natural history

Author Bill Bryson provides an account of his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail with a childhood friend, telling of how they survived a blizzard, got lost, and had encounters with eccentric characters, and rude yuppies along the way.

Traces Henry David Thoreau's struggle to find a fulfilling vocation and his recovery from his grief over his brother's death and discusses how those events influenced Thoreau's writing and ideals.

Contains color photographs that capture the variety of wildlife, as well as the unique cowboy culture of the Pantanal, a huge, seasonally-flooded wetland in the middle of South America, and includes discussion of the Pantanal people, the driving forces of the ecosystem, and conservation initiatives in the area.

Explores how human emotional life becomes intertwined with a particular natural landscape.

The author presents fourteen essays, describing and reflecting upon the landscape, plants, animals, and people of the deserts and foothills between California's Death Valley and High Sierra.

A collection of Stephen Gould's essays on a wide variety of scientific topics. These essays are based on articles written for Natural history magazine between 1974 and 2001.

Collects some of the most significant writings of naturalist John Muir, in which he discusses his life in Scotland and America, his fascination with the natural world, his spiritual awakening in the Sierra mountains, and other highlights of his career.

A collection of essays by scientist Stephen Jay Gould about how humans learned to study and understand nature.

Presents thirty-four essays, most previously published in "Natural History" magazine, in which the author explores the connection of evolutionary thought to academic, social, and political issues.

Contemplative essays speaking often of the importance of the unbroken connection of modern man and our ancestors.