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Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
Elizabeth Hess · Bantam Books
Pages: 369
Format: Hardcover
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Now Elizabeth Hess's unforgettable biography is the inspiration for Project Nim, a riveting new documentary directed by James Marsh and produced by Simon Chinn, the Oscar-winning team known for Man on Wire. Hess, a consultant on the film, says, "Getting a call from James Marsh... |
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The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms
Nancy J Turner · Timber Press
Pages: 375
Format: Book
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If people knew how many poisonous plants are commonly found in homes and gardens, they'd be shocked. Plants as common as monkshood, castorbean, and oleander are not just dangerous, they're deadly.The North American Guide to Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms is a comprehensive, easy-to-use... |
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Imperial Dreams: Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre
Tim Gallagher · Atria Books
Pages: 277
Format: Hardcover
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Naturalist Tim Gallagher journeys deep into the savagely beautiful Sierra Madre, home to rich wildlife and other natural treasures - and also to Mexican drug cartels - in a dangerous quest to locate the rarest bird in the world - the possibly extinct Imperial Woodpecker, the largest of all carpinteros.... |
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Gods, Wasps and Stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees
Mike Shanahan · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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They are trees of life and trees of knowledge. They are wish-fulfillers ... rainforest royalty ... more precious than gold. They are the fig trees, and they have affected humanity in profound but little-known ways. Gods, Wasps and Stranglers tells their amazing story. Fig trees fed our pre-human... |
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On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
William Souder · Crown; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movementShe loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries, including the international bestseller The Sea Around Us. But it was with... |
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Where the Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics
JAMES CHESHIRE · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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"Where the Animals Go is beautiful and thrilling, a combination of the best in science and exposition, and a joy to study cover to cover." -- Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard UniversityFor thousands of years, tracking animals meant following footprints.... |
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The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle
Sara Wheeler · Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 TitleMore than a decade ago, Sara Wheeler traveled to Antarctica to understand a continent nearly lost to myth and lore. In the widely acclaimed, bestselling Terra Incognita, she chronicled her quest to find a hidden history buried in Antarctica’s... |
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What if My Dog...?: Expert Answers to All Those Doggy Problems
Jim Evans · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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Dog owners will laugh as they page through this book, but they'll also find a wealth of solid information on canine behavior and training. Dog ownership can be a great pleasure--until the day when Rover's owner comes home to find living room cushions shredded, while neighbors complain... |
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