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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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Hello, My Name Is Ice Cream: The Art and Science of the Scoop
Dana Cree - Clarkson Potter Format: Print book
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With more than 100 recipes for ice cream flavors and revolutionary mix-ins from a James Beard-nominated pastry chef, Hello, My Name is Ice Cream explains not only how to make amazing ice cream, but also the science behind the recipes so you can understand ice cream like a pro.Hello,... |
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Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine
Gordon M Shepherd - Columbia University Press Format: Hardcover
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In his new book, Gordon M. Shepherd expands on the startling discovery that the brain creates the taste of wine. This approach to understanding wine's sensory experience draws on findings in neuroscience, biomechanics, human physiology, and traditional enology. Shepherd shows, just... |
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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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Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell
Alexandra Horowitz - Scribner Format: Print book
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Alexandra Horowitz, the author of the lively, highly informative New York Times bestselling blockbuster Inside of a Dog, explains how dogs perceive the world through their most spectacular organ - the nose - and how we humans can put our under-used sense of smell to work in surprising... |
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Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide
Charles Foster - Metropolitan Books Format: Print book
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A passionate naturalist explores what it's really like to be an animal -- by living like themHow can we ever be sure that we really know the other? To test the limits of our ability to inhabit lives that are not our own, Charles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the non-humans,... |
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Hubble Images from Space
Amherst Media - Amherst Media Format: Paperback
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Hubble Images from Space: a Virtual Tour is a book of images from the Hubble telescope curated and edited by Beth Alessewho works in Los Angeles, California. The images were collected using space-based instruments of the Hubble telescopefrom 1990 to 2017, many in combination with data from... |
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Water and Los Angeles: A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941
William Deverell - University of California Press Format: Paperback
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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Los Angeles rose to significance in the first half of the twentieth century by way of its complex... |
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Dorothy Brooke and the Fight to Save Cairo's Lost War Horses
Grant Hayter-Menzies - Potomac Books Format: Hardcover
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Born in June 1883 to an aristocratic Scottish family, Dorothy Gibson-Craig was brought up with dogs and horses. In 1926 she married Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Brooke, recipient of the Distinguished Service Order in World War I and a writer on equine culture. She followed her new husband to Cairo,... |
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Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
Bill Schutt - Algonquin Books Format: Hardcover
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"A masterful and compulsively readable book that challenges our preconceived notions about a behavior often sensationalized in our culture and, until just recently, misunderstood in the scientific world." - Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History,... |
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Coast Range: A Collection from the Pacific Edge
Nick Neely - Soft Skull Press Format: Print book
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Coast: the edge of land, or conversely the edge of sea. Range: a measure between limits, or the scope or territory of a thing. Coast Range, the debut collection of essays from writer Nick Neely, meticulously and thoughtfully dwells on these intersections and much more. The book's title... |
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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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Winter
Karl Ove Knausgaard - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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The second volume in his autobiographical quartet based on the seasons, Winter is an achingly beautiful collection of daily meditations and letters addressed directly to Knaugsaard's unborn daughter 2 December - It is strange that you exist, but that you don't know anything about... |
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Wildlife of Madagascar
Ken Behrens - Princeton University Press Format: Paperback
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The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is one of the world's great natural treasures and ecotourism destinations. Despite being an island, it is home to nearly an entire continent's variety of species, from the famous lemurs to a profusion of bizarre and beautiful birds, reptiles... |
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The Lambs: My Father, a Farm, and the Gift of a Flock of Sheep
Carole Shelbourn George - Thomas Dunne Books Format: Hardcover
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"An enchanting book -- please read." -- Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE; Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of PeaceIn this touching memoir about the relationship between father, daughter, and animals, Carole explores life after adopting thirteen pet Karakul lambs.... |
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Wolf Nation: The Life, Death, and Return of Wild American Wolves
