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Beyond Control: The Mississippi River's New Channel to the Gulf of Mexico
James F Barnett · University Press of Mississippi
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
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Beyond Control reveals the Mississippi as a waterway of change, unnaturally confined by ever-larger levees and control structures. During the great flood of 1973, the current scoured a hole beneath the main structure near Baton Rouge and enlarged a pre-existing football-field-size crater.... |
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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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Birding for the Curious: The Easiest Way for Anyone to Explore the Incredible World of Birds
Nate Swick · Page Street Publishing Co., 2015. ©2015
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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Explore the Fascinating World of BirdsThere's something about birds that fascinates people and invites us to pause, look and listen to the beautiful, natural world around us. But do you always recognize what you see and hear? With this book, you'll get started. Birding for the Curious is a beginner... |
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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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Penguins of America
James Patterson · Little
Pages: 64
Format: Print book
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A lavishly illustrated, humorous book from the world's #1 bestselling writer and his son that shows how humans and penguins really aren't that different after all. Penguins--our lovable, cute, flightless friends who are constantly dressed for a formal occasion--have always fascinated... |
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How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
Beth Shapiro · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in "ancient DNA" research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction.... |
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Swamp Rat: The Story of Dixie's Nutria Invasion
Theodore G Manno · University Press of Mississippi
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover
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Theodore G. Manno traces the history of nutria from their natural range in South America to their status as an invasive species known for destroying the environmentally and economically important wetlands along the Gulf Coast. In this definitive book on "swamp rats," Manno vividly... |
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Sad animal facts.
Brooke Barker · Flatiron Books
Format: Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Gem
Dk. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 440
Format: Print book
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A dazzling visual guide to precious and semiprecious stones, organic gems, and precious metals, Gem showcases beautiful, specially commissioned images as well as science, natural history, mythology, and true stories of adventure and discovery.From diamonds to sapphires to obsidian, this... |
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Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos, Vol. I: The Immense Journey, The Firmament of Time, The Unexpected Universe, Uncollected Writings
Loren Eiseley · Library Of America
Pages: 528
Format: Print book
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An eminent paleontologist with the soul and skill of a poet, Loren Eiseley (1907-1977) was among the twentieth century's greatest inheritors of the literary tradition of Henry David Thoreau, Charles Darwin, and John Muir, and a precursor to such later writers as Stephen Jay Gould,... |
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Cranes, Herons & Egrets: The Elegance of Our Tallest Birds
Stan Tekiela · Adventure Publications
Pages: 144
Format: Print book
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When you imagine these graceful, elegant birds, perhaps you picture them in shallow water, standing on one leg, waiting for fish - but there's much more to these cultural touchstones. Award-winning photographer Stan Tekiela takes you into the fascinating world of cranes, herons and egrets.... |
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