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Birds of the Photo Ark

Joel Sartore - National Geographic
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

For avian enthusiasts, from armchair observers to dedicated life-listers, this brilliant book from acclaimed National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore celebrates the beauty of all birds, great and small.This elegantly packaged celebration of birds from around the world unites incredible...
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The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

Meredith May - Park Row
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature's most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee. Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care...
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Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond

Alexandra Horowitz - Scribner
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From Alexandra Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Inside of a Dog, an eye-opening, informative, and wholly entertaining examination and celebration of the human-canine relationship for the curious dog owner and science-lover alike.We keep dogs and are kept by them....
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Shark

Brian Skerry - National Geographic
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Get closer to the beauty and power of sharks with award-winning National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry as he illustrates their remarkable evolutionary adaptations and their huge importance to marine ecosystems around the world. For decades, acclaimed underwater photographer Brian...
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Love Unleashed: Tales of Inspiration and the Life-Changing Power of Dogs

REBECCA ASCHER-WALSH - National Geographic
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

A book for dog lovers everywhere. Celebrating the amazing relationships shared with our four-legged friends, each story recounts the love of dogs and the powerful ways dogs impact our lives. In this heartwarming collection of stories, readers meet 38 incredible dogs who have gone above...
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Super Cats: True Tales of Extraordinary Felines

Ashley Morgan - Summersdale
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Emily, the feline that survived an epic journey across the Atlantic trapped in a shipping container from America to France. Oscar, the care-home cat that predicts when residents are about to pass on and comforts them in their final hours. Discover loyal kitties and extraordinary survivors...
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RV Vacations For Dummies

Dennis C. Brewer - For Dummies
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback

Get ready to take your vacation on the road! Vacations go by in a flash. With all the frantic travel arrangements, hotels bookings, and racing from place to place, it's a wonder they're considered a vacation at all! A great way to slow down and fully experience the sights is to hit the open...
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

Stephen Brusatte - William Morrow
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Sapiens, Your Inner Fish, The Sixth Extinction, and I Contain Multitudes, a sweeping narrative scientific history - the only one of its kind - that tells the epic story of the dinosaurs, examining their origins, their habitats, their extinction, and their living legacy, from...
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In Search of the Canary Tree: The Story of a Scientist, a Cypress, and a Changing World

Lauren E. Oakes - Basic Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming worldSeveral years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species...
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Feast by Firelight: Simple Recipes for Camping, Cabins, and the Great Outdoors

Emma Frisch - Ten Speed Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A transporting, lushly photographed book with easy-to-prepare recipes for gatherings at campgrounds and cabins alike. Feast by Firelight offers solution-oriented recipes that make cooking outdoors feel effortless and downright fun and it shows how to utilize clever cooking methods,...
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