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  • Tales from the Ant World

    “In Mr. Wilson ants have found not only their Darwin but also their Homer.” —EconomistIn Tales from the Ant World, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson takes us on a thrilling myrmecological tour across continents and through time, inviting us into his decades-long scientific obsession with ants. Animating his observations with personal stories, Wilson hones in on twenty-five ant ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Magdalena Mountain

    A Novel

    "An elegant, eccentric novel of love, loneliness, and lepidoptera . . . Worthy company for work by other naturalist/novelists: Nabokov, Matthiessen, Kingsolver." —Kirkus ReviewsIn Magdalena Mountain, Robert Michael Pyle's first and long–awaited novel, the award–winning naturalist proves he is as at home in an imagined landscape as he is in the natural one. At the center of this story of majesty ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Sarapiquí Chronicle

    A Naturalist in Costa Rica. Revised and Expanded Edition.

    “Young . . . brings the trained eye of an entomologist and an unabashed admiration for the beauty of nature to this engaging and informative account of his experiences during twenty-one years of fieldwork in Costa Rica’s rainforests.”—Publishers Weekly“A splendid read. For newcomers to the moist tropics, and for any but the most sated old-timers, it can be commended for an entertaining account of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Spiders

    Learning to love them

    by Lynne Kelly ...
    An introduction to the hairy, but not so scary, creatures that share our homes and gardens, and a personal account of overcoming arachnophobia and how any arachnophobe can do the same.Spiders are everywhere. No matter how clean, how stark, how sterile your home, the spiders will come. Spiderlings will balloon in and wait for the insects that will appear. Adult spiders will walk in. As you destroy ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Protecting Pollinators

    How to Save the Creatures that Feed Our World

    by Jodi Helmer ...
    We should thank a pollinator at every meal. These diminutive creatures fertilize a third of the crops we eat. Yet half of the 200,000 species of pollinators are threatened. Birds, bats, insects, and many other pollinators are disappearing, putting our entire food supply in jeopardy. In North America and Europe, bee populations have already plummeted by more than a third and the population of ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Red Hourglass

    Lives of the Predators

    by Gordon Grice ...
    Snake venom that digests human flesh. A building cleared of every living thing by a band of tiny spiders. An infant insect eating its living prey from within, saving the vital organs for last. These are among the deadly feats of natural engineering you'll witness in The Red Hourglass, prize-winning author Gordon Grice's masterful, poetic, often dryly funny exploration of predators he has ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Wasp

    by Richard Jones ...
    Series series Animal
    Our fear and fascination with wasps set them apart from other insects. Despite their iconic form and distinctive colors, they are surrounded by myth and misunderstanding. Often portrayed in cartoon-like stereotypes bordering on sad parody, wasps have an unwelcome and undeserved reputation for aggressiveness bordering on vindictive spite. This mistrust is deep-seated in a human history that has ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Furtive Fauna

    A Field Guide to the Creatures Who Live on You

    We've all been bitten by mosquitoes, annoyed by buzzing flies, and perhaps had an itchy and embarrassing encounter with head lice back in grammar school. But there are many more strange creatures that thrive on humans, living out their entire lives on or around our heads, bodies, bedsheets, and carpets. In this oddly charming and utterly engaging wildlife guide, biology professor Roger Knutson ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Winged Obsession

    The Pursuit of the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler

    One of the world's most beautiful endangered species, butterflies are as lucrative as gorillas, pandas, and rhinos on the black market. In this cutthroat $200 million business, no one was more successful—or posed a greater ecological danger—than Yoshi Kojima, the kingpin of butterfly smugglers.In Winged Obsession, author Jessica Speart tells the riveting true story of rookie U.S. Fish and Wildlife ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Backyard Farming: Keeping Honey Bees

    From Hive Management to Honey Harvesting and More

    by Kim Pezza ...
    Series Book 3 - Backyard Farming
    **Your Backyard Farming Experience Begins Here!Make beekeeping a part of your backyard farming experience: enjoy honey, beeswax and a more fruitful garden, as your bees will work as hard as you do to make your backyard farm a success!**Backyard Farming: Keeping Honey Bees is your guide to successfully caring for your hive. As a comprehensive primer for first-time beekeepers, Keeping Honey Bees ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Plan Bee

    Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Hardest-Working Creatures on thePla net

    A guided tour inside the world of beesOvertaxed and underrecognized-and now disappearing in alarming numbers- bees are the unsung heroes of the food chain, essential for the pollination of more than ninety of the crops we eat. The hardworking, humble, and matriarchal bee finally gets her due in this engaging and expertly written guide that will appeal to anyone who's ever been curious about the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Las mariposas

