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Agee, James K.
A Sustainable Future for the Klamath Mountains
$42.00 hardcover, $8.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-25125-0
Allaby, Michael, Robert Coenraads, Stephen Hutchinson, Karen McGhee, John O'Byrne and Ken Rubin
A Complete Visual Guide
$39.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-25471-8
Amato, Joseph A.
A History of the Small and the Invisible
$16.95 paperback, $8.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23195-5
Ammann, Karl and Dale Peterson
$39.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-25377-3
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
$31.95 paperback, $15.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-21980-9
Asmus, Peter
$50.00 hardcover; 978-0-520-25752-8
$18.95 paperback; 978-0-520-25751-1
Bailey, Harry P.
$10.95 paperback; 978-0-520-00062-9
Baldwin, Bruce G., Steve Boyd, Barbara J. Ertter, Robert W. Patterson, Thomas J. Rosatti, and Dieter H. Wilken, editors
Vascular Plants of Southeastern California
$45.00 paperback, $29.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22775-0
Bambaradeniya, Channa, Cinthya Flores, Joshua Ginsberg, Dwight Holing, Susan Lumpkin, George McKay, John Musick, Patrick Quilty, Bernard Stonehouse, Eric John Woehler, and David Woodruff
$39.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-25785-6
Beidleman, Linda H., and Eugene N. Kozloff
Mendocino to Monterey
$65.00 hardcover, $16.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23172-6
$34.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23173-3
Beidleman, Richard G.
$45.00 hardcover, $12.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23010-1
Berger, John J.
The Business of Renewable Energy and What It Means for America
$29.95 paperback; 978-0-520-21614-3
Berger, Wolf H.
Reflections on a Century of Exploration
$59.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-24778-9
Bossard, Carla C., John M. Randall, and Marc C. Hoshovsky, editors
$35.95 paperback, $24.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22547-3
California Coastal Commission
$24.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24949-3
California Coastal Commission
$24.95 paperback; 978-0-520-25852-5
California Coastal Commission
$25.95 paperback, $16.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24098-8
California Coastal Commission
$25.95 paperback, $14.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-06186-6
California Coastal Commission
A Guide to Beaches and Parks in Northern California
$24.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24540-2
California Coastal Conservancy
$21.95 paperback, $5.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-08878-8
Callenbach, Ernest
A Pocket Guide, Revised and Expanded
$13.95 paperback; 978-0-520-25719-1
Carle, Dav
$45.00 hardcover, $12.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23580-9
$18.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24086-5
Carle, David
$45.00 hardcover, $12.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24531-0
$18.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24748-2
Carle, David
$50.00 hardcover; 978-0-520-24873-1
$18.95 paperback; 978-0-520-25577-7
Clarke, Charlotte Bringle
$21.95 paperback, $7.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-03267-5
Coates, Peter
Western Attitudes Since Ancient Times
$19.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24478-8
Cody, Martin L.
Diversity and Dynamics on a Continental Archipelago
$49.95 hardcover, $9.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24729-1
Couzens, Dominic
$45.00 hardcover; 978-0-520-25932-4
Crampton, Beecher
$14.95 paperback, $7.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-02507-3
Cushing, C. E., K. W. Cummins, and G. W. Minshall, editors
$80.00 paperback, $39.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24567-9
Dallman, Peter R.
California, Chile, South Africa, Australia, and the Mediterranean Basin
$35.95 paperback, $15.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-20809-4
Dasmann, Raymond F.
The Autobiography of a Conservationist
$29.95 hardcover, $8.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-22978-5
Davis, Susan G.
Corporate Culture and the Sea World Experience
$25.95 paperback, $10.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-20981-7
Daws, Gavan, and Marty Fujita
The Islands of Indonesia. From the Nineteenth-Century Discoveries of Alfred Russel Wallace to the Fate of Forests and Reefs in the Twenty-First Century
$55.00 hardcover, $39.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-21576-4
Dawson, E. Yale, and Michael S. Foster
$11.95 paperback; 978-0-520-04139-4
de Waal, Frans, and Frans Lanting
The Forgotten Ape
$35.95 paperback, $17.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-21651-8
Dean, Warren
The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
$29.95 paperback, $14.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-20886-5
Duane, Timothy P.
Nature, Culture, and Conflict in the Changing West
$31.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22676-0
Ebert, David A.
