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Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Susan Casey · Doubleday
Pages: 302
Format: Print book
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From Susan Casey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wave and The Devil's Teeth, a breathtaking journey through the extraordinary world of dolphins Since the dawn of recorded history, humans have felt a kinship with the sleek and beautiful dolphin, an animal whose playfulness,... |
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Pumpkin: The Raccoon Who Thought She Was a Dog
Laura L Young · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 160
Format: Print book
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As a baby, Pumpkin the Raccoon was abandoned by her parents after falling out of a tree and breaking her leg. Taken in by a family with two rescue dogs, Toffee and Oreo, Pumpkin gained a new set of "parents" and a life of luxury in the Bahamas.Pumpkin: The Raccoon Who Thought... |
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Not So Different: Finding Human Nature in Animals
Nathan H Lents · Columbia University Press
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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Animals fall in love, establish rules for fair play, exchange valued goods and services, hold "funerals" for fallen comrades, deploy sex as a weapon, and communicate with one another using rich vocabularies. Animals also get jealous and violent or greedy and callous and develop... |
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Inspired by the National Parks: Their Landscapes and Wildlife in Fabric Perspectives
Donna Marcinkowski DeSoto · Schiffer Publishing
Pages: 279
Format: Print book
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A colorful celebration of the 59 US National Parks, this collection of 177 original art quilts depicts the widely varying landscapes, flora,and fauna of the parks. Basic facts about each of these national treasures from Acadia in Maine, to Voyageurs in Minnesota, to Yosemite in California,... |
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Talking to Animals: How You Can Understand Animals and They Can Understand You
Jon Katz · Atria Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz offers us a deeper understanding of the inner and outer lives of animals and teaches us how we can more effectively communicate with them, made real by his own remarkable research and experiences with a wide array of creatures great and small.Eighty... |
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The Scout's Guide to Wild Edibles: Learn How To Forage, Prepare & Eat 40 Wild Foods
Krebill · St. Lynn's Press
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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Ever seen a tasty-looking plant or mushroom in a yard or forest but weren't sure if it would taste good ... or even be edible? In The Scout's Guide to Wild Edibles, renowned forager Mike Krebill profiles 40 widely-found edible wild plants and mushrooms of North America, in a guide... |
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Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA
E.G. Vallianatos · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover
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Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food.These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic... |
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Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman: Conservation Heroes of the American Heartland
Miriam Horn · W W Norton
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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The story of a huge, largely hidden, and entirely unexpected conservation movement in America.Many of the men and women doing today's most consequential environmental work -- restoring America's grasslands, wildlife, soil, rivers, wetlands, and oceans -- would not call themselves environmentalists;... |
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Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon
Bronwen Dickey · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 330
Format: Print book
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The hugely illuminating story of how a popular breed of dog became the most demonized and supposedly the most dangerous of dogs - and what role humans have played in the transformation. When Bronwen Dickey brought her new dog home, she saw no traces of the infamous viciousness in her affectionate,... |
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House Guests, House Pests: A Natural History of Animals in the Home
Richard Jones · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Today we live in snug, well-furnished houses surrounded by the trappings of a civilized life. But we are not alone--we suffer a constant stream of unwanted visitors. Our houses, our food, our belongings, our very existence are under constant attack from a host of invaders eager to take... |
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Chaser: Unlocking the Genius of the Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words
Dr. John W. Pilley Jr. Ph.D · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller The amazing story of a very smart Border collie who is redefining animal intelligence. Chaser has a way with words. She knows over a thousand of them - more than any other animal of any species except humans. In addition to common nouns like house, ball, and tree,... |
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Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind
Kevin N Laland · Princeton University Press
Pages: 450
Format: Print book
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Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and language to science and technology. How did the human mind--and the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture--evolve from its roots in animal behavior? Darwin's Unfinished Symphony presents... |
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Meerkats
Grant M Mc Ilrath · Reed New Holland Publishers
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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This lavishly illustrated title offers unique insight into the world of the much‑loved Meerkat. It is unique since it is the first book on the subject written by a professionally qualified nature conservationist - one who has over two decades' worth of experience in wild Meerkat research... |
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The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
Lester R. Brown · W W Norton
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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The great energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is under way. As oil insecurity deepens, the extraction risks of fossil fuels rise, and concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging. The old economy,... |
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