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Bat Basics: How to Understand and Help These Amazing Flying Mammals

Karen Krebbs - Adventure Publications
Format: Paperback

Explore the Everyday Lives of Bats! Bats have been misunderstood for generations, yet they are essential to a healthy ecosystem. From insect control to pollination services, we need bats more than most people know. Bat Basics separates fact from fiction in a fascinating, fun guide to the world's...
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The Ultimate Guide To Dog Breeds: A useful means of identifying the dog breeds of the world and how to care for them

Derek Hall - Chartwell Books
Format: Print book

Mankind's relationship with the dog can be traced back for thousands of years. Indeed, the dog is probably our oldest non-human companion. Excavations of Middle Eastern fossils, believed to be at least 12,000 years old.Interestingly, for an animal that has been so important to us for so very...
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Zeitoun

Dave Eggers - Vintage Books
Format: Print book

National Bestseller A "New York Times "Notable Book An "O, The Oprah Magazine "Terrific Read of the YearA "Huffington Post "Best Book of the Year A "New Yorker "Favorite Book of the Year A "Chicago Tribune "Favorite Nonfiction Book of the Year...
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Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond

Alexandra Horowitz - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From Alexandra Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Inside of a Dog, an eye-opening, informative, and wholly entertaining examination and celebration of the human-canine relationship for the curious dog owner and science-lover alike.We keep dogs and are kept by them....
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The Backyard Bird Sanctuary: A Beginner's Guide to Creating a Wild Bird Habitat at Home

Alan Baczkiewicz - Adams Media
Format: Hardcover

Ever wonder how to attract beautiful birds right to your backyard? Now you can create a bird-watching paradise with this accessible guidebook that teaches you everything you need to know about welcoming your new feathered friends and how to care for them while they're visiting. Backyard...
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Appalachian Mushrooms: A Field Guide

WALTER STURGEON - Ohio University Press
Format: Paperback

From one of the region's foremost mushroom hunters - Walter E. Sturgeon - comes a long-overdue field guide to finding and identifying the mushrooms and fleshy fungi found in the Appalachian mountains from Canada to Georgia. Edibility and toxicity, habitat, ecology, and detailed diagnostic...
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Horses: Wild and Tame

IRIS VOLANT - Flying Eye Books
Format: Hardcover

Since horses were first domesticated thousands of years ago, these iconic animals have been a part of human history--they've plowed our fields, pulled our carts, fought in our wars and been our beloved companions.Journey through the history of human and horse interaction in this beautifully...
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Ohio Train Disasters (Transportation)

Jane Ann Turzillo - The History Press
Format: Paperback

In nearly a century of heavy rail travel in Ohio, a dozen train accidents stand out as the most horrific. In the bitter cold, just after Christmas 1876, eleven cars plunged seventy-five feet into the frigid water below. The stoves burst into flames, burning to death all who were not killed...
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The Science of Plants: Inside Their Secret World

DK
Format: Hardcover

Combining graceful design and beautiful imagery, this book provides an elegant introduction to the plant kingdom. Discover the extraordinary diversity of the plant world - and how plants work - with this photographic celebration of the trees, flowers, and foliage plants that share our planet....
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Cooking with Mushrooms: A Fungi Lover's Guide to the World's Most Versatile, Flavorful, Health-Boosting Ingredients

Andrea Gentl - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

In her extraordinary first cookbook, Andrea Gentl brings to her subject equal parts knowledge and technique, along with a unique passion and sensibility. From sprinkling adaptogenic powder over granola to reinventing schnitzel with king trumpets, Cooking with Mushrooms expands our ideas...
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