CLEARANCE BOOKS

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that support bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. Read more

Forest educator Jennifer Davis has brought together activities for people of all ages, helping them to connect with their forests and woodlands, while discovering the healing and restorative benefits of a life lived outdoors. Read more

Renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant have produced landmark studies of the Galápagos finches first made famous by Charles Darwin. Read more

50 Ways to Save the Ocean, written by veteran environmental journalist David Helvarg, focuses on practical, easily-implemented actions everyone can take to protect and conserve this vital resource. Read more

aul A. Johnsgard, describes the social behaviors, beautiful natural habitats, and grueling seasonal migrations that have stirred the hearts of people as far back as medieval times and garnered the crane a place in folklore and mythology across continents. Read more

A Most Remarkable Creature is a hybrid of science writing, travelogue, and biography, as generous and accessible as it is sophisticated, and absolutely riveting. Read more

In this handsomely illustrated book, acclaimed British filmmaker and naturalist David Cobham offers unique and deeply personal insights into Britain's birds of prey and how they are faring today. Read more

The distinctive and amazing songs and calls of birds: a meditation and a lexicon by John Bevis. Read more

Readers follow Marybeth Lima across her adopted state in search of 300 species of birds. Bisected by the Mississippi flyway and home to 400 miles of coast, Louisiana has a variety of habitats, which serve as a beautiful backdrop to this remarkable journey Read more

For forty years, Alan Contreras has studied birds and natural history in the West. In Afield, he recounts his bird-watching experiences, primarily in Oregon, but also in Alaska, Arizona, California, and Texas. Read more

Mount St. Helens has been surprising ecologists ever since, and in After the Blast Eric Wagner takes readers on a fascinating journey through the blast area and beyond. Read more

This richly illustrated book tells the fascinating story of ornithology from ancient times to the present. By Valérie Chansigaud. Read more

A richly illustrated and up-close look at the secret lives of spiders and other arachnids.
By Jillian Cowles Read more

Filled with beautiful color illustrations and original range maps, the Guide is a timely, important, and inspiring reference for birders and anyone else interested in conserving North America's avian fauna. Read more

Editors Terry Tempest Williams and Andrew Rubenfeld bring together the very best of this writing on America's birds in a collection that encompasses the Aleutian Islands and the Florida Keys, the Maine woods to the deserts of the southwest. Read more

By Alexander Pschera. With a broad cultural and historical perspective, this book examines human ties with animals, from domestic pets to the soaring popularity of bird watching and kitten images on the Web. Read more