CLEARANCE BOOKS

Illustrated with photographs, diagrams, maps, and graphs of seasonal activity, this guide allows amateur and professional naturalists to identify all 46 species, to understand their ecology and changing geographic distributions. By Paul Williams et al. Read more

Here is a brilliant introduction to insect and plant ecology focusing on one of nature’s most adaptive creatures, the bumblebee. By Bernd Heinrich. Read more

In a book as full of life as the subjects themselves and  foregrounding a collecting culture now on the brink of vanishing, William Leach reveals how the beauty of butterflies led Americans into a deeper understanding of the natural world. Read more

From Thor Hanson, the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round.  Read more

Jesse D’Elia and Susan Haig investigate the paleontological and observational record as well as the cultural relationships between Native American tribes and condors, providing the most complete assessment to date of the condor’s occurrence in the PNW. Read more

An acclaimed illustrated guide to the world’s carnivores—now in an expanded and thoroughly updated new edition.
By Luke Hunter
Illustrated by Priscilla Barrett Read more

Why our cats are a danger to species diversity and human health Read more

All-new stories about the urban worlds where animals and humans fight, love, and find common ground, from the nationally bestselling author of Cod and Salt, Mark Kurlansky. Read more

AN INTIMATE LOOK AT OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS
By MATS OTTOSSON and ASA OTTOSSON
Photographed by Roine Magnusson Read more

The Colors of Nature by Alison Hawthorne Deming and Lauret Savoy provides an antidote to the despair so often accompanying the intersection of cultural diversity and ecological awareness. Read more

By Edward C. Dickinson (Editor). This is the most accurate and comprehensive checklist of birds ever published in a single volume. Read more

Field Notes from the Sea of Cortez by John Seibert Farnsworth. Read more

By William McDonough and Michael Braungart. Elaborating their principles from experience redesigning everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, the authors make an exciting and viable case for change. Read more

For naturalist and scientist Nick Davies, the cuckoo's call is an invitation to solve a puzzle: how does the cuckoo get away with laying its eggs in the nests of other birds and tricking them into raising young cuckoos rather than their own offspring? Read more

When forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon, she discovers an array of useful wild plants hiding in plain sight. Read more

Dirr's Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs is the most comprehensive visual reference to more than 3700 species and cultivars. Read more