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The Complete Guide to Yosemite National Park, 6th Edition |
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The Wild Muir: Twenty-two of John Muir’s Greatest Adventures First-person accounts of John Muir’s hairiest encounters in the wild |
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Luminous Mountains: The Sierra Nevada of California Breathtaking new photography and ideas explore the Range of Light |
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Dawson’s Avian Kingdom:
Selected Writings by William Leon Dawson Marauding magpies, saucy blackbirds, and hurtling swifts |
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Marine Mammals of the Northwestern Coast of North America The classic volume on whales and pinnipeds |
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The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada |
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Chumash Ethnobotany: Plant Knowledge Among the Chumash People of
Southern California Plant knowledge and use by the Chumash Indians of Southern California |
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Geological Ramblings in Yosemite |
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There’s an Opossum in My Backyard A friendly opossum finds adventure in a family’s backyard |
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Califauna: A Literary Field Guide A lively collection in words and images of our fellow creatures. |
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Flora of the Santa Ana River and Environs With References to World Botany
An introduction to the botanical richness of one of southern California’s major waterways. |
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Birds of Napa County A birds-eye view of wine country |
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Treasures of the Conservatory of Flowers Discover the tropics in one of San Francisco’s most cherished landmark |
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Discovering Nature’s Alphabet Let nature be your book! |
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Magpies and Mayflies: An Introduction to Plants and Animals of the Central Valley and Sierra Foothills Follow biologist Derek Madden as he explores some of California’s most diverse ecosystems. |
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Walking the Flatlands: The Rural Landscape of the Lower Sacramento Valley Mike Madison delivers a detailed critique of the farmland around him, the land he walks daily. |
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Sierra Birds: A Hiker’s Guide As a naturalist managing the field studies program at the California Academy of Sciences, John Muir Laws noticed that novice birders often distinguish birds by color and size rather than species. This inspired him to create Sierra Birds: A Hiker’s Guide, a unique book that assumes no prior birding knowledge on the part of the reader and is organized for easy and quick reference. |
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The Raccoon Next Door: You believe your home is your haven, but think again, for there are eyes everywhere! What is that rustle in the bushes? Where did that silver streak come from? Why does your dog bark at nothing? |
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Bear in Mind: The California Grizzly "There have always been bear stories, as long as there have been campfires and shadows in the night, and as long as humans have shared the earth with their fellow predators…" |
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One Day on Beetle Rock An elegant and lively depiction of nine animals spending a spring day on Beetle Rock, a large expanse of granite in Sequoia National Park, One Day on Beetle Rock is a classic of American nature writing. |
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The Trees of Golden Gate Park and San Francisco Essential armchair reading for everyone who wishes to deepen their knowledge of San Francisco and the unique urban treasure known as Golden Gate Park. |
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The Life of an Oak: An Intimate Portrait A beautifully printed, full-color, intimate look at all aspects of the genus Quercus. |
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In Full View: Three Ways of Seeing California Plants A variety of California plants are looked at from the perspectives of a botanist, a Native American, and an artist. |
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Stickeen A well-loved and enduring classic of a man and a dog's struggle in Alaska. |
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