Best Field Guides
The lush and unique photography in this book represents National Geographic's Photo Ark, a major initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the world's animals—especially those that are endangered. He has written several books including National Geographic's Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species , Photographing Your Family , and Let's Be Reasonable , a collection of essays from the CBS Sunday Morning show.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"With a goal to document animals alive on earth, and with many in decline and/or facing extinction, he knew the best chance would come from photographing animals in captivity and in breeding programs. As a photographer, I appreciated a series of vignettes scattered through the volume on “Making the Photographs.” The images alone are reason enough to buy the book. A true art book would be beyond the reach of many people, which would defeat Sartore’s purpose in creating the book."
"Stunning photos, brief descriptions and quotes, and high quality paper and binding."
"Saw a documentary about this on PBS."
"In either case, the recipients were fascinated with the beauty of the photos and the description of the animals' name and survival."
"She loves the book."
"Gorgeous, large tabletop book."
"Beautiful book!"
"Absolutely amazing pictures and incredible record of species on our planet!"
Specially designed for experienced colorists, Owls and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Marjorie Sarnat is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of several coloring books and more than a dozen books on art and creativity.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The pages of the book are single-sided and are perforated at the bound edge so you can remove the page to color or to frame afterwards. The images have a wide range, including: an owl sitting on a wildly decorated crescent moon, an owl with butterflies, a "smart" owl amongst his/her books, owls on a wooden rocking horse, pirate owls, fairy tale owl, totem pole owls, steampunk owl, the owl and the pussycat (yes, cat included!)."
"She has filled this book with Charming Owls that entrance you and entwined them with intricate, captivating, unparalleled combinations of patterns, embellishing the backgrounds, scenery, borders, and even adorning the Owls creating illustrations that will make this your favorite coloring book, and you won’t be able to put it down. All Markers and Gel Pens leak through the pages so place two pieces of paper under the page you are coloring to prevent damage to the next page. If you love this book, you will also want to look at Marjoie Sarnats first coloring book (Creative Haven Cats)."
"This is a really cute and charming coloring book perfect for owl aficionados and colorists who like quirky pictures."
"The attached photos show a page from this book colored with the Sharpie Ultra-Fine Tip 24 pack markers and the very minimal bleed-through."
"I love owls so I'm probably bias about this coloring book."
"Markers will bleed through, but that's easy to fix with a couple of sheets of paper behind that one your coloring."
"This makes using water colored pencils and markers easier as they do not bleed through to the other picture. I do put another piece of paper or thin cardboard in between so that it also helps to catch the bleeding if I am being heavy handed."
Essential for the millions of Americans who watch and feed birds in their backyards—whether experienced birders or new birding enthusiasts—from the experts at National Geographic and co-author of the popular and perennial best seller Field Guide to the Birds of North America. "Valuable, as both a reference and as a 'browsing' book."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I purchased the book as a gift, was thrilled with the book, but saddened by the fact that the cover was scratched up when it arrived."
"purchased as a gift--very nice--fast shipping."
"This book doesn't have the woodpecker listed that I see in my neighborhood."
"This book is the easiest that I have ever used to identify birds that visit our property."
"I bought this for my husband as we recently got a couple of bird feeders."
"The print was too small for a Senior Citizen!"
Best Fish Field Guides
More than 125 original full-color illustrations for fast and accurate identification of each shark family Over 500 additional drawings illustrating physical features from different angles Clear identification information for each species with details of size, habitat, behavior, and biology Quick ID guide helpful for differentiating similar species Geographic distribution maps for each species For professional and amateur shark enthusiasts. You don't need to be a shark fan for Sharks of the World to be a useful addition to your library: this is one book I'd recommend to any diver or naturalist any day."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It's a lot smaller than I expected, but all the information on sharks is available withing the pages."
"It even shows what kind of tooth comes from each shark which I think is great for shark tooth collectors like my son. There is a drawing for each shark and most of them include the drawings of the teeth that go with each shark. I'd highly recommend it to all shark lovers or anyone who just wants to know about them and one who goes shark watching-since it only a field guide."
