Natural History
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The Frog with Self-Cleaning Feet: And Other Extraordinary Tales from the Animal WorldWild animals do the most extraordinary things. Some are exceptionally bright, use tools and solve complex problems. Others are devious: they cheat, steal and run protection rackets. There are animals with enormous appetites and those that self-medicate. In this fascinating collection author and film-maker...
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Liquid Gold: Bees and the Pursuit of Midlife HoneyAfter a chance meeting in the pub, Roger Morgan-Grenville and his friend Duncan decide to take up beekeeping. Their enthusiasm matched only by their ignorance, they are pitched into an arcane world of unexpected challenges. Coping with many setbacks along the way, they manage...
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 3Alexander von Humboldt, sometimes called 'the last man who knew everything', was an extraordinary polymath of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1798 he received unprecedented permission from the Spanish Crown to explore its American and Caribbean colonies, which he did from...
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 1Alexander von Humboldt, sometimes called 'the last man who knew everything', was an extraordinary polymath of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1798 he received unprecedented permission from the Spanish Crown to explore its American and Caribbean colonies, which he did from...
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Why?: The Best Ever Question and Answer Book about Nature, Science and the World Around YouEveryday childhood activities, such as an excursion to the park, splashing in the bathtub, or fixing a snack in the kitchen, can spark many questions in young children. Why is the sky blue? Why does my stomach g-r-r-owl? Why do cows moo? Curious kids...
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The Natural History of the Galapagos Giant TortoiseThe first tortoises to accidentally arrive in Galapagos 2-3 million years ago were able to adapt to their harsh environment, find one another, and establish themselves on at first one and then on at least ten islands. By the 1960's, centuries of exploitation by...
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The Big Thaw: Ancient Carbon, Modern Science, and a Race to Save the World2020 Washington State Book Award Winner in General Nonfiction 2020 Gold Independent Publisher Book Award in Environment & Ecology 2019 Nautilus Grand Award Winner and Gold Winner in the Ecology and Environment 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Honorable Mention in Ecology...
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The Nocturnal Naturalist: Exploring the Outdoors at NightAs the sun sets and the world grows dark, a wakeful naturalist is rewarded with bountiful activity - from night-blooming flowers enticing insect pollinators to owls alerting each other of potential prey.This field journal observes the wilderness from dusk to dawn, chronicling the four...
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A Natural History of Trail Ridge Road: Rocky Mountain National Park's Highway to the SkyConstructed from 1929 to 1932 and opened to tourists and drivers the following year, Trail Ridge Road earned immediate inclusion among the scenic wonders of the world. The new path through the park followed the ancient trail across Tombstone Ridge and offered visitors breathtaking...
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Thirty-Three Ways of Looking at an ElephantElephants have captivated the human imagination for as long as they have roamed the earth, appearing in writings and cultures from thousands of years ago and still much discussed today. In Thirty-Three Ways of Looking at an Elephant, veteran scientific writer Dale Peterson has...
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The Canaries Manual: Pet Owner's Guide To Keeping - Feeding - Care - Breeding And DiseasesThe pet bird population continues to rise and bird fanciers love canaries. Canaries are wonderful singing birds and relatively easy to care for. The Canaries Manual is packed with expert advice on housing, feeding, health care, breeding canaries, canaries' diseases and how to keep...
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Walden - Large Print EditionWalden, or A Life in the Woods, was first published in 1854. Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days living in a cabin he built by Walden Pond in Massachusetts. The woodlands were owned by his friend Ralph Waldo Emerson. Thoreau fictionalized...
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Montana Peaks, Streams and Prairie:: A Natural HistoryFrom the peaks of the Continental Divide to the expanse of its eastern prairie, Montana contains some of America's richest wildlife habitat. Wilderness guide and author Don Thomas offers a series of personal ecological reflections on subjects as grand as the grizzly, as controversial...
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More Than Birds: Adventurous Lives of North American NaturalistsOnce people encounter the natural world and become aware of its intricacy, fragility, beauty, and significance, they will recognize the need for conservation. The fascinating development of natural history studies in North America is portrayed through the life stories of 22 naturalists. The 19th...
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100 Plants for BeekeepersFrom around 130 million years ago flowering plants and insects have evolved together in something called co-evolution. This has resulted in a number of different ways of attracting insects to the plants.Entomophilous plant species have frequently evolved mechanisms to make themselves more appealing to...
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In the Catskills; Selections from the Writings of John BurroughsThis Book "In the Catskills; Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for...
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Notes for New BeekeepersBill Cadmore was born and raised in a tiny village on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. He moved to London for university studies and then on to post-graduate work at the University of Leeds. As a teacher of Biology and Physics he went onto become a...
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The Curious Human KneeAuthor: Han YuPublisher: Columbia University PressPublished: 06/06/2023Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9780231207027
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The Natural History of WiltshireThe Natural History of Wiltshire, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. The whole...
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Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, MexicoMammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been considered an important book throughout the human history. So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a...
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