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Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
Marlene Zuk - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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An expos of pseudoscientific myths about our evolutionary past and how we should live today. We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play football -- or did we Are our bodies and brains truly at odds with modern... |
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The Stars: The Definitive Visual Guide to the Cosmos
Dk. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book
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The definitive visual guide to exploring all the marvels of the stars, the Milky Way, and the universe beyond.Chart the wonders of the cosmos in our own solar system and beyond with The Stars. Packed with 3-D artworks of each constellation and incredible new imagery from the Hubble... |
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Jordan Ellenberg - Penguin Group USA
Format: Print book
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The Freakonomics of math--a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our handsThe math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows... |
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The Everything Parent's Guide to Common Core Math Grades K-5
Jim Brennan - Adams Media; Csm edition
Format: Print book
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Take the mystery out of Common Core math!The Common Core, a new set of national educational standards, has been adopted by 45 states across the nation. But you may be having a hard time understanding what your kids are bringing home from school. If you want to help your children with their... |
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Mosquito handbook.
Brett Ortler - Adventure Pubns
Format: Print book
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This book contains everything you need to understand and avoid mosquitoes, including a review of CDC-recommended repellents and products. |
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Nature Guide: Snakes and Other Reptiles and Amphibians
DK Publishing - DK ADULT
Format: Book
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This is the newest of our beautifully illustrated and highly informative nature guides produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution. Snakes and Other Reptiles and Amphibians is compact and easy-to-use, including stunning photography, and a comprehensive catalog of cold-blooded... |
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Deep Space: Beyond the Solar System to the End of the Universe and the Beginning of Time
Govert Schilling - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Govert Schilling explores the mysteries of space that lie beyond our solar system on this mind-bending trip to nebulae, galaxies, black holes, and the edge of the observable universe.Join Govert Schilling on a journey across the universe that will ignite the imagination. The trip begins... |
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Help Your Kids with Math, Second Edition
Barry Lewis - DK; Rev Upd edition
Format: Book
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After its publication in 2010, Help Your Kids with Math quickly climbed to the top of DKs bestseller charts. Families were hungry for meaningful math help-not Internet searches and hours of family frustration. The simple, visual approach of Help Your Kids with Math was exactly what parents... |
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Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission
Marc Kaufman - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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With images never published before, many with surprising colors and landscapes that make you want to spend your next vacation on Mars, this is the one and only book written in consultation with NASA scientists that explains everything, detail by detail and moment by moment, about the most... |
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The Healthy Hens Handbook
Terry Beebe - Good Life Press
Format: Book
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Written by one of the world’s foremost poultry keepers, with over 20 years of experience advising other poultry keepers on the health and wellbeing of their flock, this book covers every angle of maintaining a healthy flock of chickens. Pitched at both the back garden chicken... |
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National Geographic Pocket Guide to Rocks and Minerals of North America
Sarah Garlick - National Geographic
Format: Book
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This basic beginners field guide to North American geology helps anyone identify common rocks, minerals, gems, fossils, and land formations. In a logical, user-friendly, highly visual format, this new title--one of an expanding collection of National Geographic pocket guides--offers key facts... |
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The Practical Preppers Complete Guide to Disaster Preparedness
Scott Hunt - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Book
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A complete guide to disaster preparedness from Scott Hunt, CEO of Practical Preppers and a nationally recognized preparedness expertThe world we live in is an unstable one. From natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods of biblical proportions to concerns about the economic... |
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Painless Algebra
Lynette Long - Barrons Educational Series
Format: Print book
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Defines algebraic terms, shows how to avoid pitfalls in calculation, presents painless methods for understanding and graphing equations, and makes problem-solving fun. Titles in Barron's extensive Painless Series cover a wide range of subjects, as they are taught at middle school and high... |
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The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives
Stephen Buchmann - Scribner
Format: Print book
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Cultural history at its best - the engaging, lively, and definitive story of the beauty, sexuality, ecology, myths, lore, and economics of the world's flowers, written by a passionately devoted author and scientist, and illustrated with his stunning photographs.Flowers, and the fruits that... |
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Weeds of North America
Richard Dickinson - University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
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"What is a weed," opined Emerson, "but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?" While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toil for backyard gardeners. Wherever they take root, weeds compete... |
