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The Hamster Handbook
Patricia Bartlett - Barron's Educational Series; 2nd edition
Format: Print book
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Titles in Barron's popular series of Pet Handbooks present comprehensive information and helpful advice from breeders, veterinarians, and other pet experts. These full-color books instruct on housing, feeding, healthcare, and more. In The Hamster Handbook, hamster lovers will... |
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Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures
Nicholas Pyenson - Viking
Format: Book
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Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. They evolved from land-roaming, dog-sized creatures into animals that move like fish, breathe like us, can grow to 300,000 pounds, live 200 years and travel entire ocean basins. Whales... |
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Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau
Kevin T Dann - TarcherPerigee
Format: Print book
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To coincide with the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth in 2017, this thrilling, meticulous biography by naturalist and historian Kevin Dann fills a gap in our understanding of one modern history's most important spiritual visionaries by capturing the full arc of Thoreau's life as a mystic,... |
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The Most Perfect Thing: Inside
Tim Birkhead - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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Renowned ornithologist Tim Birkhead opens this gripping story as a female guillemot chick hatches, already carrying her full quota of tiny eggs within her undeveloped ovary. As she grows into adulthood, only a few of her eggs mature, are released into the oviduct, and are fertilized by sperm... |
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Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies: 150 Herbal Remedies to Heal Common Ailments
Anne Kennedy - Althea Press
Format: Print book
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Everyday ailments. Herbal remedies. Your complete resource to start feeling better, naturally.When a headache, cough, or other common ailment hits, many people turn to over-the-counter medications for relief. But for those who prefer to use herbal medicine, it can be difficult and overwhelming... |
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The California Field Atlas
Obi Kaufmann - Heyday
Format: Paperback
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This lavishly illustrated atlas takes readers off the beaten path and outside normal conceptions of California, revealing its myriad ecologies, topographies, and histories in exquisite maps and trail paintings. Based on decades of exploring the backcountry of the Golden State, artist-adventurer... |
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Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness
QING LI - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive guide to the therapeutic Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or the art and science of how trees can promote health and happinessNotice how a tree sways in the wind. Run your hands over its bark. Take in its citrusy scent. As a society we suffer from nature deficit... |
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A Naturalist at Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich
Bernd Heinrich - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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Some of the world's greatest writings on ravens and other birds, insects, trees, elephants, and more, collected for the first time in book form showing why Bernd Heinrich is so beloved for his "passionate observations [that] superbly mix memoir and science" (New York Times)... |
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The Wisdom of Wolves: Lessons From the Sawtooth Pack
Jim Dutcher - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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From the world-famous couple who lived alongside a three-generation wolf pack, this book of inspiration, drawn from the wild, will fascinate animal and nature lovers alike.For six years Jim and Jamie Dutcher lived intimately with a pack of wolves, gaining their trust as no one has before.... |
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A Big Little Life
Dean Koontz - Bantam; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn a profound, funny, and beautifully rendered portrait of a beloved companion, bestselling novelist Dean Koontz remembers the golden retriever who changed his life. A retired service dog, Trixie was three when Dean and his wife, Gerda, welcomed her into their home.... |
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The Outrun: A Memoir
AMY LIPTROT - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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"It's wild writing: sexy, unguarded, raw, and ardent ... highly recommended." -- The MillionsAfter a decade of heavy partying and hard drinking in London, Amy Liptrot returns home to Orkney, a remote island off the north of Scotland. The Outrun maps Amy's inspiring recovery... |
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Furry Logic: The Physics of Animal Life
Matin Durrani - Bloomsbury SIGMA
Format: Print book
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The principles of physics lie behind many of the ways animals go about their daily lives. Scientists have discovered that the way cats and dogs lap up liquids can be explained by the laws of surface tension, how ants navigate is due to polarized light, and why pistol shrimps can generate... |
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Wolf Haven: Sanctuary and the Future of Wolves in North America
Annie Marie Musselman - Sasquatch Books
Format: Print book
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This stirring book of photographs introduces the many wolves that have been given sanctuary at Wolf Haven International near Mount Rainer in southeast Washington State. Annie Marie Musselman was given the rare opportunity to photograph the wolves at the Wolf Haven sanctuary. These captive-born... |
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Falconry Basics: A Handbook for Beginners
Tony Hall - The Overlook Press
Format: Hardcover
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The essential handbook to the intricate sport of falconry, explaining all facets of raptor ownership.In this fully revised edition of his classic guide to falconry for beginners, lifelong falconer Tony Hall presents the most comprehensive information available to newcomers to the sport.... |
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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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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
DAN FLORES - Basic Books
Format: Paperback