Brenda Peterson - Da Capo Press Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Peter Matthiessen's Wildlife in America or Aldo Leopold, Brenda Peterson tells the 300-year history of wild wolves in America. It is also our own history, seen through our relationship with wolves. The earliest Americans revered them. Settlers zealously exterminated... |
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Bono: The Amazing Story of a Rescue Cat Who Inspired a Community
HELEN BROWN - Citadel Format: Paperback
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From New York Times bestselling author Helen Brown comes a funny and moving account of her life-changing month as a foster mother - to a homeless cat named Bono. When Helen Brown arrived in New York for a month-long business stay, a fellow animal-lover talked her into... |
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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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Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of California
Eleanor Spicer Rice - University Of Chicago Press Format: Paperback
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Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects - with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark - as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike, ants decompose dead wood, turn over... |
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How to Stay Alive: The Ultimate Survival Guide for Any Situation
Bear Grylls - William Morrow Paperbacks Format: Paperback
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In the spirit of the multi-million copy bestselling SAS Survival Handbook comes the ultimate survival guide for the 21st century, from world-famous adventurer and former SAS soldier Bear Grylls.For more than a decade, Bear Grylls has introduced TV viewers to the most dramatic wilderness... |
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How We're F***ing Up Our Planet
Tony Juniper - DK Format: Hardcover
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What impact are we having on global warming? Does a more sustainable way of living hold the answer to climate change and the other environmental problems facing our planet?How We're F***ing Up Our Planet charts the dramatic explosion of human population and consumption. Using the latest... |
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Water
Bernhard Edmaier - Prestel Publishing Format: Print book
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The latest book by the award-winning photographer Bernhard Edmaier presents his stunning vistas of water in awe-inspiring views of our planet. In his seminal photography books, Bernhard Edmaier capturesdreamy, color-saturated, seemingly abstract images of earthfrom above. In this new volume,... |
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Dogtology: A Humorous Exploration of Man's Fur-ocious Devotion to Dogs
Jeff Lazarus - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Hardcover
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Chew on this. As humans, we have a deep need to believe . . . a need to relate to something greater and more ideal than ourselves. Perhaps that's why so many millions believe in Dog. Man's devotion to Dog has come to rival the great -isms and -ologies of the world. This thing has gone... |
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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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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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The Total Cat Manual: Meet, Love, and Care for Your New Best Friend
Davd Meyer - Weldon Owen Format: Print book
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Everything you need to know about your new feline friend, with over 200 top tips from the experts at Adopt-a-Pet.com! From adoption and care to behavior and communication, this is the most comprehensive guide to cats available. The experts at Adopt-a-Pet.com, who have spent many years connecting... |
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Catnip: A Love Story
MICHAEL KORDA - Countryman Press Format: Hardcover
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From silly to sweet, 365 cat sketches by Michael Korda, drawn with love for his wife With the imagination of a writer and the eye of an artist, Michael Korda doodled on the backs of old manuscripts in his tackroom while his wife, Margaret, was out riding. They loved and acquired cats -- a habit... |
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End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals
R D E MacPhee - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth.Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller -- including gorilla-sized lemurs, 500-pound birds, and crocodiles that weighed a ton or more -- roamed the earth. These... |
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Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
NOAH STRYCKER - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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Traveling to 41 countries in 2015 with a backpack and binoculars, Noah Strycker became the first person to see more than half the world's 10,000 species of birds in one year. In 2015, Noah Strycker set himself a lofty goal: to become the first person to see half the world's birds in one year.... |
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Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate
William F Ruddiman - Princeton University Press Format: Paperback
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The impact on climate from 200 years of industrial development is an everyday fact of life, but did humankind's active involvement in climate change really begin with the industrial revolution, as commonly believed? Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum has sparked lively scientific debate... |
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Where the Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics
JAMES CHESHIRE - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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"Where the Animals Go is beautiful and thrilling, a combination of the best in science and exposition, and a joy to study cover to cover." -- Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard UniversityFor thousands of years, tracking animals meant following footprints.... |
