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  • Jurassic West, Second Edition
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    Jurassic West, Second Edition

    The famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation, formed one hundred and fifty million years ago and running from Wyoming down through the red rock region of the American Southwest, have yielded one of the most complete pictures of any ancient vertebrate...
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  • Secrets of Snakes
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    Secrets of Snakes

    Snakes inspire extreme reactions. Love or hate these limbless reptiles, almost everyone is fascinated by them. Although snakes are widespread and frequently encountered, they may be more misunderstood than any other group of animals. From giant...
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  • The Book of Nature
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    The Book of Nature

    We live inside a nautilus of prayer--if only we open our senses and perceive what is infused all around. Throughout millennia and across the monotheistic religions, the natural was often revered as a sacred text. By the Middle Ages, this text was given a...
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  • Watch and Wonder
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    Watch and Wonder

    Birding can nourish our spiritual lives. Birdwatching is a delight, a deepening. It puts us in touch with the ineffable, and it draws us toward self-denial for the sake of love. Birding brings us close to hope, abundance, and joy. In fact, it looks a lot...
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  • Through a Vegan Studies Lens
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    Through a Vegan Studies Lens

    Interest in the vegan studies field continues to grow as veganism has become increasingly visible via celebrity endorsements and universally acknowledged health benefits, and veganism and vegan characters are increasingly present in works of art and...
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  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog
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    Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog

    In this book of 101 inspirational stories, contributors share their personal angel experiences of faith, miracles, and answered prayers, which will amaze and inspire you.Celestial, otherworldly, heavenly. Whatever the term, sometimes there is no earthly...
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  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat
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    Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat

    "Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog "will delight readers with humorous, heartwarming, and inspiring stories about lessons our canine friends and family members have taught us.Lessons come in all shapes and sizes, like our faithful...
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  • A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of Seychelles
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    A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of Seychelles

    A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of Seychelles covers the inner and outer islands of the Seychelles archipelago, and includes photographs of over 220 species of flora and fauna, including birds, mammals, butterflies and other insects, reptiles,...
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  • A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of the Philippines
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    A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of the Philippines

    A Naturalist’s Guide to the Butterflies of the Philippines is an introductory photographic guide to 289 butterfly species commonly seen in the Philippines, and is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from the Philippines’ top...
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  • The Surprising Lives of Bark Beetles
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    The Surprising Lives of Bark Beetles

    A loving look at one of the world's most maligned, misunderstood, and fascinating insectsFamous foe of forestry professionals and despised spreader of Dutch elm disease, bark beetles have a bad reputation: the World's Worst Forest Pests. They chew...
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  • Florida's Carnivorous Plants
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    Florida's Carnivorous Plants

    Florida has dozens of species of carnivorous plants, more than any other state in the U.S. They're mostly found in the panhandle but do range throughout the state. Many of them are threatened. Florida's carnivorous plants include sundews, butterworts,...
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  • The Natural History of Flowers
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    The Natural History of Flowers

    Flowers have played an important role in human culture and survival for thousands of years. The final products of flowers-fruits and seeds-are vitally important as food. Flowers provide bursts of color to homes and gardens and they symbolize love,...
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  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dog Really Did That?
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    Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dog Really Did That?

    Our dogs make us smile every day, but some days they really outdo themselves! This book is full of those hilarious and heartwarming stories about the many ways our mischevious canine companions surprise us, make us laugh, and touch our hearts. With a...
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  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat
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    Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat

    You'll recognize your own cat in this entertaining collection of stories about the surprising, amusing, and heartwarming things that our cats do. We learn so much from our feline friends, and along the way, they keep us company, provide unconditional...
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  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog
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    Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog

    You'll recognize your own dog in this entertaining collection of stories about the surprising, amusing, and heartwarming things that our dogs do. We learn so much from our canine companions, and along the way, they keep us company, provide unconditional...
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  • At Home in the Woods
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    At Home in the Woods

    One hundred years ago, Henry Thoreau wrote of the charms and joys of simple living in the woods, away from the hectic nuisances of our city civilization. His philosophy has become part of our American heritage, as sound today as the day he first set it...
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  • Zooarchaeology and Field Ecology
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    Zooarchaeology and Field Ecology

    This photographic atlas, developed over twenty years of teaching in the field, expedites the work of the zooarchaeologist by integrating both osteology and wildlife ecology into a single volume. Zooarchaeology, the study of animal remains found at...
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  • Dancing with the Earth Changes
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    Dancing with the Earth Changes

