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Bark! The Herald Angels Sing: The Dogs of Christmas
Peter Thorpe · W W Norton
Pages: 96
Format: Print book
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Magical portraits of a photographer's dog, in elaborate Christmas compositionsBark! The Herald Angels Sing will bring a smile to even the most devoted Scrooge. Decked out in the finest of holiday garb, strutting against backgrounds that evoke locales as varied as Charles Dickens'... |
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Rainbow Dust: Three Centuries of Butterfly Delight
Peter Marren · The University of Chicago Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Like fluttering shards of stained glass, butterflies possess a unique power to pierce and stir the human soul. Indeed, the ancient Greeks explicitly equated the two in a single word, psyche, so that from early times butterflies were not only a form of life, but also an idea. Profound and deeply... |
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An Observer's Guide to Clouds and Weather: A Northeastern Primer on Prediction
Paul Knight · American Meteorological Society
Format: Book
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Today, most people look down when they want to check the weather, peeking at cell phones or popping open a browser, instead of looking up at one of the most accessible weather predictors of all—the sky. Knowing what the atmosphere has in store without relying on technology can be a gratifying... |
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Coming of Age at the End of Nature: A Generation Faces Living on a Changed Planet
Julie Dunlap · Trinity University Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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Coming of Age at the End of Nature explores a new kind of environmental writing. This powerful anthology gathers the passionate voices of young writers who have grown up in an environmentally damaged and compromised world. Each contributor has come of age since Bill McKibben foretold the doom... |
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Future arctic : field notes from a world on the edge.
Edward Struzik · Island Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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[Struzik's] travel companions, from wildlife scientists to military strategists to indigenous peoples, share diverse insights into the science, culture and geopolitical tensions of this captivating place. With their help, Struzik begins piecing together an environmental puzzle: How might... |
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Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean
Jonathan White · Trinity University Press
Pages: 360
Format: Print book
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In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies under the ice with an Inuit elder to hunt for mussels in the dark cavities left behind... |
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How to Toilet Train Your Cat: 21 Days to a Litter-Free Home
Paul Kunkel · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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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 Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
David George Haskell · Viking
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature's most magnificent networkers - trees "At once lyrical and informative, filled with beauty." - Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth ExtinctionDavid Haskell's award-winning The Forest Unseen won acclaim... |
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The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
Lester R. Brown · W W Norton
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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The great energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is under way. As oil insecurity deepens, the extraction risks of fossil fuels rise, and concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging. The old economy,... |
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Jared Potter Kirtland: Naturalist, Physician, Sage of the Western Reserve
Thomas M. Daniel · Sigel Press
Format: Print book
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Naturalist. Physician. Thinker. Jared Potter Kirtland is an icon in the history of Ohios Western Reserve. Passionate about understanding the world around him, Kirtland delved into disciplines ranging from natural history to medicine. His influence persists to the present day, yet his story... |
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Seeing Our Planet Whole: A Cultural and Ethical View of Earth Observation
Harry Eyres · Springer
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover
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This book shows how our new-found ability to observe the Earth from "the necessary distance" has wide and profound cultural and ethical implications. First of all, it is the outcome of speculations and investigations of human beings in relation to their home planet carried out over... |
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Backyard Bugs: An Identification Guide to Common Insects, Spiders and More
JARET C DANIELS · Adventure Publications
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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How many times have you seen a bug and wondered, "What in the world is that?" Wonder no more! Acclaimed entomologist and nature author Jaret C. Daniels presents a simple yet informative guide to backyard bugs of the United States and southern Canada. Featuring more than 160 species... |
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