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Gizelle's Bucket List: My Life with a Very Large Dog
Lauren Watt - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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"A lightbeat, epic account of how the 20-something author brought her giant English Mastiff to her first tiny New York apartment after college, while navigating boyfriends, first jobs, her mother's illness and a bucket list that involves her dog's participation, "--NoveList."Lauren... |
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Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet's Journey
STEPHEN KUUSISTO - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.At the age of thirty-eight, Stephen Kuusisto - who has managed his whole life without... |
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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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Cats Ive Known: On Love, Loss, and Being Graciously Ignored
Katie Haegele - Microcosm Publishing Format: Paperback
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A collection of deeply heartfelt, humorous, and insightful stories of cats written by a true wordsmith and raconteur.From deep friendships to brief encounters, this is the story of the cats in Katie Haegeles life, or rather the story of her life in relation to the many cats she meets in Philadelphias... |
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The Source: How Rivers Made America and America Remade Its Rivers
MARTIN DOYLE - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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How rivers have shaped American politics, economics, and society from the beginnings of the Republic to today. In this fresh and powerful work of environmental history, Martin Doyle explores how rivers have often been the source of arguments at the heart of the American experiment -- over... |
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Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth
Michael S. Engel - Sterling Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating look at the world's most numerous inhabitants, illustrated with stunning images from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection. To date, we have discovered and described or named around 1.1 million insect species, and thousands of new species are added... |
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Life in the Sloth Lane: Slow Down and Smell the Hibiscus
Lucy Cooke - Workman Publishing Company Format: Hardcover
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Is there a reason sloths are always smiling? Yes! They've mastered the art of living slow in a world whose pace is making everyone crazy. Along with being the "it" animal - "sloths are the new kittens" (Washington Post) - the sloth clearly has much to teach... |
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The Quarry Fox: And Other Critters of the Wild Catskills
Leslie T Sharpe - The Overlook Press Format: Print book
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Reflections on the private lives of the wild critters of the Catskills, from birds to moths to wild deer, by a lifelong naturalistA red fox stands poised at the edge of a woodchuck den, his ears perked for danger as two pudgy fox cubs frolic nearby. A mother black bear and her cubs hibernate... |
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016
Amy Stewart - Mariner Books Format: Print book
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"Science writers get into the game with all kinds of noble, high-minded ambitions. We want to educate. To enlighten," notes guest editor Amy Stewart in her introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016. "But at the end of the day, we're all writers... |
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David Bellamy's Arctic Light: Painting Watercolours in a Frozen Wilderness
David Bellamy - Search Press Format: Hardcover
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This book is the culmination of various expeditions made by well-known artist and bestselling author David Bellamy to his beloved Arctic. His descriptions of his travels, written from an artist's point of view, vividly bring to life the challenges he faced when painting outdoors in one of the harshest... |
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Pasta for Nightingales: A 17th-Century Handbook of Bird-Care and Folklore
CASSIANO DAL POZZO - Yale University Press Format: Hardcover
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The first-ever English translation of a seventeenth-century ornithology text, complete with historic watercolor illustrations This beautifully illustrated book brings together the newly commissioned, first-ever English translation of one of the earliest studies in ornithology with the original... |
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Animal: Exploring the Zoological World
Phaidon Editors - Phaidon Press Format: Hardcover
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Explore the beauty and diversity of the animal world through more than 300 captivating images from across time and from every corner of the globeAnimal: Exploring the Zoological World is a visually stunning and broad-ranging survey that explores and celebrates humankind's ongoing fascination... |
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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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The Secret Life of Cows
Rosamund Young - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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In this affectionate, heart-warming chronicle, Rosamund Young distills a lifetime of organic farming wisdom, describing the surprising personalities of her cows and other animalsAt her famous Kite's Nest Farm in Worcestershire, England, the cows (as well as sheep, hens, and pigs) all roam... |
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Weird Dinosaurs: The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew
John Pickrell - Columbia University Press Format: Hardcover
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From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf... |
