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The Land in Our Bones: Plantcestral Herbalism and Healing Cultures from Syria to the Sinai--Earth-based pathways to ancestral stewardship and belonging in diaspora

Layla K. Feghali - North Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback

A profound and searching exploration of the herbs and land-based medicines of Lebanon and Cana'an - a vital invitation to re-member our roots and deepen relationship with the lands where we live in diaspora. Tying cultural survival to earth-based knowledge, Lebanese ethnobotanist, sovereignty...
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Mushrooming: An Illustrated Guide to the Fantastic, Delicious, Deadly, and Strange World of Fungi

Diane Borsato - The Experiment
Format: Hardcover

An illustrated guide to over 100 types of mushrooms, offering insights and stories about these mysterious organisms. An incredible diversity of fungi is flourishing all around us, not just in the forest but in parks, markets, and even museums. Once you know how to look, you can find mushrooms...
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The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast

Andrew Blum - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour through the global network that predicts our weather, the people behind it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planetThe weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It's a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones,...
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77 Things to Know Before Getting a Cat: The Essential Guide to Preparing Your Family and Home for a Feline Companion

Susan Ewing - CompanionHouse Books
Format: Paperback

Get Ready For Your New Best Friend If you're longing for the pitter-patter of four furry feet, you have some homework to do. When new cat owners aren't prepared, it's the cat who suffers, so it's very important to consider all angles of cat care and ownership before making...
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A mind-bending journey into the hidden world of fungi that will change your understanding of life on earth "A dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing book . . . I ended it wonderstruck at the fungal world--the secrets of which modern science is only now beginning to fathom." - Robert...
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Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology

Lisa Margonelli - Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

The award-winning journalist Lisa Margonelli, national bestselling author of Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank, investigates the environmental and economic impact termites inflict on human societies in this fascinating examination of one of nature's most...
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Eclipse: Our Sky's Most Dazzling Phenomenon

Kelsey Oseid - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

Discover the ancient myths and fascinating science of the world's most striking celestial phenomena - eclipses - in this educational, beautifully illustrated guide by the acclaimed author of What We See in the Stars.. Awe-inspiring, majestic, and always a little otherworldly, eclipses...
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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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The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe....
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National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States, 8th Edition

National Geographic - National Geographic Society
Format: Print book

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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