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Bug Music: How Insects Gave Us Rhythm and Noise
David Rothenberg - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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In the spring of the cicadas in the Northeastern United States will yet again emerge from their seventeen-year cycle--the longest gestation period of any animal Those who experience this great sonic invasion compare their sense of wonder to the arrival of a comet or a solar eclipse This... |
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Eat the Beetles!: An Exploration of Our Conflicted Relationship with Insects
David Waltner-Toews - ECW Press Format: Paperback
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Will eating insects change the world for the better??Meet the beetles: there are millions and millions of them and many fewer of the rest of us - mammals, birds, and reptiles. Since before recorded history, humans have eaten insects. While many get squeamish at the idea, entomophagy - people... |
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Call of the Cats: What I Learned about Life and Love from a Feral Colony
Andrew Bloomfield - New World Library Format: Paperback
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When aspiring screenwriter Andrew Bloomfield moved into a bungalow in Southern California he soon discovered that he shared the property with a large colony of feral cats - untamed, uninterested in human touch, not purring pets in waiting. But after a midnight attack by predators that... |
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Ocean Worlds: The story of seas on Earth and other planets
Jan Zalasiewicz - Oxford University Press Format: Hardcover
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Oceans make up most of the surface of our blue planet They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth but they are very important not only in hosting life including the fish and other animals on which many humans depend but in terms of their role in the Earth system in regulating... |
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Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change
Geoff Dembicki - Bloomsbury USA Format: Hardcover
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A declaration of independence, and a call for systemic change, from the generation that will be most impacted by climate change.If anyone doubted the potential political power of the Millennial generation, Bernie Sanders' campaign put it in the spotlight. Are We Screwed makes clear... |
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The Oldest Living Things in the World
Rachel Sussman - University Of Chicago Press; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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The Oldest Living Things in the World is an epic journey through time and space. Over the past decade, artist Rachel Sussman has researched, worked with biologists, and traveled the world to photograph continuously living organisms that are 2,000 years old and older. Spanning from Antarctica... |
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Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
Alan Weisman - Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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A powerful investigation into the chances for humanitys future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us.In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of humanitys constant pressures.... |
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Harlow & Sage
Brittni Vega - Putnam Format: Hardcover
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"THE MOST ADORABLE BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD" -Buzzfeed Once upon a time, Harlow's best friend was her older sister, Sage, a thoughtful and loving miniature Dachshund. Harlow and Sage had a shared love for many things, including Christmas presents and the legendary Meryl Streep.... |
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Bugged: The Insects Who Rule the World and the People Obsessed with Them
David MacNeal - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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Insects have been shaping our ecological world and plant life for over 400 million years. In fact, our world is essentially run by bugs -- there are 1.4 billion for every human on the planet. In Bugged, journalist David MacNeal takes us on an off-beat scientific journey that weaves together... |
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Nature Guide: Rocks and Minerals
DK Publishing - DK ADULT Format: Paperback
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The new DK Nature Guides form a comprehensive, accessible, and informative series of illustrated reference books that tackle key natural history subjects in DK's uniquely visual style. Produced in collaboration with expert consultants at the Smithsonian Institution, each guide is expertly... |
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Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell
Alexandra Horowitz - Scribner Format: Print book
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Alexandra Horowitz, the author of the lively, highly informative New York Times bestselling blockbuster Inside of a Dog, explains how dogs perceive the world through their most spectacular organ - the nose - and how we humans can put our under-used sense of smell to work in surprising... |
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An Ecotourist's Guide to the Everglades and the Florida Keys
Robert Silk - Univ Pr Of Florida Format: Print book
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"As essential as sunscreen and a must-have for anyone visiting or living in South Florida." - Mac Stone, author of Everglades: America's Wetland "An alluring snapshot, capturing the regions' fun side with fishing, fantasy, food, and an overall funky feel."... |
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Oxygen: A Four Billion Year History
Donald E. Canfield - Princeton University Pres Format: Hardcover
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The air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way? Donald Canfield--one of the world's leading authorities on geochemistry, earth... |
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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record
Errol Fuller - Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover
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A photograph of an extinct animal evokes a greater feeling of loss than any painting ever could. Often black and white or tinted sepia, these remarkable images have been taken mainly in zoos or wildlife parks, and in some cases depict the last known individual of the species. Lost Animals... |
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Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time
Beth Moon - Abbeville Press Format: Hardcover
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Captivating black-and-white photographs of the world's most majestic ancient trees.Beth Moon's fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees has taken her across the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Some of her subjects grow in isolation, on remote mountainsides,... |
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Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island
Will Harlan - Grove Press Format: Print book
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Carol Ruckdeschel is the wildest woman in America. She wrestles alligators, eats roadkill, rides horses bareback, and lives in a ramshackle cabin that she built by hand in an island wilderness. A combination of Henry David Thoreau and Jane Goodall, Carol is a self-taught scientist who has become... |
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Autumn
Karl Ove Knausgaard - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the monumental My Struggle series, Karl Ove Knausgaard, one of the masters of contemporary literature and a genius of observation and introspection, comes the first in a new autobiographical quartet based on the four seasons28 August. Now, as I write this, you know... |
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Sex on Earth: A Celebration of Animal Reproduction
Jules Howard - Bloomsbury USA Format: Hardcover
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One thousand million years ago, a huge revolution occurred on Earth--sex happened for the first time. From that moment on, the world became ever more colorful and bizarre, ringing with elaborate songs and dances, epic battles, and rallying cries as the desires of males and females collided,... |
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