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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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Water is for Fighting Over: and Other Myths about Water in the West
John Fleck - Island Press Format: Print book
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When we think of water in the West, we think of conflict and crisis. In recent years, newspaper headlines have screamed, "Scarce water and the death of California farms," "The Dust Bowl returns," "A 'megadrought' will grip U.S. in the coming decades."... |
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Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do
Marc Bekoff - University of Chicago Press Format: Hardcover
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For all the love and attention we give dogs, much of what they do remains mysterious. Just think about different behaviors you see at a dog park: We have a good understanding of what it means when dogs wag their tails - but what about when they sniff and roll on a stinky spot? Why do they... |
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The man who made things out of trees
Rob Penn - W.W. Norton & Company Format: Print book
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The story of how one man cut down a single tree to see how many things could be made from it. Out of all the trees in the world, the ash is the most closely bound up with who we are. From tool handles to arrows, wheels and bowls to furniture and baseball bats, humans have made more and varied... |
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Needle Felted Kittens: How to Create Cute and Lifelike Cats from Wool
Hinali. - Nippan IPS Format: JP Oversized
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Did you notice the adorable kitten on the cover of this book? Look closer...even closer...it's hard to believe, but that it's not a real kitten, it's an incredibly detailed and lifelike needle felted creation from artist Hinali. Hinali has been creating these felt masterpieces... |
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Poetry from Scratch: A Kitten's Book of Verse
Jennifer McCartney - Countryman Press Format: Print book
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The newest entry in the feline literary canon is here ... so pee on this, cat poet wannabes Hipster cats, stay-at-home-mom cats, windowsill cats, and outdoor cats -- you'll find them all here, immortalized in prose about, for, and sometimes by, cats. With a Brooklyn edge, author Jennifer... |
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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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Bolt and Keel: The Wild Adventures of Two Rescued Cats
Kayleen VanderRee - Countryman Press Format: Hardcover
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Stunning photographs of two adorable cats -- Instagram stars -- who hike, paddle, and snowshoe through the wilderness.Two kittens were abandoned in a park. The women who found them were about to head off on a mountain trek. And the animal shelter was closed. The cats seemed game so their... |
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Gold Panning California: A Guide to the Area's Best Sites for Gold
Garret Romaine - Falcon Guides Format: Paperback
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Gold Panning California is the premiere reference source for anyone who is interested in getting started or continuing their gold prospecting in California. This colorful, well-researched guide contains accurate, up-to-date prospecting information for all known panning areas in California.... |
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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America
Jesse Fagan - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Print book
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A field guide to the birds of Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, abundantly illustrated and with comprehensive coverage of both endemic and migrant birds Birding is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry in northern Central America, and this is the newest... |
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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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Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator
Jason M Colby - Oxford University Press Format: Hardcover
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Since the release of the documentary Blackfish in 2013, millions around the world have focused on the plight of the orca, the most profitable and controversial display animal in history. Yet, until now, no historical account has explained how we came to care about killer whales in the first... |
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Fire in the Heart: A Memoir of Friendship, Loss, and Wildfire
Mary Emerick - Arcade Publishing Format: Hardcover
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FIRE IN THE HEART is a powerful memoir by a woman, once a shy, insecure schoolgirl, who reinvented herself as a professional wildland fire fighter. Determined to forge herself into a stronger, braver person, Mary climbs to heights she never imagined for herself, eventually directing blazes... |
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Dawn Again: Tracking the Wisdom of the Wild
Doniga Markegard - Propriometrics Press Format: Paperback
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The wolf was so close now... Approaching the place where the edge of the forest met the open meadow, I paused before stepping out from the shadows of the trees. The sun was directly overhead. In that moment I stood frozen in my tracks next to the fresh footprint of the wolf that had led me here.... |
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The Outrun: A Memoir
Amy Liptrot - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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"The Outrun will no doubt sit alongside . . . Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk -- the sheer sensuality of Liptrot's prose and her steely resolve immediately put her right up there with the best of the best." -- New StatesmanWhen Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney after more than a decade... |
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Why Dinosaurs Matter (TED Books)
