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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2017
HOPE JAHREN - Mariner Books Format: Paperback
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"Undeniably exquisite . . . Reveal[s] not only how science actually happens but also who or what propels its immutable humanity." - Maria Popova "An excellent introduction to the key issues in science today." - P. D. Smith, Guardian "[A] stellar compendium... |
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Taking Stock: A Journey Among Cows
Roger Morgan-Grenville - Icon Books Format: Hardcover
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"No cow could ever hope for a better appreciation of its truly unique worth." - Betty Fussell, James Beard Award winner for Magazine Feature Writing and author of The Story of Corn and Raising SteaksSince highland cattle ransacked his grandmother's vegetable patch when he was six,... |
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Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World
Steven Hawley - Random House Audio Format: Hardcover
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The ugly truth about dams is about to be revealed. During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the whole messy truth about the legacy of last century's big dam building binge has come to light. What started out as an arguably good government project has drifted oceans... |
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Dan Egan - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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A landmark work of science, history and reporting on the past, present and imperiled future of the Great Lakes.The Great Lakes -- Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior -- hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens... |
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World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Aimee Nezhukumatathil - Milkweed Editions Format: Hardcover
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As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter... |
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Life Lessons from a Sloth
SARAH HENEGHAN - Post Hill Press Format: Hardcover
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Turn your perspective upside-down and explore the world through the eyes of a sloth.Busy humans have got a lot to learn from the slow-moving sloth. You may find that all the wisdom, humor, and insight you need can be taught by the steady, smiling creatures you never expected. "Life... |
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Wild Horse Country: The History, Myth, and Future of the Mustang, Americas Horse
DAVID PHILIPPS - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's history of wild horses in America -- and an eye-opening story on their treatment in our time.Wild horses -- also known as mustangs -- live in a strange twilight. They are deeply American but not native; they are free-born symbols of liberty but tightly... |
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