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California Coast Trails - Joseph Smeaton Chase
California Coast Trails - Joseph Smeaton Chase
- Author: Joseph Smeaton Chase
- Genre: Nature / Memoirs
In 1911, decades before California's coast Highway 1 was built, an Englishman rode 2000 miles on horseback the length of California, from Mexico to Oregon. On the way he is courteously received at isolated ranches, has many quiet adventures, and is...
Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 3, October 1899 - Various
Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 3, October 1899 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 1, June 1901 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 1, June 1901 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published...
Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 1, January 1901 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 1, January 1901 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published...
Trees Every Child Should Know - Julia Ellen Rogers
Trees Every Child Should Know - Julia Ellen Rogers
- Author: Julia Ellen Rogers
- Genre: Nature
The best time to being to study the trees is to-day! The place to begin is right where you are, provided there is a tree near enough, for a lesson about trees will be very dull unless there is a tree to look at, to ask questions of, and to get...
Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of The Universe: Introduction - Alexander von Humboldt
Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of The Universe: Introduction - Alexander von Humboldt
- Author: Alexander von Humboldt
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Philosophy
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic philosophy. Many consider him to be the last of the great polymaths. After his death in 1859, the scientific...
A Book of Whales - Frank Evers Beddard
A Book of Whales - Frank Evers Beddard
- Author: Frank Evers Beddard
- Genre: Animals / Nature / Reference
A Book of Whales is a natural history of whales for the layman. - Summary by A. Gramour...
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection - Charles Darwin
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection - Charles Darwin
- Author: Charles Darwin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species (publ. 1859) is a pivotal work in scientific literature and arguably the pivotal work in evolutionary biology. The book’s full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the...
Birds and All Nature, Vol. IV, No 2, August 1898 - Various
Birds and All Nature, Vol. IV, No 2, August 1898 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Nature
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
Treatise on Light - Christiaan Huygens
Treatise on Light - Christiaan Huygens
- Author: Christiaan Huygens
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
Treatise on Light was published in 1690 and is probably the largest scientific volume on light published before Newton's Opticks. The book explains how light travels (i.e., that it has a certain velocity), and what happens when it hits a surface...
The Elements of Entomology - William Ruschenberger
The Elements of Entomology - William Ruschenberger
- Author: William Ruschenberger
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
The Elements of Entomology is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. It is a succinct little textbook from 1845 that presents an introduction to entomology. The author was a surgeon...
Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850 - John Woodhouse Audubon
Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850 - John Woodhouse Audubon
- Author: John Woodhouse Audubon
- Genre: Nature / Modern (19th C) / Life Sciences
John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862), son of the famous painter John James Audubon and an artist in his own right, joined Col. Henry Webb's California Company expedition in 1849. From New Orleans the expedition sailed to the Rio Grande; it headed west...
Walden, Version 2 - Henry David Thoreau
Walden, Version 2 - Henry David Thoreau
- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- Genre: Nature / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence,...
The Confessions of a Poacher - John Watson
The Confessions of a Poacher - John Watson
- Author: John Watson
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Nature
The poacher of these "Confessions" was no imaginary being. Following in his father's and forefather's footsteps, he learnt from an early age the practical skills of poaching and woodcraft. It was, however, Mother Nature that made old "Phil" a...
Byways Around San Francisco Bay - W. E. Hutchinson
Byways Around San Francisco Bay - W. E. Hutchinson
- Author: W. E. Hutchinson
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature
California, the land of sunshine and roses, with its genial climate, its skies as blue as the far-famed skies of Venice, and its pure, life-giving air, invites the lover of nature to take long tramps over hill and dale, mountain and valley, and to...
Steep Trails - John Muir
Steep Trails - John Muir
- Author: John Muir
- Genre: Nature / Memoirs
A collection of Muir's previously unpublished essays, released shortly after his death. "This volume will meet, in every way, the high expectations of Muir's readers. The recital of his experiences during a stormy night on the summit of Mount Shasta...
National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 2 - National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 2 - National Geographic Society
- Author: National Geographic Society
- Genre: Nature / Science / Travel & Geography
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are: Africa, its Past and Future Reports on: Geography of the Land Geography of the Sea Geography of the Air Geography of Life (Summary by Guero)...
One Hundred Years In Yosemite: The Story Of A Great Park And Its Friends - Carl Parcher RUSSELL
One Hundred Years In Yosemite: The Story Of A Great Park And Its Friends - Carl Parcher RUSSELL
- Author: Carl Parcher RUSSELL
- Genre: History / Nature / Travel & Geography
This recording of the 1931 (1947 second edition) book about Yosemite National Park comprises the narrative text about the Park from its discovery by non-natives in the Indian War of 1851 to the mid-twentieth century. The printed book contains dozens...
Winter (Stevenson) - Robert Louis Stevenson
Winter (Stevenson) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) / Nature
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Winter by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 22nd, 2009....
