Product Description: "This is primarily a book about the outdoors, the natural world," writes Hal Borland. "It is primarily about the countryside, not the wilderness; countrysides are common and within reach of almost everyone." In fact, Borland's countrysides are still just beyond your own doorstep, where meadow, woods, riverbank and roadside wait, each of them filled with everyday wonders...read more

The world's best nature photographers celebrate a century of the National Audubon Society with 150 full-color photographs depicting herons, wolves, whooping cranes, whales, condors, caribou, and many other colorful and interesting species. (view table of contents)

A stunning collection of images presents a visual celebration of the world's wild birds, containing more than 150 of the finest full-color photographs of avian life, accompanied by authoritative text on the lives of species from every corner of the earth.

More than 175 remarkable full-color photographs and fifteen chapters explore the mystery, magic, and majesty of the animal kingdom, capturing the wonderful world of animals in their natural habitats.

Shows and describes the behavior of eagles, kingfishers, marsh birds, loons, grebes, albatrosses, terns, penguins, puffins, cormorants, pelicans, cranes, and flamingos

Examines and illustrates the dramatic lifestyles of thirty-five species of wild cats taken by the world's finest wildlife photographers and a comprehensive text by prominent naturalists

A collection of eighty-seven natural history essays focuses on the trees and commonly found shrubs of the North American woodland, accompanied by full-color photographs

Describes the life cycles and behavior of bees, ants, spiders, moths, and other insects from around the world

Grouped by habitat, from the northern tundra to Central America, this rare combination of full color photographs and scientifically dependable text examine trees both familiar and exotic

More than one hundred twenty vivid, full-color photographs, collected from throughout the world, reveal the wildlife of tidal marshes and pools, mangrove swamps, and coral reefs, as well as the deep seas

Wild flowers of great variety are captured in their most exquisite moments of bloom in woods, meadows, deserts, and tundra, and essays explain the subtle and amazing ways in which groups of flowers have adapted to their special environments

More than one hundred eighty photographs accompany informative essays on generic groups of mammals and on mammals occupying specific types of habitats or sharing particular behavior patterns or physical characteristics