The Mountains of California (Penguin Classics) by Edward Hoagland $13.00
A stirring tribute to one of America's most remote and beautiful places by one of the first modern preservationists This Penguin Classic-Muir's first book-puts a pioneering conservationist's passion for nature in high relief. With a poet's sensitivity and a naturalist's eye, Muir celebrates the Sierra Nevada, which he dedicated his life to saving, and recounts his breathtaking visits to Yosemite...

1001 Best Ways Volume 2 by 1001 Best Ways $4.99
1001 Best Ways is the best advice series ever written because it was written by its readers! Following up on the much-acclaimed Volume 1, Volume 2 has 1,001 new bits of advice covering raising children, advancing a career, getting an education, saving money and much more, all written by actual readers.

The Voyage of the Beagle (Great Minds Series) by H. James Birx $18.98
Inviting in its lavish detail, this is Darwin's fascinating account of his five-year journey aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Beagle (1831-1836) as it surveyed the coasts of South America, New Zealand, Australia, and the now famous Galapagos Archipelago. One of the most important voyages of the 19th century, this is where Darwin made the observations that led to his theory of evolution by means of...

Travels in Alaska by Digireads.com $8.99
John Muir, famed naturalist, based his book "Travels in Alaska" on several journeys he made there between 1879 and 1890. Muir's writing makes the awesome beauty of the Alaskan wilderness come alive with vivid depictions of the glaciers that exist there. "Travels in Alaska" is a must read for all nature lovers.

My First Summer in the Sierra by Canongate Books $9.94

Travels with Lucy Part II : On the road with a Dog and her book by Lemon Press $6.49
The first book came out in 2000. I had never written a book before, or sold one. I did not have a clue. Somehow I just expected that by writing a really cool book, people would be nice to me and want to help with my project. That was a bit of a wake up call and this book is about the four years Lucy and I spent on the road selling my first book. We covered 21 states and crossed Canada from Prince...

Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season by David Drummond $34.99
In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall's death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found alive after spending the night on the upper mountain...

Cape Cod (Penguin Nature Library) by Paul Theroux $16.00
Thoreau's classic account of his meditative, beach-combing walking trips to Cape Cod in the early 1850s, reflecting on the elemental forces of the sea. With an introduction by Paul Theroux. This is one of the first titles in Penguin's new Nature Library series.

Letters from Alabama: Chiefly Relating to Natural HIstory (Library Alabama Classics) by Dr. Virginia Van Der Veer Hamilton $25.00
Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888), a British naturalist, left home at age 17 and made his way to Alabama in 1838, where he had heard educated people were in demand. He was employed by Judge Reuben Saffold at Pleasant Hill in Dallas County as a teacher for about a dozen children of local landowners, but his principal interest was natural history. During the eight months he lived in th Black Belt he...

Coming into the Country by Farrar, Straus and Giroux $18.00
Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush. Readers of McPhee’s earlier books will not be unprepared for his surprising shifts of...