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March of the Penguins: Companion to the Major Motion Picture
Luc Jacquet - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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This winning combination of vivid photographs and informative inspiring text is the companion volume to the extraordinary surprise hit film deemed Irresistible by Entertainment Weekly Timed perfectly for the holidays and the November release of the DVDRead the incredible endearing story... |
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The Big, Bad Book of Botany: The World's Most Fascinating Flora
Michael Largo - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Book
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David Attenborough meets Lemony Snicket in The Big Bad Book of Botany Michael Largos entertaining and enlightening one-of-a-kind compendium of the worlds most amazing and bizarre plants their history and their loreThe Big Bad Book of Botany introduces a world of wild wonderful and weird... |
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Almost Green: How I Saved 1/6th of a Billionth of the Planet
James Glave - Skyhorse
Format: Print book
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"Reading Almost Green is like getting a new pair of glasses when you thought you could see just fine. Many important shades of distinction and subtle insights fill the book. A smart, contemplative read." - Douglas Coupland James Glave, a self-proclaimed "child of suburbia,"... |
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The Complete Cat Breed Book
DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Combining cat breeds, behavior, and training tips in one easy volume, The Complete Cat Breed Book is an essential reference to the basics of choosing and looking after a cat. Packed with practical advice on cat maintenance, from handling and grooming to nutrition, exercise, and health,... |
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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century
Fred Pearce - Beacon Press; Second Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Throughout history, rivers have been our foremost source of fresh water both for agriculture and for individual consumption, but now economists say that by 2025 water scarcity will cut global food production by more than the current U.S. grain harvest. In this groundbreaking book, veteran... |
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The Parrot Companion: Caring for Parrots, Macaws, Budgies, Cockatiels and More
Rosemary Low - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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Quick access to comprehensive information and expert guidance for parrot owners. Parrots are loved for their intelligence, sociability, longevity and humorous, almost-human characteristics. These same attractive qualities demand serious consideration and commitment when acquiring a parrot.... |
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The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London
Christopher Skaife - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The first behind-the-scenes account of life with the legendary ravens at the world's eeriest monumentThe ravens at the Tower of London are of mighty importance: rumor has it that if a raven from the Tower should ever leave, the city will fall. The title of Ravenmaster, therefore, is a serious... |
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Smithsonian Handbooks: Horses
Elwyn Hartley Edwards - DK
Format: Paperback
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Smithsonian Handbooks are the most visually appealing guides on the natural world in the book marketplace. Featuring more than 500 full-color illustrations and photographs, along with detailed annotations, Smithsonian Handbooks make identification easy and accurate. |
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Vicki Myron - Grand Central
Format: Hardcover
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How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library, save a classic American town, and eventually become famous around the world? You can't even begin to answer those questions until you hear... |
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Caring for Your Mutt (Our Best Friends)
Sandra Bolan - Eldorado Ink
Format: Hardcover
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The purpose of the Our Best Friends series is to provide a helpful and comprehensive introduction to pet ownership. Each book contains the basic information a prospective pet owner needs in order to choose the right pet for his or her situation and to care for that pet throughout the pet's... |
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Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Neil Shubin - Pantheon Books
Format: Print book
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Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today's most common diseases, we have... |
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The Rooftop Beekeeper: A Scrappy Guide to Keeping Urban Honeybees
Megan Paska - Chronicle Books
Format: Paperback
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The number of urban beekeepers has escalated with more than 25 percent increases year over year in the United States and the United Kingdom. From a go-to authority on beekeeping and backyard farming, The Rooftop Beekeeper is the first handbook to explore the ease and charm of keeping bees... |
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Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
Don E. Wilson - DK ADULT; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Unrivaled in its breadth and visual impact, this unique guide sets out to illustrate, describe, and explain the incredible range of creatures that make up the animal kingdom. Exceptional Coverage. This authoritative volume starts with a clear introduction to the animal world, examining... |
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Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book
Grumpy Cat - Chronicle Books
Format: Book
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Internet sensation Grumpy Cats epic feline frown has inspired legions of devoted fans Celebrating the grouch in everyone the Grumpy Cat book teaches the fine art of grumpiness and includes enough bad attitude to cast a dark cloud over the whole world Featuring brand new as well as classic... |
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Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction
Chris D. Thomas - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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It's accepted wisdom today that human beings have irrevocably damaged the natural world. Throughout history we've introduced species and infectious diseases to foreign shores; hunted slow-moving (and slower-reproducing) mammals to extinction; and polluted previously pristine tracts of land.... |
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Pure Joy: The Dogs We Love
Danielle Steel - Random House Publishing Group
