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The Everglades: River of GrassBefore 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named The Everglades a river of grass, most people considered the area worthless. She brought the world's attention to the need to preserve The Everglades. In the Afterword, Michael Grunwald tells us what has happened to them since...
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The Underwater Museum: The Submerged Sculptures of Jason Decaires TaylorA one-of-a-kind blend of art, nature, and conservation, The Underwater Museum re-creates an awe-inspiring dive into the dazzling under-ocean sculpture parks of artist Jason deCaires Taylor. Taylor casts his life-size statues from a special kind of cement that facilitates reef growth, and sinks them...
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Microsculpture: Portraits of Insects"You will never look at a beetle or a moth the same way again." --WIRED "Art meets science to dazzling effect." --Guardian "You have never seen insects in such astounding detail before." --New Scientist Microsculpture is a unique photographic study of insects in mind-blowing...
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Lesser Living Creatures of the Renaissance: Volume 2, ConceptsLesser Living Creatures examines literary and cultural texts from early modern England in order to understand how people in that era thought about-and with-insect and arachnid life. The conversations in this two-volume set address the collaborative, multigenerational research that produced early modern natural history...
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Figured Stones: Exploring the Lithic Imaginary'Figured Stones' is a masterpiece of natural philosophy and a vital contribution to the emerging field of vibrant materialism. It is both a manual of visionary geology and a treatise on lithic scrying; a manifesto on rock veneration and an exploration of deep-time consciousness....
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Living in the Land of Why: Essays and Stories from the WestLiving in the Land of Why is a collection of essays rooted in the experience of living in the West. Part memoir of personal revelation, part exploration of the broader questions facing America, Tanous' work probes a wide range of contemporary topics, including CRISPR...
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Weather Radar Handbook, 1st Ed., ColorIn 2013 the United States reached a new milestone in radar meteorology, one unsurpassed by any other country in the world due to the American government's transparency policies regarding weather data. All of the Doppler radars were upgraded to make polarimetric measurements, yielding quantities...
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Complete Training of Horse and Rider in the Principles of Classical Horsemanship: In the Principles of Classical HorsemanshipFor over a quarter of a century, Colonel Alois Podhajsky was the Director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, home of the famous white Lipizzaner stallions whose remarkable performances have thrilled audiences throughout the world. Now for the first time, Col. Podhajsky has...
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Wild Plants of the Sierra NevadaThe Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada is the longest continuous mountain range in the United States. It contains over 50 percent of California's total flora, approximately 405 plant taxa endemic to the Sierra, and 218 taxa considered rare. Wild Plants of the Sierra...
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Foxfire Christmas: Appalachian Memories and TraditionsNew in paperback This captivating book of recollections celebrates the holiday traditions of Appalachian families as passed from one generation to the next. Based on Foxfire students' interviews with neighbors and family members, the memories shared here are from a simpler time, when gifts...
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Field Guide to the Birds of CubaThe richness and diversity of Cuban birdlife features 354 recorded species that represent 20 orders and 60 families. The 21 living endemic species include the charming Cuban Tody, the striking and elegant Cuban Trogon (the national bird), the colorful Cuban Green Woodpecker, and the...
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Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk)Through an extraordinary collection of photographs, Jim Thorpe tells the story of not only the athlete but its famed coal-mining industry.What was originally named Mauch Chunk, Jim Thorpe was established on the Lehigh River as a shipping depot for anthracite coal in 1818 by...
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Trees of Eastern North AmericaThe most comprehensive and user-friendly field guide to the trees of eastern North America Covering 825 species, more than any comparable field guide, Trees of Eastern North America is the most comprehensive, best illustrated, and easiest-to-use book of its kind. Presenting all the native...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to African WildlifeThe birds, mammals, reptiles and insects of Africa--a continent unparalleled in its ecological richness--are brought to life in this authoritative, compact field guide, an essential companion for safari-goers and armchair travelers alike. This guide is packed with nearly 600 stunning color photographs of African...
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Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind"A glorious success...The science manages to be as exciting and spellbinding as the juiciest gossip" (San Franscisco Chronicle) in the story of the discovery of "Lucy"--the oldest, best-preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ancestor ever found. When Donald Johanson found a partical skeleton, approximately...
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Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars: A Simple Guide to the Heavens- Informal, story-telling approach - Star charts, photos, and illustrations - Interesting anecdotes, mythologies, and histories about the stars and constellations - Brightest and best stars, star clusters and asterisms, nebulae, galaxies, variable stars and more! Month by month, star by star, object by...
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Art Forms in the Plant WorldAt first intended as personal reference material in his work as sculptor and teacher, the remarkable nature photographs of Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) attained critical acclaim in 1928 when he published Urformen der Kunst (Archetypes of Art). His work influenced and helped to establish modern...
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Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural MiracleAs seen on PBS's American Spring Live, one of America's great nature-writers explores the magic and science of feathers Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They date back more than 100 million years. Yet their story has never been fully told. In...
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Woodswoman IIAnne LaBastille found peace and solitude in the log cabin she built for herself at Black Bear Lake. But as the years passed, the outside world intruded in various ways: curious fans, after reading her best-selling book Woodswoman, tracked her down; land developers arrived;...
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The Sweetness of a Simple Life: Tips for Healthier, Happier and Kinder Living from a Visionary Natural ScientistThe author of The Global Forest--an international bestseller and a classic upon publication, beloved by readers around the world--gives us her tips and advice for achieving better health and peace of mind, with frugality, simplicity and pleasure not far behind. In The Sweetness of...
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