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Visual Encyclopedia

DK
Format: Hardcover

Packed with carefully curated content, the pages of this illustrated encyclopedia are designed to be accessible and illuminating to a wide range of readers, and parents and teachers can be confident that children won't see any unwanted content. Featuring accessible and authoritative...
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Dinosaurus: The Complete Guide to Dinosaurs

Steve Parker - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

"Magnificent in its breadth and illustration." -- BOOKLIST Dinosaurus was published in 2003 and went on to sell 15,000 in hardcover and more in paperback. Now 13 years have passed during which there have been dozens of discoveries. At the same price and fully revised, this edition...
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The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

Jane Goodall - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover

Looking at the headlines--a global pandemic, the worsening climate crisis, political upheaval--it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed.In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist and Douglas Abrams, internationally-bestselling...
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Costa Rica: The Complete Guide: Ecotourism & Adventure in Costa Rica

James Kaiser - Destination Press
Format: Paperback

Costa Rica has it all! From pristine beaches and jungle waterfalls to high-altitude coffee plantations, Costa Rica: The Complete Guide puts the best of Costa Rica at your fingertips.Blending detailed travel tips with beautiful photography, this guidebook offers so much more than just restaurant...
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My European Family: The First 54,000 Years

Karin Bojs - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Hardcover

Karin Bojs grew up in a small, broken family, and at her mother's funeral she felt this more keenly than ever. As part of the healing process, she decided to use DNA research to learn more about herself, her family, and the interconnectedness of society. She went deep in search of her genealogy,...
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The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife

LUCY COOKE - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Mary Roach meets Sam Kean and Bill Bryson in this uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries of the animal worldHumans have gone to the Moon and discovered the Higgs boson, but when it comes to understanding animals, we've still got a long way to go. Whether we're seeing...
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The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

Jeff Goodell - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2017 One of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2017 One of BOOKLIST 's Top 10 Science Books of 2017 "An immersive, mildly gonzo and depressingly well-timed book about the drenching effects of global warming,...
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The Dog Encyclopedia

DK Publishing - DK Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Covering the history, breeds, care, health, and positive training of dogs - all in one easy reference - The Dog Encyclopedia is a fully illustrated encyclopedia of all things canine. With an extensive photographic catalog of more than 400 dog breeds, organized by to FCI groupings, each...
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National Geographic Complete National Parks of the United States, 3rd Edition: 400 Parks, Monuments, Battlefields, Historic Sites, Scenic Trails, Recreation Areas, and Seashores

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

National Geographic's wide-ranging travel guide to recreation areas, trails, historic sites, nature hikes, seashores, camping, and campgrounds is geared to everyone who loves outdoor recreation. This 544-page reference is the ultimate travel planner for all things national parks, filled...
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Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America

Craig Childs - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Apocalyptic Planet comes a vivid travelogue through prehistory, tracing the arrival of the First People in North America at least twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that tell of their lives and fates. This book upends our notions of where these people...
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