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Big Meg: The Story of the Largest and Most Mysterious Predator that Ever Lived

Tim Flannery - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

Internationally bestselling author and renowned scientist Tim Flannery and his daughter, scientist Emma Flannery, delivers an informative-yet-intimate portrait of the megalodon, an extinct shark and the largest predator of all timeWhen Tim Flannery was a boy he found a fossilized tooth...
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20,000 Steps Around the World: Great Hikes, Walks, Routes, and Rambles

Stuart Butler - Universe
Format: Hardcover

The world's best hikes and walks in one volume with breathtaking photography, detailed terrain and route guides, maps, and expert descriptions - whether you need to unplug for an afternoon or get away for longer.. A carefully selected collection of 200 routes designed to appeal to perambulatory...
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Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers' Companion 2023

Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association - Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Format: Paperback

Professional elevation profiles show hikers dips and climbs of the day aheadLandmark-by-landmark tables for at-a-glance information by sectionTown maps showing food and lodging (and beer) A favorite of section-hikers and dreamers for 30 years, the Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers' Companion...
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Ignition: Lighting Fires in a Burning World

M.R. O'Connor - Bold Type Books
Format: Hardcover

A work of on-the-ground reporting into the science of, and cultural ideas around, wildfires and fire management that challenges the ethos of the conservation movement, offering a hopeful vision of the connection between humans and our environment.. In a riveting investigation of the science...
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Vietnamese Cuisine: Recipes and Anecdotes from Vietnamese Gastronomic Culture

Nathalie Nguyen - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

Recipes and anecdotes for learning everything about the gastronomic culture of Vietnam. With the huge emigration from Vietnam after its civil war, Vietnamese cuisine has become part of the mainstream of Asian food eaten by North Americans. But if you are new to it, it has delicious mysteries...
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Cast-Iron Cooking For Dummies

Antwon Brinson - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Become a cast-iron chef, thanks to this friendly Dummies guideCast-Iron Cooking For Dummies will teach you everything you need to know to start using the classic cookware that chefs have loved for thousands of years. You'll learn how to pick the right cast iron tools for your needs,...
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Over the Seawall: Tsunamis, Cyclones, Drought, and the Delusion of Controlling Nature

Stephen Robert Miller - Island Press
Format: Hardcover

In March 2011, people in a coastal Japanese city stood atop a seawall watching the approach of the tsunami that would kill them. They believed - naively - that the huge concrete barrier would save them. Instead they perished, betrayed by the very thing built to protect them. Erratic weather,...
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Inside the Star Factory: The Creation of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's Largest and Most Powerful Space Observatory

Chris Gunn - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating, ground-level backstage pass to the creation, launch, and reach of the James Webb Space Telescope.. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the world's largest orbiting astronomy observatory, is now nearly a million miles from Earth, probing the first stars and galaxies,...
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Lonely Planet Under the Stars USA 1

Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Hardcover

From wild camping to curling up in a cabin, discover 200 amazing places to sleep under the stars in the USA. Lonely Planet's experts have scoured the nation to recommend the best campsites, wild camping spots, huts, cabins and refuges across the country, providing practical advice about...
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