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In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate learns about love from the older three of her six brothers and studies the natural world with her grandfather which leads to an important discovery.

This memoir of life in the American desert by the author of The Monkey Wrench Gang is a nature writing classic on par with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.

In Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey recounts his many escapades, adventures, and epiphanies as an Arches National Park ranger outside Moab, Utah. Brimming with arresting insights, impassioned arguments for wilderness conservation, and a raconteur's wit, it is...

Contains the hopes, fears, and private thoughts of Charles Darwin as he develops his idea about survival of the fittest, with illustrations.

Edward O. Wilson -- University Professor at Harvard, winner of two Pulitzer prizes, eloquent champion of biodiversity -- is arguably one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. His career represents both a blueprint and a challenge to those who seek to explore the frontiers of scientific understanding. Yet, until now, little has been told of his life and of the important events that have shaped his thought. In Naturalist, Wilson describes...

Describes the life and work of the renowned nineteenth-century biologist who transformed conventional Western thought with his theory of natural selection.

Describes the life and career of Steve Irwin, famously known as the Crocodile Hunter, from his childhood and early love of animals to his rise in popularity as a film and television star and naturalist.

Presents the life of the famous nineteenth-century naturalist using text from Darwin's writings and detailed drawings by Sis.

Bob Irwin grew up in the Dandenong Ranges, where his passion for wildlife was born. A near-death experience made him realize he needed to follow his dreams, so he and his wife Lyn opened a wildlife park. The Irwin children grew up around the Beerwah Reptile Wildlife Park, learned about the animals, and cared for orphaned wildlife. This unique upbringing had a profound impact on Bob's son Steve, who became world-famous as the Crocodile Hunter. Bob...

This lyrical, hard-hitting memoir sets one American woman's journey against the larger landscape of political upheaval, global climate change, and the recovery of our primary connection to the Earth. In telling the story of a generation who "forgot" how important the health of our planet is to our personal health and well-being, Jennifer Browdy details her own years of being entranced, both personally and professionally, in patterns of denial and...