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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 |
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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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Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us
David Neiwert · Overlook
Pages: 305
Format: Print book |
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A celebrated journalist's eye-opening history of orcas, and an exploration of their relationship with human beings, Of Orcas and Men does for whales what Barry Lopez did for wolves The orca -- otherwise known as the killer whale -- is one of earth's most intelligent animals. Remarkably... |
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The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape
James Rebanks · Flatiron Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover |
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The New York Times bestseller and International Phenomenon"It's bloody marvelous." - Helen Macdonald, New York Times bestselling author of H IS FOR HAWK"Captivating... A book about continuity and roots and a sense of belonging in an age that's increasingly about mobility... |
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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 |
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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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Last Chance Mustang: The Story of One Horse, One Horseman, and One Final Shot at Redemption
Mitchell Bornstein · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Last Chance Mustang is the story of Samson, a formerly free-roaming, still wild-at-heart American mustang that was plucked from his mountainous Nevada home and thrown into the domestic horse world where he was brutalized and victimized. After years of abuse, Samson had evolved into a hateful... |
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Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles
Dan Ariely , · Harper Perennial |
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Three-time New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely teams up with legendary The New Yorker cartoonist William Haefeli to present an expanded, illustrated collection of his immensely popularWall Street Journal advice column, Ask Ariely.Behavioral economist Dan Ariely revolutionized... |
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Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
Helen Scales · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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Seashells, stretching from the deep past into the present day, are touchstones leading into fascinating realms of the natural world and cutting-edge science. Members of the phylum Mollusca are among the most ancient animals on the planet. Their shells provide homes for other animals, and across... |
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