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Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America

Stephen A. Marshall · Firefly Books; Updated edition
Pages: 736
Format: Hardcover

Meticulously researched and illustrated with color photographs, Insects is a landmark reference book that is ideal for any naturalist or entomologist. To enhance exact identification of insects, the photographs in this encyclopedic reference were taken in the field -- and are not pinned...
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Super Species: The Creatures That Will Dominate the Planet

Garry Hamilton · Firefly Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A gripping examination of invasive species impact. Super species are the phenomenally successful invasive life-forms that are dominating ecosystems. These animals, plants and microbes have spread far from their native habitats, most often as a result of human activities. The key to super...
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Nature Guide: Stars and Planets (Nature Handbooks)

Robert Dinwiddie · DK ADULT
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

From observing the night sky to looking to the stars and beyond, Nature Guide Stars and Planets contains a guide to all 88 constellations of the night sky, as wells as features the best tools and techniques to get started.
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American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West

Nate Blakeslee · Crown
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrated Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her Before men ruled the earth, there were wolves. Once abundant in North America, these majestic creatures were hunted to near extinction in the lower 48 states by the 1920s....
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101 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: Simple Things We All Can Do to Lessen Our Impact on the Environment

Andrea Bohmholdt · Silverleaf Press
Format: Paperback

Packed with 101 creative tips for conserving the environment, this guide helps burgeoning environmentalists gradually change their lifestyle to consume less energy. Easy to follow and understand, the succinct guide explains the environmental crisis and how individual ways of living contribute...
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The Wolf in the Parlor: The Eternal Connection between Humans and Dogs

Jon Franklin · Henry Holt
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

A man and puppy exhumed from a 12,000-year-old grave sends a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer on a journey to the dogsOf all the things hidden in plain sight, dogs are one of the most enigmatic. They are everywhere but how much do we really know about where they came from...
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Afterglow

EILEEN MYLES · Grove Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

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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The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness

Mark Rowlands · Pegasus Books
Pages: 246
Format: Print book

This fascinating book charts the relationship between Mark Rowlands, a rootless philosopher, and Brenin, his well-traveled wolf. After acquiring Brenin as a cub, it quickly became apparent that Breinin was never to be left alone, as the consequences to Mark's house and its contents...
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Fun and Games for a Smarter Dog: 50 Great Brain Games to Engage Your Dog

Sophie Collins · Lumina Media
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Mental exercise provides just as many benefits for dogs as physical exercise does. But once you have basic training - sit, down, come, stay - under your belt, what can you do to build your dog's brainpower? Take your pup's repertoire of skills to the next level with an array of games...
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Six Inches of Partly Cloudy: Cleveland's Legendary TV Meteorologist Takes on Everything--and More

Dick Goddard · Gray & Company, Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Book

Legendary Cleveland TV personality and pioneering meteorologist Dick Goddard celebrates a remarkable 50 years on television with this grab-bag of personal stories, witty cartoons, fun facts, and essays about weather, pets, Ohio history, the TV business, and much more. Also included are favorite...
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