NATURE
& ENVIRONMENT
ABBEVILLE
Ansel Adams: The National Park Service Photographs (Mar., $29.95 with CD). Orchestral music by Tim Janis provides an evocative backdrop for Adams's images of the American landscape.
BALLANTINE
Slipping into Paradise (Aug., $24.95) by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson evokes the beauty of New Zealand. Advertising.
BARRON'S
The Butterfly Handbook: The Definitive Reference for Every Enthusiast (Mar., $23.95) by Lee D. Miller and Jacqueline Y. Miller is an illustrated field guide.
BASIC BOOKS
Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier (May, $25) by Jeffery A. Lockwood. The scientist who solved the mystery of the locusts'disappearance tells its story. Advertising. Author tour.
GEORGE BRAZILLER
The Flight of the Monarch and Other Reflections (May, $19.95) by Michel Braudeau gathers essays that demystify the natural world.
BUNKER HILL
Amazing Jellies: Jewels of the Sea (Apr., $8.95) by Elizabeth Gowell looks into the little-known world of jellyfish.
CHELSEA GREEN
Voices of the Land (Mar., $25), edited by Jamie Purinton, photos by Charles Lindsay, celebrates people's relationship with the land.
ECCO
The Geese of Beaver Bog (May, $24.95) by Bernd Heinrich. The writer/biologist studies Canadian geese and their daily routine. 40,000 first printing.
FOUR WALLS EIGHT WINDOWS
Beyond the Outer Shores: The Untold Odyssey of Ed Ricketts, the Pioneering Ecologist Who Inspired John Steinbeck and Joseph Campbell (Mar., $26) by Eric Enno Tamm tells the story of naturalist Ricketts and his famous friends. Author tour.
HARPERCOLLINS
The Secret Life of Lobsters (June, $24.95) by Trevor Corson describes how lobsters mate, fight for dominance and navigate their way along the ocean floor. 40,000 first printing.
HOLT/TIMES
Human Nature: A Blueprint for Managing the Earth—by People, for People (May, $26) by James Trefil advocates harnessing the power of science for human benefit and a healthier planet. Advertising. Author tour.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. PRESS
Tasmanian Tiger: The Tragic Tale of How the World Lost Its Most Mysterious Predator (Mar., $24.95) by David Owen tells of the tigers who were hunted to extinction in 19th-century Australia.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
The Big Open: On Foot Across Tibet's Chang Tang (May, $26) by Rich Ridgeway. Four mountaineers follow the migration of the endangered chiru, the Tibetan antelope, through the country's most remote region. 35,000 first printing.
OXFORD UNIV. PRESS
Scouting for Boys (May, $24) by Robert Baden-Powell, edited by Elleke Boehmer, is the original 1908 blueprint and inspiration for the Boy Scouts.
PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS
Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Apr.; $99.50, paper $29.95) by Whitney Cranshaw is a comprehensive guide.
SIERRA CLUB (dist. by the Univ. of California Press)
Strategic Ignorance: Why the Bush Administration Is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress (Apr., $24.95) by Carl Pope and Paul Rauber proposes what must be done to halt the dismantling of 100 years of progress.
UNIV. OF GEORGIA PRESS
Chattooga: Descending into the Myth of Deliverance River (Apr., $29.95) by John Lane discusses the Chattooga River and the impact of James Dickey's Deliverance on it.
UNIV. OF HAWAI 'I PRESS
Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific: New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands (July, $75) by John E. Randall covers the inshore fish and contains accounts of nearly 1,500 species.
UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Parrot Culture: Our 2,500-Year-Long Fascination with the World's Most Talkative Bird (June, $27.50) by Bruce Thomas Boehrer studies parrots in history, culture, society and literature.
UNIV. PRESS OF COLORADO
Prairie Ghost: Pronghorn and Human Interaction in Early America (May, $29.95) by Richard E. McCabe et al. tells the story of humans and the second fastest animal on earth, the pronghorn.
UNIV. PRESS OF FLORIDA
Green Empire: The St. Joe Paper Company and the Remaking of Florida's Panhandle (Mar., $34.95) by Kathryn Ziewitz and June Wiaz examines the activities of the ambitious Florida real estate firm and how it is changing the political, economic and ecological landscape of the state's last frontier.
VOYAGEUR PRESS
Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age (Apr., $16.95) by Ted Kerasote is an account of the author's journey down the Horton River in Canada's Northwest Territories toward the Arctic Ocean with a friend who brings his satellite phone.
Wolves of the World (May, $29.95) by Todd K. Fuller contains the latest research on wolf biology, behavior and conservation.
WESTCLIFFE
A Wild Love Affair: Essence of Florida's Native Orchids (May, $40), photos and text by Connie Bransilver, blends science and a love for orchids.
WESTVIEW PRESS
The Last Giant of Beringia (Aug., $26) by Dan O'Neill explains how geologist Dave Hopkins proved the existence of the vanished land bridge that once connected Siberia to the New World during the Ice Age. 35,000 first printing. Advertising. Author tour.
YALE UNIV. PRESS
Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment (Mar., $24) by James Gustave Speth warns that efforts to protect earth's environment are failing, but the challenges are not insurmountable.
