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New Titles - Outdoors & Nature
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Complete Survival Manual
Michael S. Sweeney · National Geographic Society
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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National Geographic joins with the American Red Cross, the U.S. Army, and the Boy and Girl Scouts to reveal the secrets of emergency survival-in any situation. Beginning with the basics of survival, the book then focuses on how to survive in six of the world's |
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The Last Elephants
Don Pinnock · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
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Amazing photographs of elephants accompany narratives from researchers, scientists, and conservationists celebrating elephants and calling for their preservationAfrican savanna elephants--among the most magnificent and beloved of our fellow mammals--are an extraordinary, social, and intelligent... |
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Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species
Marianne Taylor · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The ultimate illustrated guide to all known bat speciesBats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species explores bats and their fundamental role in our ecosystems through lavish full-color photographs and lively narrative. From the Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox, a megabat with a wingspan of more... |
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Down from the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear
Bryce Andrews · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"Andrews' wonderful Downfrom the Mountain is deeply informed by personal experience and made all the stronger by his compassion and measured thoughts...Welcome and impressive work." - Barry Lopez The story of a grizzly bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what... |
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Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream
Carson Vaughan · Little A
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover
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A moving true story of American struggle.Royal, Nebraska, population eighty-one - where the church, high school, and post office each stand abandoned, monuments to a Great Plains town that never flourished. But for nearly twenty years, they had a zoo, seven acres that rose from local peculiarity... |
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A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration
Kenn Kaufman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A close look at one season in one key site that reveals the amazing science and magic of spring bird migration, and the perils of human encroachment. Every spring, billions of birds sweep north, driven by ancient instincts to return to their breeding grounds. This vast parade often goes... |
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The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
Meredith May · Park Row
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature's most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee. Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care... |
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National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky, 2nd Edition
Andrew Fazekas · National Geographic
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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Explore the star-studded cosmos with this fully updated, user-friendly skywatcher's guide, filled with charts, graphics, photographs, and expert tips for viewing -- and understanding -- the wonders of space.Stargazing's too much fun to leave to astronomers. In these inviting pages,... |
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