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Native Fishes of Ohio
Daniel L. Rice - Kent State Univ
Format: Paperback
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Ohios original heavily forested landscape included glacial lakes, large rivers, and streams that teemed with an abundant variety of fish, most of which remain resident today. Native Fishes of Ohio documents the more than 130 species originally found in the state and describes how their... |
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Einstein's Greatest Mistake: A Biography
David Bodanis - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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From the best-selling author of E=mc2, a brisk, accessible biography of Albert Einstein that reveals the genius and hubris of the titan of modern physics Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory... |
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Geometry For Dummies
Mark Ryan - For Dummies
Format: Print book
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Hit the geometry wall? Get up and running with this no-nonsense guide! Does the thought of geometry make you jittery? You're not alone. Fortunately, this down-to-earth guide helps you approach it from a new angle, making it easier than ever to conquer your fears and score your highest... |
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The Little Book of Black Holes
Steven S. Gubser - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Dive into a mind-bending exploration of the physics of black holesBlack holes, predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity more than a century ago, have long intrigued scientists and the public with their bizarre and fantastical properties. Although Einstein understood that... |
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COMETS!: Visitors from Deep Space
David J. Eicher - Cambridge University Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Join David J. Eicher in this fast-paced and entertaining journey through the history, present, and future of these important yet mysterious cosmic bodies. From ancient times, humans have been fascinated by "broom stars" and "blazing scimitars" lighting up the sky and moving... |
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Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
Bill Schutt - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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"A masterful and compulsively readable book that challenges our preconceived notions about a behavior often sensationalized in our culture and, until just recently, misunderstood in the scientific world." - Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History,... |
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Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History
Sam Maggs - Quirk Books
Format: Hardcover
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A fun and feminist celebration of the forgotten women in science, technology, and beyond - from the bestselling author of The Fangirls Guide to the Galaxy.You may think you know womens history pretty well. But have you ever heard of: * Alice Ball, the chemist who developed an effective... |
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Anatomy and Physiology For Dummies
Donna Rae Siegfried - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book
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Learn about the human body from the inside out Some people think that knowing about what goes on inside the human body can sap life of its mystery - which is too bad for them. Anybody who's ever taken a peak under the hood knows that the human body, and all its various structures and functions,... |
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Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy
Kathryn Miles - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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The first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded - a hurricane like no other. The sky was lit by a full moon on October 29, 2012, but nobody on the eastern seaboard of the United States could see it. Everything had been consumed by cloud. The storms... |
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold. The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better... |
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The Front Yard Forager
Melany Vorass-Herrera - Mountaineers Books
Format: Book
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The Front Yard Forager brings DIY harvesting right to your door, making foraging easy, accessible, and fun for everyone even in the middle of the city or suburbia. From the yard to the parking strip, in city parks or along municipal thoroughfares, food is abundant and free for the taking!... |
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Anatomy 101
Kevin Langford - Adams Media
Format: Print book
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An all-in-one guide to the human body! Anatomy 101 offers an exciting look into the inner workings of the human body. Too often, textbooks turn the fascinating systems, processes, and figures of anatomy into tedious discourse that even Leonardo Da Vinci would reject. This easy-to-read guide... |
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Atlas of Indian Nations
Anton Treuer - National Geographic Society
Format: Hardcover
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Atlas of Indian Nations is a comprehensive resource for those interested in Native American history and culture. Told through maps, photos, art, and archival cartography, this is the story of American Indians that only National Geographic can tell. In the most comprehensive atlas of Native... |
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Beginning Beekeeping
Tanya Phillips - Alpha Books
Format: Print book
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Beginning Beekeeping is a simple, straightforward approach that gives you the basics to get started with beekeeping, while following a balanced, objective approach that weighs the pros and cons of conventional and organic methodologies. Featuring more than 120 beautiful color photos,... |
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Secret Language of Animals: A Guide to Remarkable Behavior
Janine M Benyus - Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Format: Paperback
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Unlock the secrets behind the behavior of the world's most fascinating creatures from the Adlie penguin to the plains zebra to the giant pandain this wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated book.In The Secret Language of Animals, biologist Janine Benyus takes us inside the animal... |
