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Whale Music: Thousand Mile Songs in a Sea of Sound

David Rothenberg - Terra Nova Press
Format: Paperback

The marvelous sonic world of whales, from the perspective of music and science.. Whale song is an astonishing world of sound whose existence no one suspected before the 1960s. Its discovery has forced us to confront the possibility of alien intelligence - not in outer space but right here...
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All Hands on Deck: A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure to the Far Side of the World

Will Sofrin - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover

A maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired to sail an 18th-century warship 5,000 miles to Hollywood. In the late 1990s, Patrick O'Brian's multimillion-copy-selling historical novel series - the Aubrey-Maturin series, which was set during the Napoleonic Wars...
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RV Cooking Made Easy: 100 Simple Recipes for Your Kitchen on Wheels

Heather Schlueter - Sterling Epicure
Format: Paperback

Now RVers can enjoy all the pleasures of home cooking while they're on the road with 100 simple recipes that beautifully address the unique challenges of cooking in an RV. Finally, here is a cookbook that addresses the unique challenges of cooking in an RV: Storage and countertop space...
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Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat

Edward Struzik - Island Press
Format: Hardcover

In a world filled with breathtaking beauty, we have often overlooked the elusive charm and magic of certain landscapes. A cloudy river flows into a verdant Arctic wetland where sandhill cranes and muskoxen dwell. Further south, cypress branches hang low over dismal swamps. Places like these-collectively...
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Urban Foraging: Find, Gather, and Cook 50 Wild Plants

Lisa M Rose - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Take a stroll to discover the ingredients for a wild apple tarte tatin. Turn the lilac bush found in a vacant lot into a delicious, delicately flavored jelly for your morning pastry. Your city is full of wild food, you just need to know where to find it. In this stylish, scrumptious guide...
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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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AMNH The Dinosaur Hunters: The Extraordinary Story of the Discovery of Prehistoric Life

Dingus - Welbeck Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Dinosaur bones had been found centuries before scientists understood what they were and what creatures they came from; ancient Chinese writings spoke of "dragon" bones, and large fossils discovered in the UK were thought to belong to human giants. It was only with the exploration...
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How Fast Did T. rex Run?: Unsolved Questions from the Frontiers of Dinosaur Science

DAVID HONE - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of dinosaursIn just the past twenty years, we have learned more about dinosaurs than we did in the previous two centuries. This book describes the extraordinary advances in palaeontology that are beginning to solve many of the mysteries...
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White Mountain Guide: AMC's Comprehensive Guide to Hiking Trails in the White Mountain National Forest

Ken MacGray - Appalachian Mountain Club Books
Format: Paperback

For day-hikers and backpackers alike, AMC's White Mountain Guide has remained the most trusted and indispensable resource for 115 years. This 31st edition has been updated and revised with turn-by-turn descriptions of more than 500 trails, as well as trip planning advice, safety information,...
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In Kiltumper: A Year in an Irish Garden

Niall Williams - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

35 years ago, when they were in their twenties, Niall Williams and Christine Breen made the impulsive decision to leave their lives in New York City and move to Christine's ancestral home in the town of Kiltumper in rural Ireland. In the decades that followed, the pair dedicated themselves...
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