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In the Shadow of the Moon: The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses
Anthony Aveni - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In anticipation of solar eclipses visible in 2017 and 2024, an exploration of the scientific and cultural significance of this mesmerizing cosmic display Since the first humans looked up and saw the sun swallowed by darkness, our species has been captivated by solar eclipses. Astronomer... |
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Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
Erich Hoyt - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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ASJA Writing Awards Recipient Honorable Mention Best Children's/Young Adult Nonfiction Book 2017 Erich Hoyt Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises In the Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, award-winning author and whale researcher Erich Hoyt takes readers into the field... |
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The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
Jane Goodall - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Water: A Visual and Scientific History
Jack Challoner - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover
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Water is so ubiquitous in our lives that it is easy to take for granted. The average American uses ninety gallons of water a day; nearly every liquid we encounter is mostly water--milk, for example, is 87 percent water. Clouds and ice--water in other forms--affect our climate. Water is the most... |
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Sharing the Common Pool: Water Rights in the Everyday Lives of Texans
Charles R Porter Jr. - Texas A&M University Press
Format: Print book
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If all the people, municipalities, agencies, businesses, power plants, and other entities that think they have a right to the water in Texas actually tried to exercise those rights, there would not be enough water to satisfy all claims, no matter how legitimate. In Sharing the Common... |
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Insight Guides Explore Iceland (Travel Guide with Free eBook)
Insight Guides - Insight Guides
Format: Paperback
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Insight Guides Explore is an illustrated, practical pocket-sized travel guide to Iceland with ready-made cycling, walking and driving itineraries for different interests and themes, backed up by maps and all the practical information you will need for your trip. The easy-to-follow routes... |
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The Trail Is the Teacher: Living and Learning on the Appalachian Trail
Clay Bonnyman Evans - Pony Tales Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Clay Bonnyman Evans - aka Pony - set out on the Appalachian Trail in March 2016, intending only to walk as far as he could get by Memorial Day. But once he got started, he fell in love with the trail, the terrain and, most of all, his fellow thru-hikers, and he knew he'd go crazy... |
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Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook (Falcon)
Garret Romaine - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback
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This volume gives you the basic tools to transition from "pebble pup" to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to record your findings, and how to set up a lab or gem shop. Before you know it, you'll be driving... |
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Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
Ben Goldfarb - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers... |
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