Autor: John Bates

This autobiography of John L. Bates depicts his life experiences from the 1930s to the early twenty-first century. It is intended primarily for his descendants who may be interested in the trials, fa …

Featuring new photography from Chicagos renowned Field Museum, The Book of Eggs explores 600 examples at actual size, alongside pattern details, clutch images, breeding range maps, and engravings of …

Johnny Ryan and his new found friend, Nick Halloway, never imagined summer camp would send them on a journey into a strange world filled with challenges, traps, and dangers like no other place they h …

The book is designed to provide a road map of necessary activities prior to entering into any business venture. It is based upon personal and Successful experiences whilst dealing with and saving man …

Graced by the Seasons: Fall and Winter in the Northwoods offers a sequel to Bates’ highly popular book,  A Northwoods Companion: Fall and Winter. This 'Volume 2′ provides readers with …

The Women and Water exhibit celebrates and honors water by portraying women who work with it, protect it and advocate for it. Featured are scientists, water-walkers, teachers, farmers, acti …

Tiny ruby-throated hummingbirds weighing less than a nickel fly from the upper Midwest to Costa Rica every fall, crossing the six-hundred-mile Gulf of Mexico without a single stop. One of the many cr …

From the brilliantly green and glossy eggs of the Elegant Crested Tinamou-said to be among the most beautiful in the world-to the small brown eggs of the house sparrow that makes its nest in a lamppo …