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Fishes of the Great Lakes Region, Revised Edition

Carl Leavitt Hubbs · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback

For everyday anglers, armchair enthusiasts, and serious students, Hubbs and Lagler's text remains the definitive work in the identification and study of the fishes of this important freshwater region.Organized by fish family, with sections on waters of the Great Lakes region, zoogeography,...
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Bichons Frises

Julie Murray · Checkerboard Library
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and proper care of Bichons Frises.
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Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants

Robert Sullivan · Bloomsbury
Pages: 242
Format: Hardcover

Thoreau went to Walden Pond to live simply in the wild and contemplate his own place in the world by observing nature. Robert Sullivan went to a disused, garbage-filled little alley in lower Manhattan to contemplate the city and its lesser-known inhabitants-by observing the rat.Rats live...
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Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon

JOHN CLAYTON · Pegasus Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

An evocative blend of history and nature writing that tells the story of Yellowstone's evolving significance in American culture through the stories of ten iconic figures. Yellowstone is America's premier national park. Today is often a byword for conservation, natural beauty, and a way for everyone...
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Teh Itteh Bitteh Book of Kittehs

icanhascheezburger.com · Gotham
Format: Print book

The authors of I Can Has Cheezburger? return with an awww- inspiring threequel in their blockbuster LOLcat series. The Web site icanhascheezburger.com, the Internet's depot for LOLcat pictures, has already spawned two New York Times bestsellers: I Can Has Cheezburger? and How to Take...
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The Secret Life of Cows

Rosamund Young · Penguin Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

In this affectionate, heart-warming chronicle, Rosamund Young distills a lifetime of organic farming wisdom, describing the surprising personalities of her cows and other animalsAt her famous Kite's Nest Farm in Worcestershire, England, the cows (as well as sheep, hens, and pigs) all roam...
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Illumination in the Flatwoods: A Season With The Wild Turkey

Joe Hutto · Lyons Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

An unforgettable story about the fascinating behavior of the most elusive of wild game birds.
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A Field Philosopher's Guide to Fracking: How One Texas Town Stood Up to Big Oil and Gas

Adam Briggle · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

From the front lines of the fracking debate, a "field philosopher" explores one of our most divisive technologies.When philosophy professor Adam Briggle moved to Denton, Texas, he had never heard of fracking. Only five years later he would successfully lead a citizens' initiative...
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When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice

Terry Tempest Williams · Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover

The beloved author of Refuge returns with a work that explodes and startles illuminates and celebratesTerry Tempest Williamss mother told herI am leaving you all my journals but you must promise me you wont look at them until after Im goneReaders of Williamss iconic and unconventional memoir...
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A Buffalo in the House: The True Story of a Man, an Animal, and the American West

R. D. Rosen · New Press, The
Pages: 242
Format: Hardcover

Marley and Me meets All Creatures Great and Small, as an ailing but lovable orphan buffalo joins a Santa Fe household.A sprawling suburban house in Santa Fe is not the kind of home where a buffalo normally roams, but Veryl Goodnight and Roger Brooks are not your ordinary animal lovers....
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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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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan · Houghton Mifflin Co.
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover

"The Worst Hard Time is an epic story of blind hope and endurance almost beyond belief; it is also, as Tim Egan has told it, a riveting tale of bumptious charlatans, conmen, and tricksters, environmental arrogance and hubris, political chicanery, and a ruinous ignorance of nature's...
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Every Dog: A Book of Over 450 Breeds

Nancy J Hajeski · Firefly Books
Pages: 536
Format: Paperback

Every Dog: A Book of Over 450 Breeds packs in a lot of information. Illustrations, text, charts, tables and icons make it an ideal reference for all dog lovers, who will enjoy flipping through the pages. The over 450 breeds are thoroughly researched and represent canines from around...
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