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Secret Service Dogs : the heroes who protect the president of the united states
Maria Goodavage · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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In an age fraught with terrorism, United States Secret Service canine teams risk their lives to safeguard the president, vice president, their families, visiting heads of state, and a host of others. Unprecedented access to these heroic dog teams has allowed a fascinating first-time-ever... |
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The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
Abigail Tucker · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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A lively adventure through history, natural science, and pop culture in search of how cats conquered the world, the Internet, and our hearts.House cats rule back alleys, deserted Antarctic islands, and our bedrooms. Clearly, they own the Internet, where a viral cat video can easily be viewed... |
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Upstream: Selected Essays
Mary Oliver · Penguin Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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"In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed. I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be." So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which beloved... |
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Afterglow
EILEEN MYLES · Grove Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Prolific and widely renowned, Eileen Myles is a trailblazer whose decades of literary and artistic work "set a bar for openness, frankness, and variability few lives could ever match" (New York Review of Books) . This newest book paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of a beloved... |
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Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild
Michael Forsberg · University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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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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Mozart's Starling
LYANDA LYNN HAUPT · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 277
Format: Hardcover
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On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who sang an improvised version of the theme from his Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major. Sensing a kindred spirit in the plucky young bird, Mozart bought him and took him home to be a family pet.... |
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Born To Be Wild: Hundreds of free nature activities for families
Hattie Garlick · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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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 imagination... |
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Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change
Geoff Dembicki · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A declaration of independence, and a call for systemic change, from the generation that will be most impacted by climate change.If anyone doubted the potential political power of the Millennial generation, Bernie Sanders' campaign put it in the spotlight. Are We Screwed? makes clear that... |
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