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The Boy Who Played with Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star

Tom Clynes · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

How an American teenager became the youngest person ever to build a working nuclear fusion reactor By the age of nine, Taylor Wilson had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At eleven, his grandmother's cancer diagnosis drove him to investigate new ways to produce medical isotopes....
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Another Good Dog: One Family and Fifty Foster Dogs

CARA SUE ACHTERBERG · Pegasus Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A warm and entertaining memoir about what happens when you foster fifty dogs in less than two years -- and how the dogs save you as much as you save them. When Cara felt her teenaged children slipping away and saw an empty nest on the horizon, she decided the best way to fill that void...
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World of Hummingbirds

Erik A Hanson · Stackpole Books
Pages: 156
Format: Book

Engaging natural history information for a general audience on one of the most beloved groups of birds, including tips on attracting and watching hummingbirds Stunning photographs of common North American and exotic world species Explains the details of the tiny hummingbird's amazing...
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Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas

Eva Saulitis · Beacon Press; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Science entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an endangered family of orcas   Ever since Eva Saulitis began her whale research in Alaska in the 1980s, she has been drawn deeply into the lives of a single extended family of endangered...
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Home alone and happy!: Essential life skills for preventing separation anxiety in dogs and puppies

Kate Mallatratt · Hubble & Hattie
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Why do owners wait until their dog becomes anxious when alone at home, before investing time in teaching him how to become comfortable alone? Owners often assume that their dog will sleep, yet many dogs suffer from anxiety and stress when left alone - and some owners only discover this...
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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century

Fred Pearce · Beacon Press; Second Edition edition
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Throughout history, rivers have been our foremost source of fresh water both for agriculture and for individual consumption, but now economists say that by 2025 water scarcity will cut global food production by more than the current U.S. grain harvest. In this groundbreaking book, veteran...
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The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Aquarium Fish & Fish Care: A Definitive Guide To Identifying And Keeping Freshwater And Marine Fishes

Mary Bailey · Southwater; 1 edition
Format: Print book

A comprehensive manual on planning, building, stocking and maintaining all types of aquaria, fully illustrated with 700 photographs and diagrams.
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No One Loved Gorillas More: Dian Fossey: Letters from the Mist

Dian Fossey · National Geographic
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

"No One Loved Gorillas More"In the early hours of December 27, 1985, Diane Fossey was murdered in her cabin by an unknown attacker -- "No One Loved Gorillas More" are the words inscribed on her gravestone. For 18 years, Dian had lived among the mountain gorillas of central...
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Mr. Hornaday's War: How a Peculiar Victorian Zookeeper Waged a Lonely Crusade for Wildlife That Changed the World

Stefan Bechtel · Beacon Press; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Print book

He was complex, quirky, pugnacious, and difficult. He seemed to create enemies wherever he went, even among his friends. A fireplug of a man who stood only five feet eight inches in his stocking feet, he began as a taxidermist and an adventurer who tracked tigers in Borneo with friendly...
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Following Fifi: My Adventures Among Wild Chimpanzees: Lessons from our Closest Relatives

John Crocker · Pegasus Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

An exhilarating quest into a remote African forest to examine chimpanzees and understand the roots of human behavior.As a young student, John Crocker embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, spending eight months in the Gombe forest working with Jane Goodall. He followed families of wild...
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Before and After Getting Your Puppy: The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog

Dr. Ian Dunbar · New World Library
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Very few dog trainers have not been influenced by Dr. Ian Dunbar's dog-friendly philosophy. In the 1970s, Dr. Dunbar sparked a dramatic shift in dog training - away from leash corrections and drill-sergeant adult dog classes based on competitive obedience and toward a positive approach...
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