Nature category: 119170 books
by Jim Miotke
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
From the tiniest ladybug to a towering glacier, from a horse running in a field to a leaf falling slowly from a tree, nature subjects offer some of the greatest challenges and the greatest rewards to photographers. In the BetterPhoto tradition, here’s a complete photo course in a book. Hands-on...
The New Art of Photographing Nature
An Updated Guide to Composing Stunning Images of Animals, Nature, and Landscapes
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
A new spin on the classic guide to composing stunning images of nature and wildlife
What is the difference between a good picture and a great one? In this fully revised edition of the classic bestseller The Art of Photographing Nature, master photographer Art Wolfe and former Audubon photo...
Expressive Nature Photography
Design, Composition, and Color in Outdoor Imagery
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Photographer and teacher Brenda Tharp marries photography craft with artistic vision to help intermediate photographers translate what they see into a personal impression of a subject in nature.
Using single images, along with before-and-after and with-or-without examples, Expressive Nature...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
The idea that the heritage of nature is fundamentally cultural is provocative to many, but it is becoming increasingly accepted in the context of heritage preservation. It is argued here that a person’s perspective on natural vs. cultural heritage as a contested patrimony is, to some extent, governed...
by Jon Cox
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Digital Nature Photography is the definitive how-to book on photographing nature with a digital camera. Focusing primarily on the art of taking the picture in the field—rather than just manipulating the image after it has been shot—this comprehensive guide is geared to the nature photographer...
Landscape and the Ideology of Nature in Exurbia
Green Sprawl
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
This book explores the role of the ideology of nature in producing urban and exurban sprawl. It examines the ironies of residential development on the metropolitan fringe, where the search for “nature” brings residents deeper into the world from which they are imagining their escape—of Federal...
Nature and the Human Soul
Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Addressing the pervasive longing for meaning and fulfillment in this time of crisis, Nature and the Human Soul introduces a visionary ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully and creatively we can mature when soul and wild nature guide us. Depth psychologist and wilderness guide Bill...
Your Guide to Forest Bathing
Experience the Healing Power of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
“A beautiful and inspiring guide inviting us to seek out the trees and let the healing happen, both for us and for our beleaguered ecosystems. Grab this book and head outside” –Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
Simply...
War upon the Land
Military Strategy and the Transformation of Southern Landscapes during the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
In this first book-length environmental history of the American Civil War, Lisa M. Brady argues that ideas about nature and the environment were central to the development and success of Union military strategy.
From the start of the war, both sides had to contend with forces of nature, even...
Who Killed New Orleans?
Mother Nature Vs. Human Nature
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2005
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita created the most expensive disaster, the largest evacuation, and the third deadliest flood in American history.
Nobody can control Mother Nature but the world's most advanced nation could have protected its citizens better. This disaster revealed the faulty psychological...
Biology Under the Influence
Dialectical Essays on the Coevolution of Nature and Society
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
How do we understand the world? While some look to the heavens for intelligent design, others argue that it is determined by information encoded in DNA. Science serves as an important activity for uncovering the processes and operations of nature, but it is also immersed in a social context where...
The Annihilation of Nature
Human Extinction of Birds and Mammals
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Gerardo Ceballos, Anne H. Ehrlich, and Paul R. Ehrlich serve as witnesses in this trial of human neglect, where the charge is the massive and escalating assault on living things. Nature is being annihilated, not only because of the human population explosion, but also as a result of massive commercial...
The Weather Detective
Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather.
The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather.
In this...
The Nature Instinct
Relearning Our Lost Intuition for the Inner Workings of the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
**“A captivating guide to finding one’s way in the wild.”—The Wall Street Journal
The culmination of everything Tristan Gooley has written so far: How to take what you learn about the outdoors—and make it second nature**
Publisher's note: The Nature Instinct was published in...