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Salmon Wars: The Dark Underbelly of Our Favorite Fish

Douglas Frantz - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent and a former private investigator dive deep into the murky waters of the international salmon farming industry, exposing the unappetizing truth about a fish that is not as good for you as you have been told.A decade ago, farmed Atlantic salmon replaced...
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Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide to Getting Outdoors at Any Size or Ability

Summer Michaud-Skog - ‎Timber Press
Format: Paperback‏


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Woodsqueer: Crafting a Sustainable Rural Life

Gretchen Legler - Trinity University Press
Format: Paperback

"Woodsqueer" is sometimes used to describe the mindset of a person who has taken to the wild for an extended period of time. Gretchen Legler is no stranger to life away from the rapid-fire pace of the twenty-first century, which can often lead to a kind of stir-craziness. Woodsqueer...
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Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods

LYNDSIE BOURGON - LITTLE BROWN SPARK
Format: Hardcover

A gripping account of the billion-dollar timber black market -- and how it intersects with environmentalism, class, and culture.In Tree Thieves, Lyndsie Bourgon takes us deep into the underbelly of the illegal timber market. As she traces three timber poaching cases, she introduces us to tree...
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Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes

Leonard M. Adkins - Menasha Ridge Press
Format: Paperback

From Maine to Georgia, the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail is an iconic destination. Whether you're an experienced hiker or a casual explorer, let Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes guide you along the way. Summit the iconic Katahdin in Maine, explore Pennsylvania's...
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A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse

VICTORIA SHEPHERD - Oneworld Publications
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary ways the brain can misfire'Fascinating and compassionate' Horatio Clare The King of France - thinking he was made of glass - was terrified he might shatter ... and he wasn't alone.After the Emperor met his end at Waterloo, an epidemic of Napoleons piled into...
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Return to Nature: The New Science of How Natural Landscapes Restore Us

Emma Loewe - ‎HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Discover the new science and ancient wisdom on why nature makes us healthier and happier in body and soul from the co-author of The Spirit Almanac and mindbodygreen's Senior Sustainability Editor.For centuries, we have known that getting outside is good for us. Yet we have become increasingly...
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