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Buy Now	Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification (Golden Field Guide) (more) »rank: 2671715 by: Chandler S. Robbins, Bertel Bruun, Herbert Spencer Zim : :Brief descriptions and illustrations help to identify 650 species of birds in North America, with information on characteristics, range maps, and song patterns.	Buy Now	Guide to Trees (more) »rank: 3335104 by: Herbert Spencer Zim : :The Trees is a moving novel of the beginning of the American trek to the west. Toward the close of the eighteenth century, the land west of the Alleghenies and north of the Ohio River was an unbroken sea of trees. Beneath them the forest trails were dark, silent, and lonely, brightened only by a few lost beams of sunlight. Here, in the first novel of Conrad Richter’s Awakening Land trilogy, the Lucketts, a wild, woods-faring family, lived their roaming life, pushing ever westward as the frontier advanced and as new settlements threatened their isolation. This novel gives an excellent feel for ...
Buy Now	Birds (more) »rank: 2217279 by: Herbert Spencer Zim : :After describing the parts of a bird, the book has a table of contents which is also a quick reference list for bird classification. Maps give the location of the area in which the bird is found.	Buy Now	Spiders and Their Kin (Golden Guide) (more) »rank: 1012208 by: Herbert Walter Levi, Lorna Rose Levi, Herbert Spencer Zim, Lorna R. Levi : :Thoroughly updated with accurate information that includes all of the most recent findings in its field. Easy-to-understand information makes this guide an invaluable aid for all readers. Illustrated.
Buy Now	Insects,: A guide to familiar American insects, (A Golden nature guide) (more) »rank: 2084904 by: Herbert Spencer Zim : :Enjoy and Learn!Expert Knowledge!Easy-to-Read!This handy guide to the most common, important and showy North American insects will help the novice begin a fascinating study. Includes:A key to insect groupsMature and immature formsHow insects grow and develop and what they eatHow to find and observe themFull color pictures, nontechnical language, and up-to-date range maps make this a gem of a guide for beginners at any age.	Buy Now	Trees: A guide to familiar American trees (A Golden nature guide) (more) »rank: 1056664 by: Herbert Spencer Zim : :Pictures of 143 common trees, identifying their leaves, flowers, buds, shapes, and fruits.
Buy Now	Butterflies and Moths (Golden Guides) (more) »rank: 2712771 by: Robert T. Mitchell, Herbert Spencer Zim : :Text and illustrations identify numerous butterfly and moth species found in North America. Includes a brief description of the life cycle, defenses, and enemies of these insects.	Buy Now	Weather (Golden Guides) (more) »rank: 2217780 by: Paul E. Lehr, R. Will Burnett, Herbert Spencer Zim : :Simply, accurately, and graphically, this Golden Guide explains:Massive movements of the atmosphereWeather instruments and how they are usedThe origins, development, and effects of stormsHow to interpret weather mapsFull-color illustrations and up-to-date facts help you understand the fascinating phenomena of weather, and how changes are predicted.
Buy Now	Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians (more) »rank: 2860608 by: Herbert Spencer Zim, Hobart M. Smith : :Describes 212 species of turtles, snakes, frogs, salamanders and their relatives.	Buy Now	Mammals (Golden Guides) (more) »rank: 2484205 by: Donald F. Hoffmesiter, Herbert Spencer Zim : :Examines the family trees, behavior and habitats of more than 200 common species of mammals in North America.