Hawks in Flight: The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors
10 best books like Hawks in Flight: The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptors (Pete Dunne): The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World, Ghost World, The Elements of Style, Ethics, The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America, National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, The Luck of Ginger Coffey, The Dhammapada, Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Understanding What You See and Hear, Ravens in Winter
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism.
Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an intrepid...
| Author | Daniel Clowes |
| ISBN | 1560974273 |
Ghost World has become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire readers over a decade after its original release as a graphic novel. Originally serialized in the pages of the seminal comic book Eightball throughout the mid-1990s, this quasi-autobiographical...
| Author | William Strunk Jr. |
| ISBN | 0205313426 |
This book is good for the following things:
1. Propping up a short table leg
2. Lining a bird cage
3. Building a fire
4. Using as a coaster for cold drinks
I devoted some of my grammar thesis to criticizing this book, and it was time well spent.
Geoff...
| Author | Baruch Spinoza |
| ISBN | 0140435719 |
Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive cosmology derived from first principles, providing a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines...
| Author | David Allen Sibley |
| ISBN | 0679451218 |
The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 810 North American birds in amazing detail. Now comes a new portable guide from David Sibley that every birder will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive,...
| Author | National Geographic Society |
| ISBN | 0792268776 |
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America continues to be the most sought-after, the most authoritative, and the easiest to access field guide to birds on the market. Now in its 4th Edition, revisions include 250 updated range maps, and new classification information National...
| Author | Brian Moore |
| ISBN | 0586087028 |
Ireland was too small for Ginger Coffey. No matter how hard he tried to get on, he just ended up as a glorified errand boy. That was why he emigrated to Canada with his wife and daughter - certain that there, his manifold talents would be recognised. By the time he has spent the passage money home, and a top...
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0938077872 |
The Dhammapada (Pāli; Prakrit: धम्मपद Dhammapada; Sanskrit: धर्मपद Dharmapada) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya,...
| Author | Kenn Kaufman |
| ISBN | 0547248326 |
Birders can memorize hundreds of details and still not be able to identify birds if they don’t really understand what’s in front of them.Today birders have access to almost too much information, and their attempts to identify birds can be drowned out by excess detail. The all-new Kaufman Field...
| Author | Bernd Heinrich |
| ISBN | 0679732365 |
The author starts with reports that he has heard, that ravens share their food. And he wonders, "why?" Why, indeed. He formulates dozens of hypotheses that could explain this sharing. And yet, he is not even sure whether or not they truly do share their food.
So the author begins a long, painstaking...
| Author | Richard Crossley |
| ISBN | 0691147787 |
This stunningly illustrated book from acclaimed birder and photographer Richard Crossley revolutionizes field guide design by providing the first real-life approach to identification. Whether you are a beginner, expert, or anywhere in between, The Crossley ID Guide will vastly improve your...
| Author | Richard Crossley |
| ISBN | 0691157405 |
Part of the revolutionary "Crossley ID Guide" series, this is the first raptor guide with lifelike scenes composed from multiple photographs--scenes that allow you to identify raptors just as the experts do. Experienced birders use the most easily observed and consistent characteristics--size,...
The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job
| Author | Karen Kelsky |
| ISBN | 0553419420 |
The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job
Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small...