"I wanted to know what other weird, bizarre, beautiful and little known shark species there are and this book introduces them all with very good drawings and color plates. Each shark species, even those that have been seen only a single time, is represented by a color painting and then again in the text by a line drawing."
"My husband is a huge shark buff, so this was meant to be a gift for him."
"I had been looking for a comprehensive shark guide for my wife for some time."
"Sharks of the World is the best guide to shark's taxonomy."
"The book begins with a small introductory section on sharks (evolution, anatomy, physiology, ecology, etc.). The individual descriptions of the sharks include a line drawing with notable characters, examples of upper and lower teeth (more if heterodontic), distributions and a short blurb that includes habitat, size, behavior and biology, descriptions and IUCN status."
Best Flower Field Guides
An astonishing variety of wildflowers, nurtured by the winter rains, can bloom in wondrous profusion and carpet the desert floor and mountainsides with glorious color. Meg Quinn also authored Wildflowers of the Mountain Southwest and Cacti of the Desert Southwest for Rio Nuevo Publishers.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I guess I was expecting more species but I've found that flowers in my desert area are missing from a lot of references."
"I was able to attend a lecture by Meg Quinn, and signed up for another."
"I like this book, but I wish it included more wildflowers."
"Every few years or so, conditions in the desert become more optimal, better amounts of moisture coupled with the right temperatures and sunlight, and then suddenly the proverbial "carpets" of desert flowers erupt. Either way, the flowers of the desert can attract, and even seduce. Eighty-four desert flowers are identified: one to each page, with a quality picture sufficient for identification purposes."
"A great introduction to the common wildflowers of the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Mojave deserts of the southwestern United States."
Best Insect & Spider Field Guides
Find what you're looking for with Peterson Field Guides —their field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time. With Richard D. Alexander he recorded The Songs of Insects, one of the Sounds of Nature disks in the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology series.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a good field guide, but there are no color pictures, and the labeling system assumes that you already have a knowledge of the insect families."
"Great ID guide for insects, I am still using this years after taking an entomology class where this book was helpful in the field."
"Exactly what my daughter needed for class."
"The front and back covers even have a convientent, illustrated dichotomous key that can help you get started by determining the order of your mystery insect."
"Would recommend to anyone who wants to know what they have come across, and need to identify what insect they have."
"4 stars because the book is mostly out of date on the larger groupings of Insecta but the info on the families are for the most part correct."
"Tried to look up 2 insects that i found.Could not find either one of them in the book.Either this book was published many years ago or they just didn't list all the insects that you will find in North America.Would not recommend this book."
Best Mammal Field Guides
Features more than 500 color photographs and illustrations in a portable format; most in 1:1 ratio Provides multiple views of every bone in the human body Includes tips on identifying any human bone or tooth Incorporates up-to-date references for further study. "As a human osteology manual, this book is an excellent resource for archaeologists, palaeontologists and forensic anthropologists. It is the perfect companion text and manual for any undergraduate or graduate human osteology course, and is equally highly recommended as well to students of medicine, dentistry, physical therapy, chiropractic, etc., simply because it presents such clear and instructive presentations of fundamental human anatomy.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great field book, keep replacing mine when each one wears out or gets stolen."
"It's not overly wordy, and makes the information accessible to folks without excessive jargon."
"Whether you conduct scene investigations for a law enforcement agency, coroner's office, or medical examiner's office, I would recommend that you have this book in your scene bag."
"I keep the full print reference in the lab and I take the kindle version into to field with me on my iPhone."
"In my previous lab work, most human osteological remains awaiting identification were not whole bones but fragments of bones."
"The book is broken into two main sections, the beginning chapters offer an introduction to the science of forensics while the later chapters cover in precise detail the bones and their features systematically."
"If it had more skeletal diagrams (the computer generated not pictures)."
