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Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Erik Larson · Crown Publishers
Pages: 323
Format: Book
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At the dawn of the twentieth century, a great confidence suffused America. Isaac Cline was one of the era's new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms. The idea that a hurricane could damage the city of Galveston,... |
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The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future
Peter Moore · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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In 1865 Admiral Robert FitzRoy locked himself in his dressing room and cut his throat. His grand meteorological project had failed. Yet only a decade later, FitzRoy's storm warning system and "forecasts" would return, the model for what we use today.In an age when a storm... |
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Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA
E.G. Vallianatos · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover
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Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but many are in your food.These are a few of the literally millions of pounds of approved synthetic... |
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Catification: Designing a Happy and Stylish Home for Your Cat
Jackson Galaxy · Penguin Books
Pages: 291
Format: Book
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A New York Times bestseller! The star of Animal Planet's hit television series My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy, shows cat owners everywhere how to make their homes both cat-friendly and chic.Cat owners know the struggles of creating living spaces that are both functional and stylish for owner... |
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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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Black Moon: A Novel
Kenneth Calhoun · Hogarth; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of The Age of Miracles and The Dog Stars Black Moon is a hallucinatory and stunning debut that Charles Yu calls ldquoGripping and expertly constructedrdquoInsomnia has claimed everyone Biggs knows Even his beloved wife Carolyn has succumbed to the telltale red-rimmed eyes slurred... |
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The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman · Penguin Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance of birds. As she travels... |
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Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Susan Casey · Doubleday
Pages: 302
Format: Print book
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From Susan Casey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wave and The Devil's Teeth, a breathtaking journey through the extraordinary world of dolphins Since the dawn of recorded history, humans have felt a kinship with the sleek and beautiful dolphin, an animal whose playfulness,... |
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Rare Birds of North America
Steve N. G. Howell · Princeton University Press
Pages: 428
Format: Hardcover
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Rare Birds of North America is the first comprehensive illustrated guide to the vagrant birds that occur throughout the United States and Canada. Featuring 275 stunning color plates, this book covers 262 species originating from three very different regions--the Old World, the New World... |
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