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Otter Country: An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World

Miriam Darlington - Tin House Books
Format: Hardcover

"Beguiling. The gentle and persistent search by Darlington sparkles." - The GuardianA plan formed in my mind. I would explore the places in this land that hid my grail. I would spend a whole year or longer, if that's what it took, wading through marshes, hiding between mossy...
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Falls of the Ohio River: Archaeology of Native American Settlement (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series)

David Pollack - University of Florida Press
Format: Hardcover

Falls of the Ohio River presents current archaeological research on an important landscape feature: a series of low, cascading rapids along the Ohio River on the border of Kentucky and Indiana. Using the perspective of historical ecology and synthesizing data from recent excavations, contributors...
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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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Quantum Body: The New Science of Living a Longer, Healthier, More Vital Life

Deepak Chopra M.D. - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

Joining forces with two leading scientists, New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra offers a quantum leap for improving our physical and mental health.. In an unprecedented collaboration between three of today's most powerful minds, Deepak Chopra, M.D., teams up with physicist...
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Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons

Sarah Scoles - Bold Type Books
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Oppenheimer, a riveting investigation into the modern nuclear weapons landscape. Nuclear weapons are, today, as important as they were during the Cold War, and some experts say we could be as close to a nuclear catastrophe now as we were at the height of that conflict. Despite...
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Gut Check: Unleash the Power of Your Microbiome to Reverse Disease and Transform Your Mental, Physical, and Emotional Health (The Plant Paradox, 7)

Dr. Steven R Gundry MD - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

In this groundbreaking addition to his New York Times bestselling Plant Paradox series, Steven R.Gundry, MD offers a definitive guide to the gut biome and its control over its home - us! - revealing the unimaginably complex and intelligent ecosystem controlling our health and teaching us how to heal...
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Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

Charan Ranganath - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world's top memory researchers reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from recalling faces and names, to learning, decision-making, trauma...
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The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History

Manjula Martin - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman's experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record.. A MOST-ANTICIPATED BOOK: The New York Times,...
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Coyotes Among Us: Secrets of the City's Top Predator

Stanley D. Gehrt PhD - Flashpoint
Format: Hardcover

An eye-opening volume of research and photographs exploring one of North America's most persistent - and misunderstood - predators. The coyote. Even its image conjures up more myth than fact. From its depictions as the "trickster" in ancient fables to its portrayal as a threat...
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Physics Essentials For Dummies

Holzner, Steven - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Physics Essentials For Dummies (9781119590286) was previously published as Physics Essentials For Dummies (9780470618417) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content...
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