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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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Dogtology: A Humorous Exploration of Man's Fur-ocious Devotion to Dogs
Jeff Lazarus · Skyhorse Publishing Pages: 184 Format: Hardcover
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Chew on this. As humans, we have a deep need to believe . . . a need to relate to something greater and more ideal than ourselves. Perhaps that's why so many millions believe in Dog. Man's devotion to Dog has come to rival the great -isms and -ologies of the world. This thing has gone... |
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An Indomitable Beast: The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar
Alan Rabinowitz · Island Press; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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The jaguar is one of the most mysterious and least-known big cats of the world. The largest cat in the Americas, it has survived an onslaught of environmental and human threats partly because of an evolutionary history unique among wild felines, but also because of a power and indomitable... |
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Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction
Chris D. Thomas · PublicAffairs Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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It's accepted wisdom today that human beings have irrevocably damaged the natural world. Throughout history we've introduced species and infectious diseases to foreign shores; hunted slow-moving (and slower-reproducing) mammals to extinction; and polluted previously pristine tracts of land.... |
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The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
Abigail Tucker · Simon & Schuster Pages: 256 Format: Print book
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A lively adventure through history, natural science, and pop culture in search of how cats conquered the world, the Internet, and our hearts.House cats rule back alleys, deserted Antarctic islands, and our bedrooms. Clearly, they own the Internet, where a viral cat video can easily be viewed... |
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The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New
Annie Dillard · Ecco, 2016. Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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In recognition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection, including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the author herself."A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded her way through... |
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Always By My Side: Life Lessons from Millie and All the Dogs I've Loved
Edward Grinnan · Howard Books Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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The editor-in-chief of Guideposts magazine shares the heartwarming story of Millie, his beloved golden retriever, and how she taught him to be a more compassionate person, deepened his faith, and inspired him on his long-term path of recovery from addiction.From the moment his new golden... |
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Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change
Geoff Dembicki · Bloomsbury USA Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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A declaration of independence, and a call for systemic change, from the generation that will be most impacted by climate change.If anyone doubted the potential political power of the Millennial generation, Bernie Sanders' campaign put it in the spotlight. Are We Screwed? makes clear that... |
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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 Crossley ID Guide: Raptors
Richard Crossley · Princeton University Press Format: Paperback
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Part of the revolutionary Crossley ID Guide series, this is the first raptor guide with lifelike scenes composed from multiple photographs--scenes that allow you to identify raptors just as the experts do. Experienced birders use the most easily observed and consistent characteristics--size,... |
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A Farewell to Ice: A Report from the Arctic
P Wadhams · Oxford University Press Pages: 256 Format: Paperback
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Based on five decades of research and observation, a haunting and unsparing look at the melting ice caps, and what their disappearance will mean.Peter Wadhams has been studying ice first-hand since 1970, completing 50 trips to the world's poles and observing for himself the changes... |
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Gemstones: A complete color reference for precious and semiprecious stones of the world
Karen Hurrell · Chartwell Books Pages: 319 Format: Paperback
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This fascinating work provides a truly stunning visual guide to the beautiful world of gemstones. It brings together a wealth of information in clearly worded text accompanied by a dazzling collection of color photographs showing gems in their natural and cut states.From subjects as diverse... |
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The Inner Life of Cats: The Science and Secrets of Our Mysterious Feline Companions
Thomas McNamee · Hachette Books Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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Our feline companions are much-loved but often mysterious. In The Inner Life of Cats, Thomas McNamee blends scientific reportage with engaging, illustrative anecdotes about his own beloved cat, Augusta, to explore and illuminate the secrets and enigmas of her kind. As it begins, The Inner... |
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