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this moving memoir, Danielle Steel tells the story of how she met a dog the size of a mouse with a personality that could light up an entire room. From Minnie's arrival at home in San Francisco to clothes-shopping jaunts in Paris, her adventures provide... |
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On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
William Souder - Crown; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movementShe loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries, including the international bestseller The Sea Around Us. But it was with... |
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Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm
Mardi Jo Link - Knopf; 5.12.2013 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Poignant, irreverent, and hilarious: a memoir about survival and self-discovery, by an indomitable woman who never loses sight of what matters most. It’s the summer of 2005, and Mardi Jo Link’s dream of living the simple life has unraveled into debt, heartbreak, and perpetually... |
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Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm
Mardi Jo Link - Knopf
Format: Deckle Edge]
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When Mardi Jo Link finds herself a newly single mother after nineteen years of marriage, she makes a seemingly impossible resolution: to stay in her century old-farmhouse and continue raising her three boys on well-water, chopping wood, and dirt. Armed with an unflagging sense of humor... |
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The Disaster Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse
Sam Sheridan - Penguin Press HC, The
Format: Hardcover
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Sam Sheridan has traveled the world as an amateur boxer and mixed martial arts fighter; he has worked as an EMT, a wilderness firefighter, a sailor, a cowboy at the largest ranch in Montana, and in construction under brutal conditions at the South Pole. If he isn't ready for the Apocalypse... |
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Maltese (Animal Planet Pet Care Library)
Amy Fernandez - TFH Publications
Format: Hardcover
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The Maltese is a gentle and loving companion with distinctive, flowing white hair. This complete guide includes step-by-step instructions to help simplify grooming the often difficult coat of the Maltese. |
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World of the Wolf
Candace Savage - Sierra Club Books for Children; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In this intimate look at wolves in the wild, Candace Savage combines an authoritative text with stunning full-color photographs by the world's best wildlife photographers. The book begins by exploring the intense and ancient bond between people and wolves. Few species have been held... |
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The Soul of All Living Creatures: What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human
Vint Virga D.V.M. - Crown; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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As profiled in the New York Times MagazineBased on the authors twenty-five years of experience as a veterinarian and veterinary behaviorist, The Soul of All Living Creatures delves into the innerlives of animals from whales, wolves, and leopards to mice, dogs, and cats and explores the relationships... |
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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
Paul Greenberg - The Penguin Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Our relationship with the ocean is undergoing a profound transformation. Whereas just three decades ago nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild, rampant overfishing combined with an unprecedented bio-tech revolution has brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal... |
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Rover: Wagmore Edition
ANDREW GRANT - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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In 2009, Andrew Grant began photographing dogs, starting with two French bulldogs at an unrelated commercial "shoot". Then he discovered the sad fact that millions of lost or abandoned dogs enter animal shelters every year. And only a few leave, through rescue and adoption. The rest... |
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Waterfowl of Eastern North America
Chris G. Earley - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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An indispensable field guide and reference for birders. The eastern Continental Divide from Florida to Ontario contains the world's largest network of freshwater lakes, rivers, wetlands and coastal waters. It is home to an astonishingly large variety of ducks, geese, and other waterfowl.... |
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No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
David S. Wilcove - Island Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Animal migration is a magnificent sight: a mile-long blanket of cranes rising from a Nebraska river and filling the sky; hundreds of thousands of wildebeests marching across the Serengeti; a blaze of orange as millions of monarch butterflies spread their wings to take flight. Nature’s... |
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Steve and Me: Life with the Crocodile Hunter
Terri Irwin - Simon Spotlight; First Edition, First Printing edition
Format: Book
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Few celebrities touched the world as Steve Irwin did. Beloved by people from all walks of life, his vast efforts at conservation continue to make a difference all over the globe. His wife Terri's commitment to carrying on his legacy is not only admirable, but inspirational to so many... |
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Cesar Millan's Short Guide to a Happy Dog: 98 Essential Tips and Techniques
Cesar Millan - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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After more than 9 seasons as TV's Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan has a new mission: to use his unique insights about dog psychology to create stronger, happier relationships between humans and their canine companions.Now in paperback, this inspirational and practical guide draws on thousands... |
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The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond
Stephen O'Shea - W W Norton
Format: Hardcover
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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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Tales of an African Vet
Roy Aronson - Globe Pequot Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The heart-wrenching and adventure-filled stories of a South African wild animal vet and his colleagues |
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Brittany Spaniels
Julie Murray - Checkerboard Books
Format: Hardcover
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An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and proper care of Brittany Spaniels. |
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Macaws
Julie Mancini - TFH Publications, Inc.
