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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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The Inner Life of Cats: The Science and Secrets of Our Mysterious Feline Companions
Thomas McNamee · Hachette Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Our feline companions are much-loved but often mysterious. In The Inner Life of Cats, Thomas McNamee blends scientific reportage with engaging, illustrative anecdotes about his own beloved cat, Augusta, to explore and illuminate the secrets and enigmas of her kind. As it begins, The Inner... |
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Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake
KATHRYN MILES · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A journey around the United States in search of the truth about the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters. It's a road trip full of surprises. Earthquakes.... |
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The Complete Cat Breed Book
DK Publishing · DK
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Combining cat breeds, behavior, and training tips in one easy volume, The Complete Cat Breed Book is an essential reference to the basics of choosing and looking after a cat. Packed with practical advice on cat maintenance, from handling and grooming to nutrition, exercise, and health,... |
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On Trails: An Exploration
Robert Moor · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 340
Format: Print book
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"The best outdoors book of the year" - Sierra Club "Stunning ... A wondrous nonfiction debut" - Departures "Moor's book is enchanting" - The Boston Globe "A wanderer's dream" - The Economist From a brilliant new literary voice comes a groundbreaking... |
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The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
Jeff Goodell · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening and essential tour of the vanishing world What if Atlantis wasn't a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly... |
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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
Paul Greenberg · The Penguin Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Our relationship with the ocean is undergoing a profound transformation. Whereas just three decades ago nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild, rampant overfishing combined with an unprecedented bio-tech revolution has brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal... |
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American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
Nate Blakeslee · Crown
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
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The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrated Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her Before men ruled the earth, there were wolves. Once abundant in North America, these majestic creatures were hunted to near extinction in the lower 48 states by the 1920s.... |
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A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice
William E Glassley · Bellevue Literary Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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"Very few people have spent as much time as William E. Glassley in such deep wilderness. So it would behoove us to pay attention even if he had not brought back such a fascinating, lovely, and useful set of observations. This is a remarkable book." -- Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature... |
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The Omega Principle: Seafood and the Quest for a Long Life and a Healthier Planet
Paul Greenberg · Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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By the bestselling author of Four Fish and American Catch, an eye-opening investigation of the history, science, and business behind omega-3 fatty acids, the "miracle compound" whose story is intertwined with human health and the future of our planetOmega-3 fatty acids have long... |
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The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
Jack E Davis · Liveright
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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The tragic collision between civilization and nature in the Gulf of Mexico becomes a uniquely American story in this environmental epic.When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its "special kind of providence." Indeed, the Gulf presented... |
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Run the Storm: A Savage Hurricane, a Brave Crew, and the Wreck of the SS El Faro
GEORGE MICHELSEN FOY · Scribner
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of A Perfect Storm and The Finest Hours, a harrowing account of the incredible true story of the recent shocking disappearance of El Faro, a gigantic American cargo ship that sank suddenly in the Bermuda Triangle in 2015 - taking with it thirty-three lives.On... |
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