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Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
George Marshall - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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Most of us recognize that climate change is real, and yet we do nothing to stop it. What is this psychological mechanism that allows us to know something is true but act as if it is not? George Marshalls search for the answers brings him face to face with Nobel Prize-winning psychologists... |
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Eclipse: Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon
FRANK CLOSE - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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On August 21st, over one hundred million people will gather across the USA to witness the most-watched total solar eclipse in history. Eclipse: Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon, by popular science author Frank Close, describes the spellbinding allure of this beautiful natural phenomenon.... |
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Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know
Joseph Romm - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Print book
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Climate change will have a bigger impact on humanity than the Internet has had. The last decade's spate of superstorms, wildfires, heat waves, and droughts has accelerated the public discourse on this topic and lent credence to climatologist Lonnie Thomson's 2010 statement that climate... |
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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Mary Roach - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal is classic... |
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Algebra for The New Sat: 1111 Questions with Answers
Rechtbank Arnhem. - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback
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Algebra is one of the essential and important parts of SAT. It also help students as the big first step to comprehend the other parts of SAT like Geometry. When we start to write this book, we thought that we need to cover the biggest part of SAT which is Algebra. Algebra for The New SAT is a developmental... |
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The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease
Meredith Wadman - Viking
Format: Print book
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The epic and controversial story of the development of the first widely used normal human cell-line and, through it, some of the world s most important vaccines In June 1962, a young biologist at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, Leonard Hayflick, using tissue extracted from an aborted... |
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Morel Mushrooms: Best-Kept Secrets Revealed
Michael E. Phillips - Thunder Bay Press
Format: Print book
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Morel Mushrooms: Best-Kept Secrets Revealed is a comprehensive guide to hunting the elusive morel mushroom. Chapter by chapter, the closely guarded secrets of the morel are revealed, with tips that both novice and veteran mushroom hunters can use in the woods. Learn the characteristics... |
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Good Garden Bugs: Everything You Need to Know about Beneficial Predatory Insects
Mary M. Gardiner - Quarry Books
Format: Flexibound
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Your guide to the beneficial insects in your garden!Good Garden Bugs is an easy-to-follow reference to beneficial insects that provide pest control, allowing your garden to grow full and bountiful.Aphids, caterpillars, grubs, and slugs are not only creepy-crawlies, they can wreak havoc... |
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Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture
Roman Adrian Cybriwsky - ABC-CLIO
Format: Hardcover
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Every country, even the worlds youngest nations, has a capital citya centralized location which houses the seat of government and acts as the hub of culture and history. But, what role do capital cities play in the global arena Which factors have influenced the selection of a municipal... |
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Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever
Bill Gifford - Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed journalist Bill Gifford comes a roaring journey into the world of anti-aging science in search of answers to a universal obsession: what can be done about getting old?SPRING CHICKEN:Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying)SPRING CHICKEN is a full-throttle, high-energy ride through... |
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The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America
Langdon Cook - Ballantine Books; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief, and Mark Kurlansky’s Cod—a renowned culinary adventurer goes into the woods with the iconoclasts and outlaws who seek the world’s most coveted ingredient . . . and one of nature’s... |
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The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Interpreted Through Modern Science
Steve Jones - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed geneticist Steve Jones, the story of the Bible as told through the lens of modern science. In The Serpent's Promise, Steve Jones retells many of the Biblical tales in the light of modern science. Are we all descended from a real-life Adam and Eve? Are some—or all—of... |
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We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement that Restores the Planet
XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZ - Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover
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Challenge the status quo, change the face of activism, and confront climate change head on with the ultimate blueprint for taking action.Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is a 16-year-old climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful new voice on the front lines of a global youth-led movement. He and his group... |
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The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Ohio
Paul G Rodewald - The Pennsylvania State University Press
Format: Print book
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Twenty-five years after the publication of the state's first breeding bird atlas, The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Ohio brings our knowledge of the state's bird populations up to date and provides important new information. The Atlas documents the current distribution and changes in status... |
