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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
Stephen Brusatte · William Morrow Pages: 400 Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Sapiens, Your Inner Fish, The Sixth Extinction, and I Contain Multitudes, a sweeping narrative scientific history - the only one of its kind - that tells the epic story of the dinosaurs, examining their origins, their habitats, their extinction, and their living legacy, from... |
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The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
DAVID GEORGE HASKELL · Penguin Books Pages: 304 Format: Paperback
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The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature's most magnificent networkers - trees "Both a love song to trees, an exploration of their biology, and a wonderfully philosophical analysis of their role they play in human history and in modern... |
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The Consciousness Instinct: Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
Michael S Gazzaniga · Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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"The father of cognitive neuroscience" illuminates the past, present, and future of the mind-brain problemHow do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff" -- atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells -- create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem... |
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The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us
LUCY JONES · Doubleday Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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By the world-renowned seismologist, a surprising history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to comeEarthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--these all stem from the same forces that give our planet life. It is only when they exceed... |
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The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species
Carlos Magdalena · Doubleday Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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An impassioned memoir of saving extraordinary plants on the brink of extinction, by a scientist who has been called a "codebreaker" (Telegraph) and "an inspiration" (Jane Goodall) Carlos Magdalena is not your average horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save... |
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The Lambs: My Father, a Farm, and the Gift of a Flock of Sheep
Carole Shelbourn George · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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"An enchanting book -- please read." -- Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE; Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of PeaceIn this touching memoir about the relationship between father, daughter, and animals, Carole explores life after adopting thirteen pet Karakul lambs.... |
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The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras
Brantley Hargrove · Simon & Schuster Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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A tale of obsession and daring. A contest between humankind and nature's fiercest phenomenon. The saga of the greatest storm chaser who ever lived.At the turn of the twenty-first century, the tornado was one of the last true mysteries of the modern world. It was a monster that ravaged... |
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Lion Hearted: The Life and Death of Cecil & the Future of Africa's Iconic Cats
ANDREW LOVERIDGE · Regan Arts. Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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"Until the lion has its own storyteller, tales of the lion hunt will always glorify the hunter." - Zimbabwean proverbIn 2015, an American hunter named Walter Palmer shot and killed a lion named Cecil. The lion was one of dozens slain each year in Zimbabwe, which legally licenses... |
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