$39.95 hardcover, $8.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-22265-6
$19.95 paperback, $6.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23484-0
Evans, Arthur V. and James N. Hogue
$70.00 hardcover, $7.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24655-3
$24.95 paperback, $6.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24657-7
Evans, Arthur V., and James N. Hogue
$50.00 hardcover, $6.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24034-6
$18.95 paperback, $7.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24035-3
Evens, Jules, and Ian Tait
$45.00 hardcover, $9.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23861-9
$18.95 paperback, $6.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24254-8
Evens, Jules G.
$60.00 hardcover; 978-0-520-25465-7
$24.95 paperback; 978-0-520-25467-1
Faber, Phyllis M., editor
A Guide to Favorite Botanical Sites
$35.95 paperback, $24.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24031-5
Farquhar, Francis P.
$19.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-25395-7
Ferris, Roxana S.
$11.95 paperback; 978-0-520-01694-1
Fothergill, Alastair
As You've Never Seen It Before
$39.95 hardcover, $25.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-25054-3
Fradkin, Philip L.
How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself
$45.00 hardcover, $15.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23060-6
Fradkin, Philip L.
How San Francisco Nearly Destroyed Itself
$15.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24820-5
Fradkin, Philip L.
A Natural and Human History
$23.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-20942-8
Fradkin, Philip L.
Journeys of Great Peril in Lituya Bay
$17.95 paperback, $5.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23906-7
Francis, Mark, and Andreas Reimann
Ecology, Culture, and Design
$60.00 hardcover, $44.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-21450-7
Freinkel, Susan
The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
$27.50 hardcover, $18.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24730-7
Fuller, Thomas C., and Elizabeth McClintock
$13.95 paperback; 978-0-520-05569-8
Garth, John S., and J.W. Tilden
$16.95 paperback; 978-0-520-05389-2
Gilbar, Steven, editor
A Literary Anthology of California Nature Writing
$22.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-21209-1
Gildemeister, Heidi
A Waterwise Approach
$50.00 hardcover, $24.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23603-5
$25.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23647-9
Gilliam, Harold
$24.95 hardcover, $9.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-22989-1
$13.95 paperback, $6.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22990-7
Graf, Michael
Flowering Plants, Trees, and Ferns
$25.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-21541-2
Graham, Loren R.
The Tale of a Grand Island Chippewa
$17.95 paperback, $8.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-21567-2
Greene, Harry W.
The Evolution of Mystery in Nature
$60.00 hardcover, $17.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-20014-2
$31.95 paperback, $7.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22487-2
Grillos, Steve J.
$12.95 paperback; 978-0-520-00519-8
Gutiérrez, Ramón A., and Richard J. Orsi, editors
California Before the Gold Rush
$31.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-21274-9
Guyer, Craig, and Maureen A. Donnelly
A Comprehensive Guide
$60.00 hardcover, $10.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23758-2
$24.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23759-9
Guyton, Bill
Modern Glaciers, Ice Age Glaciers, the Origin of Yosemite Valley, and a Glacier Tour in the Sierra Nevada
$18.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22683-8
Hale, Mason E., Jr., and Mariette Cole
$17.95 paperback; 978-0-520-05713-5
Halverson, Karen
Encounters with the Colorado River
$34.95 hardcover, $12.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-25346-9
Harlow, Nora, and Kristin Jakob, editors
Gardening with California Monocots
$55.00 hardcover, $10.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23848-0
$25.95 paperback, $5.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23849-7
Hatch, Charles R.
$60.00 hardcover, $29.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-25124-3
Heizer, Robert F., and Albert B. Elsasser
$19.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-03896-7
Henson, Paul, and Donald J. Usner
$28.95 paperback, $17.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-20510-9
Hill, Mary
Origin and Evolution
$13.95 paperback; 978-0-520-04849-2
Hill, Mary
$55.00 hardcover, $24.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23695-0
$19.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23696-7
Hill, Mary
The California Story
$29.95 paperback, $19.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23680-6
Hoare, Ben
Remarkable Journeys in the Wild
$34.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-25823-5
Isaak, Mark
$21.95 paperback, $7.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24926-4
Jacoby, Karl
Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation
$25.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23909-8
Jameson, E. W., Jr., and Hans J. Peeters
$50.00 hardcover, $10.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23581-6
$19.95 paperback, $7.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23582-3
Johnson, Allen
The Matsigenka Indians of the Peruvian Amazon
$60.00 hardcover, $5.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23241-9
$21.95 paperback, $4.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23242-6
Johnson, Stephen, Gerald Haslam, and Robert Dawson
California's Heartland
$80.00 hardcover, $64.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-06411-9
$49.95 paperback, $24.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-07777-5
Johnston, Verna R.
