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America's Top-rated Smaller Cities, 2006/07, 2 Volume Set
Grey House Publishing · Grey House Pub
Format: Paperback(6TH)
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Cited in Guide to Reference Books, this annually updated reference, now in its 13th edition, occupies four hefty volumes, each devoted to a region (in sequence) : southern, western, central, and eastern. Twenty-five cities from each region, selected as "best" for business and living,... |
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The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar: Living with a Tawny Owl
Martin Windrow · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The story of an odd couple-a British military historian and the Tawny Owl with whom he lived for fifteen yearsMartin Windrow was a war historian with little experience with pets when he adopted an owl the size of a corncob. Adorable but with knife-sharp talons, Mumble became Windrow's... |
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Banned: A History of Pesticides and the Science of Toxicology
Frederick Rowe Davis · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Rachel Carson’s eloquent book Silent Spring stands as one of the most important books of the twentieth century and inspired important and long-lasting changes in environmental science and government policy. Frederick Rowe Davis thoughtfully sets Carson’s study in the context... |
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Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot
Mark Vanhoenacker · Chatto & Windus
Format: Paperback
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A longhaul airline pilot recaptures the wonder of flight for the modern traveller. Turn your mind back to when you first flew. When you first left the Earth, and travelled high and fast above its turning arc. When you looked down on a new world, captured simply... |
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Galapagos : Discovery on Darwin's Island
David W. Steadman · Smithsonian Institution Press; 1 edition
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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209 pages of high quality text, maps & photographs as fitting a Smithsonian product. There are also several excellent paintings of wildlife. |
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Goldilocks and the Water Bears: The Search for Life in the Universe
Louisa Preston · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Astrobiology is the study of life in the universe from its origins to its evolution into intelligent sentient beings. All life as we know it is carbon-based, reliant on sources of liquid water and energy for its survival, and as far as we are aware, exists only on Earth. Our planet occupies... |
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Seven Flowers: And How They Shaped Our World
Jennifer Potter · Overlook Books
Format: Hardcover
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The lotus. The lily. The sunflower. The opium poppy. The rose. The tulip. The orchid. Seven flowers, each with its own story full of surprises and secrets, each affecting the world around us in subtle but powerful ways. But what is the nature of their power and how did it develop? Why have... |
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Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
Svante PaÌ?aÌ?bo · Basic Books
Pages: 275
Format: Hardcover
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What can we learn from the genomes of our closest evolutionary relatives?Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Pääbo's mission to answer this question, and recounts his ultimately successful efforts to genetically define what makes us different from our Neanderthal... |
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Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
Edward Slingerland · Crown Publishing Group
Pages: 295
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity - an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understand - and why it is so essential to our well-being Why is it always hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Or be charming... |
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Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion
Jon Katz · Ballantine
Pages: 209
Format: Hardcover
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In this heartfelt, thoughtful, and inspiring memoir, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of his beloved rescue donkey, Simon, and the wondrous ways that animals make us wiser and kinder people. In the spring of 2011, Jon Katz received a phone call that would challenge... |
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Turning Points: How Critical Events Have Driven Human Evolution, Life, and Development
Kostas Kampourakis · Prometheus Books
Pages: 366
Format: Hardcover
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An accessible introduction to core concepts in evolution for lay readers, which shows that random events have played a critical role in the development of lifeCritical historical events--or "turning points"--have shaped evolution and continue to have a decisive effect on individual... |
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Death on Earth: Adventures in Evolution and Mortality
Jules Howard · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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As you read these words, Planet Earth teems with trillions of life-forms, each going about their own business: eating, reproducing, thriving . . . Yet, the life of almost every single organism draws nearer to certain death. On the other hand, "suicide" inside the mitochondria... |
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Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us
David Neiwert · Overlook
Pages: 305
Format: Print book
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A celebrated journalist's eye-opening history of orcas, and an exploration of their relationship with human beings, Of Orcas and Men does for whales what Barry Lopez did for wolves The orca -- otherwise known as the killer whale -- is one of earth's most intelligent animals. Remarkably... |
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders: North America
Susan Rayfield · Knopf
Pages: 992
Format: Leather Bound
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The most comprehensive field guide available to the insects and spiders of North America--a must-have for any enthusiast's day pack or home library--from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers.Featuring a durable vinyl binding and over 700 full-color identification... |
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The Cosmic Hologram: In-formation at the Center of Creation
Jude Currivan · Inner Traditions
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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How holographic patterns of information underlie our physical reality* 2017 Nautilus Silver Award* Includes myriad evidence from a wide range of cutting-edge scientific discoveries showing our Universe is an interconnected hologram of information* Explains how consciousness is a major... |
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