Format: Book
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Macaws are exuberant and vibrantly colored members of the parrot family. These intelligent and social birds are generally quite active and love to have plenty of toys to play with. This in-depth guide discusses the nine species of macaws available in the pet trade, as well as various hybrids.... |
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Rain : a natural and cultural history
Cynthia Barnett - Crown Publishers
Format: Print book
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"Cynthia Barnett's "Rain" begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science--the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains--with the human story of our ambition... |
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The Everything New Puppy Book: Choosing, raising, and training your new best friend
Carlo DeVito - Adams Media
Format: Print book
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Nothing is more adorable than a new puppy. But without the proper time spent training them, today's puppies can become tomorrow's nightmare hounds. This book teaches puppy owners all they need to know to successfully raise a puppy of any breed or background. Complete with black-and-white... |
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The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild
Lyanda Lynn Haupt - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Crow Planet, a compelling journey into the secret lives of the wild animals at our back door.In THE URBAN BESTIARY, acclaimed nature writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt journeys into the heart of the everyday wild, where coyotes, raccoons, chickens, hawks, and humans... |
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Chihuahuas For Dummies
Jacqueline O'Neil - Wiley
Format: Paperback
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Are you crazy about Chihuahuas? Chihuahuas For Dummies, 2 nd Edition, is fully updated to show you how to find the one you'll love most and make him or her part of your family. This one-stop guide gives you all the information you need to raise and care for your plucky little pooch.... |
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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: A Love Story . . .with Wings
Mark Bittner - Harmony
Format: Hardcover
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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is the inspiring story of how one man found his life's work - and true love - among a gang of wild parrots roosting in one of America's most picturesque urban settings. Mark Bittner was down on his luck. He'd gone to San Francisco at the age of twenty-one... |
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The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
Paul Bogard - Little, Brown and Company; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left. A starry night is one of nature's most magical wonders. Yet in our artificially lit world, three-quarters of Americans' eyes never switch to night vision and most of us no longer experience... |
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The Attacking Ocean: The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels
Brian Fagan - Bloomsbury Press
Format: Hardcover
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The past fifteen thousand years--the entire span of human civilization--have witnessed dramatic sea level changes, which began with rapid global warming at the end of the Ice Age, when sea levels were more than 700 feet below modern levels. Over the next eleven millennia, the oceans climbed... |
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Sweetness and Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee
Hattie Ellis - Harmony; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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“We have chosen to ?ll our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.” —Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)Sweetness and Light is the fascinating story of bees and honey from the Stone Age to the contemporary... |
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Gorillas in the Mist
Dian Fossey - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover
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One of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural world, GORILLAS IN THE MIST is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of the great apes. Fossey's extraordinary efforts to ensure the future of the rain... |
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Guide to Companion Parrot Behavior
Mattie Sue Athan - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Owners of companion parrots value these appealing birds in much the same way that a dog lover values his pet pooch. But companion parrots have a unique quality unmatched by any dog: They can talk to their human companions! This revised and updated book advises on all important topics related... |
