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War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II
Robin Hutton - Regnery History
Format: Hardcover
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America's highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor, was awarded to four-hundred-forty deserving members of "The Greatest Generation" that served in World War II. But in 1943, before the war was even over, Allied leaders realized they needed another kind of award... |
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The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future
Zach St. George - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of the present, and planting the forests of the future.Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted.... |
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National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States, 8th Edition
National Geographic - National Geographic Society
Format: Print book
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In time for the National Park's 100th birthday, this flagship, best-selling guide is fully revamped and updated with all new text, photographs, and design. National Geographic writers hit all 59 national parks - including Pinnacles, the newest in the crown - for intensive on-the-ground... |
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Dark, Salt, Clear: The Life of a Fishing Town
Lamorna Ash
Format: Hardcover
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Before arriving in Newlyn, a Cornish fishing village at the end of the railway line, Lamorna Ash was told that no fisherman would want a girl joining an expedition. Weeks later, the only female on board a trawler called the Filadelfia, she is heading out to sea with the dome of the sky above... |
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The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World
Mark O'Shea - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of fascination and revulsion. Some people recoil in fear at the very suggestion of these creatures, while others happily keep them as pets. Snakes can convey both beauty and menace in a single tongue flick and so these... |
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Reindeer at the Zoo (Zoo Animals)
Seth Lynch - Gareth Stevens Pub
Format: July 30
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Reindeer have a reputation of living at the North Pole, but they actually live in North America, Europe, and Siberia. Encountering Santas mode of transport at the zoo can be magical. Learning all about what reindeer eat and how they spend their time in their zoo habitat will make visits... |
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Darwin's Fossils: The Collection That Shaped the Theory of Evolution
ADAM LISTER - Smithsonian Books
Format: Paperback
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Reveals how Darwin's study of fossils shaped his scientific thinking and led to his development of the theory of evolution.Darwin's Fossils is an accessible account of Darwin's pioneering work on fossils, his adventures in South America, and his relationship with the scientific... |
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