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Will's red coat : a story of friendship, faith, and one old dog's choice to live again
Tom Ryan · William Morrow Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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A true story of acceptance, perseverance, and the possibility of love and redemption as evocative, charming, and powerful as the New York Times bestseller Following Atticus.Drawn by an online post, Tom Ryan adopted Will, a frightened, deaf, and mostly blind elderly dog, and brought him home... |
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Cathedral of the Wild: An African Journey Home
Boyd Varty · Random House of Canada, Limited Pages: 281 Format: Hardcover
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Boyd Varty had an unconventional upbringing. He grew up on Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa, a place where man and nature strive for balance, where perils exist alongside wonders. Founded more than eighty years ago as a hunting ground, Londolozi was transformed into a nature reserve... |
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Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does
Philip Ball · The University of Chicago Press Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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Though at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a seashell and the branching veins of a leaf. Revealing the order at the foundation of the seemingly... |
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Bayou Country Bloodsport: The Culture of Cockfighting in Southern Louisiana
Jon Griffin Donlon · McFarland Format: Book
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Cockfighting has had a long history in the United States. Now outlawed in all 50 states, the violent sport serves as a springboard to discuss controversial leisure activities. The author's fieldwork, beginning before the ban of cockfighting and conducted mainly in South Louisiana, provides... |
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What's really happening to our planet
Dk. · Dk Publishing Pages: 224 Format: Print book
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An easy-to-understand overview of the state of our planet and its future, using eye-opening and accessible charts, graphs, and infographics. By 2050, the global population is expected to reach 9 billion. "What's Really Happening to Our Planet? " uses a graphic approach to chart... |
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The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman · Penguin Press Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance of birds. As she travels... |
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Dinosaurs Without Bones: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by their Trace Fossils
Anthony J. Martin · Pegasus Books Pages: 460 Format: Hardcover
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CSI meets Jurassic Park in a fascinating, revelatory look at dinosaurs and their world through the million-year-old clues they left behind What if we woke up one morning all of the dinosaur bones in the world were gone? How would we know these iconic animals had a165-million year history... |
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Medicine Dog: The Miraculous Cure That Healed My Best Friend And Saved My Life
Julia Szabo · Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, Pages: 231 Format: Print book
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Julia Szabo was a nationally-recognized pet reporter when her dog Sam collapsed from osteoarthritis. Diligently researching how to restore his quality of life, she discovered Vet-Stem, a service that provides cutting-edge regeneration therapy for pets, using stem cells harvested from animals'... |
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The Best Cat Book Ever: Super-Amazing, 100% Awesome
Kate Funk · St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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What's more super-amazing, more awesome than a cat dressed up as:- A Unicorn- A Lumberjack- The Abominable Snowman - A Ninja...Nothing--that's what! The Best Cat Book Ever features the super-amazing, 100% awesome AC the cat in tons of purrrrfectly hilarious costumes. But really,... |
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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide
Julie Cornthwaite · Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover
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Penguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for attributing to them moods and foibles similar to our own. Few realize how complex and mysterious their private lives truly are, as most of their existence takes... |
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Poetry from Scratch: A Kitten's Book of Verse
Jennifer McCartney · Countryman Press Pages: 96 Format: Print book
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The newest entry in the feline literary canon is here ... so pee on this, cat poet wannabes Hipster cats, stay-at-home-mom cats, windowsill cats, and outdoor cats -- you'll find them all here, immortalized in prose about, for, and sometimes by, cats. With a Brooklyn edge, author Jennifer... |
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In the Shadow of the Moon: The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses
Anthony Aveni · Yale University Press Pages: 328 Format: Hardcover
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In anticipation of solar eclipses visible in 2017 and 2024, an exploration of the scientific and cultural significance of this mesmerizing cosmic display Since the first humans looked up and saw the sun swallowed by darkness, our species has been captivated by solar eclipses. Astronomer... |
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I Could Pee on This, Too: And More Poems by More Cats
Francesco Marciuliano · Chronicle Books Pages: 112 Format: Print book
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There's a new cat in town! This feisty sibling of the international bestseller I Could Pee on This will be making its own sensational mark in the cat-poetry world. I Could Pee on This, Too explores fresh feline emotions and philosophical musings through cats' own poetry, such as "Welcome... |
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