Books - What's New?
New Book Roundup
The new fall book releases are pouring into the Nature Store! Drop by and take a look at these featured titles, and many more too numerous to list. Or if you see a title that you would like to order by telephone, please give us a call during business hours (503-292-9453, 10-6 M-Sat, 10-5 Sun) and we’d be happy to make arrangements to mail it to you.
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Is there room on your shelf for another birding field guide? Check out the new Birds of Western North America: a Photographic Guide by Paul Sterry and Brian Small (Princeton University Press, $18.95). The book includes vividly colored photos, with examples of juvenile, seasonal and sexual plumage variations, range maps, and brief descriptions of key behavioral and habitat issues. There is also a companion guide to Eastern species. |
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The Sibley Guide to Trees, written and illustrated by David Allen Sibley (Knopf, $39.95) is a stunning new work with the meticulous eye for detail that Sibley is known for. It includes both native North American species and lots of horticultural species, so you’ll have lots of identification clues for both the trees you find in the forest, or walking down a woodsy block in town. For Sibley fans, please also note that a newly revised edition of his Bird Life and Behavior has just been released as well (also Knopf, $39.95). |
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Handbook of Oregon Birds by Hendrik Herlyn and Alan Contreras (Oregon State University Press, $22.95) is a must-have title for Oregon birders, taking the wealth of information found in Dave Marshall’s weighty Birds of Oregon and condensing it down to a handy field guide size. Status and distribution information is included for each species listed, including seasonal variability, and helpful ID tidbits. |
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2009 Oregon Book Award finalistWild Things: Adventures of a Grassroots Environmentalist by Donna Matrazzo. Long-time Audubon volunteer Donna Matrazzo weaves an entertaining story of the dogged exploits of Portland's greenspaces pioneers and the avid bird-watching that inspires them. Befriended and goaded by Mike Houck and other local conservation heroes, she transforms from a Pennsylvania milltown girl who grew up devoid of nature into a dedicated Oregon activist. |
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Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager
by Seattle writer Langdon Cook (Skipstone, $26.95) is an entertaining and delicious story of learning to eat foods gathered from the wild, with recipes. Cook is both a witty and intrepid adventurer, and his yarns of harvesting razor clams, stinging nettles and other natural foods make for an engaging read. The book is also a reminder of what a rich landscape we live in here in the Northwest. |
Our members who like to travel near and far for birding adventures should know that we now carry the complete line of Travellers’Wildlife Guides
from Interlink Press. These are great basic wildlife guides to a dozen different states or countries, including Florida, Peru, Brazil and Australia. If you just have room in your luggage for one wildlife guide, you’ll find these to be a perfect compact compendium of nature information.
One last note: the 2010 Chinook Books ($20.00) are in!
