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Climate: A Very Short Introduction
Mark Maslin - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Paperback
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The threat of global warming--the danger of melting ice caps, rising ocean levels, lost coast lines, and increasingly volatile weather--has made climate an integral aspect of one of the great hot-button issues of our time. It has certainly never been more important for all of us to understand... |
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Mauled: Lessons Learned from a Grizzly Bear Attack
Crosbie Cotton - Rocky Mountain Books
Format: Paperback
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An inspiring true-life survival story set in the remote backcountry of the Canadian Rockies.In August 2017, 32-year-old Jeremy Evans endured multiple ferocious attacks by a protective female grizzly bear while hunting in the Alberta wilderness.Jeremy's injuries were massive, his scalp... |
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Meet Your Dog
Kim Brophey - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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Every dog owner knows that along with the joy can come the stress and frustration of behavioral problems, which are expensive to diagnose and treat. Enter Kim Brophey, award-winning canine behavior consultant. Using cutting-edge research, Brophey has developed a groundbreaking system that... |
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Wild and Rare: Tracking Endangered Species in the Upper Midwest
Adam Regn Arvidson - Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Paperback
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The elusive Canada lynx bears kittens in Minnesota's northeastern woods. In the far southeastern part of the state, the succulent Leedy's roseroot clings to cold cliffs. On the northwestern grasslands, the western prairie fringed orchid grows only on ancient glacial beach ridges.... |
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Telescopes: A Very Short Introduction
Geoff Cottrell - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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From the first, telescopes have made dramatic revelations about the Universe and our place in it. Galileo's observations of the Moon's cratered surface and discovery of Jupiter's four big satellites profoundly altered the perception of the heavens. Over the past century, the rapid... |
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Sedges and Rushes of Minnesota: The Complete Guide to Species Identification
Welby R. Smith - Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Paperback
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The first comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide to Minnesota's nearly 250 species of sedges and rushes When most of us encounter a sea of what seem like grasses, we don't know if we're looking at a bog or a fen, a swamp or a marsh or a meadow. What we're seeing probably... |
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The People's Republic of Chemicals
Chip Jacobs - Rare Bird Books, A Vireo Book
Format: Hardcover
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Maverick environmental writers William J. Kelly and Chip Jacobs follow up their acclaimed Smogtown with a provocative examination of China's ecological calamity already imperiling a warming planet. Toxic smog most people figured was obsolete needlessly kills as many as died in the 9/11... |
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