Book Description
Donation.
Author : Charles Wesley Chesterman
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 40,55 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Donation.
Author : Frederick H. Pough
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780395910962
Describes hundreds of minerals and lists their geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structure.
Author : National Audubon Society
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 12,35 MB
Release : 1998-05-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0679446788
The most comprehensive field guide available to the flora and fauna of California--a portable, essential companion for visitors and residents alike--from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers. This compact volume contains: An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, mosses, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, butterflies, mammals, and much more; A complete overview of California's natural history, covering geology, wildlife habitats, ecology, fossils, rocks and minerals, clouds and weather patterns and night sky; An extensive sampling of the area's best parks, preserves, beaches, forests, islands, and wildlife sanctuaries, with detailed descriptions and visitor information for 50 sites and notes on dozens of others. The guide is packed with visual information -- the 1,500 full-color images include more than 1,300 photographs, 14 maps, and 16 night-sky charts, as well as 150 drawings explaining everything from geological processes to the basic features of different plants and animals.
Author : Ida Thompson
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 1982-10-12
Category : Nature
ISBN :
A photographic field guide to fossils.
Author : National Audubon Society
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 16,94 MB
Release : 1979-05-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0394502698
Perfect for mountain climbers, hikers, and geology enthusiasts, this valuable reference covers more rocks and minerals in North America than any other available guide. Featuring a durable vinyl binding and nearly 800 full-color identification photographs, the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals is the perfect companion for any expedition. This portable guide depicts all the important rocks, gems, and minerals -- in many variations of color and crystal form -- and the natural environments in which they occur, and includes written descriptions of field marks, similar rocks and minerals, environment, areas of occurrence, and derivation of names. Includes a guide to mineral collecting and a list of rock-forming minerals.
Author : C. Lavett Smith
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 42,56 MB
Release : 1997-09-16
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Identifies the tropical marine fish living off the coast of North America.
Author : Frederick H. Pough
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 12,60 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780395935439
Written and designed for the beginner, this book describes and illustrates the most common and interesting rocks and minerals, from simple sandstone to exotic gems. Illustrated with dozens of beautiful color photographs, it tells how these rocks and minerals formed and how to identify them--and includes tips on collecting. 175 color photographs, 12 line drawings.
Author : Peter Alden
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 33,91 MB
Release : 1999-09-28
Category : Nature
ISBN :
A superb pocket guide to the diverse plant, animal, geologic, and other features of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Excellent maps and some of the best color illustrations to be found in a pocket guide series. 4x8". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Simon & Schuster
Publisher : Touchstone
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 17,86 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780671244170
An easy to use field guide that contains everything rock and mineral enthusiasts need to know with more than 1,000 spectacular illustrations—600 in full color! Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections—one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more. Whether you are a serious collector or an information-seeking amateur, this incomparably beautiful, authoritative guide will prove an invaluable reference.
Author : Robert Michael Pyle
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 13,92 MB
Release : 1981-07-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Describes the butterflies of North America and includes scientific names, physical description, related species, life cycle and habitat.