Coral Reef Books

• Grassland
  Nature
  Perception
  Botany
  Geography
  Apes
   
  

  The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: Sedges, Rushes, Restios, Cat-Tails and Selected Bamboos

  Much has changed in the role and use of ornamental grasses over the past 100 years. Whereas turn-of-the-century gardeners had perhaps a dozen perennial grasses to choose from, today's gardeners have ...  > read more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Nature
  Zoology
  Biology
  Scientific Conduct
  Ocean Policy
   
  

  The Insects: An Outline of Entomology

  This established and popular textbook is the definitive guide to the study of insects - a group of animals that represent over half of the planet 's biological diversity. In this new, third edition ...  > read more
• Fish
  Marine Biology
  Fossils
  Sea Life
  Geography
  Oceanography
   
  

  Oceans Of Kansas: A Natural History Of The Western Interior Sea (Life of the Past)

  "The bright midday sun glinted off the calm waters of the Inland Sea and silhouetted the long, sinuous form of a huge mosasaur lying motionless amid the floating tangle of yellow-green seaweed. ...  > read more
• Nature
  Grassland
  Wild Animals
  Biology
  Botany
  Life Sciences
   
  

  Plants of the Rocky Mountains

  Over 1300 species of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses, ferns, mosses and lichens are described and illustrated. Notes on origin of name, ecology, native uses, edibility and similar species are ...  > read more
• Cosmology
  Big Bang
  Environmental Policy
  Energy Policy
  Ethics
  Religion
   
  

  Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

  In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us. These luminous, entertaining essays travel both ...  > read more
• Environmental Issues
  Sustainability
  Environmental Policies
  Nature
  Ecology
  Land Management
   
  

  Essential Environment: The Science behind the Stories (2nd Edition)

  KEY MESSAGE: Essential Environment: Essential Environment: The Science Behind the Stories retains all the popular features of the landmark first edition—including its integrated ...  > read more
• Birds
  Early Birds
  Zoology
  Nature
  Earth Science
  Grassland
   
  

  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region - Revised Edition (National Audubon Society Field Guide)

  A favorite of birdwatchers (especially those who prefer photographs to illustrations), this field guide, revised for 2000, accounts for the 544 bird species that live in the region west of the Great ...  > read more
• Space Station
  Space Policy
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
   
  

  Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space

  An incredible, true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all—outer spaceIn the nearly forty years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, space travel has come to be seen as a ...  > read more
• Astrophysics
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Extrasolar Planets
  Pharmacology
  Educational Psychology
   
  

  Astronomy Today (6th Edition)

  With Astronomy Today, Sixth Edition, trusted authors Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan communicate their excitement about astronomy and awaken students to the universe around them. Thoroughly updated, ...  > read more
• Geography
  Nutrition Research
  Nature
  Memory
  Fossils
  Early Mammals
   
  

  The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples

  Reading The Eternal Frontier might be the closest you'll get to taking a class from Tim Flannery--and that alone makes it an opportunity just too good to pass up. This ambitious retelling of North ...  > read more

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