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Dog Years: Faithful Friends, Then & Now
Amanda Jones
Format: Print book
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Dog Years is a heartwarming look at the lives and stories of 30 dogs. By presenting portraits of each dog as a puppy and again as an older dog, photographer Amanda Jones reveals the unique spark of personality that lasts a lifetime. These beautiful images of breeds ranging from golden retrievers... |
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Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
Michael Eric Dyson - Basic Civitas Books
Format: Book
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When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands were left behind to suffer the ravages of destruction, disease, and even death. The majority of these people were black; nearly all were poor. The Federal government's slow response to local appeals... |
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A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction
Joel Greenberg - Bloomsbury
Format: Hardcover
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In the early nineteenth century 25 to 40 percent of North America's birds were passenger pigeons, traveling in flocks so massive as to block out the sun for hours or even days. The down beats of their wings would chill the air beneath and create a thundering roar that would drown out all other... |
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Underwater Puppies
Seth Casteel - Little, Brown
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and photographer Seth Casteel's follow-up to the phenomenal Underwater Dogs -- now with puppies.The world fell in love with swimming canines in Seth Casteel's first book, Underwater Dogs. Now, in more than 80 previously unpublished portraits of underwater... |
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The Big, Bad Book of Beasts: The World's Most Curious Creatures
Michael Largo - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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The world's wildest collection of animal knowledge and lore!Lions, and tigers, and bears . . . and dinosaurs, dragons, and monsters. Oh my!For hundreds of years, the most popular books in the Western world next to the Bible were "bestiaries," fanciful encyclopedias collecting... |
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Part of the Pride: My Life Among the Big Cats of Africa
Kevin Richardson - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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About a year ago, film started to circulate on YouTube of a remarkable man named Kevin Richardson, an animal custodian in a South African animal park. The film showed Richardson in his day-to-day work, looking some of the world's most dangerous animals directly in the eye, crouching... |
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All Things Wise and Wonderful
James Herriot - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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James Herriot is probably the most beloved living writer. When All Things Bright and Beautiful was published three years ago, it became the number one best seller in the world, winning still new friends for the Yorkshire veterinarian whose first book All Creatures Great and Small had already... |
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The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle
Sara Wheeler - Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 TitleMore than a decade ago, Sara Wheeler traveled to Antarctica to understand a continent nearly lost to myth and lore. In the widely acclaimed, bestselling Terra Incognita, she chronicled her quest to find a hidden history buried in Antarctica’s... |
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The Sibley Guide to Birds
David Sibley - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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David Allen Sibley, America's most gifted contemporary painter of birds, is the author and illustrator of this comprehensive guide. His beautifully detailed illustrations - more than 6,600 in all - and descriptions of 810 species and 350 regional populations will enrich every birder's... |
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ZooBorns Cats!: The Newest, Cutest Kittens and Cubs from the World's Zoos
Andrew Bleiman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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ZooBorns showcases the newest and cutest animal babies from accredited zoos and aquariums around the world. With interesting animal facts and background stories on the featured babies, ZooBorns illustrates the connections between zoo births and conservation initiatives in the wild. |
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Good Dog. Stay.
