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Moon Zion & Bryce: With Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Grand Staircase-Escalante & Moab: Hiking & Biking, Stargazing, Scenic Drives (Moon National Parks Travel Guide)

Maya Silver - Moon Travel
Format: Paperback

Spark your sense of wonder and immerse yourself in the awe-inspiring landscape of Utah's five national parks. Inside Moon Zion & Bryce you'll find:Flexible Itineraries: Unique and adventure-packed ideas ranging from one day in each park to a week-long road trip covering all of them,...
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Frans de Waal - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

A New York Times Bestseller From world-renowned biologist and primatologist Frans de Waal, a groundbreaking work on animal intelligence destined to become a classic.What separates your mind from an animal's? Maybe you think it's your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your...
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Silk: A World History

Aarathi Prasad - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global, natural, and cultural...
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The Secret Lives of Bats: My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals

Merlin Tuttle - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Paperback

Few people realize how sophisticated and intelligent bats are. Merlin Tuttle knows, and he has stopped at nothing to find and protect them on every continent they inhabit. Sharing highlights from a lifetime of adventure and discovery, Tuttle takes us to the frontiers of bat research to show...
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Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World

Craig Foster - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

"Amphibious Soul is an important book. . . . This book isn't about learning how to be wild but rather a guide to recognizing and reconnecting with the wild in and around us. It is a book that will inspire hope." - Jane Goodall A passionate love story about nature that inspires...
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Moon USA RV Adventures: 25 Epic Routes (Travel Guide)

Bonnie Sinclair - Moon Travel
Format: Paperback

Get inspired and get ready to hit the road with the ultimate guide to America's best RV road trips! Inside Moon USA RV Adventures you'll find:25 flexible RV trip itineraries: Gear up for any adventure with road trip loops, ideas for side trips, and strategies for linking routes...
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Natural Wonders of the World (DK Wonders of the World)

DK - DK
Format: Hardcover

Discover which of Earths wonders should definitely make it onto your bucket list with this unparalleled survey of the worlds natural treasures.Landscape photography combines 3D terrain models and other explanatory artworks to reveal what lies beneath the surface and how features form. To complete...
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Outdoor Skills for Kids: The Essential Survival Guide to Increasing Confidence, Safety, and Enjoyment in the Wild

Buck Tilton - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback

Buck Tilton, co-founder of the Wilderness Medicine Institute and author of over 40 outdoor books, shares his decades of wilderness experience with young readers in Outdoor Skills for Kids. Partnering again with author and artist Christine Conners, this book offers over 100 important wilderness...
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The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

Jane Goodall - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover

Looking at the headlines--a global pandemic, the worsening climate crisis, political upheaval--it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed.In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist and Douglas Abrams, internationally-bestselling...
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Into the Storm: Two Ships, a Deadly Hurricane, and an Epic Battle for Survival

TRISTRAM KORTEN - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

"An intense, immersive deep dive into a wild, dangerous, and unknown world, written with the pace and appeal of a great thriller. This is nonfiction at its very best." - Lee ChildThe true story of two doomed ships and a daring search-and-rescue operation that shines a light on the elite...
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