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Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic
Emily Monosson - ?W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi -- and how to avert further loss across species, including our own.Fungi are everywhere. Most are harmless; some are helpful. A few are killers. Collectively, infectious fungi are the most devastating agents of disease... |
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The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth's Newest Age
David Biello - Scribner
Format: Print book
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With the historical perspective of The Song of the Dodo and the urgency of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, a brilliant young environmental journalist argues that we must innovate and adapt to save planet Earth.Civilization is in crisis, facing disasters of our own making on the only... |
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The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It
Donald R. Prothero
Format: Hardcover
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The theory of evolution unites the past, present, and future of living things. It puts humanity's place in the universe into necessary perspective. Despite a history of controversy, the evidence for evolution continues to accumulate as a result of many separate strands of amazing scientific... |
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Boat Building and Boat Yards of Long Island: A Tribute to Tradition
NANCY SOLOMON - The History Press
Format: Paperback
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From the North Shore to the South Shore and out to the East End, Long Island is home to a nationally recognized and historic boat building industry. The Steiger Craft boats of Bellport are a local household name, trusted for their ability to navigate the shallow bay waters of the South... |
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Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark
Greg Skomal - ?William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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As shark attacks continue to rise along the coast of New England, Dr. Greg Skomal, the leading great white shark expert in the country, takes readers on a gripping exploration of these apex predators and the fascinating story behind their resurgence.August 2012 marked the first shark attack... |
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Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau
Kevin T Dann - TarcherPerigee
Format: Print book
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To coincide with the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth in 2017, this thrilling, meticulous biography by naturalist and historian Kevin Dann fills a gap in our understanding of one modern history's most important spiritual visionaries by capturing the full arc of Thoreau's life as a mystic,... |
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Saving Central Park: A History and a Memoir
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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The story of how one woman's long love affair with New York's Central Park led her to organize its rescue from a state of serious decline, returning it to the beautiful place of recreational opportunity and spiritual sustenance that it is today.Elizabeth Barlow Rogers opens with... |
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A Wild Idea
Jonathan Franklin - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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The incredible true story of an entrepreneur turned conservationist - the founder of the iconic companies The North Face and Esprit who used his fortune to protect over 12-million acres of land from development and exploitation and battle to save the wild. In 1991, Doug Tompkins left his comfortable... |
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