Nature/Science

By Evan Slater Photographs edited by Peter Taras
Wave watchers around the world know that no two waves are the same. Yet each and every wave that rises, peaks, and crashes onto the beach is generated by a much larger force originating thousands of miles away. Learn More

By Bruce Rogers Photographs by Greg Allikas
Orchids can bloom year after year. In this essential guide, Bruce Rogers, “The Orchid Whisperer,” shares his expert tips from more than three decades of breeding and growing orchids. Learn More

Joy M. Kiser
America’s Other Audubon chronicles the story of Genevieve Jones, her family, and the making of an extraordinary nineteenth-century book, Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio. At the age of twenty-nine, Genevieve Jones, an amateur naturalist/artist and daughter of a country doctor, visited the 1876 Centennial World's Fair in Philadelphia, where she saw Audubon's paintings in Birds of America on display. His artwork inspired her to undertake the production of a book illustrating the birds’ nests and eggs that Audubon neglected to include in his work. Learn More

By Rose-Lynn Fisher
Of the ten million or so different species of insects on our planet, none is more fascinating than the honeybee. Magnified hundreds to thousands of times with a high resolution scanning electron microscope, honeybees become architectural masterpieces—an elegant fusion of form and function. Learn More

By Monique Felix
Within the pages of this wordless title, an inventive mouse that is inspired by birds and aircraft shows creativity in turning a sheet of paper into a flying pinwheel. Learn More

A Lost Zombies Book
Post Secret meets World War Z in this chilling vision of the fallout following a global zombie pandemic. A gradual mutation of a virulent strain of “super flu” gives rise to millions of the undead, who quickly overwhelm treatment facilities and swarm cities around the world, leaving survivors on their own against a legion of the infected. Learn More

By Chris Dixon
Rising from the depths of the North Pacific lies a fabled island, now submerged just 15 feet below the surface of the ocean. Rumors and warnings about Cortes Bank abound, but among big wave surfers, this legendary rock is famous for one simple (and massive) reason: this is the home of the biggest rideable wave on the face of the earth. Learn More

Photographs by Mike Moir Introduction by Jamie Brisick
You won’t find Echo Beach on any map. But for a band of surfers from Newport Beach the stretch between 52nd and 56th street was an entire universe of ‘80s cool. These Day-Glo surfers singlehandedly demolished the laid-back ‘70s style with a loud blast of Devo and attitude. Out of the water, they wore Aquanet pompadours, Wayfarers, and neon boardshorts. In the water, they ripped up the wave two feet from local photographer Mike Moir’s Canon fish eye. Learn More

By Magnus Muhr
When they’re not buzzing in our ears or ruining our picnics, flies have lives of their own. Until now, their tiny world has remained completely unknown to humankind. In this engaging study, photographer Magnus Muhr carefully documents the world of the common housefly and reveals that when we’re not around, flies behave pretty much like we do. Learn More

By enormouschampion
Nothing says sweetness and love like these adorable die-cut animal notecards—each of the four designs folds together so that each cute animal (squirrels, kitties, pooches, and doves) greets its partner with a token of affection. Learn More

By Jill Bliss
The nature-inspired designs of beloved artist Jill Bliss are instantly recognizable for their colorful interplay of dots, lines, and shapes. Infused with art and tips throughout, this take-along journal offers basic techniques for drawing natural objects.... Learn More

By David de Rothschild
Explorer, global green leader, and eco-TV host David de Rothschild recounts the extraordinary journey of the Plastiki, an innovative and mostly untested sixty-foot catamaran that floats on 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles. It was a voyage that to... Learn More

By Sharon Beals,Introduction by Scott Weidensaul,Foreword by Jack Dumbacher,and Maureen Flannery
Sharon Beals' gorgeous photographs of nests offer a new window onto the life and beauty of birds. Drawn from the collections of the California Academy of Sciences, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley, and the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Z... Learn More

By Gavin Pretor-Pinney
The perfect incentive for keeping your head in the clouds, The Cloud Collector's Handbook is a whimsical guide to the wonders of the sky. Throughout, author and cloud expert Gavin Pretor-Pinney catalogs a variety of clouds and gives readers point... Learn More

Edited by Les Beletsky,Featuring audio sounds from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
From the best-selling Bird Songs series comes the most comprehensive bird book ever published. Bird Songs Bible covers the sights and sounds of every single breeding bird in North Americanearly 750 in all. This utterly distinctive packa... Learn More

