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The Complete Naturalist
Nick Baker · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Print book |
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Nick Bakers fascination with the natural world began at an early age, inspired by Gerald and Lee Durrells classic book The Amateur Naturalist. His The Complete Naturalist is an up-to-date, practical introduction to observing, understanding, and investigating the natural world around us. Whether... |
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Fun and Games for a Smarter Dog: 50 Great Brain Games to Engage Your Dog
Sophie Collins · Lumina Media
Pages: 192
Format: Print book |
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Mental exercise provides just as many benefits for dogs as physical exercise does. But once you have basic training - sit, down, come, stay - under your belt, what can you do to build your dog's brainpower? Take your pup's repertoire of skills to the next level with an array of games... |
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Every Dog: A Book of Over 450 Breeds
Nancy J Hajeski · Firefly Books
Pages: 536
Format: Print book |
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"Every Dog: A Book of 500 Breeds" packs in a lot of information. Illustrations, text, charts, tables and icons make it an ideal reference for all dog lovers, who will enjoy flipping through the pages. The 500 breeds are thoroughly researched and represent canines from around... |
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American Museum of Natural History: Pocket Birds of North America, Eastern Region
Dk. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 296
Format: Print book |
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Profiling more than 350 of the most commonly seen birds in eastern North America, this handy photographic field guide brings each species to life on the page.From the American black duck to the snowy owl to the American Goldfinch, high-quality photographs capture the beauty of these birds... |
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The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond
Stephen O'Shea · W W Norton
Pages: 336
Format: Print book |
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A thrilling blend of contemporary travelogue and historical narrative about the Alps from "a graceful and passionate writer" (Washington Post) .For centuries the Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers, and the dreams of engineers?and... |
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How to Toilet Train Your Cat: 21 Days to a Litter-Free Home
Paul Kunkel · Workman
Pages: 144
Format: Print book |
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Follow this foolproof 21-day program and you can teach any litter-trained cat to use a toilet instead of a box. Discover a better way: Now cat owners everywhere can put down their scoops, stop ferrying backbreaking sacks of litter, enjoy a fresh-smelling home, and save hundreds of dollars... |
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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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Earthquake Time Bombs
Robert S Yeats · Cambridge University Press
Pages: 361
Format: eBook |
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In a media interview in January 2010, scientist Robert Yeats sounded the alarm on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as an 'earthquake time bomb', a region at critical risk of major seismic activity. One week later, a catastrophic earthquake struck the city, leaving over 100,000 dead and triggering... |
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Not So Different: Finding Human Nature in Animals
Nathan H Lents · Columbia University Press
Pages: 368
Format: Print book |
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Animals fall in love, establish rules for fair play, exchange valued goods and services, hold "funerals" for fallen comrades, deploy sex as a weapon, and communicate with one another using rich vocabularies. Animals also get jealous and violent or greedy and callous and develop... |
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Butterflies of North America
Judy Burris · Willow Creek Press
Pages: 128
Format: Print book |
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This book is your golden key to unlock the mysterious world of butterfly life cycles.
Hundreds of gorgeous photos capture every intricate detail of these marvelous creatures.
Explore butterfly courtship, feeding habits, defense mechanisms and the diversity of design in their eggs,... |
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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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Mythic Creatures: And the Impossibly Real Animals Who Inspired Them
Mark Norell · Sterling Signature
Pages: 194
Format: Print book |
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Based on the American Museum of Natural History exhibition "Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids, " curated by Dr. Mark A. Norrell, this stunning volume explores an array of mythological creatures and the real animals that inspired them. For thousands of years, humans... |
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Dogs Unleashed: Adventures with Our Best Friends
Orvis. · Lyons Pr
Pages: 176
Format: Print book |
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Dogs Unleashed portrays the spirit, sense of wonder, and adventure that tethers humans to their most trusted animal companions. With captivating images from the Orvis Company's collection, this book conveys that there is no journey that can be taken alone that is as satisfying as the same... |
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