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The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration
Bernd Heinrich · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 352
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"A noted naturalist explores the centrality of home in the lives of humans and other animals . . . A special treat for readers of natural history." - Kirkus Reviews Every year, many species make the journey from one place to another, following the same paths and ending up in the same... |
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Bright Rivers: Celebrations of Rivers and Fly-fishing
Nick Lyons · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover |
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Bright Rivers chronicles the angling passions and frustrations of one of fly-fishing's greatest men of letters.A city dweller trapped in the complexities of modern life, Nick Lyons has always found solace in his pilgrimages to great rivers. It is there that he fishes for trout, and in Bright... |
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Among Chimpanzees: Field Notes from the Race to Save Our Endangered Relatives
Nancy J. Merrick · Beacon Press |
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Foreword by Jane GoodallA former student and colleague of Jane Goodall shares stories of chimps and their heroes, and takes readers on a journey to save mans closest relative. Â Unbeknownst to much of the public, chimps are in trouble censuses show them to be extinct in four African countries... |
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Red Nile: A Biography of the World's Greatest River
Robert Twigger · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover |
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From religion, to language, to the stories rooted in our faith and history books, the Nile River has proven to be a constant fixture in mankind’s tales. In this dazzling, idiosyncratic journey from ancient times to the Arab Spring, Red Nile navigates a meandering course through... |
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High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
Elizabeth Grossman · Shearwater Books; 1 edition
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover |
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The Digital Age was expected to usher in an era ofclean production, an alternative to smokestackindustries and their pollutants. But as environmentaljournalist Elizabeth Grossman reveals in this penetratinganalysis of high tech manufacture and disposal,digital may be sleek, but it’s... |
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From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
Sean Carroll · Dutton Adult; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A rising star in theoretical physics offers his awesome vision of our universe and beyond, all beginning with a simple question: Why does time move forward? Time moves forward, not backward—everyone knows you can’t unscramble an egg. In the hands of one of today’s... |
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The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter
Katherine Freese · Princeton University Pres
Pages: 264
Format: Print book |
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The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe - from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars - constitute only 5 percent of all matter and energy in the cosmos. The rest is known as dark matter and dark energy, because their precise identities are unknown. The Cosmic... |
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