Best Regional Field Guides
BEACH & OCEAN COLORING BOOK- Coloring books for kids, teen and adult relaxation. Glossy cover with 24 pages of black & white illustrations on white one-sided paper to color with highlighters, soft colored pencils, crayons, markers (non-bleed markers for best results), gel pens (medium & bold tips work best with this quality coloring book paper), metallic pens & any coloring tool that is your favorite for coloring, tinting, shading, blending, tracing and filling in objects! Beach, sand, ocean, sailboats, yacht, airplane, kite, small boat, dog, buoy, kids, gazebo, surfer, surfboards, beach house, BBQ, tractor, beach toys, classic car, fish, shark, island, treasure chest, cove, kayaks, picnic, sea turtle, shells, sunset, beach umbrella, swimming pool, lounge chair, beach chair, beach outdoor setting, summer setting, rose, beach view, water, waves, surf, seahorse, coastline, starfish, palm trees, seagulls, beach road signs, park bench, beach trail, pelicans, fire truck, beach ball, beach toys, dolphins, whale, lifeguard station, bathing suits, flip flops, seabed, stars, letters, numbers, snails, plants, underwater life, coral reefs, and fun things to color at and near the beach, on the ocean, and underneath the ocean coloring book. Please look for more Golden Imprint Publications, childrens books & kids books featuring ANIMALS, MAMMALS, MARINE LIFE, DOGS, CATS, BUGS & INSECTS, PETS, BIRDS, TOYS, FRIENDS, TRIPS, DOG TOYS, BEACH TRAVEL, BEACH STUFF, DOG STUFF, KIDS, UNICORN, in quaint beach towns. Darcy Neils, author of “DOG TOYS CHILDREN’S BOOK” was inspired by her shy German Short-haired Pointer rescue dog, who would consistently look over the wall wondering what was on the other side.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The book also makes me feel at home when Im away."
"The author has an amazing way to allow you to visualize being at the beach and lightening one's spirit.The grandsons loved the time they had to show their individuality in coloring the same page..they had fun and the results were beautiful."
"Would make a great gift with a set of highlighters or colored pencils."
"The images are all about beach life and fun in the sun!"
"This coloring book does not disappoint!"
"I bought this book as a gift for my niece and she is going to love it."
"The children fall in love with it and want to take it home so I have lost the ones already purchased :) I plan to also keep a few at home for my nieces and nephews!"
"My daughter baby sits a 3 year old girl and gave this to her as a birthday gift and she loves coloring in it."
Best Reptile & Amphibian Field Guides
Unlike most adult coloring books that feature mandalas, flowers and butterflies, The Ultimate Adult Coloring Book for Men intuitively engages men with strong powerful designs featuring dangerous dragons, fierce dinosaurs, and vicious sharks , and more. This engaging coloring book provides countless hours of anxiety relief and relaxation with cool designs sure to peak the interest of men everywhere. Fortunately, you don't need to be an artistic genius such as Frida Kahlo or Vincent Van Gogh to realize these benefits. Adult coloring is simply one of the best ways to quickly and easily reduce stress, anxiety, and depression . Because each design has plenty of detail and cool bold compositions , you may notice your worries melting away while you easily and comfortably and color each page. Inside you'll find images of: Dinosaurs Sharks Big Cats Dragons and other cool subjects.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great adult coloring book!"
"My son really likes this book."
"I got them for someone in prison and he really liked it to past the time."
"very underwhelmed by this coloring book--pictures are much smaller than expected."
"This thing is REALLY small."
"Expected to have more pages than what it did, not worth the money."
"coloring book is small, too much black not enough blank to color."
Best Rock & Mineral Field Guides
Includes a guide to mineral collecting and a list of rock-forming minerals.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"All around encompassing book."
"Grandson loved this and will take it on our next gem mining trip."
"I'm in love with this book!"
"The best rock and mineral book around!"
"new and as good as my old one."
"Very informative."
"bedstand read, very fun to read."
"very good book ."
