by the year 2150 big predators may only exist on the other side of glass barriers and
... Leer más
Ignition

Lighting Fires in a Burning World

de M.R. O'Connor ...

A work of on-the-ground reporting into the science of, and cultural ideas around, wildfires and fire management that challenges the ethos of the conservation movement, offering a hopeful vision of the connection between humans and our environment.In a riveting investigation of the science and ecology of wildfires, journalist M.R. O'Connor ventures into some of the oldest, most beautiful, and ... Leer más

Antes $17.99 USD Ahora $1.99 USD

A work of on-the-ground reporting into the science of, and cultural ideas around, wildfires and fire management that challenges the ethos of the conservation movement, offering a hopeful vision of the connection between humans and our environment.In a riveting investigation of the science and ecology of wildfires, journalist M.R. O'Connor ventures into some of the oldest, most beautiful, and
... Leer más
In Search of Mycotopia

Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms

de Doug Bierend ...

**This entertaining, mind-expanding mushroom guide “introduces us to the staggering variety of mushrooms . . . their mystery, their funk, and the way they captivate our imaginations” (The Boston Globe).“A natural sequel for the many readers who enjoyed Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life.” —Library Journal**From ecology to fermentation, in pop culture and in medicine—mushrooms are everywhere. With ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

**This entertaining, mind-expanding mushroom guide “introduces us to the staggering variety of mushrooms . . . their mystery, their funk, and the way they captivate our imaginations” (The Boston Globe).“A natural sequel for the many readers who enjoyed Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life.” —Library Journal**From ecology to fermentation, in pop culture and in medicine—mushrooms are everywhere. With
... Leer más
The Story of Stuff

How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change

de Annie Leonard ...

A classic exposé in company with An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring, The Story of Stuff expands on the celebrated documentary exploring the threat of overconsumption on the environment, economy, and our health. Leonard examines the “stuff” we use everyday, offering a galvanizing critique and steps for a changed planet.The Story of Stuff was received with widespread enthusiasm in hardcover, by ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

A classic exposé in company with An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring, The Story of Stuff expands on the celebrated documentary exploring the threat of overconsumption on the environment, economy, and our health. Leonard examines the “stuff” we use everyday, offering a galvanizing critique and steps for a changed planet.The Story of Stuff was received with widespread enthusiasm in hardcover, by
... Leer más
The Immense Journey

An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature

de Loren Eiseley ...

Anthropologist and naturalist Loren Eiseley blends scientific knowledge and imaginative vision in this story of man. ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

Anthropologist and naturalist Loren Eiseley blends scientific knowledge and imaginative vision in this story of man.
... Leer más

eReaders

Aplicaciones

Accesorios

Carrito de compra

¡Obtienes el tratamiento VIP!

Tu carrito de compra está vacío

Disponible el:

1 audiolibro mensual

+ Prueba gratis de 30 días

Disponible el:

1 audiolibro mensual

+ Prueba gratis de 30 días

Recomendado para ti

eBooks de Medio ambiente

Mostrar: