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The Farmer's Son: Calving Season on a Family Farm
John Connell · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of The Shepherd's Life, a poignant memoir - and #1 Irish bestseller - about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world
Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow... |
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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 species
Bats: 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... |
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The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris
Mark Honigsbaum · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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A medical historian narrates the last century of scientific struggle against an enduring enemy: deadly contagious disease. Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet despite a century of medical... |
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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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The Atom: A Visual Tour
Jack Challoner · The MIT Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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An accessible and engaging guide to the atom, the smallest, most fundamental constituent of matter.Until now, popular science has relegated the atom to a supporting role in defining the different chemical elements of the periodic table. In this book, Jack Challoner places the atom at center... |
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Emperor: The Perfect Penguin
Sue Flood · Acc Art Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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* This stunning anthology of wildlife photographs captures emperor penguins in their natural habitat in the Antarctic* Incredible pictures reveal both the harshness of the environment and the day-to-day life of the colony* Narrates the penguins' long journey across the sea ice and the immense... |
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold.
The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within... |
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