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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America: Second Edition
David Sibley · Alfred A Knopf, 2016. Pages: 464 Format: Print book
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FlexiboundNow completely revised and updated--the indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative guide to the birds of the East in a portable format they will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive, this guide features 650 bird species, plus regional populations,... |
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Nature's Temples: The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests
Joan Maloof · Timber Press Pages: 200 Format: Print book
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Gain a better understanding of old-growth forests and why they matter! An old-growth forest is one that has formed naturally over a long period of time with little or no disturbance from humankind. They are increasingly rare and largely misunderstood. In Nature's Temples, Joan Maloof,... |
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Good Birders Still Don't Wear White
Lisa A. White · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 288 Format: Paperback
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Avid North American birders share wit, wisdom, advice, and what fuels their passion for birds.Birding gets you outside, helps you de-stress, exercises your body and mind, puts your day-to-day problems in perspective, and can be lots of fun. Birders know this, and in this collection of thirty-seven... |
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Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies
Sara Lewis · Princeton University Press Pages: 240 Format: Print book
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For centuries, the beauty of fireflies has evoked wonder and delight. Yet for most of us, fireflies remain shrouded in mystery: How do fireflies make their light? What are they saying with their flashing? And what do fireflies look for in a mate? In Silent Sparks, noted biologist and firefly... |
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GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human
Thomas Thwaites · Princeton Architectural Press Pages: 208 Format: Print book
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The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, "stuck in a big, dark hole." Luckily, a research grant offers... |
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My Lost Brothers: The Untold Story by the Yarnell Hill Fire's Lone Survivor
Brendan McDonough · Hachette Books Pages: 278 Format: Print book
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A gripping first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots"--firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires. Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict... |
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Feathers: Displays of Brilliant Plumage
Robert Clark · Chronicle Books Pages: 176 Format: Print book
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Exquisite images from award-winning National Geographic photographer Robert Clark offer a captivating perspective on the vast beauty and myriad functions of a seemingly simple thing: the bird feather. Each detailed close-up is paired with informative text about the utility and evolution... |
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Furry Logic: The Physics of Animal Life
Matin Durrani · Bloomsbury SIGMA Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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The principles of physics lie behind many of the ways animals go about their daily lives. Scientists have discovered that the way cats and dogs lap up liquids can be explained by the laws of surface tension, how ants navigate is due to polarized light, and why pistol shrimps can generate... |
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Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation
Kyo Maclear · Scribner Book Company Pages: 240 Format: Print book
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A writer's search for inspiration, beauty, and solace leads her to birds in this intimate and exuberant meditation on creativity and life - a field guide to things small and significant.When it comes to birds, Kyo Maclear isn't seeking the exotic. Rather she discovers joy in the seasonal... |
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Homing Instincts: Early Motherhood on a Midwestern Farm
Sarah Menkedick · Pantheon Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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Sarah Menkedick spent her twenties trekking alone across South America, teaching English to recalcitrant teenagers on Reunion Island, picking grapes in France and camping on the Mongolian grasslands; for her, meaning and purpose were to be found on the road, in flight from the ordinary.... |
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The Unsettlers: In Search of the Good Life in Today's America
Mark Sundeen · Riverhead Books Pages: 324 Format: Print book
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The radical search for the simple life in today's America. On a frigid April night, a classically trained opera singer, five months pregnant, and her husband, a former marine biologist, disembark an Amtrak train in La Plata, Missouri, assemble two bikes, and pedal off into the night, bound... |
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