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Teardrop Traveler: A Visual Tour of America with Mandy Lea & Her Teardrop Trailer

MANDY LEA · Amherst Media
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

After a 17-year career in photography stores, photographer Mandy Lea realized that her wanderlust had become overwhelming -- so she left her secure job, hit the road out with her teardrop camper (now her full-time home) , and set out to pursue freelance photography and maybe learn a thing...
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The Secret Language of Cats

Susanne Sch tz · Hanover Square Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever wondered what your cat is saying? Cats do not meow randomly, nor do they growl or hiss because they have nothing better to do. Cat sounds have a purpose, and they can carry important messages, whether for us or other cats.Susanne Schštz is hard at work on breaking the cat code....
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18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather

Christopher Dewdney · ECW Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

From the bestselling author of Acquainted with the Night comes a brilliant and witty look at our favourite topic -- weather We live at the bottom of an ocean of air -- 5,200 million million tons, to be exact. It sounds like a lot, but Earth's atmosphere is smeared onto its surface...
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Cats on Catnip

ANDREW MARTTILA · Running Press Adult
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

A humorous collection of dozens of photos of funny and adorable cats as they play with, roll in, and chow down their favorite snack of choice -- catnip. Cats love catnip. Whether it's eating it, playing with it, or rolling around in it, catnip turns our domestic feline friends into...
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Weather: An Illustrated History: From Cloud Atlases to Climate Change

ANDREW REVKIN · Sterling
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Andrew Revkin, who is the senior climate reporter at ProPublica after a prize-winning 21-year stint at The New York Times, presents an intriguing illustrated history of humanity's evolving relationship with Earth's dynamic climate system and the wondrous weather it generates. Colorful...
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Birds of the Photo Ark

Joel Sartore · National Geographic
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

For avian enthusiasts, from armchair observers to dedicated life-listers, this brilliant book from acclaimed National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore celebrates the beauty of all birds, great and small.This elegantly packaged celebration of birds from around the world unites incredible...
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End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals

RDE MacPhee · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth.Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller -- including gorilla-sized lemurs, 500-pound birds, and crocodiles that weighed a ton or more -- roamed the earth. These...
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