Anna Quindlen - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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"The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed," writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador retriever, Beau. With her trademark wisdom and humor, Quindlen reflects on how her life has unfolded... |
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Beyond the Bear: How I Learned To Live And Love Again After Being Blinded By A Bear
Dan Bigley - Lyons Press
Format: Book
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A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska's Kenai and Russian rivers, a grizzly came tearing around a corner... |
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Complete Cat Care Manual
Andrew Edney - DK ADULT
Format: Paperback
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Covering everything cat owner's need to know, this practical guide to looking after the most popular pet in the US provides detailed information on every aspect of cat care |
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Snowflakes in Photographs
W A Bentley - Dover Publications
Format: Paperback
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For almost a century, W. A. Bentley caught and photographed thousands of snowflakes in his workshop at Jericho, Vermont, and made available to scientists and art instructors samples of his remarkable work. His painstakingly prepared images were remarkable revelations of nature's diversity... |
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Unlikely Friendships: Dogs: 37 Stories of Canine Compassion and Courage
Jennifer S Holland - Workman
Format: Print book
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A new book from the New York Times bestselling series. Enhanced with beautiful full-color photographs, these true stories of camaraderie, affection, and remarkable bravery are from the author of the New York Times bestsellers Unlikely Friendships, Unlikely Loves, and Unlikely... |
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The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA
Norm Phelps - Lantern Books
Format: Paperback
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From the first hominids who hunted woolly mammoths to today's factory farms and bio-engineering labs, The Longest Struggle: Animal Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA tells the story of animal exploitation and the battle for animal justice. After describing the roots of animal rights in the ancient... |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson - Broadway; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Bill Bryson is one of the worlds most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journeyinto the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. Its a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime,... |
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Outsmart Waste: The Modern Idea of Garbage and How to Think Our Way Out of It
Tom Szaky - Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.,
Format: Paperback
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Ever-expanding landfills, ocean gyres filled with floating plastic mush, endangered wildlife. Our garbage has become a massive and exponentially growing problem in modern society. Eco-entrepreneur Tom Szaky explores why this crisis exists and explains how can we solve it by eliminating... |
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Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas
MARK KURLANSKY - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the bestselling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic, and culinary story of milk and all things dairy--with recipes throughout. According to the Greek creation myth, we are so much spilt milk; a splatter of the goddess Hera's... |
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Dolphins
Michael Bright - DK ADULT; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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These four companion books take a dramatic look at our watery planet. People like dolphins. Their perpetual smile, apparent kindliness, and intelligence said to rival humans have endeared them to people who meet them or see them in dolphinaria, movies, or on television. Modern research,... |
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Bichon Frise
Richard G Beauchamp - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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This very bright and friendly little dog is immediately recognizable by its white "powder-puff" coat. It makes a lovable house pet. Books in the comprehensive and popular Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series advise on feeding, health care, housing, and all other... |
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The Illustrated Guide to Chickens: How to Choose Them, How to Keep Them
Celia Lewis - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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An illustrated guide to the selection and care of chickens.Chickens are fun, useful, and easy to keep. If you have ever considered raising your own backyard flock, The Illustrated Guide to Chickens is the book for you!This book offers practical advice and contains all the information you need... |
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Treading on Thin Air: Atmospheric Physics, Forensic Meteorology, and Climate Change: How Weather Shapes Our Everyday Lives
Elizabeth Austin Ph. D. - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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Weather is an inescapable part of our daily lives, from the nuances of air travel to the breadth of human history. Our past, present, and future is intimately rooted is weather and climate.Weather, water, and climate. How we feel, how productive we are, even our sheer existence, depends... |
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Craig & Fred: A Marine, A Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other
CRAIG GROSSI - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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The uplifting and unforgettable true story of a US Marine, the stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield, and how they saved each other and now travel America together, "spreading the message of stubborn positivity."In 2010, Sergeant Craig Grossi was doing intelligence work for Marine... |
