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The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
Thomas D. Seeley - Princeton University Press
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
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How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world's managed bee colonies Humans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees... |
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Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau
Kevin T Dann - TarcherPerigee
Pages: 400
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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The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New
Annie Dillard - Ecco, 2016.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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In recognition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection, including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the author herself. "A writer who never seems tired, who has never plodded... |
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The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast
Andrew Blum - Ecco
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour through the global network that predicts our weather, the people behind it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planet The weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It's a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones,... |
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Heart of a Lion: A Lone Cat's Walk Across America
William Stolzenburg - Bloomsbury
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Late one June night in 2011, a large animal collided with an SUV cruising down a Connecticut parkway. The creature appeared as something out of New England's forgotten past. Beside the road lay a 140-pound mountain lion. Speculations ran wild, the wildest of which figured him a ghostly... |
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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide
Julie Cornthwaite - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Penguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for attributing to them moods and foibles similar to our own. Few realize how complex and mysterious their private lives truly are, as most of their existence takes... |
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The Last Elephants
Don Pinnock - Smithsonian Books
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
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Amazing photographs of elephants accompany narratives from researchers, scientists, and conservationists celebrating elephants and calling for their preservation
African savanna elephants--among the most magnificent and beloved of our fellow mammals--are an extraordinary, social,... |
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