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Untamed Mushrooms: From Field to Table
Michael Karns · Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pages: 272 Format: Paperback
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Step into nature, whether in a park, forest, prairie, or lakeland, and you are surrounded by edible wild foods-if you know where to look. Old traditions of foraging have seen a passionate resurgence of interest among midwestern chefs and home cooks intrigued by the vitality of foods growing... |
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Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America
Nathan Pieplow · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 608 Format: Paperback
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The first comprehensive guide to the sounds of eastern North American birds, featuring an innovative visual index that allows readers to quickly look up unfamiliar sounds in the field.
Bird songs and calls are just as important as visual field marks in identifying birds. But until... |
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The Art of Naming
Michael Ohl · The MIT Press
Pages: 312 Format: Hardcover
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From Tyrannosaurus rex to Heteropoda davidbowie: scientific naming as a joyful and creative act. Tyrannosaurus rex. Homo sapiens. Heteropoda davidbowie. Behind each act of scientific naming is a story. In this entertaining and illuminating book, Michael Ohl considers scientific naming as a joyful... |
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Start Mushrooming: The Foolproof Way to Forage
Stan Tekiela · Adventure Publications
Pages: 128 Format: Paperback
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Begin identifying and collecting seven edible mushrooms! Mushrooms are beautiful, bountiful, and delicious. But foraging for them often makes people nervous -- and for good reason! Start Mushrooming takes away the worry by introducing seven of the most unmistakable, edible mushrooms in North... |
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The Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping: Everything You Need to Know
Samantha Johnson · Voyageur Press
Pages: 160 Format: Paperback
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This expanded version of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) -licensed Beginner's Guide to Beekeeping?? is the complete DIY guide for budding beekeepers. Raising bees is becoming increasingly popular in backyards and on farms large and small - and it's easy to see why. These resourceful... |
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At the Lightning Field
Laura Raicovich · Coffee House Press
Pages: 104 Format: Paperback
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Walter De Maria's "Lightning Field" is 400 stainless steel poles, positioned 220 feet apart, in the desert of central New Mexico. Over the course of several visits, it becomes, for Raicovich, a site for confounding and revealing perceptions of time, space, duration, and light;... |
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Living with Chickens: Everything You Need To Know To Raise Your Own Backyard Flock
JAY ROSSIER · Lyons Press
Pages: 224 Format: Paperback
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A revised and updated bestseller
Revised in coordination with the American Poultry AssociationCovers all the essentials of raising and keeping chickens.More than 75 color photographs and illustrations.People across the country are raising chickens, whether for food or companionship.... |
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The Seasons Alter: How to Save Our Planet in Six Acts
Philip Kitcher · Liveright Publishing Corp
Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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A landmark work of environmental philosophy that seeks to transform the debate about climate change. As the icecaps melt and the sea levels rise around the globe -- threatening human existence as we know it -- climate change has become one of the most urgent and controversial issues... |
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The Oceans: A Deep History
Eelco J Rohling · Princeton University Press
Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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The 4.4-billion-year history of the oceans and their role in Earth's climate systemIt has often been said that we know more about the moon than we do about our own oceans. In fact, we know a great deal more about the oceans than many people realize. Scientists know that our actions... |
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Science Is Beautiful: Botanical Life: Under the Microscope
COLIN SALTER · Batsford
Pages: 192 Format: Hardcover
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From pollen grains to a rose pistil to magnolia wood, these incredible close-up photos, taken from under an electron microscope, reveal the beauty of plants as never before! In images that are as exquisite as any art, this stunning collection unearths some of the most unique photographs... |
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