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Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award"A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation." --Wall Street JournalLegends don't come close to capturing the incredible story of the coyote In the face of centuries of campaigns... |
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The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species
Carlos Magdalena - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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An impassioned memoir of saving extraordinary plants on the brink of extinction, by a scientist who has been called a "codebreaker" (Telegraph) and "an inspiration" (Jane Goodall) Carlos Magdalena is not your average horticulturist. He's a man on a mission... |
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My Patients and Other Animals: A Veterinarian's Stories of Love, Loss, and Hope
SUZANNE FINCHAM-GRAY - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover
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A moving memoir of a life spent in the company of animals - a veterinarian sheds light on the universal experiences of illness, healing, and how we care for loved ones. The pursuit of a childhood dream has taken Suzy Fincham-Gray on a journey in veterinary medicine from pastoral farms... |
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Microsculpture: Portraits of Insects
LEVON BISS - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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"You will never look at a beetle or a moth the same way again." --WIRED"Art meets science to dazzling effect." --The GuardianMicrosculptureis a unique photographic study of insects in mind-blowing magnification that celebrates the wonders of nature and science. Levon... |
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Horizon
Barry Lopez - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the National Book Award-winning author of the now-classic Arctic Dreams, a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped an extraordinary life.Taking us nearly from pole to pole--from... |
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RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR: In Search of the Soul of the Sea
Philip Hoare - University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback
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"Every day is an anxiety in my ways of getting to the water. . . . I've become so attuned to it, so scared of it, so in love with it that sometimes I can only think by the sea. It is the only place I feel at home." Many of us visit the sea. Admire it. Even profess to love... |
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The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras
Brantley Hargrove - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A tale of obsession and daring. A contest between humankind and nature's fiercest phenomenon. The saga of the greatest storm chaser who ever lived.At the turn of the twenty-first century, the tornado was one of the last true mysteries of the modern world. It was a monster that ravaged the American... |
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Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved
Darren Naish - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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Dinosaurs are one of the most spectacular groups of animals that have ever existed. Many were fantastic, bizarre creatures that still capture our imagination: the super-predator Tyrannosaurus, the plate-backed Stegosaurus, and the long-necked, long-tailed Diplodocus. Dinosaurs: The Ultimate... |
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Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone
Juli Berwald - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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A former ocean scientist goes in pursuit of the slippery story of jellyfish, rediscovering her passion for marine science and the sea's imperiled ecosystems. Jellyfish are an enigma. They have no centralized brain, but they see and feel and react to their environment in complex ways. They... |
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Talking to Animals: How You Can Understand Animals and They Can Understand You
Jon Katz - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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There are so many benefits to learning how to communicate with animals. Love, trust, a spiritual connection that goes to the heart of the human-animal bond. Every time I listen to them, I learn about myself.We seem to need animals in our disconnected lives more and more, yet we understand... |
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How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain
Gregory Berns - New Harvest
Format: Hardcover
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The powerful bond between humans and dogs is one that's uniquely cherished. Loyal, obedient, and affectionate, they are truly "man's best friend." But do dogs love us the way we love them? Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns had spent decades using MRI imaging technology... |
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The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution
Charles Cockell - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking new view on the theory of evolution, arguing that life develops in predictable waysWe are all familiar with the popular idea of strange alien life wildly different from life on earth inhabiting other planets. Maybe it's made of silicon! Maybe it has wheels! Or maybe it doesn't.... |
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American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
Nate Blakeslee - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrated Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her Before men ruled the earth, there were wolves. Once abundant in North America, these majestic creatures were hunted to near extinction in the lower 48 states by the 1920s.... |
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition
JON L DUNN - National Geographic
Format: Paperback
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This fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling North American bird field guide is the most up-to-date guide on the market. Perfect for beginning to advanced birders, it is the only book organized to match the latest American Ornithologists' Union taxonomy.With more than... |
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Peterson Guide to Bird Identificationin 12 Steps
STEVE N G HOWELL - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The perfect introduction for beginning birders: a 12-step path to a lifelong addiction Part of the satisfaction of watching birds is being able to name what you see. Yet, open a field guide, and there are hundreds of species to choose from, some with different appearances for males, females,... |
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The King and Queen of Malibu: The True Story of the Battle for Paradise
David K Randall - W W Norton, 2016.
