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Closeup Shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop and Macro Photography
Cyrill Harnischmacher
Rocky Nook, 2007
Excellent Book for the Budget-Constrained
Closeup Shooting is filled with excellent advice for beginning photographers wanting to do close-up photography. Harnischmacher clearly explains the various types of close-up photography, ranging from 1:2 to about 6:1 image magnification. Unlike many photography ...
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John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide
John Shaw
Amphoto Books, 2000
Invaluable Photography Lessons even in the Digital Age
John Shaw shares his photography knowledge and experiences for almost 30 years in this book. This particular book explains the techniques of taking successful pictures consistently over time in a well-structured manner. As a reader, you can understand his points and ...
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Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft (Llewellyn's Practical Magick)
Raymond Buckland
Llewellyn Publications, 2002
Gotta tell ya..Best!!
This book is one of , if not , the best beginner's book I have ever gotten for my library. It not only gives you Witchcraft knowledge , it gives herbology and much more. Please add this to your personal collection , as you will never regret it!!!
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Principles of Conservation Biology, Third Edition
Martha J. Groom, Gary K. Meffe, ...
Sinauer Associates, 2005
Great book
I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in this subject. It has a lot of great case studies and examples. Some conservation biologists call this one "the Concervation biology bible".
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The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada (California Academy of Sciences) (California Academy of Sciences) ...
John Muir Laws
Heyday Books, 2007
Great Sierra field guide
I have at least 10 books specifically on Sierra wildflowers and several field guides. This is the best all-in-one book. It's not too heavy for me to carry on a day hike.
Janice
in the Sierra
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Fairy Houses ... Everywhere! (The Fairy Houses Series) (The Fairy Houses Series)
Barry Kane, Tracy Kane
Light-Beams Publishing, 2006
Beautiful Photography
Great natural photos. My pre school daughter loved the ideas and created her own fairy house by gathering natural elements from the woods. She adds to it every weeek.
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Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Mariner Books, 2002
Excellent!
The book was delivered in good condition and in a timely fashion. I am very pleased with your services.
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National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spiders & Related Species of North America (National ...
Arthur V. Evans
Sterling, 2007
My favorite field guide
This is my favorite field guide (I also have Peterson's and Audobon's). The pictures are good and the range/size/habitat information is listed on the same page. I very much apprecciate not having to flip to alternate pages to get the information that I am looking ...
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Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens
Douglas W. Tallamy
Timber Press, 2007
Great book and very informative
I thought this book was great, and now I'm "sold" on only using native plants in my garden. And for those who say that not all alien plants are bad, and that this book doesn't tell the whole story or whatever, I would retort "well why NOT use native plants only?" To ...
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The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers
Bryan Christy
Twelve, 2008
The Lizard King Rocks!
As founder of Big Cat Rescue I know a lot about the criminal underworld as it pertains to big cats and I know that the "snake people" are some of the slipperiest in the business, but Bryan Christy's book was a mind-blowing revelation. I was riveted to the book. I ...
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The BetterPhoto Guide to Digital Nature Photography (BetterPhoto Series)
Jim Miotke
Amphoto Books, 2006
better photo guide to digital nature photography
I was intruiged by this book and it's mate, The Better Photo Guide to Digital Photography, both by Jim Miotke. On receipt, the books were everything I had hoped for. The photographs and the accompanying data, are exceptional. Jim explains everything you need to ...
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Central Park in the Dark: More Mysteries of Urban Wildlife
Marie Winn
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Love and loss, life and death, among the nighttime creatures of the city that never sleeps Like her bestseller Red-Tails in Love , Marie Winn’s Central Park in the Dark explores a once-hidden world in a series of interlocking narratives about the extraordinary denizens, human and animal, of an iconic American park. Her beguiling ...
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Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
Farley Mowat
Back Bay Books, 2001
The Amazing Lives of Wolves
The author is a master storyteller; combined with his narrative, the information about the social lives of wolves was indeed fascinating and compelling to read. The folly of man is also a point of interest certainly worth some contemplation....
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On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa
Nick Brandt
Chronicle Books, 2005
A wellspring of insipiration for the nature photographer (and nature lover)
As an avid photographer - and one who has spent a lot of time shooting in EA - these are precisely the sort of images that make me want to grab my camera and rush back into the Serengeti. It's a well selected collection - perhaps not the greatest photographs I have ...
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The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
Craig Childs
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Wonderful writer, amazing stories
Childs has created a beautifully written book about animals and journeys into their abodes. He lashes a poet's equipoise to an adventurer's rugged wagon and traverses stories that are breathtaking both in their raw facts and in their telling. A wonderful book.
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