Best Stars & Planets Field Guides
The front chart indicates 70 Constellations, the Names of 55 Stars, the Milky Way Band, the Ecliptic (which is the path of the Sun, Moon and Planets), 54 favorite Double Stars, the Summer Triangle, Winter/Summer Tours and 56 Galaxies, Star Clusters and Nebulae that can be observed with binoculars or a small telescope. On the back side, there are useful tables and other astronomical information, including: Mythology, Yearly Meteor Showers, Moon map, Phases of the Moon, Facts about the Planets, A Short history of Astronomy, the 10 Brightest Stars, Information about the Binocular & Telescope Objects (those on the chart), Why Stars Twinkle, additional instructions for using the chart and more. Most star charts, like this one, do not indicate, on the chart, the position of the Planets or Moon because these objects move through the constellations of the zodiac, along a path in the sky called the Ecliptic (indicated on the chart). friendly style invites beginning stargazers to relax, follow the chart's easy to use instructions and slowly begin the fascinating task of finding the constellations. ''Add stars, constellations, and sprinkle on lots of fun astronomical facts for beginners and you have the main ingredients for a 16-inch planisphere...'' -- Astronomy magazine, November 2000.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE ONE I GOT YEARS AGO."
"Haven't had a chance to use it that much, but it will be so nice to have when the clouds move on and I can spend some time looking at the stars."
"A large 16" diameter planisphere."
"Wow, this is a ton of information, my middle schooler loved it!"
"Compared to the itty-bitty planisphere I've had for 20 plus years, this 16 inch wide Guide to the Stars is so much bigger and easier to read."
"--This is a very large replacement planisphere for a smaller lost one I'd had since childhood."
"this is a very nice product I enjoy it and use it quite often AADeL."
"Very disappointing!"
Best Tree Field Guides
Book by Huegel, Craig Norman.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The illustrations are helpful, however, it would have been more helpful to have color photographs insted of illustration drawings of the plants."
Best Bird Field Guides
Specially designed for experienced colorists, Owls and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Marjorie Sarnat is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of several coloring books and more than a dozen books on art and creativity.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The pages of the book are single-sided and are perforated at the bound edge so you can remove the page to color or to frame afterwards. The images have a wide range, including: an owl sitting on a wildly decorated crescent moon, an owl with butterflies, a "smart" owl amongst his/her books, owls on a wooden rocking horse, pirate owls, fairy tale owl, totem pole owls, steampunk owl, the owl and the pussycat (yes, cat included!)."
"She has filled this book with Charming Owls that entrance you and entwined them with intricate, captivating, unparalleled combinations of patterns, embellishing the backgrounds, scenery, borders, and even adorning the Owls creating illustrations that will make this your favorite coloring book, and you won’t be able to put it down. All Markers and Gel Pens leak through the pages so place two pieces of paper under the page you are coloring to prevent damage to the next page. If you love this book, you will also want to look at Marjoie Sarnats first coloring book (Creative Haven Cats)."
"This is a really cute and charming coloring book perfect for owl aficionados and colorists who like quirky pictures."
"The attached photos show a page from this book colored with the Sharpie Ultra-Fine Tip 24 pack markers and the very minimal bleed-through."
"I love owls so I'm probably bias about this coloring book."
"Markers will bleed through, but that's easy to fix with a couple of sheets of paper behind that one your coloring."
"This makes using water colored pencils and markers easier as they do not bleed through to the other picture. I do put another piece of paper or thin cardboard in between so that it also helps to catch the bleeding if I am being heavy handed."
Best Biology of Animals
Specially designed for experienced colorists, Owls and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Marjorie Sarnat is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of several coloring books and more than a dozen books on art and creativity.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The pages of the book are single-sided and are perforated at the bound edge so you can remove the page to color or to frame afterwards. The images have a wide range, including: an owl sitting on a wildly decorated crescent moon, an owl with butterflies, a "smart" owl amongst his/her books, owls on a wooden rocking horse, pirate owls, fairy tale owl, totem pole owls, steampunk owl, the owl and the pussycat (yes, cat included!)."
"She has filled this book with Charming Owls that entrance you and entwined them with intricate, captivating, unparalleled combinations of patterns, embellishing the backgrounds, scenery, borders, and even adorning the Owls creating illustrations that will make this your favorite coloring book, and you won’t be able to put it down. All Markers and Gel Pens leak through the pages so place two pieces of paper under the page you are coloring to prevent damage to the next page. If you love this book, you will also want to look at Marjoie Sarnats first coloring book (Creative Haven Cats)."