Kenneth Lacovara - Simon & Schuster/ TED Format: Hardcover
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What can long-dead dinosaurs teach us about our future? Plenty, according to paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara, who has discovered some of the largest creatures to ever walk the Earth.By tapping into the ubiquitous wonder that dinosaurs inspire, Lacovara weaves together the stories of our geological... |
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Beasts in My Belfry
Gerald Durrell - David R. Godine Format: Print book
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From the age of two, Gerald Durrell was fascinated by zoology, over the years assembling a large, and not altogether savory, collection of pets, strays, and specimens. As his unofficial zoo grew, so did his family's discomfort. The solution was to find another, more permanent outlet... |
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Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
ELIZABETH RUSH - Milkweed Editions Format: Book
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Harvey. Maria. Irma. Sandy. Katrina. We live in a time of unprecedented hurricanes and catastrophic weather events, a time when it is increasingly clear that climate change is neither imagined nor distant -- and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable... |
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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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The Ghosts of Gombe: A True Story of Love and Death in an African Wilderness
Dale Peterson - University of California Press Format: Hardcover
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On July 12, 1969, Ruth Davis, a young American volunteer at Dr. Jane Goodall's famous chimpanzee research camp in the Gombe Stream National Park of Tanzania, East Africa, walked out of camp to follow a chimpanzee into the forest. Six days later, her body was found floating in a pool... |
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Catakism: A Humorous Purr-spective on Humankind's Obsession with Cats
Jeff Lazarus - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Hardcover
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Does your cat own you? What has caused us to enthrone cats as the most popular pet on the planet? Why do we devote so much of our time and income to grooming, feeding, coddling, photographing, praising, providing laps for, and "entertaining" our cats? If an anthropologist from... |
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Good Birders Still Don't Wear White
Lisa A. White - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Paperback
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Avid North American birders share wit, wisdom, advice, and what fuels their passion for birds.Birding gets you outside, helps you de-stress, exercises your body and mind, puts your day-to-day problems in perspective, and can be lots of fun. Birders know this, and in this collection of thirty-seven... |
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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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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 Backyard Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America
Arthur V Evans - National Geographic Format: Print book
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An accessible visual guide to the top 150 insects and spiders, this guide combines readable text, representative photographs, and explanatory illustrations to highlight key features of body shape, life cycle, and behavior. Organized by scientific taxonomy, the book offers navigational devices... |
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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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Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth's Essential Life Forms
TED ANTON - University Of Chicago Press Format: Hardcover
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We live in a time of unprecedented scientific knowledge about the origins of life on Earth. But if we want to grasp the big picture, we have to start small - very small. That's because the real heroes of the story of life on Earth are microbes, the tiny living organisms we cannot see with... |
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Emerald Labyrinth: A Scientist's Adventures in the Jungles of the Congo
Eli Greenbaum - ForeEdge Format: Paperback
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Emerald Labyrinth is a scientist and adventurer's chronicle of years exploring the rainforests of sub-Saharan Africa. The richly varied habitats of the Democratic Republic of the Congo offer a wealth of animal, plant, chemical, and medical discoveries. But the country also has a deeply... |
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The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
Jack E Davis - Liveright Format: Hardcover
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The tragic collision between civilization and nature in the Gulf of Mexico becomes a uniquely American story in this environmental epic.When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its "special kind of providence." Indeed, the Gulf presented... |
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Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology
Lisa Margonelli - Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Hardcover
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The award-winning journalist Lisa Margonelli, national bestselling author of Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank, investigates the environmental and economic impact termites inflict on human societies in this fascinating examination of one of nature's most... |
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The Beekeeper's Field Guide
David Cramp - Robinson Format: Paperback
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This guide is a diagnostic tool and an aide memoire for the hobbyist and for the professional beekeeper, who may know what to do but will at times need the information close to hand. It includes: - A troubleshooting guide to problems with colonies and queen bees - A guide to the field diagnosis,... |