Format: Print book
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New York Times best-selling author David K. Randall spins a remarkable tale of the American West and the desire of one couple to preserve paradise.Frederick and May Rindge, the unlikely couple whose love story propelled Malibu's transformation from an untamed ranch in the middle of nowhere... |
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San Diego County Mammal Atlas
Scott Tremor - Sunbelt Publications
Format: Hardcover
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The new San Diego County Mammal Atlas serves as the definitive guide to the mammals of San Diego County, the biodiversity of which is one of the greatest in the United States. More than a decade in the making, the 432-page, full-color book covers the biology of all 91 terrestrial species... |
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What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
Jonathan Balcombe - Scientific American/Farrar
Format: Print book
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Do fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? In "What a Fish Knows, " the myth-busting ethologist Jonathan Balcombe addresses these questions and more, taking us under the sea,... |
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Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River
David Owen - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant, eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from... |
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Land on Fire: The New Reality of Wildfire in the West
Gary Ferguson - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover
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"This comprehensive book offers a fascinating overview of how those fires are fought, and some conversation-starters for how we might reimagine our relationship with the woods." - Bill McKibben, author Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet Wildfire season is burning longer... |
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Still Waters: The Secret World of Lakes
Curt Stager - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating exploration of lakes around the world, from Walden Pond to the Dead Sea.More than a century and a half have passed since Walden was first published, and the world is now a very different place. Lakes are changing rapidly, not because we are separate from nature but because... |
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Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America
Craig Childs - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Apocalyptic Planet comes a vivid travelogue through prehistory, tracing the arrival of the First People in North America at least twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that tell of their lives and fates. This book upends our notions of where these people... |
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Ultimate Dog Grooming
Eileen Geeson - Firefly Books; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book
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"This large-format, colorfully illustrated handbook will find a place on library shelves where a good, general instruction manual for grooming one's own pet and even establishing oneself as a professional groomer is called for." --BOOKLIST A professional groomer is expensive,... |
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The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth
Hugh Aldersey-Williams - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A rich and sweeping exploration into the science and history behind the most mysterious, primal, and powerful force on earth: the tide.Half of the worlds population today lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. But the tide rises and falls according to rules that are a mystery... |
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Pacific Beach Through Time: 1979-2018
John Fry - America Through Time
Format: Paperback
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Founded as a college community in 1887, Pacific Beach was a rural suburb of San Diego during the first part of the twentieth century. WWII brought a five-fold increase in its population and it became a community of family homes. In the latter part of the century those homes were increasingly... |
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Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does
Philip Ball - The University of Chicago Press
Format: Print book
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Though at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a seashell and the branching veins of a leaf. Revealing the order at the foundation of the seemingly... |
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Birds of the Photo Ark
Joel Sartore - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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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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Mammals of North America: (Second Edition) (Princeton Field Guides)
Don E. Wilson - Princeton University Press; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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The best-selling field guide that "sets new standards" (New Scientist) and "makes all other field guides for mammals of the United States. . . and Canada obsolete" (Journal of Mammalogy) is now even better. Covering 20 species recognized since 2002 and including 13 new color... |
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My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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The first book Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy: a bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu, now the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece PBSWhen the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate,... |
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The Guinea Pig Handbook
Sharon Lynn Vanderlip DVM - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Barron's Pet Handbooks are written, designed, and illustrated in much the same attractive style as Barron's best-selling Complete Pet Owner's Manuals. However, Handbooks have a larger page count and with it, more extensive and detailed coverage of each title's subject... |
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An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Al Gore - Rodale Books
Format: Paperback
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The follow up to the #1 New York Times bestselling An Inconvenient TruthAn Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power is a daring call to action, exposing the reality of how humankind has aided in the destruction of our planet and groundbreaking information on what you can do now.Vice... |
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Secret Service Dogs : the heroes who protect the president of the united states
Maria Goodavage - Dutton
Format: Print book
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In an age fraught with terrorism, United States Secret Service canine teams risk their lives to safeguard the president, vice president, their families, visiting heads of state, and a host of others. Unprecedented access to these heroic dog teams has allowed a fascinating first-time-ever... |
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View From Above: An Astronaut Photographs the World
TERRY VIRTS - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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This majestic National Geographic photography book offers a spectacular view of Earth from outer space, featuring aerial imagery taken from the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Terry Virts.Few people get the experience of seeing the world from outer space - and no one has taken... |
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No Immediate Danger: Volume One of Carbon Ideologies: 1
