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Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
Gloria Dickie · W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A global exploration of the eight remaining species of bears -- and the dangers they face.Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come... |
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The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
Matthew J. Davenport · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Matthew J. Davenport's The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, and how a great earthquake sparked a devastating and preventable firestorm.At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching... |
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Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
EARL SWIFT · Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay as it faces extinction from rising sea levels - part natural history of an extraordinary ecosystem, starring the beloved blue crab; part paean to a vanishing way of life;... |
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Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona
Tom Zoellner · University of Arizona Press
Format: Hardcover
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Tom Zoellner walked across the length of Arizona to come to terms with his home state. But the trip revealed more mountains behind the mountains.. Rim to River is the story of this extraordinary journey through redrock country, down canyons, up mesas, and across desert plains to the obscure... |
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Birdpedia: A Brief Compendium of Avian Lore
Christopher W. Leahy · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Birdpedia is an engaging illustrated compendium of bird facts and birding lore. Featuring nearly 200 entries -- on topics ranging from plumage and migration to birds in art, literature, and folklore -- this enticing collection is brimming with wisdom and wit about all things avian.Christopher... |
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The Darkest White: A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him
Eric Blehm · Harper
Format: Hardcover
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"Eric Blehm offers an insightful perspective on how Craig Kelly became the effortless icon that we all revered as well as sobering details of how his heroic journey tragically ended. The Darkest White is a must read, not just for fans of snowboarding, but for anyone looking for inspiration... |
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Wild Horses of Skydog: Blue Zeus and Families
Clare Staples · Trafalgar Square Books
Format: Hardcover
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A searingly beautiful tribute to wild Mustang family groups that have been reunited after suffering roundup and separation in the American West. Skydog Ranch and Sanctuary covers over 9,000 acres in Malibu, California, and Bend, Oregon, where wild horse advocates are working tirelessly... |
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The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us
Meg Lowman · Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of the world's first tree-top scientists, Meg Lowman is as innovative as MacGuyver and as can-do as the Unsinkable Molly Brown. A pioneer in her field -- she invented one of the first treetop walkways -- she is a tireless advocate for the earth and has spent decades educating citizens... |
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Otter Country: An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World
Miriam Darlington · Tin House Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Beguiling. The gentle and persistent search by Darlington sparkles." - The GuardianA plan formed in my mind. I would explore the places in this land that hid my grail. I would spend a whole year or longer, if that's what it took, wading through marshes, hiding between mossy... |
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Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World
Patrick Joyce · Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark new history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once encompassed most of humanity but is vanishing in our time.. "What the skeleton is to anatomy, the peasant is to history, its essential hidden support." For over the past century and a half,... |
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Go Gently: Actionable Steps to Nurture Yourself and the Planet
Bonnie Wright
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring and approachable tip-filled guide to changing your habits, living more sustainably, and taking action, by Greenpeace ambassador Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter movies) Go Gently is a guide for sustainability at home that offers simple, tangible steps toward... |
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Rooted Kitchen: Seasonal Recipes, Stories, and Ways to Connect with the Natural World
Ashley Rodriguez · Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover
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Deepen your relationship with the natural world through more than 80 delightfully inventive recipes featuring seasonal ingredients, plus thoughtful essays, tips, and basic techniques for foraging, preserving, and cooking over an open fire.. At a time when we urgently need to connect with... |
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The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster
John O'Connor · Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover
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From the shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest to off-the-wall cryptozoological conventions, one man searches high and low for the answer to the question: real or not, why do we want to believe?Journalist and writer John O'Connor takes readers on a narrative quest through the American... |
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Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
Deborah Taffa · Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Reminiscent of the works of Mary Karr and Terese Marie Mailhot, a memoir of family and survival, coming-of-age on and off the reservation, and of the frictions between mainstream American culture and Native inheritance; assimilation and reverence for tradition.Deborah Jackson Taffa was raised... |
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