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Homestead Cows: The Complete Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy Cattle
Callene Rapp - New Society Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Every farm needs a cow - open the gates! With an approach built around investing for the long term, Homestead Cows prepares homesteaders and small farmers to open the farm gate to cattle, whether a single milk cow or a small beef herd. Homestead Cows covers the A to Z of husbandry: Cow history,... |
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Scarlet Experiment: Birds and Humans in America
KARNICKY JEFF - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
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Emily Dickinson's poem "Split the Lark" refers to the "scarlet experiment" by which scientists destroy a bird in order to learn more about it. Indeed, humans have killed hundreds of millions of birds - for science, fashion, curiosity, and myriad other reasons. In the United... |
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The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans
Cynthia Barnett - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A compelling history of seashells and the animals that make them, revealing what they have to tell us about nature, our changing oceans, and ourselves.Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature's creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry... |
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The Killer Whale Who Changed the World
Mark Leiren-Young - Greystone Books
Format: Print book
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The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale - a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save themKiller whales had always been seen as bloodthirsty sea monsters. That all changed when a young killer... |
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Seasons: Desert Sketches
Ellen Meloy - Torrey House Press
Format: Paperback
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"This cinematically vivid collection feeds both intellect and soul, and shows that Meloy possessed the brevity and vision of a poet, and the coy sass of an understated comedian." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Ellen Meloy just might be my favorite Utah writer. She's smart and witty.... |
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The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs
David Hone - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Print book
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'Gripping and wonderfully informative' Tom Holland, New Statesman Adored by children and adults alike, Tyrannosaurus is the most famous dinosaur in the world, one that pops up again and again in pop culture, often battling other beasts such as King Kong, Triceratops or velociraptors in Jurassic... |
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Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress
Christopher Ryan - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
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We hear some myths and lies so frequently that they become difficult to distinguish from the voices in our heads: Civilization is human-kind's greatest accomplishment. Progress is undeniable. Today is better than any yesterday. Count your blessings. You're lucky to be alive here... |
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The Last Two: The Battle to Save the Northern White Rhinos
Boštjan Videmšek - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Meet Najin and Fatu - the last of the northern white rhinos - as well as the scientists, conservationists, and rangers who are fighting for the species' survival. The last two remaining northern white rhinos, an already functionally extinct species, are kept behind three electrical... |
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100 Animals That Can F*cking End You
MAMADOU NDIAYE - Voracious
Format: Paperback
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A wittily informative field guide to the deadliest animals on Earth from "AnimalTok" star @mndiaye97 Ever wonder how to tell if a moose is about to subtract you? Curious why you should be terrified of cassowaries, the "velociraptor that time forgot?" Questioning whether... |
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