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Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library

Tom Baione · Sterling Signature; Clamshell Box with Book & Art Prints edition
Format: Hardcover

For the first time, Natural Histories allows readers a privileged glimpse of seldom-seen, fully illustrated scientific tomes from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection. Forty essays from the museum's top experts in a variety of natural science disciplines,...
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National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Birds of North America

Edward S. Brinkley · Sterling
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback

From the National Wildlife Federation® comes the most up-to-date, all-photographic field guide to North American birds. Birders will find it indispensable: this single, portable volume features more than 750 species, along with more than 2,000 stunning images by leading nature photographers...
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The Complete Illustrated Guide To Minerals, Rocks & Fossils Of The World: A comprehensive reference to 700 minerals, rocks, plants and animal fossils ... more than 2000 photographs and illustrations

John Farndon · Southwater; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

An essential reference book for amateur geologists and palaeontologists, revealing how rocks and fossils form, sites and habitats, classification and a visual directory. Features over 1200 photographs for easy identification, plus more than 800 artworks.
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Peterson Guide to Bird Identification―in 12 Steps

STEVE N G HOWELL · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

The perfect introduction for beginning birders: a 12-step path to a lifelong addiction Part of the satisfaction of watching birds is being able to name what you see. Yet, open a field guide, and there are hundreds of species to choose from, some with different appearances for males, females,...
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Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World

Judith D Schwartz · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Water scarcity is on everyone's mind. Long taken for granted, water availability has entered the realm of economics, politics, and people's food and lifestyle choices. But as anxiety mounts - even as a swath of California farmland has been left fallow and extremist groups worldwide...
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The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New

Annie Dillard · Ecco, 2016.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In recognition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection, including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the author herself."A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded her way through...
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Puppy Bible: The Ultimate Week-by-Week Guide to Raising Your Puppy

Claire Arrowsmith · Firefly Books; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

An owners guide to giving a puppy a successful start to life. Puppy Bible is uniquely designed to guide new puppy owners on a week-by-week basis from the all-important planning and decision stages, up to those exciting first days at home, through the first six months of a puppys life...
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Coming of Age at the End of Nature: A Generation Faces Living on a Changed Planet

Julie Dunlap · Trinity University Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

Coming of Age at the End of Nature explores a new kind of environmental writing. This powerful anthology gathers the passionate voices of young writers who have grown up in an environmentally damaged and compromised world. Each contributor has come of age since Bill McKibben foretold the doom...
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The Magic of Trees: A Guide to Their Sacred Wisdom & Metaphysical Properties

Tess Whitehurst · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Connect with the deep wisdom and power of trees in order to create positive change in your body, mind, and spirit. Featuring detailed descriptions of the magical and energetic properties of more than on hundred trees, The Magic of Trees shows you how to work with them -- physically and spiritually...
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Sharing the Common Pool: Water Rights in the Everyday Lives of Texans

Charles R Porter Jr. · Texas A&M University Press
Pages: 247
Format: Print book

If all the people, municipalities, agencies, businesses, power plants, and other entities that think they have a right to the water in Texas actually tried to exercise those rights, there would not be enough water to satisfy all claims, no matter how legitimate. In Sharing the Common Pool:...
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The Dog Encyclopedia

DK Publishing · DK Publishing
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

Covering the history, breeds, care, health, and positive training of dogs - all in one easy reference - The Dog Encyclopedia is a fully illustrated encyclopedia of all things canine. With an extensive photographic catalog of more than 400 dog breeds, organized by to FCI groupings, each...
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Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them

Ted Danson · Rodale Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Most people know Ted Danson as the affable bartender Sam Malone in the long-runningtelevision series Cheers But fewer realize that over the course of the past two and a halfdecades Danson has tirelessly devoted himself to the cause of heading off a looming globalcatastrophethe massive destruction...
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Click & Train Your Dog: Using Clicker Training to Transform Your Common Canine into a Superdog

Mary Ray · T.F.H. Publications
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Click & Train Your Dog offers expert advice on using clicker training to teach basic obedience and good behavior to dogs of all ages and stages of life, from puppies to seniors. An easy-to-follow 10 week puppy training plan sets young dogs on the path to success. Click & Train...
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