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Advanced Top Bar Beekeeping: Next Steps for the Thinking Beekeeper
Christy Hemenway · New Society
Pages: 208
Format: Print book |
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Bee populations are plummeting worldwide. Colony Collapse Disorder poses a serious threat to many plants which rely on bees for pollination, including a significant proportion of our food crops. Top bar hives are based on the concept of understanding and working with bees' natural systems,... |
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Katrina: 10 Years Under Water
Cain Burdeau · AP Editions
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback |
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Hurricane Katrina was the costliest natural disaster, and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the U.S. At least 1,833 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods. Total property damage was estimated at $108 billion. Investigation of the responses from federal,... |
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Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide
Charles Foster · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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A passionate naturalist explores what it's really like to be an animal -- by living like them How can we ever be sure that we really know the other? To test the limits of our ability to inhabit lives that are not our own, Charles Foster set out to know the ultimate other:... |
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Sad animal facts.
Brooke Barker · Flatiron Books
Format: Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats |
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The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
Jack E Davis · Liveright Publishing Corp
Pages: 608
Format: Print book |
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The tragic collision between civilization and nature in the Gulf of Mexico becomes a uniquely American story in this environmental epic. When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its "special kind of providence." Indeed, the Gulf... |
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Cat Castles: 20 Cardboard Habitats You Can Build Yourself
Carin Oliver · Quirk Books
Pages: 96
Format: Print book |
Build your cat "paw-some" homemade habitats with easy instructions and common materials.
Shoeboxes and paper bags are fine for other cats. But your favorite felines deserve luxurious living spaces! This DIY construction guide includes fun and easy... |
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Last Chain On Billie: How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top
Carol Bradley · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Against the backdrop of a glittering but brutal circus world, Carol Bradleys Last Chain on Billie charts the history of elephants in America, the inspiring story of the Elephant Sanctuary and the spellbinding tale of a resilient elephant who defied the system even as she struggled to conquer... |
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Dog Love
Ann DeVito · Penguin Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book |
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A beautiful and engaging collection of artwork and visual typography that explores the delightful diversity of dogs From Schnauzers to Chihuahuas, Mastiffs to Maltipoos, crime-sniffing Blood Hounds to chic Bichons, dogs have charmed humans across the world for centuries with their lovable... |
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The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us
Diane Ackerman · W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover |
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As Diane Ackerman writes in her brilliant new book, The Human Age, "our relationship with nature has changed ... radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable." Ackerman... |
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Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World
Judith D Schwartz · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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Water scarcity is on everyone's mind. Long taken for granted, water availability has entered the realm of economics, politics, and people's food and lifestyle choices. But as anxiety mounts - even as a swath of California farmland has been left fallow and extremist groups worldwide... |
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The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos
Karen Piper · Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Hardcover |
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“There's Money in Thirst,” reads a headline in the New York Times. The CEO of Nestlé, purveyor of bottled water, heartily agrees. It is important to give water a market value, he says in a promotional video, so “we're all aware that it has a price.”... |
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Yellowstone: A Journey Through America's Wild Heart
David Quammen · National Geographic
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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Best-selling author David Quammen takes readers on a breathtaking journey through America's most inspiring and imperiled ecosystem - Yellowstone National Park - in this monumental book on America's first national park. Yellowstone's storied past, rich ecosystem, and dynamic landscape are brilliantly... |
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Catification: Designing a Happy and Stylish Home for Your Cat
Jackson Galaxy · Penguin Books
Pages: 291
Format: Book |
A New York Times bestseller! The star of Animal Planet's hit television series My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy, shows cat owners everywhere how to make their homes both cat-friendly and chic.
Cat owners know the struggles of creating living... |
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