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Have you ever wondered why we count sheep to get to sleep? Or where the phrase "red herring" comes from? Across British history, animals have been written about in poetry, painted in oils, and even recorded in law. Loved or feared, familiar or endangered, animals are everywhere to be seen. In this enchanting study, Karen R. Jones takes a journey through the history of ten animals to show the extraordinary story of "beastly" Britain.

In a state where tornadoes, hurricanes, flash floods, and heatwaves are part of life, preparation is not optional—it’s survival. Survive the Season: Texas provides Texans with a powerful guide to managing the worst nature has to offer.

With some extra attention, a little effort, and the right strategy, you can become functionally younger as you age. You don’t have to suffer, lose function, shrink or decline with age. With this book, you will learn how to use the body to heal the body. Transform your biological trajectory from aging to growth. You will be empowered to recognize the symptoms of aging and how to redirect your body’s energies toward vigor. You will know how to avoid the impediments to health and how to help yourself by consistently building the ingredients to health.

Healing in the Wild is more than a book—it invites you to step outside, reconnect, and rediscover the resilience within you. Through powerful storytelling, cutting-edge research, and deeply personal insights, this book explores how nature provides a unique path to healing.

Adventures on the Water: The Power of Paddleboarding to Change Lives explores the uplifting and restorative power of stand-up paddleboarding (SUP). Compiled and edited by passionate paddleboarder and adventure advocate Jo Moseley, it features personal stories and collected wisdom from a wide range of Jo's fellow paddlers. Immerse yourself in the physical and mental health benefits of paddleboarding, as well as the warm and inclusive community around the sport.

If you're fascinated by the world of ants and want to build thriving colonies, HowExpert Guide to Ant Farming is the ultimate resource for starting ant colonies, understanding ant behavior, and designing the perfect habitats and formicariums. Whether you’re a beginner, a dedicated hobbyist, an educator, or an entrepreneur, this step-by-step guide will equip you with essential knowledge, techniques, and strategies to successfully build, maintain, and expand your ant farm.

The Last Great Hikes is a narrative journey across the world’s most storied footpaths, told with the immediacy of journals, letters, field notes, and eyewitness accounts. Oliver Greyson walks the listener from the medieval stones of the Camino de Santiago to the wind-carved dunes of Arabia’s Empty Quarter, from the green labyrinth of the Amazon to the thin air of the Himalayas. Along the Kokoda Track he follows soldiers and the Papuan stretcher bearers who carried them through mud and fever. In New Zealand’s Fiordland he traces the early guides who opened the Milford Track to wonder seekers.

In Nature’s Arena, the first volume of The Rules of Coexistence, we embark on a journey to unravel one of nature's most fundamental forces. This book moves beyond the simple idea of 'survival of the fittest' to reveal a world of sophisticated strategies and profound consequences. You will discover the theoretical arena where life is possible—the fundamental niche—and witness how the brutal realities of the living world compress it into the realized niche. We will explore the mechanisms of battle, from the frantic scramble for resources to the direct contest of dominance and territoriality.

This provocative book informs, inspires, and opens debates about cultivated meat through an amazing collection of visionary and respected contributors. Each essay in this collection powerfully presents the latest research and opinions regarding its potential for solving our current planetary crises.

Che parole sussurrerebbero gli alberi, se fossimo ancora in grado di decifrare il loro linguaggio? Quale visione unisce l’aquila reale e l’abete bianco? Cosa ci insegnano le formiche o i licheni? Che cosa possiamo imparare dai microbi?

Discover the joy of houseplant care with this welcoming and practical guide filled with no-nonsense tips and encouraging advice from plant expert and content creator Tanner Mitchell a.k.a. Tanner the Planter. Caring for plants can be a meditative practice, even a form of self-care. Tanner...

A dazzling journey into the hidden lives of synanthropes, the wild animals who've found ingenious ways to survive and thrive in human communities—from award-winning writer and epidemiologist Dan Werb Synanthropes have always been an immutable part of the tapestry of our lives. They are the...

Everyone told the “Denali Damsels,” as the team called themselves, that it couldn’t be done: women were incapable of climbing mountains on their own. Men had walked on the moon; women still had not stood on the highest points on Earth. But these six women were unwilling to be limited by sexists and misogynists. They pushed past barriers in society at large, the climbing world, and their own bodies. And then, when disaster struck at the worst time on their expedition, they could either keep their wits and prove their mettle, or die and confirm the worst opinions of men.

Declared “the best survival book in a decade” by Outside Magazine, 438 Days is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean. On November 17, 2012, two men left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in...

Reinhold Messner, oltre che grande scalatore, è anche un attento e impegnato comunicatore del mondo dell'alpinismo, consapevole che la grande sfida, oggi, più che nelle altezze e nei record, sta nel rispetto della montagna e nello spirito con cui la si vive. Nella grande impresa, l'anima di un luogo e il confronto sincero, autentico con se stessi contano di più della bandierina su una vetta. Nella rubrica che tiene periodicamente su "La Gazzetta dello Sport", Messner ha raccontato i protagonisti e gioito dei traguardi dell'alpinismo contemporaneo.

Mushrooms and fungi will change your life—and save the planet. Paul Stamets, the world’s preeminent mushroom and fungi expert, is joined by leading ecologists, doctors, and explorers such as Michael Pollan, Dr. Andrew Weil, Eugenia Bone, Fantastic Fungi director Louie Schwartzberg, and many more. Together these luminaries show how fungi and mushrooms can restore the planet’s ecosystems, repair our physical health, and renew humanity’s symbiotic relationship with nature.

What if dinosaurs could help us prepare for the future? In Surviving Climate and Chaos, paleontologist and science communicator Evan Jevnikar reveals how the prehistoric past holds critical lessons for understanding modern climate change, extinction, and survival.

Squirrels are a common sight, seemingly everywhere in wild and urban nature. But squirrels are more than amusing backyard entertainers, and few of us know much about them or fully appreciate their role in keeping the environment healthy. As stress on the natural world intensifies, should we be paying more attention to the plight of squirrels? In Squirrel, Nancy Castaldo shines new light on this familiar backyard mammal, exploring their staggering diversity and the many surprising ways they shape our world, our communities, and our cultures.

If you’ve ever sat in a stand and wondered why the deer never show, or walked out of the woods frustrated while someone else tags a buck, this book is for you. Hunting doesn’t have to be complicated. It’s not about gadgets, gimmicks, or luck. It’s about knowing the land, paying attention to the details, and learning from the stories that the woods are always trying to tell. That’s what Ozark Ridge Recon was built on—boots on the ground, eyes on the sign, hours spent where most hunters won’t go.

Do you have a blossoming interest in mushrooms? Looking for a manual that’s less science-y and more practical? In search of something that skips the history and gets straight to what’s relevant? Well, then, here’s a pocket-sized guide of what you need to know to have a good experience. This succinct foundation of knowledge was written by someone who has tripped countless times with various-sized doses. Topics covered include set and setting, tripping with others, expectations, intentions, dosage, and more. If you’re ready to explore, then let’s dive right in.