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The Sixth Extinction: Journeys Among the Lost and Left Behind
Terry Glavin - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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The Sixth Extinction is a haunting account of the age in which we live. Ecologists are calling it the Sixth Great Extinction, and the world isn't losing just its ecological legacy; also vanishing is a vast human legacy of languages and our ways of living, seeing, and knowing.Terry Glavin... |
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North America: A World in One Continent
Huw Cordey - Running Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The North American continent stretches over 9.5 million square miles, and is home to more than 500 million people, who share it with hundreds of thousands of species of mammals, birds, insects, and plantsmany of them extraordinary, unforgettable, and unique. With 150,000 miles of coastline,... |
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Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality
Helen Scales - Gotham Books
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating journey with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years Poseidon?s Steed trails the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe in a kaleidoscopic history that mirrors man?s centuries-old fascination with the animal, sweeping from the reefs... |
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DogTown: Tales of Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Redemption
Stefan Bechtel - National Geographic; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Now in paperback, this companion to the hit National Geographic Channel show, DogTown, tells the moving stories of homeless dogs and their caretakers at the Best Friends Animal Society, evoking both the joy and the occasional, but inevitable, heartbreak that accompanies the important work... |
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The New Encyclopedia of Snakes
Chris Mattison - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Comprehensive, up-to-date, and richly illustrated with some 200 color photographs, The New Encyclopedia of Snakes is the best single-volume reference on snakes. A thorough revision of the highly successful Encyclopedia of Snakes, Chris Mattison's new book is the only one of its kind... |
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Citizens of the Sea: Wondrous Creatures From the Census of Marine Life
Nancy Knowlton - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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The astonishing diversity of ocean life will wow you in this riveting book, perfect for all ages, by marine scientist Nancy Knowlton. Citizens of the Sea reveals the most intriguing organisms in the ocean, captured in action by skilled underwater photographers from National Geographic... |
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The Dog Encyclopedia
DK Publishing - DK Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Covering the history, breeds, care, health, and positive training of dogs - all in one easy reference - The Dog Encyclopedia is a fully illustrated encyclopedia of all things canine. With an extensive photographic catalog of more than 400 dog breeds, organized by to FCI groupings, each... |
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A Field Guide to Animal Tracks
Olaus Murie - Houghton Mifflin Co; 2 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Peterson FlashGuides are the most compact and convenient field guides ever made. Unfolding in a flash, they show at a glance all the most common wildlife and plant life of a particular type or a particular region, and they employ the famous Peterson Identification System to pinpoint the key differences... |
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Somethings Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal
Silas House - University Press of Kentucky
Format: Hardcover
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Like an old-fashioned hymn sung in rounds, Somethings Rising gives a stirring voice to the lives, culture, and determination of the people fighting the destructive practice of mountaintop removal in the coalfields of central Appalachia. Each persons story, unique and unfiltered, articulates... |
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Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages
Doug Macdougall - University of California Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation -- nearly three billion years ago -- to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas... |
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Walking with Peety: The Dog Who Saved My Life
Eric O'Grey - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Eric was 150 pounds overweight, depressed, and sick. After a lifetime of failed diet attempts, and the onset of type 2 diabetes due to his weight, Eric went to a new doctor, who surprisingly prescribed a shelter dog. And that's when Eric met Peety: an overweight, middle-aged, and forgotten... |
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Wild Within: How Rescuing Owls Inspired a Family
Melissa Hart - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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Melissa Hart, a desperately lonely young divorce and L.A. transplant, finds herself stranded in rainy Eugene, Oregon, working from home in the company of her two cats and two large mutts. At the local dog park, she meets a fellow dog owner named Jonathan a tall, handsome man with a unibrow... |
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Zooburbia: Meditations on the Wild Animals Among Us
Tai Moses - Parallax Press
Format: Paperback
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Every animal has a story.In ZOOBURBIA, urban naturalist Tai Moses launches a lively exploration into "the extraordinary, unruly, half-wild realm where human and animal lives overlap." The author's woodsy backyard at the base of the Oakland hills becomes a laboratory for encounters... |
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Trusting Calvin: How A Dog Helped Heal A Holocaust Survivor'S Heart
Sharon L Peters - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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Max Edelman was just 17 when the Nazis took him from his Jewish ghetto in Poland to the first of five work camps, where his only hope of survival was to keep quiet and raise an emotional shield. After witnessing a German Shepherd kill a fellow prisoner, he developed a lifelong fear of dogs.... |