"This is a really cute and charming coloring book perfect for owl aficionados and colorists who like quirky pictures."
"The attached photos show a page from this book colored with the Sharpie Ultra-Fine Tip 24 pack markers and the very minimal bleed-through."
"I love owls so I'm probably bias about this coloring book."
"Markers will bleed through, but that's easy to fix with a couple of sheets of paper behind that one your coloring."
"This makes using water colored pencils and markers easier as they do not bleed through to the other picture. I do put another piece of paper or thin cardboard in between so that it also helps to catch the bleeding if I am being heavy handed."
Best Graphic Design Techniques
Specially designed for experienced colorists, Owls and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Marjorie Sarnat is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of several coloring books and more than a dozen books on art and creativity.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The pages of the book are single-sided and are perforated at the bound edge so you can remove the page to color or to frame afterwards. The images have a wide range, including: an owl sitting on a wildly decorated crescent moon, an owl with butterflies, a "smart" owl amongst his/her books, owls on a wooden rocking horse, pirate owls, fairy tale owl, totem pole owls, steampunk owl, the owl and the pussycat (yes, cat included!)."
"She has filled this book with Charming Owls that entrance you and entwined them with intricate, captivating, unparalleled combinations of patterns, embellishing the backgrounds, scenery, borders, and even adorning the Owls creating illustrations that will make this your favorite coloring book, and you won’t be able to put it down. All Markers and Gel Pens leak through the pages so place two pieces of paper under the page you are coloring to prevent damage to the next page. If you love this book, you will also want to look at Marjoie Sarnats first coloring book (Creative Haven Cats)."
"This is a really cute and charming coloring book perfect for owl aficionados and colorists who like quirky pictures."
"The attached photos show a page from this book colored with the Sharpie Ultra-Fine Tip 24 pack markers and the very minimal bleed-through."
"I love owls so I'm probably bias about this coloring book."
"Markers will bleed through, but that's easy to fix with a couple of sheets of paper behind that one your coloring."
"This makes using water colored pencils and markers easier as they do not bleed through to the other picture. I do put another piece of paper or thin cardboard in between so that it also helps to catch the bleeding if I am being heavy handed."
"5 bucks for a coloring book?"
Best Graphic Design Color Use
Specially designed for experienced colorists, Owls and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Marjorie Sarnat is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of several coloring books and more than a dozen books on art and creativity.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The pages of the book are single-sided and are perforated at the bound edge so you can remove the page to color or to frame afterwards. The images have a wide range, including: an owl sitting on a wildly decorated crescent moon, an owl with butterflies, a "smart" owl amongst his/her books, owls on a wooden rocking horse, pirate owls, fairy tale owl, totem pole owls, steampunk owl, the owl and the pussycat (yes, cat included!)."
"She has filled this book with Charming Owls that entrance you and entwined them with intricate, captivating, unparalleled combinations of patterns, embellishing the backgrounds, scenery, borders, and even adorning the Owls creating illustrations that will make this your favorite coloring book, and you won’t be able to put it down. All Markers and Gel Pens leak through the pages so place two pieces of paper under the page you are coloring to prevent damage to the next page. If you love this book, you will also want to look at Marjoie Sarnats first coloring book (Creative Haven Cats)."
"This is a really cute and charming coloring book perfect for owl aficionados and colorists who like quirky pictures."
"The attached photos show a page from this book colored with the Sharpie Ultra-Fine Tip 24 pack markers and the very minimal bleed-through."
"I love owls so I'm probably bias about this coloring book."
"Markers will bleed through, but that's easy to fix with a couple of sheets of paper behind that one your coloring."
"This makes using water colored pencils and markers easier as they do not bleed through to the other picture. I do put another piece of paper or thin cardboard in between so that it also helps to catch the bleeding if I am being heavy handed."
"5 bucks for a coloring book?"