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Fire and Ice: Soot, Solidarity, and Survival on the Roof of the World
Jonathan Mingle · St. Martin's Press; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover |
High in the Himalayan valley of Zanskar in northwest India sits a village as isolated as the legendary Shangri-La. Long fed by runoff from glaciers and lofty snowfields, Kumik-a settlement of thirty nine mud brick homes-has survived and thrived in one of the worlds most challenging settings... |
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The Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado
Holly Bailey · Viking Format: Hardcover |
"A gripping, heartbreaking and heartwarming account of the monster tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma in 2013." --Daniel James Brown, #1 NY Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat An acclaimed reporter returns to her hometown after the worst twister on record and emerges... |
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The Book of Beasts
John May · Penguin Books Format: Paperback |
The Book of beasts is a weird and wonderful collection of amazing and little-known facts about animals, birds and insects. In this fascinating and amusing private zoo you will find green polar bears, upside down fish, wingless butterflies, underwater monkeys, fluorescent scorpions ... the potto,... |
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The Secret of the Hittites: The Discovery of an Ancient Empire
C.W. Ceram · Marboro Books Format: Hardcover |
The author of the acclaimed Gods, Graves, and Scholars tells the dramatic tale of the Hittites, an Indo-European people who became a dominant power in the Middle East. Their struggle in Egypt with Ramses II for control of Syria led to one of the greatest battles of the ancient world. The fall... |
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A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction
Joel Greenberg · Bloomsbury Pages: 289 Format: Hardcover |
In the early nineteenth century 25 to 40 percent of North America's birds were passenger pigeons, traveling in flocks so massive as to block out the sun for hours or even days. The down beats of their wings would chill the air beneath and create a thundering roar that would drown out all other... |
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Lost Among the Birds: Accidentally Finding Myself in One Very Big Year
Neil Hayward · Bloomsbury USA Pages: 416 Format: Hardcover |
Early in 2013 Neil Hayward was at a crossroads. He didn't want to open a bakery or whatever else executives do when they quit a lucrative but unfulfilling job. He didn't want to think about his failed relationship with "the one" or his potential for ruining a new relationship... |
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