A Natural History
$21.95 paperback, $15.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-20248-1
Johnston, Verna R.
The Naturalist's Companion, Revised edition
$21.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22488-9
Kearney, Thomas H., and Robert H. Peebles, collaborators
$95.00 hardcover, $64.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-00637-9
Keator, Glenn
West of the Sierran Crest and Deserts
$65.00 hardcover; 978-0-520-23709-4
$27.50 paperback; 978-0-520-25924-9
Keator, Glenn
$45.00 hardcover, $14.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23005-7
$16.95 paperback, $7.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23007-1
Keator, Glenn, and Alrie Middlebrook
The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens
$70.00 hardcover, $29.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23978-4
$29.95 paperback, $22.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-25110-6
Kelsey, Elin
The Secret Lives of Whales
$24.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-24976-9
Kemp, Martin
The Nature Book of Art and Science
$34.95 hardcover, $19.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-22352-3
Klauber, Laurence M.
Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind, Second edition
$150.00 hardcover, $99.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-21056-1
Koehl, Mimi, Text by. Photographs by Anne Wertheim Rosenfeld
The Rigors of Life on a Rocky Coast
$39.95 hardcover, $6.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23812-1
Kruckeberg, Arthur R.
Serpentine, Vernal Pools, and Other Geobotanical Wonders
$50.00 hardcover, $10.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23371-3
$18.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23372-0
LaFollette, Marcel C.
Fraud, Plagiarism, and Misconduct in Scientific Publishing
$26.95 paperback; 978-0-520-20513-0
Lancaster, Roger N.
Sex in Science and Popular Culture
$60.00 hardcover, $9.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-20287-0
$25.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23620-2
Langstroth, Lovell, and Libby Langstroth
The Underwater World of Monterey Bay
$70.00 hardcover, $14.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-21686-0
$31.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22149-9
Lazell, James
Fact and Theory in Nature
$49.95 hardcover, $8.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24352-1
Lentz, Joan Easton
$55.00 hardcover, $9.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23780-3
$19.95 paperback, $5.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24321-7
Leopold, A. Starker
$21.95 paperback, $10.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-05456-1
Lightfoot, Kent G. and Parrish, Otis
An Introduction
$50.00 hardcover; 978-0-520-24471-9
$19.95 paperback; 978-0-520-25690-3
MacDonald, Scott
A Field Guide to Independent Films about Place
$37.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22738-5
Mackay, Richard
$19.95 paperback; 978-0-520-25862-4
Manning, Richard
Restoration in a Prairie Landscape
$24.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-25658-3
Manolis, Timothy D.
$39.95 hardcover, $8.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23566-3
$18.95 paperback, $6.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23567-0
Marshall, Robert
Exploring the Central Brooks Range
$19.95 paperback, $7.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24498-6
McAllister, Ian
Ghosts of the Rain Forest
$39.95 hardcover, $29.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-25473-2
McDaniel, Carl N., and John M. Gowdy
A Parable of Nature
$21.95 paperback, $10.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22229-8
McGinnis, Samuel M.
$65.00 hardcover, $7.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23728-5
$24.95 paperback, $5.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23727-8
McKay, George, Fred Cooke, Stephen Hutchinson, Richard Vogt, and Hugh Dingle, consulting editors
A Complete Visual Guide
$39.95 hardcover, $24.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24406-1
McLeod, Michael
Obsession and Myth on the Trail of Bigfoot
$24.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-25571-5
McMinn, Howard E.
$55.00 hardcover; 978-0-520-00847-2
Montgomery, David R.
The Erosion of Civilizations
$24.95 hardcover, $17.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24870-0
$16.95 paperback; 978-0-520-25806-8
Morhardt, Sia, and Emil Morhardt
An Introduction to Families, Genera, and Species
$65.00 hardcover, $14.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24002-5
$34.95 paperback, $16.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24003-2
Munz, Philip A.
$39.95 hardcover, $7.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23631-8
$16.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23632-5
Munz, Philip A.
$39.95 hardcover, $7.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23635-6
$16.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23637-0
Nadkarni, Nalini M.
