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Wild Spring Plant Foods: The Foxfire AMericana Library (7)

Fox Fire Students - Anchor
Format: Hardcover

A handy illustrated guide to the edible plant life available in Appalachia and other temperate areas during the spring. From sassafras to rhubarb, each entry includes instructions on where to find the plant, how to spot it, and the ways it is best eaten, often with recipes.  Plants...
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Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive

Philipp Dettmer - Random House
Format: Hardcover

You wake up and feel a tickle in your throat. Your head hurts. You're mildly annoyed as you get the kids ready for school and dress for work yourself. Meanwhile, an epic war is being fought, just below your skin. Millions are fighting and dying for you to be able to complain as you head...
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The dogs of Bedlam Farm : an adventure with sixteen sheep, three dogs, two donkeys, and me

Jon Katz - Villard Books
Format: eBook

The author recounts his experiences over the course of a winter spent with his three border collies in an aging farmhouse with four decrepit barns, as he made new discoveries about the relationship between dogs and humans.
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Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You A Better Friend to Your Pet

John Bradshaw - Basic Books
Format: Book

Dogs have been mankind's faithful companions for tens of thousands of years, yet today they are regularly treated as either pack-following wolves or furry humans. The truth is, dogs are neither--and our misunderstanding has put them in serious crisis. What dogs really need is a spokesperson,...
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The Elephants of Thula Thula (Elephant Whisperer Book 3)

Françoise Malby-Anthony - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Françoise Malby-Anthony's The Elephants of Thula Thula is a powerful, gripping story about an extraordinary herd of elephants and the woman dedicated to keeping them safe.. 'Somehow, the elephants got into my soul, and it became my life's work to see them safe and happy. There...
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The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

Zipora Klein Jakob - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents faced in defying the barbarous Nazi law prohibiting childbirth. Elida Friedman was not supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving...
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Corrections in Ink: A Memoir

Keri Blakinger - ?St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

An electric and unforgettable memoir about a young woman's journey -- from the ice rink, to addiction and a prison sentence, to the newsroom -- and how she emerged with a fierce determination to expose the broken system she experienced.Keri Blakinger always lived life at full throttle....
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