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Shrubs & Trees of the Southwest Deserts

Janice Emily Bowers - Southwest Parks and Monuments Association
Format: Book

Field guide to 134 common species of the Southwest Deserts, with an emphasis on those in National Park Service sites. Detailed line drawings for identification.
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Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth

Juan Enriquez - Current
Format: Hardcover

"We are the primary drivers of change. We will directly and indirectly determine what lives, what dies, where, and when. We are in a different phase of evolution; the future of life is now in our hands."Why are rates of conditions like autism, asthma, obesity, and allergies exploding...
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The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness

Todd Rose - Harper One, 2015.
Format: Print book

Are you above average? Is your child an A student? Is your employee an introvert or an extrovert? Every day we are measured against the yardstick of averages, judged according to how closely we come to it or how far we deviate from it.The assumption that metrics comparing us to an average...
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Your Grief, Your Way: A Year of Practical Guidance and Comfort After Loss

Shelby Forsythia - Zeitgeist
Format: Paperback

Comforting words and practical ideas for living with loss."You can read this book day by day, or several pages at a time. It's perfect for anyone who's struggling to regain their footing and needs to proceed gently and with care." --Hope Edelman, author of The Aftergrief...
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First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe

Richard Preston - Random House
Format: Hardcover

Seven years before Richard Preston wrote about horrifying viruses in The Hot Zone, he turned his attention to the cosmos. In First Light, he demonstrates his gift for creating an exciting and absorbing narrative around a complex scientific subject--in this case the efforts by astronomers...
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The Rebordering of North America: Integration and Exclusion in a New Security Context

Peter Andreas - Routledge
Format: Hardcover

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Movies (And Other Things)

Shea Serrano - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Shea Serrano is back, and his new book, Movies (And Other Things) , combines the fury of a John Wick shootout, the sly brilliance of Regina George holding court at a cafeteria table, and the sheer power of a Denzel monologue, all into one. Movies...
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Autopower

S W Duncan - Lindsay Pubns

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The Galpagos: A Natural History

Henry Nicholls - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Charles Darwin called it "a little world within itself." Sailors referred to it as "Las Encantadas" - the enchanted islands. Lying in the eastern Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator off the west coast of South America, the Galpagos is the most pristine archipelago...
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