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A Year with Nature

An Almanac

By: Martha L. Crump

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A Year with Nature is an almanac like none you’ve ever seen: combining science and aesthetics, it is a daily affirmation of the extraordinary richness of biodiversity and our enduring beguilement by its beauty. With a text by herpetologist and natural history writer Marty Crump and a cornucopia of original illustrations by Bronwyn McIvor, this quirky quotidian reverie gazes across the globe, media, and time as it celebrates date-appropriate natural topics ranging from the founding of the National Park Service to annual strawberry, garlic, shrimp, hummingbird, and black bear festivals. With Crump, we mark the publication of classics like Carson’s Silent Spring and White’s Charlotte’s Web, and even the musical premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. We note the discovery of the structure of DNA and the mountain gorilla, the rise of citizen science projects, and the work of people who’ve shaped how we view and protect nature—from Aristotle to E. O. Wilson. Some days feature US celebrations, like National Poinsettia Day and National Cat Day; others highlight country-specific celebrations, like Australia’s Wombat Day and Thailand’s Monkey Buffet Festival, during which thousands of macaques feast on an ornately arranged spread of fruits and vegetables. Crump also highlights celebrations that span borders, from World Wildlife Conservation Day to International Mountain Day and global festivities for snakes, sea turtles, and chocolate. Interweaving fascinating facts on everything from jellyfish bodies to monthly birth flowers with folkloric entries featuring the Loch Ness Monster, unicorns, and ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythology, the almanac is as exhaustive as it is enchanting. A Year with Nature celebrates the wonder and beauty of our natural world as we have expressed it in visual arts, music, literature, science, natural history, and everyday experience. But more than this, the almanac’s vignettes encourage us to contemplate how we can help ensure that future generations will be able to enjoy the landscapes and rich biodiversity we so deeply cherish.

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University of Chicago Press

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022644970X

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9780226449708

Extinction in Our Times

Global Amphibian Decline

By: James P. Collins,Martha L. Crump,Thomas E. Lovejoy III

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Extinction in Our Times

Global Amphibian Decline

By: James P. Collins,Martha L. Crump,Thomas E. Lovejoy III

For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite suddenly and mysteriously. What is causing these extinctions? What role do human actions play in them? What do they tell us about the overall state of biodiversity on the planet? In Extinction in Our Times, James Collins and Martha Crump explore these pressing questions and many others as they document the first modern extinction event across an entire vertebrate class, using global examples that range from the Sierra Nevada of California to the rainforests of Costa Rica and the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. Joining scientific rigor and vivid storytelling, this book is the first to use amphibian decline as a lens through which to see more clearly the larger story of climate change, conservation of biodiversity, and a host of profoundly important ecological, evolutionary, ethical, philosophical, and sociological issues.

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296

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Oxford University Press

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0199717885

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9780199717880

Women in Field Biology

A Journey into Nature

By: Martha L. Crump,Michael J. Lannoo

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Women in Field Biology

A Journey into Nature

By: Martha L. Crump,Michael J. Lannoo

Women are contributing to disciplines once the sole domain of men. Field biology has been no different. The history of women field biologists, embedded in a history largely made and recorded by men, has never been written. Compilations of biographies have been assembled, but the narrative—their story—has never been told. In part, this is because many expressed their passion for nature as writers, artists, collectors, and educators during eras when women were excluded from the male-centric world of natural history and science. The history of women field biologists is intertwined with men’s changing views of female intellect and with increasing educational opportunities available to women. Given the preponderance of today’s professional female ecologists, animal behaviorists, systematists, conservation biologists, wildlife biologists, restoration ecologists, and natural historians, it is time to tell this story—the challenges and hardships they faced and still face, and the prominent role they have played and increasingly play in understanding our natural world. For a broader perspective, we profile selected European women field biologists, but our primary focus is the journey of women field biologists in North America. Each woman highlighted here followed a unique path. For some, personal wealth facilitated their work; some worked alongside their husbands. Many served as invisible assistants to men, receiving little or no recognition. Others were mavericks who carried out pioneering studies and whose published works are still read and valued today. All served as inspiration and proved to the women who would follow that women are as capable as men at studying nature in nature. Their legacy lives on today. The 75 female field biologists interviewed for this book are further testament that women have the intellect, stamina, and passion for fieldwork.

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378

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CRC Press

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1000631168

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9781000631166

In Search of the Golden Frog

By: Marty Crump

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In Search of the Golden Frog

By: Marty Crump

A "chronicle of Crump's three decades as a field biologist--and as a wife and mother--in South and Central America."--Jacket.

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340

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University of Chicago Press

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0226121984

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9780226121987

A Year with Nature

An Almanac

By: Martha L. Crump

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An Almanac

By: Martha L. Crump

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Memoir of Martha C. Thomas: Late of Baltimore, Maryland

By: Martha Thomas

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Memoir of Martha C. Thomas: Late of Baltimore, Maryland

By: Martha Thomas

Reprint of the original, first published in 1837.

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3385616956

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Martha! Martha! the Third Spiritual Adventure

By: Martha M. Brown,Freddie M. Lindsay-Payne

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Martha! Martha! the Third Spiritual Adventure

By: Martha M. Brown,Freddie M. Lindsay-Payne

A lifetime of wisdom has been compiled on the pages of Martha! Martha! As each author shares from the insights gained from their personal walk with God, we are invited to join the adventure that leads the willing heart to growth in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.

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Priorityone Publications

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1933972335

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Book's by Martha L. Crump

A Year with Nature

A Year with Nature

Extinction in Our Times

Extinction in Our Times

Women in Field Biology

Women in Field Biology

In Search of the Golden Frog

In Search of the Golden Frog

A Year with Nature

A Year with Nature

Memoir of Martha C. Thomas: Late of Baltimore, Maryland

Memoir of Martha C. Thomas: Late of Baltimore, Maryland

Martha! Martha! the Third Spiritual Adventure

Martha! Martha! the Third Spiritual Adventure

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