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How to Think Like A Horse: The Essential Handbook for Understanding Why Horses Do What They Do

Cherry Hill - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Horse trainer and instructor Cherry Hill believes that every human/horse relationship benefits from a greater human understanding of what motivates horses, how they experience the world, what makes them happy, and what worries them. Journey through the equine mind with Hill as she explores...
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National Geographic Pocket Guide to Insects of North America

Arthur V Evans - National Geographic Soc, 2016.
Format: Print book

Handy, authoritative, and easy-to-read, this field guide to the insects of North America is part of the growing National Geographic Pocket Guide series. This guide provides spot-on descriptive information, authoritative photography and illustrations, and key facts in a handy, easy-to-reference...
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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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The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future

Jon Gertner - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A riveting, urgent account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic harbinger of climate change Greenland: a remote, mysterious island five times the size of California but with a population of just 56,000. The ice sheet...
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Hummingbirds: A Life-size Guide to Every Species

Marianne Taylor - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

Hummingbirds have always held popular appeal, with their visual brilliance, extraordinary flight dexterity, jewel-like color, and remarkably small size.This is the first book to profile all 338 known species, from the Saw-billed Hermit to the Scintillant Hummingbird.Every bird is shown...
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America

Jon L Dunn - National Geographic
Format: Print book

New enthusiasts are flocking in record numbers to the fascinating pastime of birding. National Geographic has been meeting their need for clear and accurate information for 25 years with our million-selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America. Now, to better serve the expanding market,...
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Erik Larson - Vintage; 1st Thus. edition
Format: Paperback

National BestsellerSeptember 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere...
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Horse Hoof Care

Cherry Hill - Storey Publishing, LLC; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Cherry Hill, America's most trusted equine expert, teams up with Richard Klimesh, a professional farrier and her frequent writing partner, to address the twin topics of hoof care and horseshoeing. Proper hoof care is one of the most important contributors to a horse's health and well-being....
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The Deer Camp: A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land that Healed Them

Dean Kuipers - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

For readers of The Stranger in the Woods and H Is for Hawk, a beautifully written and emotionally rewarding memoir about a father, his three sons, and a scrappy 100-acre piece of land in rural Michigan.Some families have to dig hard to find the love that holds them together....
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The Big Book of Small Equines: A Celebration of Miniature Horses and Shetland Ponies

Johnny Robb - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A lavish look at the world’s most adorable breeds of horses.Although Miniature Horses and Shetland Ponies are smallest of all the equines, the enthusiasm of their owners and other fans is gigantic. And with good reason: Minis and Shetlands are as versatile as they are cuddly, found...
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