WILLIAM T VOLLMANN - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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A timely, eye-opening book about climate change and energy generation that focuses on the consequences of nuclear power production, from award-winning author William T. VollmannIn his nonfiction, William T. Vollmann has won acclaim as a singular voice tackling some of the most important... |
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How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
SY MONTGOMERY - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals - her friends - who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green.Understanding someone who belongs to another species... |
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Darwin's Unfinished Symphony: How Culture Made the Human Mind
Kevin N Laland - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and language to science and technology. How did the human mind--and the uniquely human ability to devise and transmit culture--evolve from its roots in animal behavior? Darwin's Unfinished Symphony presents... |
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Simple Acts to Save Our Planet: 500 Ways to Make a Difference
Michelle Neff - Adams Media
Format: Print Length
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Simple Acts to Save Our Planet shows you how to be more active in saving our planet every day by performing some "Simple Acts of Kindness" - for the Earth.Treat the environment with kindness with these easy, manageable activities that range from simple home updates, to gardening... |
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
Stephen Brusatte - William Morrow
Format: Book
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In this ambitious and engrossing narrative history that spans nearly 200 million years, Stephen Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field - discovering ten new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies - tells the complete... |
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The Curious Life of Krill: A Conservation Story from the Bottom of the World
Stephen Nicol - Island Press
Format: Hardcover
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Krill-it's a familiar word that conjures oceans, whales, and swimming crustaceans. Scientists say they are one of most abundant animals on the planet. But when pressed, few people can accurately describe krill or explain their ecological importance. Antarctic krill have used their extraordinary... |
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Idiot's Guides: Dog Training
Liz Palika - ALPHA
Format: Paperback
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Nothing is more exciting than bringing home a new puppy or dog. But without some basic training, a dog can turn life upside down. Idiot's Guides: Dog Training helps readers lay a solid, positive behavioral foundation for dogs of all ages and levels of prior training. Filled with full-color,... |
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American Values: Lessons I Learned from My Family
ROBERT F JR KENNEDY - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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In this moving, thoughtful family history, the son and namesake of Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy shares memories of his turbulent childhood and the lessons that have shaped his enduring values.Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the third of eleven children born to Bobby Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy,... |
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The Rabbit-Raising Problem Solver: Your Questions Answered about Housing, Feeding, Behavior, Health Care, Breeding, and Kindling
Karen Patry - Storey Publishing, LLC; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Whether you're raising your rabbits as pets or for meat, you need solid, accurate, easy-to-access information to keep your animals healthy and happy. This Q&A resource from expert Karen Patry has the answers to all your questions about everything from housing and feeding to breeding,... |
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How to Age-Proof Your Dog: The Art and Science of Successful Canine Aging
Elizabeth U Murphy - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book
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How to Age-Proof Your Dog: The Art and Science of Successful Canine Aging gives dog owners the information and tools they need to provide proactive and preventative health care starting early in their dog's life and continuing throughout various stages and ages. In this book, readers are instructed... |
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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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Collecting Rocks, Gems and Minerals: Identification, Values and Lapidary Uses
Patti Polk - Krause Publications
Format: Print book
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A rockhound's must-have resource! Easy to use and lavishly illustrated, this new and completely revised and expanded edition of Collecting Rocks, Gems, and Minerals is designed with beginners in mind, yet filled with valuable technical information for seasoned collectors. This guide... |
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The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us
LUCY JONES - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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By the world-renowned seismologist, a surprising history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to comeEarthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--these all stem from the same forces that give our planet life. It is only when they exceed... |
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Darwin's Fossils: The Collection That Shaped the Theory of Evolution
ADAM LISTER - Smithsonian Books
Format: Paperback
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Reveals how Darwin's study of fossils shaped his scientific thinking and led to his development of the theory of evolution.Darwin's Fossils is an accessible account of Darwin's pioneering work on fossils, his adventures in South America, and his relationship with the scientific... |
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Beagles
Lucia Roesel-Parent - Barron's Educational Series; 3 edition
Format: Print book
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One of America's favorite dog breeds is profiled in detail in this newly updated pet manual. Even-tempered and typically gentle in disposition, the Beagle is good with kids and makes a fine family pet. The author offers extensive advice on nutritious feeding, training, grooming, health... |
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Ruthless Tide: The Tragic Epic of the Johnstown Flood
AL ROKER - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping narrative history of the 1889 Johnstown Flood - the deadliest flood in US history - from New York Times bestselling author, NBC Host, and legendary weather authority Al Roker.May 1889: After a deluge of rainfall - nearly a foot in less than twenty-four hours - swelled the Little... |
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Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Timber Press
Format: Paperback
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"This travel companion will shed new light on all that flourishes and flowers, or creeps and crawls in the vast urban-yet-still-wild sprawl of the city and surrounding area." - Publishers Weekly Los Angeles may have a reputation as a concrete jungle, but in reality, it's... |
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The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
Florence Williams - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An intrepid investigation into nature's restorative benefits by a prize-winning author.For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; and Nikola Tesla... |
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