Presents an anthology of poetry, essays, stories, and journal entries by Emily Dickinson, Zora Neale Hurston, Diane Ackerman, Ursula Le Guin, Terry Tempest Williams, Willa Cather, and many others who offer a personal view of humankind's relationship with the natural world. Original.

Includes texts from 1750 to 1859 by Gilbert White, John Aikin, Anna (Aikin) Barbauld, Joseph Priestley, Oliver Goldsmith, Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Bewick, William Blake, William Wordsworth, William Bartram, Sir Humphry Davy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charlotte Smith, Giovanni Aldini, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, William Kirby, William Lawrence, John Clare, John Leonard Knapp, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Charles Darwin.

Fifteen essays illustrate Emerson's ideas of the relation of nature to the self, the uniquely American perception of co-existence with, rather than brute domination of, nature. (view table of contents)

Collects nature- and science-based essays by such authors as Anne Fadiman, Brian Hayes, Cullen Murphy, and Gary Taubes.

From the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, hundreds of British women wrote about and drew from nature. Some—like the beloved children's author Beatrix Potter, who produced natural history about hedgehogs as well as fiction about rabbits—are still familiar today. But others have all but disappeared from view. Barbara Gates recovers these lost works and prints them alongside little-known pieces by more famous authors, like Potter's field notes on hedgehogs, reminding us of better known stories that help set the others in context. The works contained in this volume are as varied as the women who produced them. They include passionate essays on the protection of animals, vivid accounts of travel and adventure from the English seashore to the Indian Alps, poetry and fiction, and marvelous tales of nature for children. Special features of the book include a detailed chronology placing each selection in its historical and literary context; biographical sketches of each author's life and works; a comprehensive bibliography of primary and secondary literature; and over sixty illustrations.An ideal introduction to women's powerful and diverse responses to the natural world, In Nature's Name will be treasured by anyone interested in natural history, women, or Victorian and Edwardian Britain. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The assumptions we make about nature writing too often lead us to see it only as a literature about wilderness or rural areas. This anthology broadens our awareness of American nature writing by featuring the flora, fauna, geology, and climate that enrich and shape urban life...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A collection of tales designed to be told around a campfire.

The latest anthology of the finest science writing to be published in 2000 is edited by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, scientist, and naturalist and features an ecclectic array of works by notable authors on everything from the latest advances in physics to the wonders of the natural world. Simultaneous. 40,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Nationally recognized nature writer and anthologist John A. Murray has compiled his ninth volume of some of the best new nature writing by both well-known and emerging writers. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Spirit of Thoreau series is a fresh new collection of Thoreau's best writing and thinking on various themes, drawn from both unpublished and published sources. THOREAU ON LAND NATURE'S CANVAS Edited by Joseph Valentine This elegant volume chronicles Thoreau's fascination with nature, from his well-known reflections on Walden to an unexpected meeting with loggers in the woods: "No doubt our employment is more alike than we suspect, and we are each serving the great Master's needs more than our own...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The first in a new annual anthology of the finest science writing to be published in 1999 features such works as Richard Preston's 'The Demon in the Freezer,' John McPhee's 'Farewell to the Nineteenth Century,' 'Brilliant Light' by Oliver Sacks, and other essays by Wendell Berry, Anne Fadiman, David Guterson, Peter Matthiessen, and other notable authors. Simultaneous. 30,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Sample some of the best outdoor prose in this anthology filled with classic and modern thoughts on nature. Great companion to any outdoor adventure.

Product Description: A literary collection about Denali and the broad shadow it casts in history, culture, and nature. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Gathers a collection of short, humorous prose about camping and the outdoors, including narratives on choosing the proper campsite, what to do in a medical emergency, and bird watching. (view table of contents)

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Presents selections from Mary Austin's autobiography, 'Earth Horizons,' and from her 'The Land of Journeys Ending,' along with John Muir's 'The Grand Canon of the Colorado' and an excerpt from his 'Travels in Alaska'

Product Description: The first anthology of nature writing to include representative works from the worlds myriad cultures--ancient and modern-- Encompassing Nature is a landmark work that will broaden the frame of reference through which nature writing is understood...read more

Provides an array of works from various authors--including Edward Abbey and J. H. Fabre--that explores the richness, wonder, and complexity of the natural world.

Collects the poems and stories of people from many cultures who speak in defense of the fragile Earth, from a Kayapo chief's plea to save the Amazonian rain forest to an Australian Aboriginal woman's description of the destruction of mining.

A third annual anthology of the best nature writing of the previous year encompasses Jimmy Carter's reflections on a trip to Alaska, Barry Lopez on working to preserve his own land, and other essays by Rick Bass, David Rains Wallace, Adele Ne Jame, Robert Finch, Edward O. Wilson, and Gary Nabhan. Original.

Product Description: A reader on nature that presents substantial, complex readings within the context of American culture. Assignment sequences have been provided to help readers learn to write on a single subject from a variety of perspectives...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)