A portrait of the German naturalist reveals his ongoing influence on humanity's relationship with the natural world today, discussing such topics as his views on climate change, conservation, and nature as a resource for all life.

A novel of activism and natural-world power presents interlocking fables about nine remarkable strangers who are summoned in different ways by trees for an ultimate, brutal stand to save the continent's few remaining acres of virgin forest.

"The inspiring exploration stories of natural scientists in the field from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries The history of natural science is often a case of truth being stranger than fiction, as is evidenced by these 22 rollicking tales of men and women risking life and limb in the name of science and the cause of the broadening of human knowledge. Among the tales are Maria Sibylla Merian, who, with her daughter, traveled to Surinam in 1699 to...

Mary is an unhappy orphan forced to live in the home of a wealthy guardian, a busy man who has no time for her. But when Mary meets her guardian's mysterious son, and discovers a secret garden hidden on the estate, life for everyone is never quite the same.

"Just two years after completing Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky produced a second novel with a very different man at its center. In The Idiot, the saintly Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from a Swiss sanatorium and finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with wealth, power, and sexual conquest. He soon becomes entangled in a love triangle with a notorious kept woman, Nastasya, and a beautiful young girl, Aglaya. Extortion and scandal escalate...

"This pocket-size guide features 20 of the best, easy day hikes in the San Francisco area. From the North, South, and East Bays and the coastline along Highway 1, this guide covers hikes less than two-and-a-half hours in duration and is an ideal guide for those with limited time, young families, or those who want a relaxing hike. Accurate maps and detailed hike descriptions for each outing make this the only guide you'll need for short tips exploring...

"Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Near and nbsp;San Diego and nbsp;authors and nbsp;Alexander and Lynn Goya detail the best hikes within an hour's drive of the greater Houston area perfect for the urban and suburbanite and nbsp;hard-pressed to find great outdoor activities close to home. and nbsp;Each featured hike includes detailed hike specs, a brief hike description, trailhead location, directional...

In 2011, loveable ladies magnet Gary Beadle was jobless and down to his last GBP20 when he was randomly asked to be in a reality TV show called Geordie Shore. He'd never heard of its American predecessor, Jersey Shore, but with his only prospects being his next dole check-and swayed by the offer of free booze-he signed himself up for the challenge. He could never have anticipated the insane new life he was about to lead. From a shy youngster at school,...

Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke returns from war to find his beloved southwestern desert threatened by industrial development. Joining with Bronx exile and feminist saboteur Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D., Hayduke is ready to fight the power. They (the Monkey Wrench Gang) take on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are...

The Three Selves is the simplest, most elegant model, of the whole person yet proposed. Not theory, this is a model from mystical observation. The endgame is re-uniting, Oneness, wholeness. Self-connection is teh key. If you keep connecting with the child within, you arrive at the Bigger You. You became a "wise elder" regardless of physical age.1) A middle, rational, Conscious Self, either thinking or feeling-dominant, is suported by,2) A lower frequency...