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The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
Sy Montgomery - Ballantine Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Christopher Hogwood came home on my lap in a shoebox He was a creature who would prove in many ways to be more human than I amfrom The Good Good PigA naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles Sy Montgomery had always felt more comfortable... |
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Natural History
DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark in reference publishing and overseen and authenticated by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Natural History presents an unrivaled visual survey of Earth's natural history. Giving a clear overview of the classification of our natural world-over... |
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The $60,000 Dog: My Life with Animals
Lauren Slater - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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A stunning new book about the role of animals in our lives, by a popular and acclaimed writer From the time she is nine years old, biking to the farmland outside her suburban home, where she discovers a disquieting world of sleeping cows and a “Private Way” full of the wondrous... |
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The Predator Paradox: Ending the War with Wolves, Bears, Cougars, and Coyotes
John Shivik - Beacon Press (MA)
Format: Hardcover
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An expert in wildlife management tells the stories of those who are finding new ways for humans and mammalian predators to coexist. Stories of backyard bears and cat-eating coyotes are becoming increasingly common, even for people living in non-rural areas. And that might not be a bad thing... |
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Complete Dog Care
DK Publishing - DK ADULT
Format: Paperback
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An all-in-one guide to owning a dog, Complete Dog Care provides everything needed to nurture a dog from puppyhood to old age. Prospective and current pet owners can discover dogs' origins and anatomy to help understand canine behavior before moving on to determine how to choose the best... |
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The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: The Biology of the Tyrant Dinosaurs
David Hone - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Print book
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'Gripping and wonderfully informative' Tom Holland, New Statesman Adored by children and adults alike, Tyrannosaurus is the most famous dinosaur in the world, one that pops up again and again in pop culture, often battling other beasts such as King Kong, Triceratops or velociraptors in Jurassic... |
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Zeitoun
Dave Eggers - McSweeney's
Format: Hardcover
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When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. In the days after the storm, he traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies... |
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Grand Canyon: The Complete Guide: Grand Canyon National Park
James Kaiser - Destination
Format: Paperback
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Filled with stunning photography, this award-winning guidebook reveals the best of Grand Canyon National Park.From hiking the Bright Angel Trail to river rafting the Colorado River, Grand Canyon is filled with adventure. But without careful planning, a trip there can be overwhelming. Grand... |
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The History of Cats in 101 Objects
MEDIA LAB BOOKS. - Media Lab Books
Format: Paperback
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Cats have held human fascination for thousands of years, from the Ancient Egypt feline warrior goddess Bastet to modern YouTube videos of kittens riding on a Roomba. The History of Cats in 101 Objects is a fun, fact-filled visual history of the human relationship with cats. It's the perfect... |
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The Adventures of Henry Thoreau: A Young Man's Unlikely Path to Walden Pond
Michael Sims - Bloomsbury
Format: Hardcover
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Henry David Thoreau has long been an intellectual icon and folk hero. In this strikingly original profile, Michael Sims reveals how the bookish, quirky young man who kept quitting jobs evolved into the patron saint of environmentalism and nonviolent activism.Working from nineteenth-century... |
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Yorkshire Terriers (Animal Planet Pet Care Library)
Wendy Bedwell-Wilson - TFH Publications
Format: Hardcover
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The Yorkshire Terrier is a fun, spunky breed. This book includes practical grooming advice as well as the latest positive training instructions for housetraining your Yorkie. |
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My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs
Brian Switek - Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of Amazons Best Science Books of 2013A Hudson Booksellers Staff Pick for the Best Books of 2013One of Publishers Weeklys Top Ten Spring Science BooksSelected by Apples iBookstore as one of the best books of AprilA Bookshop Santa Cruz Staff PickDinosaurs, with their awe-inspiring size,... |
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Diseases of Cage and Aviary Birds
Bruce Leslie Katcher - Williams & Wilkins
Format: Hardcover
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This reference emphasizes practical approaches to avian medicine and surgery. It covers topics such as wild birds, clinical laboratory procedures and interpretation, and general avian care. |
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To Catch a Cat: How Three Stray Kittens Rescued Me
Heather Green - Berkley Books
Format: Print book
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A heartfelt, funny memoir about how a kitten rescue project changed one cynic's life ... Journalist Heather Green was finally putting down roots: in shiny, buzzing Manhattan. She loved her work and threw herself into sixty-hour weeks - once walking into a subway pole, getting a concussion,... |
