Life Nature Library

Life Nature Library

The Life Nature Library was a popular series of hardbound books published by Time-Life between 1961 and 1965. Each of the 25 volumes explored a major topic of the natural world. They were intended for, and written at a level appropriate to, an educated lay readership.

Each volume was written by a primary author (or authors) "and the Editors of LIFE". The 25 volumes in the series were:
*"The Forest" (1961; Revised 1963), by Peter Farb
*"The Sea" (1961; Revised 1963), by Leonard Engel
*"The Desert" (1961; Revised 1962), by A. Starker Leopold
*"The Mountains" (1962; Revised 1967), by Lorus J. Milne and Margery Milne
*"Evolution" (1962; Revised 1964), by Ruth Moore
*"The Poles" (1962; Revised 1968), by Willy Ley
*"The Earth" (1962; Revised 1963), by Arthur Beiser
*"The Universe" (1962; Revised 1966, 1967), by David Bergamini
*"The Insects" (1962), by Peter Farb
*"The Birds" (1963), by Roger Tory Peterson
*"The Plants" (1963), by Friz W. Went
*"The Mammals" (1963), by Richard Carrington
*"The Fishes" (1963; Revised 1964), by F.D. Ommanney
*"The Reptiles" (1963), by Archie Carr
*"Ecology" (1963), by Peter Farb
*"The Land and Wildlife of North America" (1964; Revised 1966), by Peter Farb
*"The Land and Wildlife of Africa" (1964), by Archie Carr
*"The Land and Wildlife of South America" (1964), by Marston Bates
*"The Land and Wildlife of Tropical Asia" (1964), by S. Dillon Ripley
*"The Land and Wildlife of Eurasia" (1964), by François Bourlière
*"The Land and Wildlife of Australia" (1964), by David Bergamini
*"Early Man" (1965; Revised 1968), by F. Clark Howell
*"Animal Behavior" (1965), by Niko Tinbergen
*"The Primates" (1965), by Sarel Eimerl and Irven DeVore
*"A Guide to the Natural World and Index to the LIFE Nature Library" (1965)

ee also

*LIFE Science Library


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