Résultats pour "The Trail" dans Sciences exactes

From an award-winning former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure follows the author’s quest to find missing hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail by pairing up with an eclectic group of unlikely allies. ​ As a park ranger with the National...

Animé par Cyril Forestier, docteur en science du sport, Courir Mieux est LE podcast dédié à la performance et aux progrès en trail et en course à pied. À travers de la vulgarisation d'articles venant des sciences du sport, et des rencontres avec des acteurs de ces sports, Courir Mieux rassemble les connaissances les plus fiables pour vous entraîner, et performer. Courir Mieux vous propose 3 formats d'épisodes : Les "Scientific Day", votre rendez-vous hebdomadaire où je décrypte et vulgarise les meilleures études scientifiques qui vous permettront de mieux vous entraîner, et ...

New York Times Bestseller Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Winner of the Saroyan International Prize for Writing Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award “The best outdoors book of the year.” —Sierra Club From a talent who’s been compared to Annie Dillard...

"An insightful and informative meander through the evolution of dinosaurs and other extinct species, with a touch of personal flair.”—Steve Brusatte, professor and paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh and New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs An...

This book is written in a devotional style and is for anyone struggling to find their place and purpose in life. Sharing some of the lessons that God has taught me through my horses and the Scriptures in overcoming my struggles, I attempt to take the listener along with me on an imaginary trail ride to talk together about the struggles we may share.

A revitalizing new perspective on Earthcare from Pulitzer Prize finalist William deBuys. 

Steep Trails by John Muir is a heartfelt and inspiring collection of travel stories from one of America’s greatest nature lovers. In this book, Muir shares his journeys through the mountains, forests, and deserts of the American West—including places like California, Utah, Oregon, and Washington. He writes with wonder and love for the wild, showing us the beauty of tall trees, quiet valleys, rushing rivers, and snow-covered peaks.

The Colorado Trail in Crisis addresses the sweeping transformation of western forests and wilderness ecosystems affected by climate change. This book is equal parts trail journal and synthesis of natural and human history. Karl Ford uses research on climate impacts to forests, wildlife, hydrology, and more to stress the urgent need for an action plan to reduce greenhouse gases and save forests and watersheds.

Stewart Edward White was a popular and respected novelist who set his stories on the western frontier and in the wilderness. For his novels he interviewed numerous veterans of the gold rush and the fur trade, as well as many western pioneers. His westerns breathed authenticity due to the myriad details of daily frontier life that he spiced them with. In his nonprofessional life White was a dedicated outdoorsman and nature-lover, enjoying long hunting, camping, and fishing expeditions. In this practical guide for hitting the trail, White draws from his personal experience as well as knowledge ...

Western novelist Zane Grey (1872-1939) also wrote nonfiction books about the American West and its country. This 1922 tribute to country he loved consists of narratives of six different trips to various parts of the West: Nonnesozhe, Colorado, Grand Canyon, Tonto Basin, Death Valley. - Summary by david wales

"I fell an easy prey to the beckonings of the other principal feature of California's topography, the dreamy, dreary desert. Long ago, on short expeditions into and across it at various points, I had fallen under its inexplicable charm; now I determined to know it more closely, by daily and nightly intercourse through months of travel in its sun-blasted solitudes: gaining the experience I desired at the price, certainly, of some discomfort, and, possibly, of a trifling degree of danger — merely enough for spice. This volume, then, is the fruit of over two years continuous camping and ...

"A survey of the White Mountains of New Hampshire from a naturalist's standpoint, useful alike to the tourist, the "tramper" and the nature-lover." - Small, Maynard & Co., Publishers, Boston - Publisher's Weekly Vol 81, 1912 Revel in the beautiful and detailed descriptions of the flora, fauna and views observed by the author while hiking in the White Mountains in the early 20th century. A true labor of love! - Summary by J. M. Smallheer

American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given us such accounts as Wild Pastures, Wood Wanderings, and White Mountain Trails now he takes us on a wandering journey along Florida trails as seen from Jacksonville to Key West and from November to April, alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat. Through orange groves, palmettos, mangroves, to the sea he tells us about warblers, butterflies, pelicans, alligators, and wild turkeys, and more. Packard writes with a free-flowing narrative that is both informative and entertaining, sometimes dramatic and sometimes poetic. - Summary by ...

In Feather Trails, wildlife biologist and birder Sophie A. H. Osborn reveals how the harmful environmental choices we’ve made—including pesticide use, the introduction of invasive species, lead poisoning, and habitat destruction—have decimated Peregrine Falcons, Hawaiian Crows, and California Condors.

Join Ranger Theo Wilder as he decodes the hidden language of wild places through vivid backcountry storytelling. Each episode reveals how trails, rivers, wildlife, and landscapes speak to those patient enough to listen, teaching awareness and respect for the unpredictable world beyond civilization. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

William Caruthers was a retired newspaperman who spent 25 years listening to stories told by the inhabitants of Death Valley. This 1951 book collects those stories; the printed version has many interesting pictures. ''Of the actors who made the history of the period, few remain. It was the writer’s good fortune that many of these men were his friends. It is the romance, the comedy, the often stark tragedy these men left along the trail which you will find in the pages that follow.'' (Preface and David Wales)

Celeste Skye reveals hidden stories behind visible traces left by objects in motion—from NASA's glowing chemical releases to bullet vapor trails and painted blazes guiding hikers. Discover how these ephemeral marks unlock the invisible forces shaping our world. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Academic research papers and technical reports made accessible and engaging.

"In the original preface to "Northern Trails" the author stated that, with the solitary exception of the salmon's life in the sea after he vanishes from human sight, every incident recorded here is founded squarely upon personal and accurate observation of animal life and habits. I now repeat and emphasize that statement. Even when the observations are, for the reader's sake, put into the form of a connected story, there is not one trait or habit mentioned which is not true to animal life." -- William J. Long, from the book's preface. Northern Trails, Book I, is one of the last two books in ...

The reader who follows these trails will find them leading into a new country, a land of space and silence where it is good to be, away up among the mountains and woods and salmon rivers and mossy barren grounds of Labrador and Newfoundland." Indeed, reading Long's keen observations about animals and their behavior transports the reader into a land of nature, space and silence. - Summary by William J. Long, from Preface, and kathrinee.