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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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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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Marnie the Dog: I'm a Book
Shirley Braha · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Print book
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From senior shelter dog to international star, Marnie the Dog has a photo book!Once an old, sick dog who was found on the streets and named "Stinky," Marnie the Dog got a second lease on life when she was adopted from a shelter at age ten. Soon, her signature looks and endearing... |
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Brilliance and Fire: A Biography of Diamonds
Rachelle Bergstein · Harper
Pages: 375
Format: Print book
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From the author of Women from the Ankle Down comes a lively cultural biography of diamonds, which explores our society's obsession with the world's most brilliant gemstone and the real-world characters who make them shine."A diamond is forever." Who among us doesn't recognize... |
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Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
David Owen · Riverhead Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant, eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from... |
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Water Rights and the Environment in the United States: A Documentary and Reference Guide
John R Burch · Greenwood, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
Pages: 442
Format: eBook
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This sweeping study traces the development of water policy in the United States from the 19th century to the present day, exploring the role of legislation in appropriating access to water to the American people.* Addresses recent events including the handling of Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill... |
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K-9 Korea: The Untold Story of America's War Dogs in the Korean War
J Rachel Reed · Regnery History
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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The men of the 8125th Sentry Dog Detachment had no idea what they would find when their ship docked at Incheon, Korea. The dogs in the unit seemed even more uncertain than the men: they could smell the terror in the place. Almost immediately, these soldiers came to rely on each other - man and dog alike... |
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The Outrun: A Memoir
Amy Liptrot · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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"The Outrun will no doubt sit alongside . . . Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk -- the sheer sensuality of Liptrot's prose and her steely resolve immediately put her right up there with the best of the best." -- New StatesmanWhen Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney after more than a decade... |
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The Benevolent Bee: Capture the Bounty of the Hive through Science, History, Home Remedies and Craft - Includes recipes and techniques for honey, beeswax, propolis, royal jelly, pollen, and bee venom
STEPHANIE BRUNEAU · Quarry Books
Pages: 160
Format: Flexibound
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Get the buzz on bees, honey, hive behavior, and all the things you can make with bee products in The Benevolent Bee. A honeybee hive produces much more than honey; it also produces pollen, propolis, royal jelly, beeswax, and bee venom. And humans have found uses for all these products.... |
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The Good, the Bad, and the Furry: Life with the World's Most Melancholy Cat
Tom Cox · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Humorous and endearing, The Good, the Bad and the Furry is a heartwarming memoir about a man at the mercy of his unpredictable, demanding and endlessly lovable cats. Meet The Bear--a cat who carries the weight of the world on his furry shoulders, and whose wise, owl-like eyes seem to ask,... |
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition
David Sibley · Alfred A Knopf, 2016.
Pages: 464
Format: Print book
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FlexiboundNow completely revised and updated--the indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative guide to the birds of the East in a portable format they will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive, this guide features 650 bird species, plus regional populations,... |
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Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake
KATHRYN MILES · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A journey around the United States in search of the truth about the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters. It's a road trip full of surprises. Earthquakes.... |
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