    Planet earth as we know it is changing rapidly as a consequence of the excessive use of fossil fuels, deforestation and industrial processes. Our natural environment is deteriorating at pace and today people are struggling to find mechanisms to cope in...
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  • Gaia's Quantum Leap
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    Gaia's Quantum Leap

    Our Earth, Gaia, is changing. In this book Marko Pogacnik, who has more than thirty years of geomantic and Earth-healing work behind him, has used his deep psychic sensitivity to help us understand and attune to the self-healing process on which the...
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  • Sky Phenomena
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    Sky Phenomena

    This is an unusual and practical guide to the sky as we see it -- with the naked eye. The author, an experienced teacher, leads the reader from the stars as seen from Earth, through observation of the Sun, Moon and various planets, to a deeper...
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  • New Zealand Adventure Set
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    New Zealand Adventure Set

    New Zealand Adventure Set consists of a Pocket Naturalist Guide and National Geographic Map, offering a perfect resource for travelers wanting "hands on" information on what to see and where to go to find some of the world's most dramatic natural...
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  • Artic Wildlife
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    Artic Wildlife

    Austere and immense, the Arctic region is a fascinating topic for intrepid travelers and stay at home students alike. This new guide in the Pocket Naturalist series covers the variety of flora and fauna that have adapted to this incredible, remote...
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  • Antarctic Wildlife
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    Antarctic Wildlife

    Antarctic Wildlife is a pocket reference guide to more than 120 of the most common species of marine birds, whales, seals, fishes and marine invertebrates found in this remote region. Beautiful illustrations and detailed descriptions highlight the...
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  • A Farm Life
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    A Farm Life

    Daryln Brewer Hoffstot and her husband moved from New York City to a farm in western Pennsylvania thirty-five years ago with the hope that they could build a life and raise a family there. This collection of more than twenty essays documents what they...
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  • Pocketguide to New York Hatches
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    Pocketguide to New York Hatches

    Covers all major regions, including the Catskills and Adirondacks Follow-up to Pocketguide to Pennsylvania Hatches set in New York, featuring New York's most outstanding fly patterns Detailed hatch charts, color photos of each insect, and recipes and...
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  • Downy Woodpecker
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    Downy Woodpecker

    The Downy Woodpecker, a bird characterised by its distinctive markings as well as its perseverance, strength, and energy, is one of North America's most recognised species to both eye and ear. This fifth book in the Wild Bird Guides series offers an...
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  • In the Company of Moose
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    In the Company of Moose

    Unique, gorgeous, and highly recommended. --Midwest Book ReviewWildlife biologist Victor Van Ballenberghe gives insights into the species, their habitat, and predatorsIntimate stories about the moose the author has studied for extensive periodsThe grace,...
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  • Tracks & Sign of Reptiles & Amphibians
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    Tracks & Sign of Reptiles & Amphibians

    Library Journal wrote that Mammal Tracks & Sign "will set the standard for years to come and is essential to anyone interested in tracking this continent's mammals." This new book in the Tracks & Sign series aims to set the same standard for reptile and...
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  • The Armchair Birder
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    The Armchair Birder

    While birding literature is filled with tales of expert observers spotting rare species in exotic locales, John Yow reminds us that the most fascinating birds can be the ones perched right outside our windows. In thirty-five engaging and sometimes...
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  • To Save the Wild Bison
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    To Save the Wild Bison

    Although the American bison was saved from near-extinction in the nineteenth century, today almost all herds are managed like livestock. The Yellowstone area is the only place in the United States where wild bison have been present since before the first...
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  • Peter Hitchcock - Defender of Forests
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    Peter Hitchcock - Defender of Forests

    Peter Hitchcock was writing this book at the time of his death in 2019. It is his story of a lifetime of connection with Australia’s tall eucalypt forests and rainforests, and their conservation. It is a dual story of his life, and the science and...
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  • An Inconvenient Apocalypse
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    An Inconvenient Apocalypse

    Confronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity's future will be defined not by expansion but by contraction. For decades, our world has understood that we...
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  • A Game Called Birds
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    A Game Called Birds

    A Game Called Birds or ‘birds’ as it is known, is a lively game of strategy, sabotage and luck that celebrates Australian birdlife. It is a unique and independent board game designed in the deep south of Tasmania. The hand illustrated game features 70...
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  • Southern Appalachian Celebration
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    Southern Appalachian Celebration

    With this stunning collection of images of the Southern Appalachians, James Valentine presents an enduring portrait of the region's unique natural character. His compelling photographs of ancient mountains, old-growth forests, rare plants, and powerful...
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  • Bang!
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    Bang!