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The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild
Lyanda Lynn Haupt - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Crow Planet, a compelling journey into the secret lives of the wild animals at our back door.In THE URBAN BESTIARY, acclaimed nature writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt journeys into the heart of the everyday wild, where coyotes, raccoons, chickens, hawks, and humans... |
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Edible Mushrooms: Safe to Pick, Good to Eat
Barbro Forsberg - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Wandering the woods in search of mushrooms is one of life's great pleasures. But be careful to pick the right ones! With Edible Mushrooms in your backpack, you'll know to pick only the safest, most delicious chanterelles, truffles, morels, and more. Author Barbro Forsberg presents... |
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The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins
Luke Rendell - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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In the songs and bubble feeding of humpback whales; in young killer whales learning to knock a seal from an ice floe in the same way their mother does; and in the use of sea sponges by the dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, to protect their beaks while foraging for fish, we find clear examples... |
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Glaciers: The Politics of Ice
Jorge Daniel Taillant - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Hardcover
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Though not traditionally thought of as strategic natural resources, glaciers are a crucial part of our global ecosystem playing a fundamental role in the sustaining of life around the world. Comprising three quarters of the world's freshwater, they freeze in the winter and melt in the summer,... |
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Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea
Katherine Harmon Courage - Current Hardcover
Format: Hardcover
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No one understands the octopus. With eight arms, three hearts, camouflaging skin, and a disarmingly sentient look behind its highly evolved eyes, how could it appear anything but utterly alien? Octopuses have been captivating humans for as long as we have been catching them.... |
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Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Mike Massimino - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself strapped to a giant rocket that's about to go from zero to 17,500 miles per hour? Or to look back on Earth from outer space and see the surprisingly precise line between day and night? Or to stand in front of the Hubble Space... |
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Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide
Paul Williams - Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback
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More than ever before, there is widespread interest in studying bumble bees and the critical role they play in our ecosystems. Bumble Bees of North America is the first comprehensive guide to North American bumble bees to be published in more than a century. Richly illustrated with color... |
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Infinite Worlds: The People and Places of Space Exploration
Michael Soluri - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A stunning, unprecedented collection of photographs and essays that goes behind the scenes at NASA, in which the humanity of the astronauts, engineers, scientists, technicians, and ground crews that contributed in saving the Hubble Space Telescope are revealed.Michael Soluri has been photographing... |
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Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants
Jane Goodall - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Renowned naturalist and bestselling author Jane Goodall examines the critical role that trees and plants play in our world. In her wise and elegant new book, Jane Goodall blends her experience in nature with her enthusiasm for botany to give readers a deeper understanding of the world around... |
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Bird Nests: Amazingly Ingenious and Intricate
Stan Tekiela - Adventure Publications
Format: Print book
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Nests are among the most amazing dwelling places in the entire animal kingdom. Few creatures craft such brilliant and involved homes as birds do. From holes drilled into trees to intricately woven cups, these magnificent structures are worthy of our admiration. This book is filled with... |
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The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
Leonard Susskind - Basic Books
Format: Paperback
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A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2013If you ever regretted not taking physics in college - or simply want to know how to think like a physicist - this is the book for you. In this bestselling introduction, physicist Leonard Susskind and hacker-scientist George Hrabovsky offer a first... |
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Idiot's Guides: Algebra I
Carolyn Wheater - Alpha
Format: Print book
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Starting with the very basics and reinforcing concepts with practice and tips along the way, Idiot's Guides: Algebra I makes a complex subject easier to grasp and helps students and adult learners clear the hurdle that can stand between them and their academic goals. Special sidebars... |
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Bird Homes and Habitats
Bill Thompson III - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Paperback
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Two of the best-known names in birding - Peterson and Bird Watcher's Digest - team up to provide reliable, expert advice on how to attract the birds you want into your yard. Which birds use nest boxes? What's required to maintain a birdhouse? What kind of habitat will attract... |
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Planet Without Apes
Craig B. Stanford - Belknap Press
Format: Hardcover
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Planet Without Apes demands that we consider whether we can live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth. Leading primatologist Craig Stanford warns that extinction of the great apes—chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans—threatens... |
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