    Las mariposas, que conjugan gracia y belleza, nos evocan cierta imagen de lo efímero y lo delicado… A través de la asombrosa fase de metamorfosis que transforma una oruga en un espléndido insecto alado han fascinado a los seres humanos, tanto artistas como científicos. Descubrirá: - el lugar de las mariposas en el reino animal; - su morfología y anatomía; - ciclo de su vida en cuatro fases; - sus ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bugs & Slugs

    by Todd Telander ...
    Series series Falcon Pocket Guides
    Falcon Pocket Guide: Bugs & Slugs is a field guide to 100 of the most common and sought-after bug and slug species in the region. Anatomically correct illustrations and detailed descriptions about each insect's prominent physical attributes and natural habitat make it easy to identify bugs and slugs in your backyard, favorite parks, and wildlife areas. Informative and beautiful to peruse, this is ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Underbug

    An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology

    The award-winning journalist Lisa Margonelli, national bestselling author of Oil on the Brain: Petroleum’s Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank, investigates the environmental and economic impact termites inflict on human societies in this fascinating examination of one of nature’s most misunderstood insects.Are we more like termites than we ever imagined? In Underbug, the award-winning journalist Lisa ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Pest Control

    by Bill Fitzhugh ...
    Series Book 1 - Assassin Bugs
    Bob Dillon can't get a break. A down-on-his-luck exterminator, all he wants is success with his radical new, environmentally friendly pest-killing technique. So Bob decides to advertise.Unfortunately, one of his flyers falls into the wrong hands. Marcel, a shady Frenchman, needs an assassin to handle a million-dollar hit, and he figures that Bob Dillon is his man. Through no fault - or ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Book of Bees

    by Sue Hubbell ...
    A New York Times Notable Book: “A melodious mix of memoir, nature journal, and beekeeping manual” (Kirkus Reviews).Weaving a vivid portrait of her own life and her bees’ lives, author Sue Hubbell lovingly describes the ins and outs of beekeeping on her small Missouri farm, where the end of one honey season is the start of the next. With three hundred hives, Hubbell stays busy year-round tending to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mosquito

    A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

    ****The instant New York Times bestseller.***An international bestseller.*Finalist for the Lane Anderson AwardFinalist for the RBC Taylor Award“Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPRA pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Honey Bus

    A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

    by Meredith May ...
    An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature’s most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee.Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. That first ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Innumerable Insects

    The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth

    Series series Natural Histories
    A fascinating look at the world’s most numerous inhabitants—with stunning images from the American Museum of Natural History’s Rare Book Collection.“As aesthetically pleasing as it is informative . . . The images, however, are the stars of this work, which will delight every entomophile who turns its pages.” —Publishers WeeklyTo date, we have discovered and described or named around 1.1 million ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bee People and the Bugs They Love

    **“A successful and funny book that is sure to swell the ranks of the world’s beekeepers.”—New York TimesA fascinating foray into the obsessions, friendships, scientific curiosity, misfortunes and rewards of suburban beekeeping—through the eyes of a Master Beekeeper . . .**Who wants to keep bees? And why? For the answers, Master Beekeeper Frank Mortimer invites readers on an eye-opening journey ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Insects Work

    An Illustrated Guide to the Wonders of Form and Function from Antennae to Wings

    Discover why insects look and behave the way they do in this fully illustrated field guide to the world’s most adaptable animals.Still going strong after five mass extinctions, insects may be the most successful land animals ever. They have evolved a spectacular array of real-life superpowers to help them thrive in virtually every environment on the planet. Filled with fascinating photography and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Truth About Animals

    Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife

    by Lucy Cooke ...
    Mary Roach meets Bill Bryson in this "surefire summer winner" (Janet Maslin, New York Times), an uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries of the animal worldHumans have gone to the Moon and discovered the Higgs boson, but when it comes to understanding animals, we've still got a long way to go. Whether we're seeing a viral video of romping baby pandas or a picture of penguins ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Mind

    A Unified Theory of Life and Intelligence

    In this “engaging” book, a noted neurosurgeon explores the possibility of intelligence in bacteria and other microorganisms (Library Journal).It has a goal and a strategy to achieve it. It disguises itself as it stealthily surveys its enemy’s vulnerabilities. It mobilizes its resources to conquer. It bides its time until it is certain it can overwhelm its victim. Then it attacks. If it detects ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The 53 top bee-friendly plants & trees

    A unique guide to the plants and trees that are excellent for all types of bees. Most 'bee-friendly' planting guides only focus on honeybees (which make up only 10% of bee population), where as this book takes all bees into consideration, including solitary bees (such as mining, mason and leafcutter bees), which account for a majority of bee pollination (about 80% if your interested).Not only are ... Read more

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