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Your Yosemite: A Threatened Public Treasure
Robert O. Binnewies · White Cloud Press Pages: 336 Format: Paperback
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Mention of Yosemite conjures images of mighty waterfalls and soaring granite cliffs. Millions of people have visited Yosemite; millions more have seen images captured by Ansel Adams and other renowned artists.Indigenous peoples knew of Yosemite for thousands of years before it was "discovered"... |
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The Jane Effect: Celebrating Jane Goodall
Dale Peterson · Trinity University Press Format: Print book
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In her nearly 60-year career as a groundbreaking primatologist and a passionate conservationist, Jane Goodall has touched the hearts of millions of people. The Jane Effect Celebrating Jane Goodall is a collection of testimonies by her friends and colleagues honoring her as a scientific... |
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Stories from Afield: Adventures with Wild Things in Wild Places
Bruce L Smith · University of Nebraska Press Pages: 194 Format: Print book
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Over the past four decades, Bruce L. Smith has worked with most big-game species in some of the American West's most breathtaking and challenging landscapes. In Stories from Afield, readers join Smith on his adventures as a naturalist, sportsman, and wildlife biologist, as he pulls... |
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Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made
Gaia Vince · Milkweed Editions Format: Hardcover
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We all know our planet is in crisis, and that it is largely our fault. But all too often the full picture of change is obstructed by dense data sets and particular catastrophes. Struggling with this obscurity in her role as an editor at Nature, Gaia Vince decided to travel the world and see for herself... |
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Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential
Barbara Oakley · TarcherPerigee Pages: 304 Format: Paperback
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Mindshift reveals how we can overcome stereotypes and preconceived ideas about what is possible for us to learn and become. At a time when we are constantly being asked to retrain and reinvent ourselves to adapt to new technologies and changing industries, this book shows us how we can uncover... |
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Everyday Calculus: Discovering the Hidden Math All Around Us
Oscar E Fernandez · Princeton University Press Pages: 150 Format: Hardcover
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Uses everyday experiences to reveal the hidden calculus behind a typical day's events, showing how math naturally emerges from simple observations such as how hot coffee cools down, and demonstrating that calculus can be both useful and fascinating. |
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Bubbles, Booms, and Busts: The Rise and Fall of Financial Assets
Donald Rapp · Copernicus; 2nd ed. 2015 edition Format: eBook
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This book deals at some length with the question: Since there are many more poor than rich, why don’t the poor just tax the rich heavily and reduce the inequality? In the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, the topic of inequality was discussed widely. Ending or reducing... |
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Ultimate Guide to Farm Mechanics: A Practical How-To Guide for the Farmer
Fred D. Crawshaw · Skyhorse Publishing Format: Book
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A reference and instruction guide to the mechanics of working the land.The Ultimate Guide to Farm Mechanics combines three classic farming texts for the first time, compiling knowledge from the best sources published as far back as 1884. A comprehensive reference book that belongs in any farming... |
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The Next Species: The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man
Michael Tennesen · Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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While examining the history of our planet and actively exploring our present environment, science journalist Michael Tennesen describes what life on earth could look like after the next mass extinction.A growing number of scientists agree we are headed toward a mass extinction, perhaps... |
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Intelligence in the Flesh: Why Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than It Thinks
Guy Claxton · Yale University Press Pages: 344 Format: Hardcover
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If you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you'd better think again - or rather not "think" at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws on the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to reveal... |
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How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
Beth Shapiro · Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover
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Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in "ancient DNA" research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction.... |
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