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The End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival
Marq de Villiers - Thomas Dunne Books; 1st edition
Format: Book
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What is the fate of the world as we know it?Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, pandemics, cosmic radiation, gamma bursts from space, colliding comets, and asteroids—these things used to worry us from time to time, but now they have become the background noise of our culture.... |
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Penguins of the World
Wayne Lynch - Firefly Books; 2nd edition
Format: Hardcover
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The internationally successful movie March of the Penguins showcases the life of these fascinating flightless birds that have become such prominent symbols of the fragile nature of our ecosystem. Faced with global warming, invasive tourism, pollution and loss of habitat, penguins -- if they... |
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New Dog: Choosing Wisely and Ensuring a Happily Ever After
Bruce Fogle - Firefly Books
Format: Print book
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A straightforward guide to welcoming a new dog home. This book establishes a solid timeline for all the key decisions a new dog owner must make, whether adopting a puppy, an adult dog or a rescued dog. Dr. Bruce Fogle provides his time-tested 20 Essential Tips for a Well-Behaved Dog and offers... |
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Oh My Dog: How to Choose, Train, Groom, Nurture, Feed, and Care for Your New Best Friend
Beth Ostrosky Stern - Gallery Books; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Calling the toughest canine questions! Owning a dog is one of life's great joys, but sometimes the challenges it brings can make even the most devoted dog lovers panic, throw up their hands, or feel completely overwhelmed. Before you get to the end of your leash, turn to this friendly... |
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Dog Training 101: Step-by-Step Instructions for raising a happy well-behaved dog
KYRA SUNDANCE - Quarry Books
Format: Paperback
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Sit! Stay! It's easy with Dog Training 101Using a visually driven, playful presentation, Dog Training 101 offers step-by-step instructions every dog owner needs and wants to know as you care for and raise your canine best friend. From basic commands like sit, stay, and come to everything... |
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All Dogs Go to Kevin: Everything Three Dogs Taught Me
Jessica Vogelsang - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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ALL DOGS GO TO KEVIN is a humorous and touching memoir that will appeal to anyone who has ever loved an animal or lost hours in James Herriot's classic veterinary stories. You can't always count on people, but you can always count on your dog. No one knows that better than veterinarian... |
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Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
Carl Safina - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book
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I wanted to know what they were experiencing, and why to us they feel so compelling, and so-close. This time I allowed myself to ask them the question that for a scientist was forbidden fruit: Who are you? Weaving decades of field observations with exciting new discoveries about... |
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Wild Cats
Candace Savage - Random House, Inc.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The author of Peregrine Falcons complements her always-lively prose with 90 stunning color photos, taken by many of the world's finest outdoor photographers, to craft an informative and entertaining treatment of these majestic creatures--their natural history, relationship with humans,... |
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Teach Yourself VISUALLY Dog Training
Sarah Hodgson - Visual
Format: Paperback
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When you're training your dog, he won't sit still for long-winded explanations. You don't have to, either! With this visual guide, you'll quickly learn how to determine your dog's personality, customize a training plan, and speak Doglish. You'll get the scoop on training... |
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Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own
David Toomey - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Science that sounds like science fiction.In recent years, scientists have hypothesized life-forms that can only be called weird organisms that live off acid rather than water, microbes that thrive at temperatures and pressure levels so extreme that their cellular structures should break... |
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Stepdog
Mireya Navarro - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book
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Stepdog is the hilarious and heartwarming tale of a woman who has finally met the man of her dreams - and the dog of her nightmares. Winner of the June 2015 Elle Readers PrizeLots of dogs eat shoes, bite people, destroy furniture . . . but Eddie tried to destroy a marriage.After... |
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The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love
Melissa Fay Greene - Ecco Press
Format: Print book
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From two-time National Book Award nominee Melissa Fay Greene comes a profound and surprising account of dogs on the front lines of rescuing both children and adults from the trenches of grief, emotional, physical, and cognitive disability, and post-traumatic stress disorder.The Underdogs... |
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The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places
William Atkins - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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In the classic literary tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Geoff Dyer, a rich and exquisitely written account of travels in eight deserts on five continents that evokes the timeless allure of these remote and forbidding places.One-third of the earth's surface is classified as desert. Restless,... |
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