Nonfiction » History » Natural history

A Biography of English Gardens and Their Flowers    by Janet Merza
Price: $5.99 USD. 46100 words. Language: English. Published on March 29, 2012. Nonfiction » Home and Garden » Gardening.

Have you ever wondered where your garden flowers originally came from and why? Starting with the few native English flowers that survived the ice-ages, these biographies of our most popular garden flowers trace the evolution of English gardens from Celtic times to the end of the Victorian era. This book will surprise and inform both keen gardeners and the armchair variety.
SURREAL SUNDAY; Katastrophic Katrina    by marc hagan
Price: $7.00 USD. 118780 words. Language: English. Published on August 2, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Natural history.

A step by step journey of the 8 day week following the devastating Katrina hurricane of 2005. It is laid out by the numerous media reports from press, radio and TV.
The Lunesdale & Oxenholme Staghounds - A History    by Ron Black
Price: $2.99 USD. 21700 words. Language: English. Published on July 14, 2011. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Hunting.

Today, the Lunesdale and Oxenholme Staghounds are consigned to history and for the most part forgotten. The deer they chased, including Lion and Mabel, have gone to that great rutting ground in the sky. The horses, among them White Wine and Lionel, push up the grass instead of grazing it, and the sound of the horn and halloa has been replaced by the rumble of traffic and the high-speed train.
Bears; Where They Fought    by Malcolm R. Campbell
Price: $0.99 USD. 4710 words. Language: English. Published by Vanilla Heart Publishing on June 14, 2011. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Nature.

This short introduction to Glacier National Park's Swiftcurrent Valley will delight, entertain, and offer a glimpse into the dramatic history of the most beautiful place on Earth... or so many visitors claim!
Crisis Among The Stars: Coming Shift in Cosmology    by John T. Cullen 
Price: $2.99 USD. 30990 words. Language: English. Published by Clocktower Books  on March 7, 2011. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Cosmos.

With a lively history of cosmology, here is a dramatic new conjecture to explain dark matter, dark energy, and the accelerating expansion of the universe. Just 90 years ago, the great debate was still about the sun as center of the universe, which was just the Milky Way. In the 1920s, E. Hubble proved there are myriad galaxies in an unimaginably vast universe. Time for a new paradigm shift...
Van Oerknal tot Oorbevolking    by Yog Eckleben
Price: $3.99 USD. 110840 words. Language: Afrikaans. Published on March 6, 2011. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Cosmos.

Van Oerknal tot Oorbevolking vertel die geskiedenis van die heelal tot by planeet Aarde en sy intelligentste lewewese - die mens - in verstaanbare taal en vir lesers van alle ouderdoms groepe. Die wetenskaplike plousibiliteit word deur 'n duitse fisika-professor beaam. Suider-Afrika word besonder beklemtoon. POS ASSEBLIEF 'N (HOPELIK POSITIEWE) BEOORDELING VAN MY BOEK NADAT JY DIT GELEES HET!
Holocene Mysteries    by John T. Cullen 
Price: $0.99 USD. 18690 words. Language: English. Published by Clocktower Books  on March 2, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Natural history.

We live in a geological epoch called the Holocene, which begins 10,000 years ago as the last great glaciers melt away, and with them the 2.58 million years of the Pleistocene fade. But humans only started keeping written records about 5,000 years ago. What happened during that long twilight in the first half of the Holocene? Mute testimonials include Stonehenge, Nebra Sky Disk, and much more...
Oregon's Greatest Natural Disasters    by William Sullivan
Price: $4.95 USD. 74560 words. Language: English. Published on January 23, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Natural history.

Giant earthquakes and tsunamis devastate western Oregon every 300 to 600 years. The last one hit in 1700, so we're due anytime. This informative, entertaining book tells the stories of Oregon's past floods, fires, and eruptions. Then it investigates the cycles behind our natural disasters and takes a look at what may happen when the next "Big One" strikes.
A Journey of Seasons: A Year In the Ozarks High Country    by Jill Henderson
Price: $5.99 USD. 117360 words. Language: English. Published on June 18, 2010. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Nature.

If you long for the country life or love the outdoors you will appreciate this beautiful and inspiring book. Set in the rugged heart of the Missouri Ozarks, A Journey of Seasons is a beautifully recounted memoir filled with nature notes, botanical musings, back-woods wisdom and just a pinch of “hillbilly” humor from noted author, naturalist and organic gardener, Jill Henderson.