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Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

Pam Houston - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

"How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us."On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons,...
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Sharks of the Shallows: Coastal Species in Florida and the Bahamas

Jeffrey C Carrier - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover

Agile, sleek, and precise, sharks display many qualities we can admire and appreciate. These marvels of evolution have adapted to thrive in every major aquatic realm on the planet, from frigid Arctic waters through temperate but stormy seas and on into the tropics. However, few places on Earth...
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Meet the Breeds: A Guide to More Than 200 AKC Breeds

American Kennel Club - I5 Press
Format: Print book

With more than 200 registered breeds either in one of the seven Variety Groups or part of the Miscellaneous Class, the American Kennel Club is the world's largest purebred-dog registry and the governing body for the canine sport in the United States. For someone looking to add a purebred...
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National Geographic Stargazer's Atlas: The Ultimate Guide to the Night Sky

Andrew Fazekas - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

Richly illustrated with luminous photographs and informative maps and graphics, this expansive book is the perfect guide for everyone discovering the wonders of the night sky, from those just learning the constellations to dedicated telescope observers.Combining science, exploration, and storytelling,...
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Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep, 5th Edition: Breeding, Care, Facilities

Paula Simmons - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Hardcover

Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep is the best-selling, most trusted reference for farmers and backyard homesteaders with any size flock. The fifth edition is now updated with full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, including a gallery of the best breed choices for both meat...
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The Lord God Made Them All

James Herriot - St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

The Lord God Made Them All is the bestselling sequel to All Things Wise and Wonderful and the fourth volume in James Herriots classic collections of animal stories. In this newly repackaged volume, after serving in the RAF in World War II, Herriot gladly returns home to Yorkshire to his beloved...
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We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea

David Workman - Braided River
Format: Paperback

Puget Sound is a magnificent and intricate estuary, the very core of life in Western Washington. Yet it's also a place of broader significance: rivers rush from the Cascade and Olympic mountains and Canada's coastal ranges through varied watersheds to feed the Sound, which forms...
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The Secret Language of Cats

Susanne Sch tz - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever wondered what your cat is saying Cats do not meow randomly, nor do they growl or hiss because they have nothing better to do. Cat sounds have a purpose, and they can carry important messages, whether for us or other cats.Susanne Schtz is hard at work on breaking the cat code....
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Dark Skies

Valerie Stimac - Lonely Planet
Format: Hardcover

Witnessing the sweep of the Milky Way, the remains of comets burning up in our atmosphere, or the shimmering aurora, we better understand the universe and our place in it. Lonely Planet's Dark Skies, the first world's guide to astrotourism, can help you experience all of this and more...
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