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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

Suzanne Simard - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; she's been compared to Rachel Carson, hailed as a scientist who conveys complex, technical ideas in a way that is dazzling and profound. Her work has influenced filmmakers (the Tree of Souls of James...
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The Hidden Life of Wolves

Jim Dutcher - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

Detailing the emotional and social lives of the Sawtooth Pack, the authors recount wolf behavior rarely documented: grief at the death a pack mate; exuberant play and friendships; excitement over the birth of pups; and the shared role of raising young pack members, teaching them needed...
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The Open Fire Cookbook: Over 100 Rustic Recipes for Outdoor Cooking

The Coastal Kitchen - Cider Mill Press
Format: Hardcover

Discover all that live-fire cooking has to offer with over 100 delicious recipes in The Open Fire Cookbook.Whether you're setting up a firepit for a backyard barbecue or going on a camping trip, this book suits all of your outdoor cooking needs. Go back to the basics with chapters dedicated...
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Albert and the Whale: Albrecht Drer and How Art Imagines Our World

Philip Hoare - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

In 1520, Albrecht Drer, the most celebrated artist in Northern Europe, sailed to Zeeland to see a whale. A central figure of the Renaissance, no one had painted or drawn the world like him. Drer drew hares and rhinoceroses in the way he painted saints and madonnas. The wing of a bird or the wing...
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Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River

David Owen - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant, eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from...
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Lake Invaders: Invasive Species and the Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes

William Rapai - Wayne State Univ Press
Format: Print book

There are more than 180 exotic species in the Great Lakes. Some, such as green algae, the Asian tapeworm, and the suckermouth minnow, have had little or no impact so far. But a handful of others-sea lamprey, alewife, round goby, quagga mussel, zebra mussel, Eurasian watermilfoil, spiny...
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The Scouting Guide to Tracking: An Officially-Licensed Book of the Boy Scouts of America (A BSA Scouting Guide)

Len McDougall - Skyhorse
Format: Paperback

In Scoutings Guide to Tracking, current Scouts, Scout alumni, and readers interested in the outdoors are provided with time-tested advice on how to track big and small animals over different types of terrain. Some practical tips include: How to determine the age of tracks in any circumstanceHow...
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18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather

Christopher Dewdney
Format: Paperback

From the bestselling author of Acquainted with the Night comes a brilliant and witty look at our favourite topic - weather We live at the bottom of an ocean of air - 5, 200 million million tons, to be exact. It sounds like a lot, but Earth's atmosphere is smeared onto its surface...
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Under The Radar Michigan: The Next 50

Tom Daldin - Scribe Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

"Under the Radar Michigan" is an Emmy award winning PBS television series that features the cool people, places and things that make Michigan a great place to live, work and play. If you're looking for awesome Michigan places to explore, vacation, eat, live, start a business...
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Sea Glass Guide: The Ultimate Sea Glass Hunting Companion

Lucy Tapper - Independently published
Format: Paperback

The perfect book for anyone who loves being by the ocean searching for sea glass.This wonderful book is the ultimate sea glass guide. It contains beautiful photos and illustrations throughout, showing clear examples of colours, shapes and types of sea glass that you might find washed in by the tide....
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