The Life Nature Library is a series of 25 hardbound books published by Time-Life between 1961 and 1965, with revisions to 1968. It has been translated from English into eight languages and sold in 90 countries.^[1] Each volume explores an important division of the natural world and is written for educated laymen by a primary author (or authors) "and the Editors of LIFE".

The 25 volumes:

• 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; revised 1968), by Frits W. Went
• The Mammals (1963; revised 1967), 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; revised 1967), by Archie Carr
• The Land and Wildlife of South America (1964; revised 1968), by Marston Bates
• The Land and Wildlife of Tropical Asia (1964), by S. Dillon Ripley
• The Land and Wildlife of Eurasia (1964; revised 1967), by François Bourlière
• The Land and Wildlife of Australia (1964; revised 1967), 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; revised 1967)

References

See also

• March of Progress (illustration)
• Life Science Library
• The World We Live In

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