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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021New York Times best-selling author and renowned science journalist Ed Yong compiles the best science and nature writing published in 2020. "The stories I have chosen reflect where I feel the field of science and nature writing has landed, and where it could go,"...
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Birdpedia: A Brief Compendium of Avian LoreA captivating A-Z treasury about birds and birding Birdpedia is an engaging illustrated compendium of bird facts and birding lore. Featuring nearly 200 entries--on topics ranging from plumage and migration to birds in art, literature, and folklore--this enticing collection is brimming with wisdom and...
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Yellowstone National Park: The First 150 YearsPublished in anticipation of the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 2022, this book collects historic photographs, classic art, and an accompanying narrative that traces the history of the area from its Native American inhabitants to the present. Sidebars include...
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo"Darkness fell almost immediately, and everything became extraordinarily still. The silence of an African jungle on a dark night needs to be experienced to be realised; it is most impressive, especially when one is absolutely alone and isolated from one's fellow creatures, as I...
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Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about OurselvesNew York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - An Amazon Best Science Book of 2014 - Scientific American Recommended Read "Fascinating, informative, exhilarating." --Wall Street Journal Deep is a voyage from the ocean's surface to its darkest trenches, the most mysterious places on Earth....
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Leaves of GrassRalph Waldo Emerson issued a call for a great poet to capture and immortalize the unique American experience. In 1855, an answer came with Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Today, this masterful collection remains not only a seminal event in American literature but also...
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The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly GardenNative plants bring your garden to life--and life to your garden! Here are the best choices for Oregon and Washington. The benefits of native plants are enormous--they reduce maintenance, require less water, and attract vital, earth-friendly pollinators like birds, butterflies, and bees. Gardeners seeking...
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How to Grow: Nurture Your Garden, Nurture YourselfIn this transformative guide, TikTok's most popular gardener, Marcus Bridgewater--aka Garden Marcus--offers lessons for growth rooted in lessons from the plant world to help cultivate the soul.Marcus Bridgewater has been compared to Bob Ross and Mister Rogers for his soothing TikTok videos that relate...
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Birds of Arizona Field GuideGet the New Edition of Arizona's Best-Selling Bird Guide Learn to identify birds in Arizona, and make bird-watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds...
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Think Little: EssaysFirst published in 1972, "Think Little" is cultural critic and agrarian Wendell Berry at his best: prescient about the dire environmental consequences of our mentality of greed and exploitation, yet hopeful that we will recognize war and oppression and pollution not as separate issues,...
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The Illustrated Bestiary: Guidance and Rituals from 36 Inspiring AnimalsAuthor and spiritual wellness guide Maia Toll turns the insight and wisdom that birthed The Illustrated Crystallary and The Illustrated Herbiary -- her best-selling volume on the mystical power of plants -- to the mysteries of the animal kingdom. She profiles the mystical, meaningful...
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Birds of ArizonaAuthor: Richard C. TaylorPublisher: R.W. Morse CompanyPublished: 08/01/2022Pages: 494Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 6.00h x 4.50w x 0.78dISBN: 9780999073612
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Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of StonesInspired by the lapidaries of the ancient world, this book is a beautifully designed collection of true stories about sixty different stones that have influenced our shared history The earliest scientists ground and processed minerals in a centuries-long quest for a mythic stone that...
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Mosses of the Northern Forest: A Photographic GuideThe Northern Forest Region lies between the oak forests of the eastern United States and the boreal forests of eastern Canada. It is, collectively, one of the largest and most continuous temperate forests left in the world and, like much of the biosphere, it...
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Beginner's Guide to Safely Foraging for Wild Mushrooms: Identifying and Collecting Mushrooms Sustainably with ConfidenceForage for wild mushrooms with confidenceThere are thousands of mushroom species native to the woods, fields, and forests of North America, but how do you know which are safe to eat? This beginner's guide will help you discover the diverse and fascinating world of...
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More City Than Water: A Houston Flood Atlas2022 Art in Service to the Environment Award, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Shortly after Hurricane Harvey dumped a record 61 inches of rain on Houston in 2017, celebrated writer and Bayou City resident Lacy M. Johnson began collecting flood stories. Although these stories...
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Edible Plants: A Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of North AmericaFor over a decade, artist Jimmy Fike traveled across the continental United States in an epic effort to photograph wild edible flora. Edible Plants is the culmination of that journey, featuring over 100 photographs that Fike has selectively colorized to highlight the comestible part...
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Lonely Planet Under the Stars USA 1From wild camping to curling up in a cabin, discover 200 amazing places to sleep under the stars in the USA. Lonely Planet's experts have scoured the nation to recommend the best campsites, wild camping spots, huts, cabins and refuges across the country, providing...
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The Tree Book: The Stories, Science, and History of TreesThe secret world of trees is revealed in this beautiful and absorbing guide to the giants of the plant world. Trees occur naturally throughout the world and have been a part of human history almost as long as humans have existed. Used for shelter,...
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Nature, Culture and the Sacred: A Woman Listens For LeadershipThe world seems to be divided into two kinds of people - those who divide everything into two, and those who don't. Reading Nature, Culture and the Sacred is a step toward melting this false division into "feminine" and "masculine," and allowing each of...
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