No Nature marks the first collection from the whole of Snyder's work as a poet.

A pioneering ethnobotanist, Gary Paul Nabhan credits the arts with sparking unlikely scientific breakthroughs and believes that such "cross-pollination" engenders new forms of expression that are essential to discovery. In this highly readable book, he tells four stories to illustrate this idea. In the first, coping with color blindness in art class leads to his career as a scientist; in the second, ancient American Indian songs, when translated,...

As James Thurber writes in his preface, "This book contains a selection of the stories and drawings the old boy did in his prime, a period which extended roughly from the year Lindbergh flew the Atlantic to the day coffee was rationed. He presents this to his readers with his sincere best wishes for a happy new world." The Thurber Carnival, which the Saturday Review called "one of the absolutely essential books of our time," was a phenomenal bestseller...

A collection of poems by a variety of authors celebrating the joys of canines, from puppies to old hounds, from Chihuahuas to mongrels.

Offers verses by twenty-five poets that highlight the special characteristics of autumn, from the first signs of fall in September to the arrival of wintry weather.

More than 550 poems by American, English, and anonymous authors.

Summary: Inspired by photographs of ice in primarily natural forms, writers Jane Yolen, X. J. Kennedy, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and others capture their thoughts in poetry.