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Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau
Kevin T Dann · TarcherPerigee Pages: 400 Format: Print book
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To coincide with the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth in 2017, this thrilling, meticulous biography by naturalist and historian Kevin Dann fills a gap in our understanding of one modern history's most important spiritual visionaries by capturing the full arc of Thoreau's life as a mystic,... |
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The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet
Paul Greenberg · Penguin Press Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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By the bestselling author of Four Fish and American Catch, an eye-opening investigation of the history, science, and business behind omega-3 fatty acids, the "miracle compound" whose story is intertwined with human health and the future of our planetOmega-3 fatty acids have long... |
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Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-extinction
Helen Pilcher · Bloomsbury SIGMA Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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Helen Pilcher is uniquely qualified to explain the cutting-edge science that makes the resurrection of extinct animals a very real possibility, while acknowledging the serious and humorous aspects of giving a deceased animal a second chance to live. If you could bring back to life a person... |
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Island Home: A Landscape Memoir
Tim Winton · Milkweed Editions Pages: 256 Format: Print book
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"I grew up on the world's largest island. " This apparently simple fact is the starting point for Tim Winton's beautiful, evocative, and sometimes provocative memoir of Australia's unique landscape, and how that singular place has shaped him and his writing. For over... |
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Cat Castles: 20 Cardboard Habitats You Can Build Yourself
Carin Oliver · Quirk Books Pages: 96 Format: Print book
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Build your cat "paw-some" homemade habitats with easy instructions and common materials. Shoeboxes and paper bags are fine for other cats. But your favorite felines deserve luxurious living spaces! This DIY construction guide includes fun and easy instructions for making cardboard... |
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Reading the Rocks: How Victorian Geologists Discovered the Secret of Life
Brenda Maddox · Bloomsbury USA Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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A rich and exuberant group biography of the early geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history.The birth of geology was fostered initially by gentlemen whose wealth supported their interests, but in the nineteenth century, it was advanced... |
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Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America
Craig Childs · Pantheon Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Apocalyptic Planet comes a vivid travelogue through prehistory, tracing the arrival of the First People in North America at least twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that tell of their lives and fates. This book upends our notions of where these people came... |
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American Seafood: Heritage, Culture & Cookery From Sea to Shining Sea
Barton Seaver · Sterling Epicure Pages: 528 Format: Hardcover
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From prestigious writer, chef, and sustainability advocate Barton Seaver comes a seminal reference on every aspect of American seafood. With the growing trend to reintroduce US-caught seafood into our culinary lexicon, this trustworthy reference will be the go-to source for home cooks,... |
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North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring
BRUCE M BEEHLER · Smithsonian Books Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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The story of an ornithologist's journey to trace the spring migration of songbirds from the southern border of the United States through the heartland and into Canada.In late March 2015, ornithologist Bruce M. Beehler set off on a solo four-month trek to track songbird migration and the northward... |
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The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly
Kylee Baumle · St. Lynn's Press Pages: 159 Format: Hardcover
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Every fall, spectacular orange and black clouds of monarch butterflies fill the skies as they migrate from across North America to Central Mexico. West Coast populations make a similar though much shorter trip to coastal California. The National Wildlife Federation calls the monarch migration... |
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Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living
KAREN AUVINEN · Scribner Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of Cheryl Strayed's Wild and Helen MacDonald's H Is for Hawk, a stunning, inspirational memoir from an award-winning poet who ventures into the wilderness to seek answers to life's big questions and finds her way back after losing everything she thought she needed.During... |
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Penguin the Magpie: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family
Cameron Bloom · Atria Books Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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Penguin the Magpie is the extraordinary true story of recovery, hope, and courage as one injured bird and her human family learn to heal and celebrate life, featuring the gorgeous photography of Cameron Bloom and a captivating narrative by New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Day Book... |
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