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60 produkter
Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds
Häftad, 2007
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
249 kr
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The Snoring Bird
My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology
Häftad, 2008
265 kr
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Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's sensibilities. In this extraordinary memoir, the award-winning author shares the ways …
Year In The Maine Woods
Häftad, 1995
1,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
257 kr
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Escapist fantasies usually involve the open road, but Bernd Heinrich's dream was to focus on the riches of one small place,a few green acres along Alder Brook just east of the Presidential Mountains. The year begins as he settles into a cabin with no running water and no electricity, built of …
White Feathers
The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows
Ljudbok, 2020
285 kr
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The surprising, rich life of tree swallows in nesting season—with Heinrich’s beautiful illustrations and photographs—by the acclaimed naturalist. Heinrich is sparked one early spring day by a question: Why does a pair of swallows in a nest-box close to his Maine cabin show an unvarying preference …
Naturalist's Notebook
An Observation Guide and 5-Year Calendar-Journal for Tracking Changes in the Natural World around You
Av Bernd Heinrich, Nathaniel T. Wheelwright
Inbunden, 2017
198 kr
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Become a more attentive observer and deepen your appreciation for the natural world. The unique five-year calendar format of The Naturalist’s Notebook helps you create a long-term record and point of comparison for memorable events, such as the first songbird you hear in spring, your first monarch …
Homing Instinct
Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration
E-bok, 2014
96 kr
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The story and science of how animals find their way home.Home is the place we long for most, when we feel we have travelled too far, for too long. Since boyhood, acclaimed scientist and author Bernd Heinrich has returned every year to a beloved patch of woods in his native western Maine. But while …
Homing Instinct
Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration
Häftad, 2015
154 kr
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The story and science of how animals find their way home.Home is the place we long for most, when we feel we have travelled too far, for too long. Since boyhood, acclaimed scientist and author Bernd Heinrich has returned every year to a beloved patch of woods in his native western Maine. But while …
Why We Run
A Natural History
Häftad, 2002
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
275 kr
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“Each new page [is] more spellbinding than the one before—this is surely one of the most interesting books I’ve ever read.”—Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs When Bernd Heinrich decided to write a memoir of his ultramarathon running experience he realized that the …
Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survivor
The Ingenuity of Animal Survivor
Häftad, 2009
183 kr
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Geese of Beaver Bog
E-bok, 2009
91 kr
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When award-winning writer and biologist Bernd Heinrich became the unwitting -- but doting -- foster parent of an adorable gosling named Peep, he was drawn into her world. And so, with a scientist''s training and a nature lover''s boundless enthusiasm, he set out to understand the travails and …
Winter World
The Ingenuity of Animal Survival
E-bok, 2009
113 kr
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From flying squirrels to grizzly bears, and from torpid turtles to insects with antifreeze, the animal kingdom relies on some staggering evolutionary innovations to survive winter. Unlike their human counterparts, who must alter the environment to accommodate physical limitations, animals are …
Trees in My Forest
E-bok, 2009
102 kr
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Ina book destined to become a classic, biologist and acclaimed nature writer Bernd Heinrich takes readers on an eye-opening journey through the hidden life of a forest.
Mind of the Raven
Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds
E-bok, 2009
102 kr
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Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies their daily routines, and in the process, …
Summer World
A Season of Bounty
E-bok, 2009
102 kr
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“Bernd Heinrich is one of our greatest living naturalists in the tradition of Gerald Durrell….A national treasure.” — Los Angeles Times Summer World is an intimate, accessible, and eloquent illumination of animal survival in the Summer months from Bernd Heinrich, bestselling author of Winter World …
Snoring Bird
My Family''s Journey Through a Century of Biology
E-bok, 2009
111 kr
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Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist''s sensibilities. In this extraordinary memoir, the award-winning author shares the …
Why We Run
A Natural History
E-bok, 2009
102 kr
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“Each new page [is] more spellbinding than the one before—this is surely one of the most interesting books I’ve ever read.”—Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs When Bernd Heinrich decided to write a memoir of his ultramarathon running experience he realized that the …
Racing the Clock
Running Across a Lifetime
Häftad, 2022
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
283 kr
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An award-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his long-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetime Part memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing the Clock is the book biologist and natural historian Bernd Heinrich has been waiting his …
Racing the Clock
Running Across a Lifetime
E-bok, 2021
111 kr
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An award-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his long-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetime Part memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing the Clock is the book biologist and natural historian Bernd Heinrich has been waiting his …
Life Everlasting
The Animal Way of Death
Av Rick Adamson, Bernd Heinrich
Ljudbok, 2020
285 kr
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From one of the finest naturalists and writers of our time, a fascinating investigation of Nature’s inspiring death-to-life cycle. How does the animal world deal with death? And what ecological and spiritual lessons can we learn from examining this? Bernd Heinrich has long been fascinated by these …
Bumblebee Economics
With a New Preface
Häftad, 2004
294 kr
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Here is a brilliant introduction to insect and plant ecology focusing on one of nature’s most adaptive creatures, the bumblebee. Survival for the bumblebee depends on its ability to regulate body temperature through a complex energy exchange, and it is this management of energy resources around …
In a Patch of Fireweed
A Biologist’s Life in the Field
Häftad, 1991
334 kr
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Why would a grown man chase hornets with a thermometer, paint whirligig beetles bright red, or track elephants through the night to fill trash bags with their prodigious droppings? Some might say—to advance science. Bernd Heinrich says—because it’s fun.Heinrich, author of the much acclaimed …
One Man's Owl
Abridged Edition
Häftad, 1994
408 kr
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This engaging chronicle of how the author and the great horned owl "Bubo" came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods--and of how Bubo eventually grew into an independent hunter--is now available in an edition that has been abridged and revised so as to be more accessible …
One Man's Owl
Abridged Edition
E-bok, 2021
519 kr
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This engaging chronicle of how the author and the great horned owl "Bubo" came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods--and of how Bubo eventually grew into an independent hunter--is now available in an edition that has been abridged and revised so as to be more accessible …
Common Uncommon
A Forest Journey
Inbunden, 2026
283 kr
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For forty years, Bernd Heinrich has been ensconced in the woods of the northern, or boreal, forest, a vast sea of spruce, fir and larch in the mountains of western Maine. All life confronts vast and occasionally rapid environmental changes, as one day, and one season, is to the next a completely …
White Feathers
The Nesting Lives of Tree Swallows
E-bok, 2020
159 kr
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The surprising, rich life of tree swallows in nesting seasonwith Heinrich's beautiful illustrations and photographsby the acclaimed naturalist.Heinrich is sparked one early spring day by a question: Why does a pair of swallows in a nest-box close to his Maine cabin show an unvarying preference for …
Ravens in Winter
E-bok, 2014
206 kr
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“One of the most interesting discoveries I’ve seen in animal sociobiology in years.” — E.O. Wilson Why do ravens, generally understood to be solitary creatures, share food between each other during winter? On the surface, there didn’t appear to be any biological or evolutionary imperative behind …
