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Behind the Bears Ears: Exploring the Cultural and Natural Histories of a Sacred Landscape

R. E. Burrillo - Torrey House Press
Format: Paperback

has shaped the lives of everyone who calls it home. Archaeologist and conservationist R. E. Burrillo takes readers on a journey of discovery through the stories and controversies that make this place so unique, from traces of its earliest inhabitants through its role in shaping the study...

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Bryant & May: Peculiar London

Christopher Fowler - ?Bantam
Format: Book

The Lonely HourIt's getting late. I want to share my knowledge of London with you, if I can remember any of it.So says Mr. Arthur Bryant. He and John May are the nation's oldest serving detectives. Who better to reveal its secrets? Why does this rainy, cold, gray city capture...

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Chasing Plants: Journeys with a Botanist through Rainforests, Swamps, and Mountains

Chris Thorogood - University of Chicago Press
Format: Book

From an acclaimed botanist and artist, a thrilling and beautifully illustrated expedition around the globe in search of the world's most extraordinary plants. After making a strange discovery on a childhood trip to Ikea - a stand of sap-sucking, leafless broomrapes, stealing nutrients...

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Every Penguin in the World: A Quest to See Them All

Charles Bergman - Sasquatch Books
Format: Book

Both a love letter and a call to action, this narrative and photographic book chronicles the author and his wife in their quest to see every penguin species on the planet. In the process, he muses about adventure, conservation, and what it is about penguins that captures our hearts.Every...

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The Family Tree Historical Atlas of Germany

James M. Beidler - Family Tree Books
Format: Hardcover

Delve into your German heritage! With these 100-plus full-color maps, you can view German border changes throughout the centuries, allowing you to find your German hometown and records of your German ancestors.
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Hiking Yellowstone National Park: A Guide To More Than 100 Great Hikes

Bill Schneider - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback

Geysers, paint pots, and glowing blue pools; deep canyons with plunging waterfalls; broad river valleys with seemingly endless views; and tall rugged mountains - Yellowstone National Park is a hiker's paradise with more than 800 miles of trails. This updated edition of the classic guidebook...
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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

Imani Perry - Ecco
Format: Book

An essential journey through the American South - and the way it defines American identity - from one our most extraordinary writers on race and culture at work today We all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there, who have never even been there, can rattle off a list...

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Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilization

Leon McCarron - Pegasus Books
Format: Book

A fascinating journey down the Tigris River - the lifeblood of human civilization - in search of history and hope.. Starting at the source of this storied river, where ancient Mesopotamians and Assyrian kings had their images carved into stone, explorer Leon McCarron and his small team...

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