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The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants
(more) »rank: 97897by: Peter D'Amato
: :Just about everyone's familiar with the Venus flytrap, but did you know that there are pitcher plants that can -- and do! -- digest an entire rat? Full-color photographs of the plants at work and play, plus everything you need to know to successfully grow your own little shop of horrors. Review:Peter D'Amato has been raising carnivorous plants for three decades, and his nursery, California Carnivores, houses the world's largest collection of flesh-eating flora. There's not much D'Amato doesn't know about growing these oddballs of the plant world, and he imparts his expertise gracefully and with humor in The ...
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The Illustrated Book of Trees: The Comprehensive Field Guide to More Than 250 Trees of Eastern North America
(more) »rank: 46527by: William Carey Grimm, John T. Kartesz
: :William Carey Grimm's classic Illustrated Book of Trees has been the authority on eastern North American tree identification for over 40 years. Now available in a completely updated edition, this book includes recently-introduced species and incorporates changes in taxonomy, nomenclature, and geographic range, with distinguishing characteristics and similar-species comparisons for quick and accurate identification. Readers will be able to easily identify a species by observing the leaves, flowers, and fruits of a tree in summer or its twigs, buds, and bark in winter. Written in straightforward, non-scientific language for beginning botanists of any age. A glossary of terms and a ...
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Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible
(more) »rank: 73743by: Wolfgang Stuppy, Rob Kesseler
: : A remarkable collaboration of nature, art and photography, celebrating the beauty of fruit. The landmark books Seeds and Pollen were published in 2006 to rave reviews-with adjectives ranging from 'breathtaking' to 'spectacular,' from 'spellbinding' to 'dazzling.' This companion title examines why fruits exist and how their short lives are critical to the natural order. Visual artist Rob Kesseler uses special light and scanning electron microscopy to create astonishing images of a variety of fruits and the seeds they shelter. His razor-sharp cross-sections reveal intricate interiors and pods, pouches, keys, nuts and other examples of botanical architecture. Seed morphologist Wolfgang ...
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Celebrating Birch: The Lore, Art, and Craft of an Ancient Tree
(more) »rank: 70634by: The North House Folk School
: :With its graceful silhouette and distinctive white bark, the birch tree has been important to people wherever it has grown. This book covers all aspects of the North's most versatile tree—from its biology and ecology to its different uses, craft applications, and legends. Some of the lore revealed includes birch's role as a Welsh token of love and its mysterious connection with witches' brooms. In addition to learning about how the wood is used in baskets, shoes, and wood coverings, readers can also make more than 15 craft projects from instructions in the book, including folded bark baskets, carved ornaments, ...
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Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rockies
(more) »rank: 176799by: Linda Kershaw
: :Learn about the edible and medicinal characteristics of 333 of the most common plant species of the Rockies. This book includes accounts of how the plants were used by Native Americans and early European settlers.
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Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
(more) »rank: 161383by: John N. Maclean
: :THE DRAMATIC TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE SOUTH CANYON FIRE -- THE DEVASTATING FOREST FIRE THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF FOURTEEN FIREFIGHTERSIn this acclaimed bestseller of investigative journalism, John N. Maclean chronicles the deadly 1994 Colorado forest fire that was wrongly identified at the outset as occurring in South Canyon. This misidentification was the first in a string of seemingly minor human errors that would be compounded into one of the greatest tragedies in the annals of firefighting as fourteen men and women firefighters -- experts in their field -- lost their lives battling the South Canyon blaze.This stunning reconstruction of ...
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Chia: Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs
(more) »rank: 2085985by: Richard Ayerza, Wayne Coates
: :One of the four main Aztec crops at the time of Columbus’s arrival in the New World, chia is now a forgotten food of the Americas. Chia seed oil offers the highest omega-3 fatty acid content available from plants, but today this species is known only for its use in 'chia pets.' Yet pre-Columbian civilizations used chia as a raw material for medicines and nutritional compounds, while chia flour could be stored for years as a food reserve and was valued as a source of energy on long journeys. In this book, agronomist Ricardo Ayerza and agricultural engineer Wayne Coates ...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region
(more) »rank: 220769by: National Audubon Society
: :WESTERN REGIONThis fully revised edition brings a new level of beauty, accuracy, and usefulness to the field guide that wildflower enthusiasts have relied upon for more than 20 years.More than 940 all-new, full-color images show the wildflowers of western North America close-up and in their natural habitats. The guide has been completely revised to make identification in the field easier than ever. Images are grouped by flower color and shape and keyed to clear, concise descriptions that reflect current taxonomy. Review:Covering the vast region from Alaska to California and east to the Great Plains, this well-produced, compact guidebook contains ...
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North American Wildlife (revised and updated)
(more) »rank: 64788by: Editors of Reader's Digest
: :A valuable at-home reference and an extraordinarily usable guide to more than 2000 of the most common and conspicuous wild plants and animals. Specially designed for quick and easy identification. Vibrant, specially drawn full-color illustrations of each of the 2000-plus species.
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One Hundred Flowers
(more) »rank: 14449by: Harold Feinstein
: :A collection of 100 flower portraits by photographer Harold Feinstein. The book features colour portraits of dahlias, roses, anemones, poppies, pansies, orchids, tulips, azaleas, peonies and other flowers in detail. Each variety is coupled with a brief description that includes hints about cultivation, aiming to make the book as useful as it is attractive. Also included is an introduction by popular gardening author and lecturer Sidney Eddison - a painter as well as a passionate gardener - and a critical essay by photography critic A.D. Coleman.
