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Yellowstone Yesterday & Today

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on November 30, 2012 - 2:36am
Yellowstone Yesterday and Today
Does time change all? Sometimes, to some degree. But a new book on Yellowstone National Park places photographs side by side to show that sometimes that change is not as much as you might imagine over a period of decades.

Reconstructing The View: The Grand Canyon Photographs Of Mark Klett And Byron Wolfe

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on November 16, 2012 - 2:23am
Reconstructing the View: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe
In Reconstructing the View: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe we are treated to a Jigsaw puzzle of sorts that spans 150 years of Grand Canyon photography, paintings, sketches, and even postcards, a seamless melding of the past and present as seen through works of such giants as Ansel Adams and Thomas Moran.

Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale Of The Bermuda Petrel And The Man Who Brought It Back From Extinction

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on November 2, 2012 - 1:21am
Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who Brought It Back from Extinction
Rebuilding habitat to what it once was is no easy task, but David Wingate's success in largely reassembling the flora and fauna on one of Bermuda's island can be seen not only in the vegetation, but in a bird once thought extinct.

Moon Handbooks: Acadia National Park

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on October 19, 2012 - 1:15am
Moon Acadia National Park (Moon Handbooks)
The winter months are a great time to research next summer's vacations, and if you're considering Acadia National Park, well, Moon Handbooks has an updated guide for you to use.

Who Pooped In The Park? Scat And Tracks For Kids

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on October 15, 2012 - 1:15am
Who Pooped in the Park? Big Bend National Park: Scat and Tracks for Kids
Scatalogically speaked, this book delivers all the poop on Big Bend National Park. So to speak.

The Laws Guide To Drawing Birds

Submitted by Kirby Adams on October 9, 2012 - 1:23am
Laws Guide to Drawing Birds, The
Interested in learning how to draw birds? This book can help move you in that direction.

Hiking The Wonderland Trail: The Complete Guide To Mount Rainier's Premier Trail

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 20, 2012 - 1:11am
Hiking the Wonderland Trail: The Complete Guide to Mount Rainier
Fall is on its way, deciduous forests will soon be shedding their colors, snows will be falling. It's probably getting too late to plan a complete hike of the 93-mile Wonderland Trail that loops Mount Rainier National Park, but it's the perfect time to begin planning for next year!

Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days On The John Muir Trail

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 14, 2012 - 1:44am
Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Outdoor Lives)
Though it's set in the rugged landscape of the High Sierra running from Sequoia National Park to Yosemite National Park, Almost Somewhere could have played out anywhere as three young women go in search of themselves.

Mr. Hornaday's War: How A Peculiar Zookeeper Waged A Lonely Crusade For Wildlife That Changed The World

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on September 9, 2012 - 1:25am
Mr. Hornaday
William Temple Hornaday was a very extraordinary man who we should be honoring for his crusade to save wildlife, including bison, and yet history shunted him off to a dusty side table until Stefan Bechtel happened accidentally upon him.

World War II Memorial: "Jewel Of The Mall"

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 17, 2012 - 1:44am
WWII Memorial: Jewel of the Mall
In his book on the "Jewel of the Mall," the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., photographer Stephen R. Brown not only captures the solemnity of the memorial, as well as its magnificent architecture and design, but also goes behind the scene to document the bronze castings, granite carvings, and erection of the memorial.