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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North AmericaSparrows are as complicated as they are common. This is an essential guide to identifying 76 kinds, along with a fascinating history of human interactions with them. What, exactly, is a sparrow? All birders (and many non-birders) have essentially the same mental image of...
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Bitter Heat: Deliberate Global Warming Via 'Trick' Cheney, Texas Oil, Spies, Organized Crime, and Big Real EstateThis book gives new perspective on just whom activists must target to slow global warming--that is, target those who are warming the globe deliberately and hugely, instead of just semi-accidentally and in small degree, like the rest of us. The book delineates how and...
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Crossroads of the Natural World: Exploring North Carolina with Tom EarnhardtIn this richly illustrated love letter to the wild places and natural wonders of North Carolina, Tom Earnhardt, writer and host of UNC-TV's Exploring North Carolina and lifelong conservationist, seamlessly ties deep geological time and forgotten species from our distant past to the unparalleled...
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The Natural History of Edward Lear, New EditionA beautifully illustrated exploration of Edward Lear's little-known career as a natural-history artist--now in a new expanded paperback edition Edward Lear (1812-1888) is best known today for his witty limericks and endearing nonsense verse. But the celebrated author of "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat"...
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A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf - Legacy Edition: A Great Hike To The Gulf Of Mexico, Florida, And The Atlantic OceanJohn Muir's Great Hike to the Gulf Of Mexico, Florida, and the Caribbean WatersThis deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of John Muir's 1916 A Thousand-Mile Walk To The Gulf is part study of natural history, part travel guide of the warm southern waters of...
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Seven Worlds One Planet: Natural Wonders from Every ContinentWelcome home. A place 200 million years in the making. Long ago, our planet had only one gigantic land mass. Then something monumental happened. That supercontinent ruptured and seven different worlds were born. Each of those worlds--or continents--evolved, and continues to evolve, its own...
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Small Wonders: A Closer Look at Some Hard-to-See FlowersFollowing his well-received books - Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona: A Field Guide to the Santa Catalina Mountains and Other Nearby Ranges, 2011, and Mountain Trees of Southern Arizona: A Field Guide, 2012, Frank S. Rose has now taken a closer look at over...
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The Fall of the YearStirring accounts of the author's autumn adventures in the out of doors, interspersed with specific suggestions for tramps afield in the fall of the year providing things to look for and hear and do as the world turns toward winter. Includes six bits of...
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Breeding the World's Largest Living Arachnid: Amblypygid (Whipspider) Biology, Natural History, and Captive HusbandryWhat arachnologist worth his salt could forget the arachnid with a two-foot legspan? The Order Amblypygi not only contains world record species, but also some of the most improbable and unbelievable looking members of the Class Arachnida. Otherwise known as whipspiders, these creatures appear...
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Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest ExpeditionsA GREAT BOOK. --THE NEW YORK TIMESMARVELOUS. --THE TELEGRAPHA RARE GLIMPSE OF A FLEDGLING DAVID ATTENBOROUGH IN THE WILD. --VANITY FAIRLiving legend and presenter of BBC's Planet Earth series Sir David Attenborough tells the story of his early career as a broadcaster and a...
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Environmental Justice in New Mexico: Counting CoupIn New Mexico and across America, communities of color bear the brunt of contamination from generations of expansion, mining, nuclear testing and illegal dumping. The nation's largest uranium waste spill occurred in 1979 at Church Rock, and radioactivity in the Rio Puerco remains at...
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The Climate Action Handbook: A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions for EveryoneThis must-have book shows us WHY we need to take action now to combat climate change and then, critically, HOW, through easy-to-understand language and stunning infographics that offer each of us varied and doable solutions to the overwhelming challenges facing our planet. As more...
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Swarming and Its Control and PreventionAuthor: L. E. SnelgrovePublisher: Northern Bee BooksPublished: 09/12/2014Pages: 114Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.24dISBN: 9780905652399This title is not returnable
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The Silver BalloonHaving a pen pal is exciting One September evening, Gregory ties an index card with his name and address on it to the string of a silver helium balloon and lets it go from his window, into the city sky. Three weeks later, an...
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The Handbook Of Nature Study in Color - BirdsFor years Anna Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study has been an essential tool for all budding naturalists but its large size made it impractical in the field. It has now been broken up into individual sections for easy portability. New full-color photos are included...
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Bird Love: The Family Life of BirdsA stunningly illustrated look at the mating and parenting lives of the world's birds Bird Love looks at the extraordinary range of mating systems in the avian world, exploring all the stages from courtship and nest-building to protecting eggs and raising chicks. It delves...
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Out of the Woods: Seeing Nature in the Everyday2018 Reading the West Book Awards Nonfiction Winner Have you ever wondered about society's desire to cultivate the perfect lawn, why we view some animals as "good" and some as "bad," or even thought about the bits of nature inside everyday items-toothbrushes, cell phones,...
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The Incredible Journey of PlantsNamed a Best Book of the Year for the Know-It-All by The Globe and Mail In this richly illustrated volume, a leading neurobiologist presents fascinating stories of plant migration that reveal unexpected connections between nature and culture. When we talk about migrations, we should...
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A Naturalist's Guide to the Texas Hill Country, Volume 50In this guide, biologist Mark Gustafson introduces residents and visitors to the history, geology, water resources, plants, and animals found in the nineteen counties occupying the eastern part of the Edwards Plateau, the heart of the Hill Country. He profiles three hundred of the...
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Nature's Patchwork Quilt: Understanding HabitatsA beautiful book comparing the habitats of the world to a patchwork quilt. All of the squares join together to form a beautiful quilt just as the habitats of the world combine to create our beautiful planet. The artwork and the abundance of important...
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