By Ray Marshall
Flower delivery! Featuring five amazing pop-up bouquets, Paper Blossoms brings floral cheer to any room. Display any of the bouquetsa garland of roses, a tropical arrangement, a lotus watergarden, a springtime bouquet, or a vase of liliesas a b... Learn More

By Amale Andraos,and Dan Wood,Foreword by Fritz Haeg,Afterword by Winy Maas,Contributions by Meredith TenHoor,Edited by Adam Michaels
In the summer of 2008, exactly forty years after French student activists took to the streets with their rallying cry of "Under the pavement, the beach!" a new vision of liberation took shape in the courtyard of MoMA's P.S.1. Designed and built by WORK Ar... Learn More

By Paula McCartney
You have now before you a representation of one of the most richly coloured of birds, and one whose history is in some degree peculiar.John James Audubon, The Birds of AmericaA spotted wren perches on the limb of a pin... Learn More

By Pat Welsh
In this completely revised and updated classic, beloved garden expert Pat Welsh shares how to garden the organic way. This latest edition includes 40 new color photographs; a simple month-by-month format that shows gardeners exactly what to do throughout... Learn More

By Andrew Zuckerman
Turning his camera to the world of birds, Andrew Zuckerman has created a new body of work showcasing more than 200 stunning photographs of nearly 75 different species. These winged creaturesfrom exotic parrots to everyday sparrows, and endangered penguin... Learn More

By Stan Gaz
The Earth is pockmarked with the evidence of ancient collisions: huge craters blasted into its surface by thousands of pounds of meteorite fragments traveling at approximately 50,000 miles per hour. Ranging in age from those formed in this century to bill... Learn More

Illustrations by Jeffrey Fisher,Text by Christine Fisher
Birds are some of the world's most intriguing creatures, and they have long been the preferred muses for internationally renowned artist and illustrator Jeffrey Fisher. In this gorgeous hardcover, Fisher presents 46 different bird species in elegant, hand... Learn More

By Eugene Grasset
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By Debra Bloomfield,Essay by Terry Tempest Williams
Debra Bloomfield's hypnotic photographs provide a visual map of the powerful interplay between sea and sky. Over theyears, on a single lonesome stretch of beach, Bloomfield has captured an undeniably intimate portrait of the ocean at rest. Almost impres... Learn More

Introduction by Stephanie Comer,and Deborah Klochko,Essays by Dr. Daniel Pauly,and Jean-Michel Cousteau,and Dr. Lynne R. Parenti
Originally created to preserve a record of scientific samples, the black and white X-rays of fish at the Smithsonian Institution have emerged as astonishing works of art in their own right. This stunning compendium of imagescomparable to fine and delicat... Learn More

By Sam Keen,Illustrations by Mary Woodin
Sam Keen, the New York Times best-selling author of Fire in the Belly, has spent a lifetime reflecting on nature. In Sightings, a collection of essays, bird watching forms the basis for observations spiritual and soulful, witty and wi... Learn More

By Michio Hoshino,Foreword by Lynn Schooler,Introduction by Karen Colligan-Taylor
Michio Hoshino traveled from his native Japan to Alaska in 1972 for what was to be a two-week trip. Enchanted, he stayed for three months, then returned to live there in 1978, undertaking a lifelong career as a naturalist and photographer driven by a deep... Learn More

Photography by Warren Marr,Essays by David Brown,and Robert Smaus,and Anne Lyden
Descanso Gardens is one of Los Angeles's oldest botanical gardens. Initially a Spanish rancho and later the estate of publisher and horticulturist E. Manchester Boddy, the 160-acre lot was granted to the people of Los Angeles and includes one of the world... Learn More

Photography by Warren Marr,Essays by David Brown,and Robert Smaus,and Anne Lyden
Descanso Gardens is one of Los Angeles's oldest botanical gardens. Initially a Spanish rancho and later the estate of publisher and horticulturist E. Manchester Boddy, the 160-acre lot was granted to the people of Los Angeles and includes one of the world... Learn More

By Dr. David Ponsonby,and Professor Georges Dussart
From sharks, star-fish, and sea squirts to porpoises, penguins, and plankton, this charming compendium is swimming with exotic sea life. Over 600 specimens are presented in page after page of intricate engravings, woodcuts, and drawings from the Victorian... Learn More

by Mary M. Cerullo,photographed by Jeffrey L. Rotman
Do great white sharks hunt humans? Can a great white eat a boat? Are great white sharks cold-blooded killers?Take a trip to the ocean's depth to learn the truth about these infamous creatures. From the most current information on their swimming habits... Learn More