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A Deadly Wind: The 1962 Columbus Day Storm
John Dodge - Oregon State University Press
Format: Paperback
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The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 was a freak of nature, a weather outlier with deadly winds topping one hundred miles per hour. The storm killed dozens, injured hundreds, damaged more than fifty thousand homes, and leveled enough timber to build one million homes. To find an equally ferocious... |
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End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals
R D E MacPhee - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth.Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller -- including gorilla-sized lemurs, 500-pound birds, and crocodiles that weighed a ton or more -- roamed the earth. These... |
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The Dog Encyclopedia: The Definitive Visual Guide
DK - DK
Format: Hardcover
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This complete catalog of all things canine is essential reading for dog lovers everywhere. . From Beethoven to Toto, dogs have a special relationship with humans and are forever known as man's best friend.?? The enduring loyalty and companionship of our four-legged friends is celebrated... |
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Wolf Haven: Sanctuary and the Future of Wolves in North America
Annie Marie Musselman - Sasquatch Books
Format: Print book
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This stirring book of photographs introduces the many wolves that have been given sanctuary at Wolf Haven International near Mount Rainer in southeast Washington State. Annie Marie Musselman was given the rare opportunity to photograph the wolves at the Wolf Haven sanctuary. These captive-born... |
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Nature's Treasures: Tales Of More Than 100 Extraordinary Objects From Nature
Ben Hoare - DK Children
Format: Hardcover
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Learn how huge whales eat tiny animals from looking at their bristly teeth, why butterflies shine and glitter in the sunlight from seeing their minute wing scales, how plants transport water and food around from examining a delicate leaf skeleton, and what makes every snowflake unique from... |
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Autumn
Karl Ove Knausgaard - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the monumental My Struggle series, Karl Ove Knausgaard, one of the masters of contemporary literature and a genius of observation and introspection, comes the first in a new autobiographical quartet based on the four seasons28 August. Now, as I write this, you know... |
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