Títulos em Aventura, Lazer e Natureza

The Geometry of Change is a field guide to building models that are both honest about complexity and useful in practice. It connects three pillars—how systems work (mechanisms), how we encode them (models), and how we learn from the world (measurement)—into a coherent workflow for decision-making.

In the tradition of The Inside of a Dog, top science writer and TV personality Jay Ingram shares new insights into the hearts, minds, and bodies of the animals who love us (or do they?). More than one billion pets live in homes around the world, sleeping on dog beds, clawing at cat trees...

From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller On Trails comes a wondrous new journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees—from the mightiest sequoia to the tiniest bonsai—can teach us to grow wise. To truly grasp the wisdom of a tree, you...

Forest celebrates the diverse ways in which trees and forests are as magnificent, economically relevant and profoundly enchanting today as they ever have been. Journeying across the continents, Matt Collins and Roo Lewis tie together both the historical context and modern-day applications of...

This how-to guide offers detailed strategies and insights into the art of DIY hunting, from scouting and stand placement to understanding deer behavior and mastering advanced hunting techniques. Each volume delves deep into the nuances of successful whitetail hunting, providing listeners with practical advice, proven tactics, and real-world examples. Whether you're a seasoned hunter looking to refine your skills or a novice eager to learn the ropes, Ultimate Guide to DIY Bucks equips you with the tools and techniques needed to outsmart even the wariest of whitetails.

This how-to guide offers detailed strategies and insights into the art of DIY hunting, from scouting and stand placement to understanding deer behavior and mastering advanced hunting techniques. Each volume delves deep into the nuances of successful whitetail hunting, providing listeners with practical advice, proven tactics, and real-world examples. Whether you're a seasoned hunter looking to refine your skills or a novice eager to learn the ropes, Ultimate Guide to DIY Bucks equips you with the tools and techniques needed to outsmart even the wariest of whitetails.

The thirty-one pieces in Rivers Always Reach the Sea—essays, as well as profiles of some of the biggest names in angling, including Lefty Kreh and Andy Mill—take the listener from the rainforests of Chile to the windswept tundra of Russia, from the remote mangrove-choked basins of Florida's Everglades to the congested littoral zone of New York City, and to many places in between. The quarry includes trout, Atlantic salmon, tarpon, bonefish, and striped bass, but the real quest is for something else entirely.

Populations 101 welcomes absolute beginners into the living logic of population change, using vivid, real-world examples instead of jargon. Across twelve chapters, listeners learn what a "population" is, how births, deaths, arrivals, and departures shape growth and decline, and why time, space, and life history strategies matter.

For decades, coal has been crucial to America's culture, society, and environment, an essential ingredient in driving out winter's cold, cooking meals, and lighting the dark. In the coalfields and beyond, Bob Wyss describes how this magical elixir sparked the Industrial Revolution, powered railroads, and built urban skylines, while providing home comforts for families.

The forager, urban farmer, and NatGeo star shares this beautiful, practical field guide and primer to the ethics of caring for the land. With this indispensable, practical resource in the garden, in the field, and in the wild, learn the basics of foraging, as well as the “whys” of foraging...

A journey through Britain’s chalklands, uncovering the stories, symbolism, and shifting meanings of the mysterious figures carved into our hills. Across southern England and beyond, the land bears the marks of centuries – white horses, giants, crosses, badges, even a lost panda – cut into...

In Greenwashed: The New Religion of Climate Guilt, the gloves come off. With biting wit, deep research, and a healthy dose of skepticism, this book dives into the modern environmental movement—unpacking its dogmas, hypocrisies, and unintended consequences. From carbon credits traded like poker chips on Wall Street, to plant-based meats wrapped in plastic and shipped thousands of miles, Greenwashed exposes how marketing, fear, and virtue-signaling have overtaken real solutions.

Concrete Botany is a gritty, kick-in-the-guts look at the ecological disturbance humans have caused and the resilience of the plants living amongst it. Delivered in his raw and unapologetic yet botanically accurate tone, Joey Santore—the unforgettable host of Crime Pays but Botany...

Eco Revolution isa humanized and eye-opening journey through the past, present, and future of one of the most crucial topics of our time: Climate change. This is a time unlike any other in human history. With the ever-growing threat of the climate crisis looming and putting the whole world on...

Still worried about complicated technical details or legal hurdles? Rest assured, this guide breaks down every aspect into easy-to-follow instructions with ample diagrams and case studies. Whether you're concerned about insufficient rainfall, past DIY challenges, or navigating local regulations, you'll find clear and reliable answers in this audiobook.

As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted.

50 Things to Know About Birds in Alabama by Krista "KK" Mounsey offers an elegant approach to finding the most beautiful and varied species of birds in the region. Most birding books encourage you to travel to specific locations and hotspots to check off one or two prize species on your life list. While there’s nothing wrong with that, this book takes a different approach.

Jerry Apps recalls winters growing up on a farm in central Wisconsin during the latter years of the Depression and through World War II. Before electricity came to this part of Waushara County, farmers milked cows by hand with the light of a kerosene lantern, woodstoves heated the drafty farm homes, and “making wood” was a major part of every winter’s work. The children in Jerry’s rural community walked to a country school that was heated with a woodstove and had no indoor plumbing.

Whether restoring trees, conserving existing ecosystems, rewilding native animals, or changing incentives to elicit better choices, targeted interventions can tap into feedback loops that can improve our planet, our economy, and our lives. A feedback loop occurs when the outcome of a process...

From the renowned paleontologist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a sweeping evolutionary history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to the 10,000+ extraordinary species alive today. Tens of billions of birds share the planet with us, an astonishingly diverse...