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October, or Autumnal Tints  •  Henry David Thoreau LITERATURE •  2012 •  HARD COVER  • 127 PAGES Thoreau's classic ode to autumn -- not as the season of death and decay, but of ripeness, fullness, and maturity -- originally delivered as a lecture and here presented alongside Lincoln Perry's watercolors and with an introduction by Thoreau biographer Robert Richardson (Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind). (USE569, $17.95)
The World of Trees  •  Hugh Johnson NATURAL HISTORY •  2010 •  HARD COVER  • 400 PAGES From well-loved oaks and pines to rare, spectacular species such as the snowbells of Japan, this lavishly illustrated book celebrates 600 of the world's major forest and garden trees. Hugh Johnson illuminates his subject in thorough and loving detail: the structure and life cycle of trees, how trees are named, trees and the weather, the use of trees in gardens and landscape design, and tree planting and care. The heart of the volume is a magnificently photographed compendium of coniferous and deciduous trees grouped by family, describing and illustrating important species and varieties. It also includes a guide to choosing trees for the garden and an A-Z listing of the most important and popular species and varieties. An excellent resource for gardeners, botanists, and general readers alike. (NAT222, $36.95)
The Sibley Guide to Trees  •  David Allen Sibley NATURAL HISTORY •  2009 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 426 PAGES • NEW Sibley turns his attention from birds to the trees where they live in this superb field guide to 668 species of native and commonly planted trees north of the Rio Grande. Bark, leaves, twigs, fruit, flowers and silhouettes are all meticulously illustrated and the accompanying succinct descriptions display Sibley's usual wit and precision. A Longitude Best of 2009. (NAT176, $39.95)
A Natural History of North American Trees  •  Donald Culross Peattie  •  Verlyn Klinkenborg NATURAL HISTORY •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 528 PAGES Each tree in the native forest is treated to a loving and often wide-ranging essay on its biology, history and anything else that Peattie finds interesting in this wonderfully literate handbook to North American trees, first published in 1948. Though it includes a key to identification and 100 line drawings, its pelasures go far beyond its utility! Originally published as A Natural History of trees of Central and Eastern America (1950) and A Natural History of Western Trees (1953). (NAM40, $40.00)
The Tree  •  John Fowles  •  Barry Lopez BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2010 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES In these recollections of his childhood and his work as a novelist, Fowles meditates on the relationship between the natural world and creativity. He writes about trees, both as a significant part of his childhood wanderings and as a symbol in his fiction. First published in 1983. "Art and nature are siblings, branches of the one tree; and nowhere more that in the continuing inexplicability of many of their processes." (NAT229, $13.99)

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