    Who knows what Brian May was thinking when he wrote ""We Will Rock You"" for Queen? As a lifelong astrophysics aficionado, he may have been thinking about the origins of the universe. He's certainly been thinking about it lately. May, a freshly minted...
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  • Death in the Grizzly Maze
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    Death in the Grizzly Maze

    On the afternoon of October 5, 2003, in Alaskas Katmai National Park, one or more brown bears killed and ate Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard. The next day, park rangers killed the two bears that they assumed were responsible. This...
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  • Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs
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    Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs

    Dogs keep us company, provide unconditional love, share in the ups and downs of our lives and every day an adventure. You'll love these 101 dog tales of family, friendship, fun. How do dogs do it? Even non "dog people" fall under their spell. Our dogs...
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  • Collected Poems
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    Collected Poems

    In this career-defining book, the poems of Dennis ODriscoll are gathered together for the first time. Beginning with Kist in 1982 and ending with the posthumous Update in 2014, the selection was made by ODriscoll himself before his death in 2012 and...
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  • In the Heart of the Country
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    In the Heart of the Country

    H.E. Bates is a revered writer on the countryside; author of a wealth of books reflecting English life including, The Darling Buds of May. Beautifully illustrated with wood engravings by the renowned wildlife artist C.F. Tunnicliffe. The genius of H.E...
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  • Happy Countryman
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    Happy Countryman

    With the deft, sure eye of master craftsmen, they portray the mellow stone of country towns, spray swept seaside promenades, strolls among sand dunes, Mr Pimpkins the jobbing gardener, roach fishing at dawn, the art of pear growing, and much more to make...
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  • Sea Around Us
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    Sea Around Us

    Rachel Carson's classic trilogy comprises three volumes - The Sea Around Us (1950), Under the Wind-Sea (1941) and The Edge of the Sea (1955). The Sea Around Us presents an overview of the subject, a natural history of the oceans in which Rachel Carson...
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  • At the Mercy of the Mountains
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    At the Mercy of the Mountains

    In this compelling book, award-winning adventure writer and former Lower Adirondack Search and Rescue team member Peter Bronski chronicles true stories of survival and tragedy, from famous historical cases during the early 20th century, to modern tales...
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  • Rhythm of the Wild
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    Rhythm of the Wild

    From Kim Heacox, the acclaimed author of The Only Kayak and John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire, comes Rhythm of the Wild, an Alaska memoir focused on Denali National Park. Music runs through every page of this book, as do stories, rivers and...
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  • The Book of Draft Horses
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    The Book of Draft Horses

    Before trucks and tractors, draft horses performed the heavy work of pulling wagons, plowing fields, and hauling logs. But the internal combustion engine did not entirely replace these animals; they are still used in many parts of the country for...
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  • A History of the Waco Mammoth Site
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    A History of the Waco Mammoth Site

    In paleontology there are certain encounters considered breakthroughs. Occasionally a unique event is discovered that permanently impacts our interpretation of an entire species. The Waco Mammoth Site represents one such landmark moment. At the edge of...
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  • Mark Twain for Dog Lovers
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    Mark Twain for Dog Lovers

    Mark Twain for Dog Lovers combines one of America's most beloved authors and dogs. Twain specialist R. Kent Rasmussen traces the history of dogs in Twain's life-from the ones he knew personally, like his daughter's dog which he took in after she died, to...
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  • Mark Twain for Cat Lovers
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    Mark Twain for Cat Lovers

    America is cat crazy, and Mark Twain may have been the American writer most crazy about cats. From his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, to his last years in Connecticut, Mark Twain spent much of his life surrounded by cats, and they stalk through many of...
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  • Wildbranch
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    Wildbranch

    Wildbranch: An Anthology of Nature, Environmental, and Place-based Writing is a powerful collection of mostly unpublished essays and poetry by both prominent American environmental writers and exciting new voices. The poetry and essays by more than fifty...
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Nature and the natural world: general interest