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Energy and Civilization: A History
Vaclav Smil - The MIT Press Format: Hardcover
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Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy into... |
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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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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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Bonded By Battle
Nancy Roe Pimm - Quindaro Press Format: Hardcover
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'Military history and dog lovers rejoice!' School Library Journal 'Accurate and fascinating' Kirkus Reviews, April 2017 Since the Civil War, U.S. soldiers and their canine companions have been inseparable. Over time, these dogs have shown they provide more than love. Stubby,... |
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The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age
Marc Bekoff - Beacon Press Format: Print book
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A compelling argument that the time has come to use what we know about the fascinating and diverse inner lives of other animals on their behalfWide-ranging studies of animal intelligence and emotions have enabled us to learn ever more about what animals think, feel, and want. However, this... |
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Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake
KATHRYN MILES - Dutton Format: Hardcover
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A journey around the United States in search of the truth about the threat of earthquakes leads to spine-tingling discoveries, unnerving experts, and ultimately the kind of preparations that will actually help guide us through disasters. It's a road trip full of surprises. Earthquakes.... |
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Animals Strike Curious Poses
Elena Passarello - Sarabande Books Format: Print book
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Beginning with Yuka, a 39,000 year old mummified woolly mammoth recently found in the Siberian permafrost, each of the 16 essays in Animals Strike Curious Poses investigates a different famous animal named and immortalized by humans. Modeled loosely after a medieval bestiary, these... |
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A Lakeside Companion
Ted Rulseh - University of Wisconsin Press Format: Hardcover
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Why do fish jump? Why don't lakes freeze all the way down to the bottom? Which lake plants are invasive? What are those water bugs? Is that lake healthy? Whether you fish, paddle, swim, snowshoe, ski, or just gaze upon your favorite lake, A Lakeside Companion will deepen your appreciation... |
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The Arctic: Reflecting the Landscape, Wildlife, and People of the Far North
Jennifer Kingsley - Welcome Books Format: Print book
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Stunning scenery, magnificent wildlife, and native cultures bring the Arctic to life in this unparalleled collection of photography. In never-before-seen photos from the world's finest nature photographers, The Arctic introduces the reader to this region in three sections - the land... |
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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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War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II
Robin Hutton - Regnery History Format: Hardcover
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America's highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor, was awarded to four-hundred-forty deserving members of "The Greatest Generation" that served in World War II. But in 1943, before the war was even over, Allied leaders realized they needed another kind of award... |
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Wild and Crazy: Photos from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
PAUL JOYNSON-HICKS - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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The funniest photographs of wildlife from around the world collected here in one must-have book that is perfect for animal lovers of all stripes.When the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards announced a contest for the funniest animal photo, they received entries from all over the world.... |
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A Farewell to Ice: A Report from the Arctic
P Wadhams - Oxford University Press Format: Paperback
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Based on five decades of research and observation, a haunting and unsparing look at the melting ice caps, and what their disappearance will mean.Peter Wadhams has been studying ice first-hand since 1970, completing 50 trips to the world's poles and observing for himself the changes... |
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The Book of Cheese: The Essential Guide to Discovering Cheeses Youll Love
Liz Thorpe - Flatiron Books Format: Hardcover
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EXPLORE THE WORLD OF CHEESE BY ASKING YOURSELF ONE SIMPLE QUESTION: WHAT CHEESES DO I ALREADY LOVE?. This is the first book of its kind to be organized not by country, milk type, or any other technical classification. The Book of Cheese maps the world of cheese using nine familiar favorites,... |
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The Worm Farmer's Handbook: Mid- to Large-Scale Vermicomposting for Farms, Businesses, Municipalities, Schools, and Institutions
Rhonda Sherman - Chelsea Green Publishing Format: Paperback
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Techniques and systems for processing food scraps, manure, yard debris, paper, and more Turning waste into wealth sounds too good to be true, but many worm farmers are finding that vermicomposting is a reliable way to do just that. Vermicast -- a biologically active, nutrient-rich mix of earthworm... |
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The First Domestication: How Wolves and Humans Coevolved
Raymond Pierotti - Yale University Press Format: Hardcover
