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The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal about Being Human"[Strycker] thinks like a biologist but writes like a poet." -- Wall Street Journal An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world--and deep connection with humanity. Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from...
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Mammals of Minnesota Field GuideIdentify Mammals with Minnesota's Famous Identification Guide! Whether it's stumbling upon an animal track or actually seeing wildlife in nature, interacting with mammals is a thrill. Learn to identify mammals in Minnesota. With Stan Tekiela's popular field guide, mammal identification is simple and informative....
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Florida's WatersTaken from the earlier book Priceless Florida (and modified for a stand-alone book), this volume discusses the fresh- and saltwater systems of Florida, including lakes and ponds; rivers and streams; springs; aquatic caves; estuarine waters and seafloors; submarine meadows, sponge, rock, and reef communities;...
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Like a BeggarPaterson Poetry Prize Finalist, 2015Featured on NPR's "The Writer's Almanac"Ellen Bass s new poetry collection, "Like a Beggar," pulses with sex, humor and compassion. "The New York Times"Bass tries to convey everyday wonder on contemporary experiences of sex, work, aging, and war. Those who...
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The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature's Secret SignsThe internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather. The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather....
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The Great Cat: Poems about CatsThis delightful anthology gives us a teeming litter of literary tributes to the ever-fascinating, ever-mystifying cat. The feline has inspired poetic adoration since the days of the pharaohs, and the poems collected here cover an astonishing range of periods, cultures, and styles. Poets across...
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The Science of Gardening: Discover How Your Garden Really GrowsThe only book to explain the science behind gardening practice in a simple and visually accessible way Exploding myths and providing authoritative take-home advice, this book provides a shortcut to decades of gardening experience by explaining the science behind how a garden grows. Why...
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El UapitíAuthor: Valerie BoddenPublisher: Creative PaperbacksPublished: 01/17/2023Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 11.00h x 9.20w x 0.30dISBN: 9781682771426Audience: Ages 9-12
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The Obscure Substance of SkyThe poetic writing and images of Alicia Wirt-Fox's The Obscure Substance of Sky are divided into three parts. Each attempts to evoke three distinct realms. "The Obscure" pertains to the hidden, unseen, or arduous aspects of living in ourselves in the world as humans....
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This Is the Planet Where I LiveThis picture book celebrates and honors the interconnectedness of everything here on planet Earth. The planet where we live is full of people, animals, insects, birds, trees, clouds, rain, oceans--and everything is interconnected. With a cumulative text and rich, highly-detailed collages, this book is...
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Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the ForestIn this collection of natural-history essays, biologist Joan Maloof embarks on a series of lively, fact-filled expeditions into forests of the eastern United States. Through Maloof's engaging, conversational style, each essay offers a lesson in stewardship as it explores the interwoven connections between a...
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Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures"A palaeontological howdunnit... Spying on Whales] captures the excitement of...seeking answers to deep questions in cetacean science." --Nature Called "the best of science writing" (Edward O. Wilson) and named a best book by Popular Science, a dive into the secret lives of whales, from...
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Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological GardensInspirational, practical, and easy to use, this book was created with the aim of conveying the awesome diversity and beauty of California's native plants and demonstrating how they can be brought into ecologically sound, attractive, workable, and artful gardens. Structured around major California plant...
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Down the RiverDown the River is a collection of essays both timeless and timely. It is an exploration of the abiding beauty of some of the last great stretches of American wilderness on voyages down rivers where the body and mind float free, and the grandeur...
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Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States: A Field-To-Kitchen GuideLavishly illustrated with nearly three hundred gorgeous full-color photos, this engaging guidebook carefully describes forty different edible species of wild mushrooms found around Illinois and surrounding states, including Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Indiana, and Kentucky. With conversational and witty prose, the book provides extensive detail...
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The Book of Eggs: A Lifesize Guide to the Eggs of Six Hundred of the World's Bird SpeciesFrom the brilliantly green and glossy eggs of the Elegant Crested Tinamou--said to be among the most beautiful in the world--to the small brown eggs of the house sparrow that makes its nest in a lamppost and the uniformly brown or white chickens' eggs...
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The Shotgun Conservationist: Why Environmentalists Should Love HuntingAdventures at the intersection of hunting and conservation. The Shotgun Conservationist doesn't teach us how to hunt, it explores why we should hunt. As public lands remain imperiled, factory farms pollute the earth and subject animals to inhumane conditions, and global uncertainty presses us...
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Bayou d'Arbonne Swamp: A Naturalist's Memoir of PlaceBayou D'Arbonne Swamp addresses the vibrant natural, cultural, and social history of a north Louisiana swamp. Kelby Ouchley grew up near Bayou D'Arbonne Swamp, and he later spent much of his professional life as a wildlife biologist and naturalist overseeing the national wildlife refuge...
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A Citrus Kind of LoveThis collection draws upon the author's experiences with love, loss, and self-exploration. These poems examine what it means to fall in love and what's supposed to happen when life doesn't go according to plan. Full of vulnerable introspection and raw emotion, this book is...
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HummingbirdsWhat's more exciting than spotting a flitting humming bird on a flowering bush? Readers won't be able to stop trying to find one after reading this engaging book! Some of the smallest birds on Earth, hummingbirds use a long tongue in a long, thin...
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