Our Intimate Connections to Trees
$24.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-24856-4
Ornduff, Robert, Phyllis M. Faber, and Todd Keeler-Wolf
$50.00 hardcover, $5.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23702-5
$18.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23704-9
Orr, Robert T., Roger C. Helm, and Jacqueline Schoenwald
$12.95 paperback; 978-0-520-06515-4
Pavlik, Bruce M.
An Ecological Rediscovery
$60.00 hardcover; 978-0-520-25140-3
$27.50 paperback; 978-0-520-25145-8
Peeters, Hans
$50.00 hardcover, $19.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24741-3
$19.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-25280-6
Peeters, Hans, and Pam Peeters
$55.00 hardcover, $10.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23708-7
$18.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24200-5
Pianka, Eric R., and Laurie J. Vitt
Windows to the Evolution of Diversity
$45.00 hardcover, $24.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23401-7
$31.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24847-2
Powell, David C.
Adventures of an Underwater Pioneer
$21.95 paperback, $6.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23917-3
Powell, Jerry A., and Charles L. Hogue
$21.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-03782-3
Quinn, Ronald D. and Sterling C. Keeley
$55.00 hardcover, $12.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-21973-1
$19.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24566-2
Rawls, James J., and Richard J. Orsi, editors
Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush California
$25.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-21771-3
Rodd, Tony, and Jennifer Stackhouse
A Visual Guide
$29.95 hardcover, $21.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-25650-7
Rose, Paul and Anne Laking
Exploring the Hidden Depths of the Underwater World
$34.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-26028-3
Rosenfeld, Anne Wertheim
A Photographic Journey through Pacific Coast Tidepools
$31.95 paperback, $19.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-21705-8
Rothenberg, David
Technology and the Limits of Nature
$23.95 paperback, $10.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-08055-3
Rowell, Galen
Parallel Visions of the Arctic and Antarctic
$39.95 paperback, $19.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-20902-2
Rowntree, Lester
A Woman's Life with Native Plants
$21.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-25051-2
Rundel, Philip W. and Robert Gustafson
Coast to Foothills
$50.00 hardcover, $7.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23616-5
$18.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24199-2
Schmidt, Marjorie G.
$21.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-03762-5
Schoenherr, Allan A.
$36.95 paperback, $19.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-06922-0
Schoenherr, Allan A., C. Robert Feldmeth, and Michael J. Emerson
$55.00 hardcover, $17.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-21197-1
$25.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23918-0
Shapiro, Arthur M., and Timothy D. Manolis
$50.00 hardcover, $9.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24469-6
$18.95 paperback, $7.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24957-8
Sharsmith, Helen K.
$13.95 paperback; 978-0-520-01168-7
Shurtleff, Lawton L., and Christopher Savage
The Northern Wood Ducks
$34.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-20812-4
Simpson, John Warfield
Glimpses of Our Landscape's Legacy
$45.00 hardcover, $24.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-21364-7
Slater, Candace
Visions of the Amazon
$21.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22642-5
Sloan, Doris
$55.00 hardcover, $8.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23629-5
$18.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24126-8
Smith, Genny, editor
Edge of the Great Basin
$31.95 paperback, $12.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23914-2
Smith, M. Nevin
Gardening With the Plants of California
$60.00 hardcover, $12.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-24425-2
$26.95 paperback, $15.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24426-9
Snyder, Noel F. R., and Helen A. Snyder
$50.00 hardcover, $7.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23924-1
$18.95 paperback, $5.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24256-2
Spalding, Mark D. Edmund P. Green, Corinna Ravilious
$59.00 hardcover, $34.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23255-6
Storer, Tracy I., Robert L. Usinger and David Lukas
$60.00 hardcover, $14.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23277-8
$24.95 paperback, $10.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-24096-4
Stuart, John D., and John O. Sawyer
$50.00 hardcover, $9.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-22109-3
$25.95 paperback, $14.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-22110-9
Trotter, Patrick
Native Trout of the West
$34.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-25458-9
Wallace, David Rains
Explorations of Myth and Evolution
$17.95 paperback, $9.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23659-2
Welland, Michael
The Never-Ending Story
$24.95 hardcover; 978-0-520-25437-4
Wood, David L., Thomas W. Koerber, Robert F. Scharpf, and Andrew J. Storer
$48.00 hardcover, $9.95 hardcover on sale; 978-0-520-23327-0
$19.95 paperback, $4.95 paperback on sale; 978-0-520-23329-4
Zimmerman, Michael E.
Radical Ecology and Postmodernity
$26.95 paperback; 978-0-520-20907-7