Birds and All Nature, Vol. VII, No 4, April 1900 - Various
Birds and All Nature, Vol. VII, No 4, April 1900 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
Birds and Nature, Vol. XI, No 3, March 1902 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. XI, No 3, March 1902 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
The World's Lumber Room - Selina Gaye
The World's Lumber Room - Selina Gaye
- Author: Selina Gaye
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
If this book were written today, it would be called "The Story of the World's Rubbish". That may not sound a promising subject for a book, but we are taken on a journey all over the world (and beyond) to explain the many varieties of dust and refuse...
An Essay on the Principle of Population - Thomas Malthus
An Essay on the Principle of Population - Thomas Malthus
- Author: Thomas Malthus
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Philosophy
The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio. A slight acquaintance with...
Hunting Dogs - Oliver Hartley
Hunting Dogs - Oliver Hartley
- Author: Oliver Hartley
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Animals / Nature
The title of this book quotes its object. To tell something of night hunting, and especially to suggest how the ever necessary dog can best be selected, trained, maintained and utilized, is the consideration of first importance. To round out the...
Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No 5, December 1900 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No 5, December 1900 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, stories and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
The Romance of Plant Life - George Francis Scott-Elliot
The Romance of Plant Life - George Francis Scott-Elliot
- Author: George Francis Scott-Elliot
- Genre: Nature
Romance needs not always indicate a love story. In the series "The Library of Romance", authors look at the romantic side of science. The different books cover all different disciplines, including chemistry, astronomy, engineering, and, as in this...
Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest - Edward Tyson Allen
Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest - Edward Tyson Allen
- Author: Edward Tyson Allen
- Genre: Nature / Earth Sciences
Written by a forester, this book aims to educate people on the importance of maintaining forests and those events which pose a danger to forests. It looks at forests from multiple points of view, the public, lumbermen, and the farmer. Given the...
Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 3, March 1901 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 3, March 1901 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
] "Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published...
The Passenger Pigeon - William B. Mershon
The Passenger Pigeon - William B. Mershon
- Author: William B. Mershon
- Genre: Nature
"For the last three years I have spent most of my leisure time in collecting as much material as possible which might help to throw light on the oft-repeated query, 'What has become of the wild pigeons?' ... I am merely a business man who is...
Amphibians and Reptiles in Captivity - Donald J Coxwell
Amphibians and Reptiles in Captivity - Donald J Coxwell
- Author: Donald J Coxwell
- Genre: Animals / Nature / Life Sciences
In recent years the number of people interested in keeping amphibians and reptiles in captivity has grown rapidly. All too often, these same people have little knowledge of the proper care needed for their captives, nor do they know where to turn in...
Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 4, April 1899 - Various
Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 4, April 1899 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
The Night The Mountain Fell; The Story Of The Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake - Edmund Christopherson
The Night The Mountain Fell; The Story Of The Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake - Edmund Christopherson
- Author: Edmund Christopherson
- Genre: Nature / Technology & Engineering / Modern (20th C)
A severe earthquake, centered in the vacation area of West Yellowstone, Montana, shook the ground and its inhabitants and visitors on August 17, 1959, at 11.37 pm. A mountainside fell, a lake formed, roads and houses disappeared, people were...
Easy Lessons in Einstein - Edwin E. Slosson
Easy Lessons in Einstein - Edwin E. Slosson
- Author: Edwin E. Slosson
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
Published in 1920, Slosson’s Easy Lessons in Einstein is one of the first popularizations of Einstein’s theory of relativity. This book is meant to convey to the general reader the ideas of relativity in non-mathematical terms, by the use of thought...
The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collecting - D. B. Casteel
The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collecting - D. B. Casteel
- Author: D. B. Casteel
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Animals / Nature
The value of the honey bee in cross pollinating the flowers of fruit trees makes it desirable that exact information be available concerning the actions of the bee when gathering and manipulating the pollen. The results recorded in this manuscript...
In New England Fields and Woods - Rowland E. Robinson
In New England Fields and Woods - Rowland E. Robinson
- Author: Rowland E. Robinson
- Genre: Animals / Essays & Short Works / Nature
Born in rural Vermont in 1833, and nearly unknown to today's readers, Rowland Evans Robinson was once one of Vermont's best-known writers. A talented artist, he drew cartoons in New York City for the “funny papers" before returning to Vermont, where...
Life on the Mississippi - Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Nature / Modern (19th C)
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain detailing his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. (Summary from Wikipedia)...
Birds and All Nature, Vol. IV, No 1, July 1898 - Various
Birds and All Nature, Vol. IV, No 1, July 1898 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Nature
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and articles describing birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published...
Bee Hunting - John Ready Lockard
Bee Hunting - John Ready Lockard
- Author: John Ready Lockard
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Animals / Nature
Many books on sports of various kinds have been written, but outside of an occasional article in periodicals devoted to bee literature, but little has been written on the subject of bee hunting. Therefore, I have tried, in this volume, Bee Hunting...
The Outline of Science, Vol 3 - J. Arthur Thomson
The Outline of Science, Vol 3 - J. Arthur Thomson
- Author: J. Arthur Thomson
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects ranging from astronomy to biology to elementary physics in clear, concise and easily understood prose, this...
The Natural History Volume 2 - Pliny the Elder
The Natural History Volume 2 - Pliny the Elder
- Author: Pliny the Elder
- Genre: Animals / Nature / Reference
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of...