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Bird Migration: The Incredible Journeys of North American Birds

Stan Tekiela - Adventure Publications
Format: Paperback

A fascinating look at North America's famous natural spectacles Bird migration captivates us. Where are the birds going? How far will they fly? How do they know when it's time to leave -- and how will they know when to return? Stan Tekiela has been studying and photographing birds...
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Rain: A Natural and Cultural History

Cynthia Barnett - Crown Publishers
Format: Print book

Rain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive. It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of the world's water. Yet this is the first book to tell the story of rain. Cynthia Barnett's Rain begins four billion years...
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Tiny But Mighty: Kitten Lady's Guide to Saving the Most Vulnerable Felines

Hannah Shaw - Plume
Format: Hardcover

*A New York Times Bestseller* #1 National BestsellerIndie BestsellerFrom Kitten Lady, the professional kitten rescuer, humane educator, animal advocate, and owner of the popular Instagram @kittenxlady comes the definitive book on saving the most vulnerable - and adorable - feline...
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Fishing: How the Sea Fed Civilization

Brian M Fagan - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

Humanity's last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization In this history of fishing - not as sport but as sustenance - archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element...
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The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond

Stephen O'Shea - W W Norton
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling blend of contemporary travelogue and historical narrative about the Alps from "a graceful and passionate writer" (Washington Post) .For centuries the Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers, and the dreams...
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The Revolutionary Genius of Plants: A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior

STEFANO MANCUSO - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

Do plants have intelligence? Do they have memory? Are they better problem solvers than people? The Revolutionary Genius of Plants - a fascinating, paradigm-shifting work that upends everything you thought you knew about plants - makes a compelling scientific case that these and other astonishing...
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A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife

Richard Sale - Firefly Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The most comprehensive field guide to Arctic wildlife. This is the ideal guidebook to the wildlife of the Arctic, which is undergoing such a perilous change. Polar expert Richard Sale describes the ecological and human dynamics of the Arctic as a whole, with detailed information about...
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Hiking & Backpacking Santa Barbara & Ventura: A Complete Guide to the Trails of the Southern Los Padres National Forest

Craig R. Carey - Wilderness Press; 2nd edition
Format: Paperback

Majestic waterfalls, sweeping vistas, granite-clad ridges, and hot springs -- the southern Los Padres National Forest stretches across Southern California's incomparable scenery. Let local author Craig R. Carey lead you through the best of this varied terrain. Hiking & Backpacking...
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Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living

KAREN AUVINEN - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Cheryl Strayed's Wild and Helen MacDonald's H Is for Hawk, a stunning, inspirational memoir from an award-winning poet who ventures into the wilderness to seek answers to life's big questions and finds her way back after losing everything she thought...
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Lonely Planet Costa Rica

LONELY PLANET. - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback


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