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The Book of Mules: A Guide to Selecting, Caring, and Training

Donna Campbell Smith · Lyons Press
Format: Book

The Book of Mules is the must-have book for anyone who owns or rides a mule or other equine hybrid, or is otherwise a proud, perhaps even mulish devotee of such creatures in a largely horse-centered world. It is, in short, the ultimate resource on everything anyone would ever...

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The Dog Behavior Problem Solver

Teoti Anderson · i5 Press
Format: Book

Life with a dog can bring companionship, fun, and joy. Life with a badly behaved dog can bring frustration and heartbreak. Behavior problems are often cited as the main reason for owners' abandoning their dogs to shelters and surrendering them to rescues, but many of a dog's...

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No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Animal in History

Dane Huckelbridge · William Morrow
Format: Book

Nepal, c. 1900: A lone tigress began stalking humans, moving like a phantom through the lush foothills of the Himalayas. As the death toll reached an astonishing 436 lives, a young local hunter was dispatched to stop the man-eater before it struck again. This is the extraordinary true...

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Outward Bound Backcountry Cooking

Molly Absolon · Falcon Guides; 2nd edition
Format: Paperback

Outward Bound Backcountry Cooking is a handy resource on the fundamentals of great trail food, including information about food preparation and storage, cooking tips for different weather, keeping food fresh, and planning and packing meals plus recipes for great outdoor meals. In partnership...
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The Power of Trees: How Ancient Forests Can Save Us if We Let Them

Peter Wohlleben · Greystone Books
Format: Book

From the international bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees . An illuminating manifesto on ancient forests: how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through generations, and why our future lies in protecting them. . In his beloved book The Hidden Life of Trees,...

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Rescuing Penny Jane: One Shelter Volunteer, Countless Dogs, and the Quest to Find Them All Homes

Amy Sutherland · Harpercollins
Format: Book

Drawing on her work at a shelter, her experiences living with two rescue dogs of her own, and years of research, bestselling author and Boston Globe columnist Amy Sutherland takes us on an unforgettable journey into the special world of rescue and shelter dogs - and the growing number...

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Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living

KAREN AUVINEN · Scribner
Format: Book

In the bestselling tradition of Cheryl Strayed's Wild and Helen MacDonald's H Is for Hawk, a stunning, inspirational memoir from an award-winning poet who ventures into the wilderness to seek answers to life's big questions and finds her way back after losing...

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A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration

Kenn Kaufman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Book

A close look at one season in one key site that reveals the amazing science and magic of spring bird migration, and the perils of human encroachment. Every spring, billions of birds sweep north, driven by ancient instincts to return to their breeding grounds. This vast parade often goes...

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Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and Solar System

IAN RIDPATH · Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback

In this newly updated and expanded edition of their classic work, Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion illuminate the night sky as never before, providing novice stargazers and professional astronomers alike with the most informative, user-friendly, comprehensive, and authoritative celestial field...

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Walk Ride Paddle

Timothy Nelson · Harper Horizon
Format: Book

A compelling account of one man's journey across hundreds of miles of Virginia wilderness and a moving testament to the optimistic spirit of America, Walk Ride Paddle provides an unseen glimpse into a life outside. In 2019, Tim Kaine - Virginia senator and former Democratic vice...

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