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Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic

Emily Monosson - ?W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi -- and how to avert further loss across species, including our own.Fungi are everywhere. Most are harmless; some are helpful. A few are killers. Collectively, infectious fungi are the most devastating agents of disease...
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North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring

BRUCE M BEEHLER - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

The story of an ornithologist's journey to trace the spring migration of songbirds from the southern border of the United States through the heartland and into Canada.In late March 2015, ornithologist Bruce M. Beehler set off on a solo four-month trek to track songbird migration and the northward...
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Best Loop Hikes Colorado: A Guide to the State's Greatest Loop Hikes

Steve Johnson - ?Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback

Best Loop Hikes Colorado includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for approximately 100 of the most scenic loop hikes in the area. Hike descriptions also include history, local trivia, and GPS coordinates. Best Loop Hikes Colorado will take you through state and national...
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Earth Materials: Components of a Diverse Planet

Dexter Perkins - CRC Press; 1st edition
Format: 1st Edition

There is a large and growing need for a textbook that can form the basis for integrated classes that look at minerals, rocks, and other Earth materials. Despite the need, no high-quality book is available for such a course. Earth Materials is a wide-ranging undergraduate textbook that covers...
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How to Read a Rock: Our Planet's Hidden Stories

Jan Zalasiewicz - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

Rocks are time machines and the keepers of our history. This guide is a geological field trip through Earth's incredible rock formations and the stories they holdLike rings on a tree stump hold the history of the tree, the history of Earth is written in its rocks. How to Read a Rock:...
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The Rough Guide to Korea: Travel Guide with Free eBook (Rough Guides Main Series)

Rough Guides - Rough Guides
Format: Paperback

This Korea guidebook is perfect for independent travellers planning a longer trip. It features all of the must-see sights and a wide range of off-the-beaten-track places. It also provides detailed practical information on preparing for a trip and what to do on the ground. And this Korea...
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Can I Recycle This?: A Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics

Jennie Romer
Format: Hardcover

This practical guide to recycling includes a look at how recycling actually works, how to better handle the waste we produce, the way rules differ in every municipality and which common household objects can or cannot be recycled. Illustrations.
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Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator

Jason M Colby - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

Since the release of the documentary Blackfish in 2013, millions around the world have focused on the plight of the orca, the most profitable and controversial display animal in history. Yet, until now, no historical account has explained how we came to care about killer whales in the first...
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Dreaming in Turtle: A Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures

Peter Laufer - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating exploration into the world of turtles across the globe; Laufer charts the lore, love, and peril to a beloved species.Dreaming in Turtle is a compelling story of a stalwart animal prized from prehistory through to today -- an animal threatened by human greed, pragmatism, and rationalization....
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Tales from an Uncertain World: What Other Assorted Disasters Can Teach Us About Climate Change

L S Gardiner - University Of Iowa Press
Format: Paperback

So far, humanity hasn't done very well in addressing the ongoing climate catastrophe. Veteran science educator L. S. Gardiner believes we can learn to do better by understanding how we've dealt with other types of environmental risks in the past and why we are dragging our feet...
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