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The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
Amitav Ghosh · The University of Chicago Press
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major book of nonfiction since In an Antique Land, Ghosh examines our inability - at the level... |
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Saving Tarboo Creek: One Family's Quest to Heal the Land
Scott Freeman · Timber Press
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover
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"A moving account of a beautiful project. We need stories of healing in this tough moment; this is a particularly fine one." - Bill McKibben, author of Radio Free Vermont When the Freeman family decided to restore a damaged creek in Washington's Olympic Peninsula - to transform... |
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Witness Tree: Seasons of Change with a Century-Old Oak
Lynda V Mapes · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate look at one majestic hundred-year-old oak tree through four seasons--and the reality of global climate change it reveals. In the life of this one grand oak, we can see for ourselves the results of one hundred years of rapid environmental change. It's leafing out earlier, and dropping... |
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A Marriage in Dog Years
Nancy Balbirer · Little A
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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When Nancy Balbirer learns her beloved eleven-year-old beagle has kidney failure, she's devastated. She and her husband had gotten Ira as a puppy - a wedding gift to each other, and their first foray into "parenthood." Now, her dog is terminal, her marriage is on life support,... |
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Overview: A New Perspective of Earth
Benjamin Grant · Amphoto
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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A stunning and unique collection of satellite images of Earth that offer an unexpected look at humanity, derived from the wildly popular Daily Overview Instagram account.Inspired by the "Overview Effect"--a sensation that astronauts experience when given the opportunity to look... |
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Farewell to the Horse: A Cultural History
ULRICH RAULFF · Liveright
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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A surprising, lively, and erudite history of horse and man, for readers of The Invention of Nature and The Soul of an Octopus.Horses and humans share an ancient, profoundly complex relationship. Once our most indispensable companions, horses were for millennia essential in helping build... |
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A Dog Runs Through It: Poems
Linda Pastan · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover
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A moving selection of poems for dog lovers, accompanied by charismatic line drawings, from a poet with an "unfailing mastery of her medium" (New York Times Book Review) .Reflecting on her long and celebrated career in poetry, two-time National Book Award finalist Linda Pastan... |
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The Secret Life of Flies
Erica McAlister · Firefly Books
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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Stories and science about nature's most complex, crucial and highly adaptive insect. The Secret Life of Flies takes readers into the hidden world of snail killers, con artists, crazy sex and a great many silly names. It dispels common misconceptions about flies and reveals how truly... |
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Butterflies of Pennsylvania: A Field Guide
James L. Monroe · University of Pittsburgh Press
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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How do you tell a Striped Hairstreak butterfly from a Regal Fritillary butterfly? By using Butterflies of Pennsylvania, the most comprehensive, user-friendly field guide to date of all of the species ever recorded within Pennsylvania's 46,056 square miles. Over 900 brilliant... |
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Unconditional Honor: Wounded Warriors and Their Dogs
Cathy Scott · Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this comprehensive and gorgeously illustrated book, Cathy Scott and Clay Myers, with a foreword by former NBA star Bill Walton, show how service and therapy dogs are having a profound impact on the lives of military personnel injured in action. Not only do our veterans deal with physical... |
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Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change
Ashley Dawson · Verso
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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A cutting exploration of how cities drive climate change while being on the frontlines of the coming climate crisisHow will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos? In Extreme Cities, Ashley... |
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Pumpkin: The Raccoon Who Thought She Was a Dog
Laura L Young · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 160
Format: Print book
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As a baby, Pumpkin the Raccoon was abandoned by her parents after falling out of a tree and breaking her leg. Taken in by a family with two rescue dogs, Toffee and Oreo, Pumpkin gained a new set of "parents" and a life of luxury in the Bahamas.Pumpkin: The Raccoon Who Thought... |
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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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Historic Acadia National Park: The Stories Behind One of America's Great Treasures
Catherine Schmitt · Lyons Press
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
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If parks could speak, what would they say? Historic Acadia National Park is a vibrant collection of true stories that share different aspects of Acadia National Park's history. From its glacial origins, to its rising peaks near the tourist-town Bar Harbor, Acadia has a unique and fascinating... |
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