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Your Yosemite: A Threatened Public Treasure

Robert O. Binnewies · White Cloud Press
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

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

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

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

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

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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Future Tech, Right Now: X-Ray Vision, Mind Control, and Other Amazing Stuff from Tomorrow

HowStuffWorks.com · Sourcebooks
Format: Print book

From X-ray vision to mind reading, come explore the coolest and craziest technology of the future Flying cars! Teleporting! Robot servants! These fantastic concepts are closer to reality than you think. In this exciting book, the team at HowStuffWorks tackles the technology, devices, and developments...
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Everyday Calculus: Discovering the Hidden Math All Around Us

Oscar E Fernandez · Princeton University Press
Pages: 150
Format: Hardcover

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

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

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

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

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

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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