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A riveting look at how dog and humans became best friends, and the first history of dog domestication to include insights from indigenous peoples In this fascinating book, Raymond Pierotti and Brandy Fogg change the narrative about how wolves became dogs and in turn, humanity's best... |
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The Meaning of Birds
SIMON BARNES - Pegasus Books Format: Hardcover
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A gorgeously illustrated and enchanting examination of the lives of birds, illuminating their wondrous world and our connection with them. One of our most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live... |
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The Enigma of the Owl: An Illustrated Natural History
Mike Unwin - Yale University Press Format: Print book
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A rare invitation into the mysterious lives of owls around the world, with spectacularly revealing photographs and fascinating details Perhaps no other creature has so compelling a gaze as the owl. Its unblinking stare mesmerizes; its nocturnal lifestyle suggests secrets and mystery. This... |
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The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals
Donald R. Prothero - Princeton University Press Format: Print book
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After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Roaming the earth were spectacular beasts such as saber-toothed cats, giant mastodonts, immense ground sloths, and gigantic giraffe-like rhinoceroses. Here is the ultimate... |
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What It's Like to Be a Dog: And Other Adventures in Animal Neuroscience
Gregory Berns - Basic Books Format: Hardcover
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What is it like to be a dog? A bat? Or a dolphin? To find out, neuroscientist Gregory Berns and his team began with a radical step: they taught dogs to go into an MRI scanner-completely awake. They discovered what makes dogs individuals with varying capacities for self-control, different... |
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Touching the Wild: Living with the Mule Deer of Deadman Gulch
Joe Hutto - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Paperback
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In Illumination in the Flatwoods, Joe Hutto unveiled the secret lives of wild turkeys to great critical acclaim, which resulted in the Emmy Award-winning PSB documentary My Life as a Turkey. Now Hutto has done it again. Touching the Wild is the enchanting story about one man who has lived... |
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Birds of a Feather: A True Story of Hope and the Healing Power of Animals
LORIN LINDNER - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring story of how one woman's vision helped create a unique healing communityLee Woodruff: "This true story will twist your heart like a sponge and renew your faith in the world."Vicki Myron: "A heartwarming book." Animal lover though she was, Lorin Lindner... |
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On the Ganges: Encounters with Saints and Sinners on India's Mythic River
GEORGE BLACK - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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Journey along one of the world's greatest rivers and catch a glimpse into the lives and cultures of the people who live along its banksThe Ganges flows through northern India and Bangladesh for more than 1,500 miles before emptying into the Bay of Bengal. It is sacred to Hindus who worship... |
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Natural Wonders of the World
Smithsonian Institution. - DK Format: Hardcover
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Discover Earth's most beautiful and fascinating natural landmarks. From the spectacular granite domes of Yosemite to the reefs of the Bahama Banks and the ice sheets of the Antarctic, this is an unparalleled survey of the world's natural treasures.From the Rocky Mountains to the Great barrier... |
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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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Kings of the Yukon: One Summer Paddling Across the Far North
ADAM WEYMOUTH - Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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One man's thrilling and transporting journey by canoe across Alaska in search of the king salmonThe Yukon river is 2,000 miles long, the longest stretch of free-flowing river in the United States. In this riveting examination of one of the last wild places on earth, Adam Weymouth canoes... |
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Engineering for Cats: Improve the Life of Your Pet Through 10 Ingenious Projects
MAC DELANEY - Workman Publishing Company Format: Paperback
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There may be 100 million pet cats in this country, but who says that means they're domesticated? Sure, they clean themselves, use a litter box, and hunt rodents, but cats are also territorial beasts who think furniture is meant for claw sharpening, and that running water is always better... |
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A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe's Encounter with North America
Sam White - Harvard University Press Format: Hardcover
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When Europeans first arrived in North America, they faced a cold new world. The average global temperature had dropped to lows unseen in millennia, and its effects were stark and unpredictable: blizzards and deep freezes, droughts and famines, and winters when even the Rio Grande froze.... |
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Unspeakable Horror: The Deadliest Shark Attacks in Maritime History
Joseph B Healy - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Paperback
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The story of the USS Indianapolis is well-known. After delivering crucial components of the atomic bomb that would level Hiroshima in 1945, the Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine in the South China Sea. Of the nearly 1,200 men aboard, 900 survived the torpedoing, spilling into... |
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