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Wild Horse Country: The History, Myth, and Future of the Mustang, Americas Horse
DAVID PHILIPPS · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's history of wild horses in America -- and an eye-opening story on their treatment in our time.Wild horses -- also known as mustangs -- live in a strange twilight. They are deeply American but not native; they are free-born symbols of liberty but tightly... |
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
ZACH WEINERSMITH · Penguin Press Pages: 358 Format: Hardcover
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From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technologies -- from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3D organ printing What will the world of tomorrow be like?... |
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American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
Nate Blakeslee · Crown Pages: 300 Format: Hardcover
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The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrated Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her Before men ruled the earth, there were wolves. Once abundant in North America, these majestic creatures were hunted to near extinction in the lower 48 states by the 1920s.... |
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Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon
HENRY MARSH · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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Following the publication of Do No Harm, Dr. Henry Marsh retired from his position at a hospital in London. But his career continued, taking him to remote hospitals in places such as Nepal and Pakistan, where he offers his services as surgeon and teacher to those in need. Now, Marsh considers... |
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Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon
JOHN CLAYTON · Pegasus Books Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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An evocative blend of history and nature writing that tells the story of Yellowstone's evolving significance in American culture through the stories of ten iconic figures. Yellowstone is America's premier national park. Today is often a byword for conservation, natural beauty, and a way for everyone... |
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition
JON L DUNN · National Geographic Pages: 592 Format: Paperback
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This fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling North American bird field guide is the most up-to-date guide on the market. Perfect for beginning to advanced birders, it is the only book organized to match the latest American Ornithologists' Union taxonomy.With more than... |
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Walking Home Ground: In the Footsteps of Muir, Leopold, and Derleth
Robert Root · Wisconsin Historical Society Press Pages: 224 Format: Paperback
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When longtime author Robert Root moves to a small town in southeast Wisconsin, he gets to know his new home by walking the same terrain traveled by three Wisconsin luminaries who were deeply rooted in place - John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and August Derleth. Root walks with Muir at John Muir... |
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