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The family album of wild Africa
Laurent Baheux · teNeues
Pages: 479
Format: Print book
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Many have tried to convey the true spirit of Africa's animals in words, photography, or in music. There may be no challenge greater - Africa's fauna are vast in number and rich in diversity. In this finely crafted collection, French photographer Laurent Baheux uses the medium of black-and-white... |
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Trump's America: Buy This Book and Mexico Will Pay for It
Scott Dikkers · Gallery Books
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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From comedy writer, public speaker, and founding editor of The Onion Scott Dikkers comes this laugh-out-loud hilarious guide to surviving and thriving under Donald Trump's presidency.With satirical graphics, pictorials, news columns, and bulletins that are screamingly funny to everyone... |
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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer
Peter P Marra · Princeton University Press
Pages: 216
Format: Print book
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In 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens Island off New Zealand with a cat named Tibbles. In just over a year, the Stephens Island Wren, a rare bird endemic to the island, was rendered extinct. Mounting scientific evidence confirms what many conservationists have... |
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Historic Glacier National Park: The Stories Behind One of America's Great Treasures
Randi Minetor · Lyons Pr
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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Historic Glacier National Park captures the most interesting moments in the park's history, the slices of life in northwestern Montana that provide an idea of what life was like for those who chose to explore this gloriously beautiful snowy corner of the United States. There's the presence... |
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Labradoodles
JOAN HUSTACE WALKER · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
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The perfect resources for Labradoodle lovers!These friendly, energetic, and charming dogs came into existence in 1988 when a breeder looking for a service dog sought to combine the low-shedding coat of the poodle with the gentleness and eager-to-please trainability of the Labrador Retriever.... |
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Mozart's Starling
LYANDA LYNN HAUPT · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 277
Format: Hardcover
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On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who sang an improvised version of the theme from his Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major. Sensing a kindred spirit in the plucky young bird, Mozart bought him and took him home to be a family pet.... |
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The Earth Wants YOU
William Talen · City Lights Publishers
Pages: 120
Format: Print book
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"You must check out the newest from my favorite transcendent and down to earth preacher."--Laurie Anderson, artist, musicianThe Earth Wants YOU is a motivational handbook, filled with inspired visions of a wild, creative, Earth-led cultural revolution. Reverend Billy and the Church... |
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The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age
Marc Bekoff · Beacon Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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A compelling argument that the time has come to use what we know about the fascinating and diverse inner lives of other animals on their behalfWide-ranging studies of animal intelligence and emotions have enabled us to learn ever more about what animals think, feel, and want. However, this... |
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Volcanoes of the United States
Steven R Brantley · Sentinel Rock Press; 2 edition
Format: Print book
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In Volcanoes of the United States, Steven Brantley provides an introduction to volcanism and to some of the most important volcanoes in the country. Readers are introduced to the formation of volcanoes, their key features, scientific monitoring, and historical eruptions. Brantley then provides... |
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The man who made things out of trees
Rob Penn · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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The story of how one man cut down a single tree to see how many things could be made from it. Out of all the trees in the world, the ash is the most closely bound up with who we are. From tool handles to arrows, wheels and bowls to furniture and baseball bats, humans have made more and varied... |
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Odd Birds
Ian Harding · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A 7-time Teen Choice Award Winner on Freeform's most-watched series, Pretty Little Liars ... A social media influencer with over 7 million followers ... An avid birdwatcher? Yes, you read that correctly. Ian Harding is all of these things, and so much more. In this memoir, explore the unexpected... |
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Dream Treehouses: Extraordinary Designs from Concept to Completion
Sonia Buchard · Abrams
Pages: 239
Format: Print book
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French design company La Cabane Perchée presÂents 40 extraordinary treehouses designed and built by the acclaimed team. Featuring houses in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Russia, Italy, Spain, and the United States, Dream Treehouses showcases both exterior and interior images... |
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The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals
Donald R. Prothero · Princeton University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Roaming the earth were spectacular beasts such as saber-toothed cats, giant mastodonts, immense ground sloths, and gigantic giraffe-like rhinoceroses. Here is the ultimate... |
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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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