Stan Tekiela   2006   264p   4.5 x 6 Over 100 of missouri’s most common trees can be found in this field guide. Each tree has its own full color photo and comprehensive, accessible information about each tree’s leaves or needles, bark, mature size, fall color, a state-specific range map and more. $4-10 Other … Continue reading Trees of Missouri →

DK   2013   128p   4 x 7.5 From mighty redwoods and stately pines, to beautiful cherry blossoms and dependable oaks, this beginner’s guide helps identify commonly found trees in North America. $3-10 Other works involving field guides, trees, plants, the wild, nature

Peterson Field Guides   1998   128p   4 x 7 This slender book is a basic field guide for beginning observers of  trees, containing dozens of water-color illustrations of north american trees. $3-10 Other works involving field guides, trees, plants, the wild, nature

DK   2013   128p   4 x 7.5 This slender filed guide is fully illustrated with beautiful photography. Clear layout and accessible text, featuring more than 150 species. $3-10 Other works involving field guides, flowers, plants, the wild, nature

Northeastern/ North-central North America Peterson Field Guides   1998   128p   4 x 7 This slender book is a basic field guide for beginning observers of wildflowers. Containing dozens of water-color illustrations of north american wildflowers. $3-10 Other works involving field guides, flowers, plants, the wild, nature

North Eastern/ Central North America Peterson Field Guides   2005   440p   4.5 x 7 Since 1956, when the late Boughton Cobb wrote his field guide to ferns, this book, unchanged in all the years since, has become the classic on the subject. Now the New England Wild Flower Society (NEWFS) has completely updated … Continue reading Ferns →

Western U.S./ Canada Peterson Field Guides   1999   560p   4.5 x 7 A massive guide with 590 species, illustrated in lifelike positions on beautiful new color plates. With descriptions of all the butterflies that occur west of the 100th meridian in the United States and Canada, this guide has accurate information on ranges, habitats, … Continue reading Butterflies →

Animal Tracks Peterson Field Guides   2006   432p   4.5 x 7   $5-15   Astronomy Peterson Field Guides   1998   128p   4 x 7   $4-10 Birds of Missouri Stan Tekiela   2001   300p   4.5 x 6   $4-10 Butterflies and Moths Peterson Field Guides   1998   128p … Continue reading Field Guides →

Rebels on the Plantation J.H. Franklin & L. Schweninger     1999     480p     6 x 9 From John Hope Franklin, America’s foremost African American historian, comes this groundbreaking analysis of slave resistance and escape. A sweeping panorama of plantation life before the Civil War, this book reveals that slaves frequently rebelled … Continue reading Runaway Slaves →

Paul Avrich     1984     556p     6 x 9 Similar to most of Avrich’s work, this is the definitive take on the Haymarket bombing: the years and social tensions leading up to it, the 8 defendants including their similarities and differences, their executions and the anarchist seed that was planted by … Continue reading The Haymarket Tragedy →