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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

Suzanne Simard - Knopf
Format: Book

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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For the Love of Rivers: A Scientist's Journey

Kurt D. Fausch - Oregon State University Press; 1 edition
Format: Book

Rivers and streams supply our water and capture our imaginations. We seek the more pristine ones to fish or paddle, to hike along or simply sit and watch. But what is it we are seeing?  What is essential about streams and rivers for us as humans? In For the Love of Rivers, stream...

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The Inner Life of Cats: The Science and Secrets of Our Mysterious Feline Companions

Thomas McNamee - ?Hachette Books; First Edition
Format: Book

Our feline companions are much-loved but often mysterious. In The Inner Life of Cats, Thomas McNamee blends scientific reportage with engaging, illustrative anecdotes about his own beloved cat, Augusta, to explore and illuminate the secrets and enigmas of her kind. As it begins, The Inner...

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Historic Glacier National Park: The Stories Behind One of America's Great Treasures

Randi Minetor - Lyons Pr
Format: Book

Historic Glacier National Park captures the most interesting moments in the park's history, the slices of life in northwestern Montana that provide an idea of what life was like for those who chose to explore this gloriously beautiful snowy corner of the United States. There's...

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Historic Rocky Mountain National Park: The Stories Behind One of America's Great Treasures

Randi Minetor
Format: Paperback

Historic Rocky Mountain National Park captures fascinating moments and untold stories in the history of this magnificent national park, from the days when Paleo-Indians roamed between the mountain peaks to the settlement of the valleys by ranchers and hoteliers.

Stories of the Ute and Arapaho...

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How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time

Will McCallum - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

An accessible guide to the changes we can all make - small and large - to rid our lives of disposable plastic and clean up the world's oceans It takes 450 years for a plastic bottle to fully biodegrade, and there are around 12.7 million tons of plastic entering the ocean each year....

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The Lady Farmer Guide to Slow Living: Cultivating Sustainable Simplicity Close to Home

Mary E. Kingsley - Lady Farmer
Format: Paperback

A small guide for those seeking a life of beauty, simplicity, and sustainability.In this simple and inspiring lifestyle handbook, Mary Kingsley - novelist, wife, mother, homesteader and co-founder of Lady Farmer - briefly discusses the history of humanity's relationship with the natural...

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The Most Perfect Thing

Tim Birkhead - Bloomsbury
Format: Book

Renowned ornithologist Tim Birkhead opens this gripping story as a female guillemot chick hatches, already carrying her full quota of tiny eggs within her undeveloped ovary. As she grows into adulthood, only a few of her eggs mature, are released into the oviduct, and are fertilized...

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