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Imperial Dreams: Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre

Tim Gallagher · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

Explorer and naturalist Tim Gallagher is obsessed with rare birds A decade ago Gallagher was one of the rediscoverers of the legendary ivory-billed woodpecker which most scientists believed had been extinct for more than half a centuryan event that caused an international stir Now in Imperial...
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The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs

David Hone · Bloomsbury SIGMA
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In the mid-nineteenth century, many dinosaur fossils were found in the United States, especially during the 1870s and 1880s "Bone Wars." Paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh discovered dozens of skeletons, but in 1905, fossil hunter Barnum Brown named...
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Born To Be Wild: Hundreds of free nature activities for families

Hattie Garlick · Bloomsbury Natural History
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Want to save cash, your child's imagination, and possibly even the planet? This is the book you need. Packed with great photos of real families in the outdoors, Born to Be Wild contains easy-to-follow instructions for activities that require nothing more sophisticated than a child's...
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Botanic Gems Indiana Public Gardens: including Greater Chicago, Dayton, Cincinnati & Louisville

Alan McPherson · AuthorHouse
Pages: 125
Format: Paperback

Throughout Indiana, Hoosiers in increasing numbers are discovering the joys of creating their own private gardens, as well as visiting public gardens; verdant sanctuaries where they often find ideas and inspiration. As we all realilze or should know, spending time in a garden, private or public,...
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Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild

Michael Forsberg · University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition

The Great Plains were once among the greatest grasslands on the planet. But as the United States and Canada grew westward, the Plains were plowed up, fenced in, overgrazed, and otherwise degraded. Today, this fragmented landscape is the most endangered and least protected ecosystem in North...
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