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    Inside Animal Hearts and Minds
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    Inside Animal Hearts and Minds

    As Charles Darwin suggested more than a century ago, the differences between animals and humans are "one of degree and not of kind." Not long ago, ethologists denied that animals had emotions or true intelligence. Now, we know that rats laugh when...
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    #WeRateDogs
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    #WeRateDogs

    Based on the social media sensation, #WeRateDogs  features the most heroic, over-the-top adorable, wildly successful, all-around entertaining dogs the world has ever seen. It combines extraordinary photos with ridiculous captions to expand the...
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  • The Adorable Circle of Life
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    The Adorable Circle of Life

    Savage. Menacing. Ruthless. Predators get a pretty bad rap. Sure, they prey on helpless animals that never stand a chance, but behind those jagged teeth, powerful jaws, and razor-sharp claws, every predator has a softer side. Maybe even an adorable one...
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    The Ultimate Guide to Horse Feed, Supplements, and Nutrition
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    The Ultimate Guide to Horse Feed, Supplements, and Nutrition

    A comprehensive guide of the dos and don'ts of equine nutrition--featuring a full-color pull-out chart. A primary concern of all horse owners and caregivers is that their animals receive the proper feed and in the correct amounts. In seeking information...
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    The Art of the Cosmos
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    The Art of the Cosmos

    Hundreds of deep space missions since the 1960s have captured stunning photographs of the cosmos. Many of these scientific images can also be classified as art. This book highlights more than 100 examples, revealing the splendour of our universe. This...
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  • Stress Release
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    Stress Release

    The Canine Emotional Detox differs from other books on stress because it focuses on the right combination of elements to reduce stress and to date has over 196 permission-based cases. Take a look at selected before and after photos, pattern discoveries...
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    Fresh Eggs Daily

    More than ever, Americans care about the quality and safety of the food they eat. They're bringing back an American tradition: raising their own backyard chickens for eggs and companionship. And they care about the quality of life of their chickens...
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    The Wolverine Way

    Glutton, demon of destruction, symbol of slaughter, mightiest of wilderness villains... The wolverine comes marked with a reputation based on myth and fancy. Yet this enigmatic animal is more complex than the legends that surround it. With a shrinking...
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    Sea Anemones and Corals of Britain and Ireland
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    Sea Anemones and Corals of Britain and Ireland

    The cool temperate waters around Britain and Ireland contain a huge variety of marine life and the sea anemones and corals, the Anthozoa, are some of the brightest and most attractive of all the groups of animals that live in them. Anemones and corals...
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  • The Mind of Plants
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    The Mind of Plants

    Explorations of plant consciousness and human interactions with the natural world.From apples to ayahuasca, coffee to kurrajong, passionflower to peyote, plants are conscious beings. How they interact with each other, with humanity and with the world at...
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    Anza-Borrego Desert Region

    The book you need before you go to the Anza-Borrego DesertThe Anza-Borrego and Western Colorado Desert Region is a vast, intriguing landscape that harbors a rich variety of desert plants and animals. Prepare for adventure with this comprehensive...
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    Meditations of John Muir

    Carry John Muir's wisdom with you in this inspirational guide that features 60 of his most insightful quotes.As a patriarch of the American environmental movement, John Muir helped to give birth to the national park system, the Sierra Club, and a myriad...
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    Mountain Bike!

    If you're looking for the ultimate mountain bike guide for the totally honed, welcome to William (Not Bill) Nealy's world. Nealy's expertise (acquired through years of crash and burn) enables him to translate hard-learned reflexes and instinctive...
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  • Plough Quarterly No. 4
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    Plough Quarterly No. 4

    This issue of Plough Quarterly explores our relationship with the natural world. Hear from leading scientists, farmers, writers, activists, theologians, and artists who have set their hearts and minds and hands to caring for the earth for generations to...
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    Wild Plant Culture
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    Wild Plant Culture

    Reconnect. Restore. Reciprocate. Repairing landscapes and reconnecting us to the wild plant communities around us. Integrating restoration practices, foraging, herbalism, rewilding, and permaculture, Wild Plant Culture is a comprehensive guide to the...
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  • Growing Figs in Cold Climates
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    Growing Figs in Cold Climates

    From Minnesota to Moscow - how to grow fresh figs in cold climates Growing Figs in Cold Climates is a complete, full-color, illustrated guide to organic methods for growing delicious figs in cold climates, well outside the traditional hot, arid home of...
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    The Edible Ecosystem Solution
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    The Edible Ecosystem Solution

    Start a peaceful revolution by planting an edible ecosystem and sharing the experience with your neighboursHumans have always thrived in rich, diverse, edible ecosystems. Yet most cities and suburbs are blanketed by lawns, ornamentals, and a lack of...
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    DIY Mushroom Cultivation

    "Offering clear and comprehensive instructions for low-tech growing for a range of budgets, interests, and scales, this book offers practical inspiration and a sense that "hey, I can do this!" , owner, DIY FungiDIY Mushroom Cultivation is full of...
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    Culture Gap

    Culture Gap: Towards a New World in the Yalakom Valley tells the story of a two year sojourn at the Camelsfoot Commume in a remote valley in BC, Canada. The challenges and privations, the joys and adventures of rural communal living, form the backdrop to...
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    Mycelial Mayhem
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    Mycelial Mayhem

    Most supermarket mushrooms are bland and boring; products of an industrial process which typically relies on expensive equipment and harmful pesticides. Many people would like to add more flavorful and diverse fungi to their diets, but lack the knowledge...
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    The Well-Dressed Dog
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    The Well-Dressed Dog

    The Well-Dressed Dog is a dog lover's go-to guide for canine fashion inspiration, with patterns and instructions for outfitting every type of pooch.Make your canine kids look stylish while keeping them warm, protected and comfortable! The...
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    Origami Zoo Kit
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    Origami Zoo Kit

    Origami Zoo Kit is designed to stimulate your child's imagination and creativity through the age-old art of paper folding. It contains instructions and patterned folding papers for thirteen adorable animals along with life-like trees and people...
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    Enchanted by Daphne
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    Enchanted by Daphne

    The extraordinary life story of the celebrated naturalist who transformed our understanding of evolution.Enchanted by Daphne is legendary ecologist Peter Grant's personal account of his remarkable life and career. In this revelatory book, Grant takes...
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    Snakes of the World
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    Snakes of the World

    A gorgeously illustrated guide to the incredible diversity of snakes around the world.Snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica and have evolved to occupy a vast range of habitats, from mountains to oceans and deserts to rain forests. Snakes...
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    Field Guide to North American Flycatchers
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    Field Guide to North American Flycatchers

    A richly illustrated, portable field guide to flycatcher identificationThe identification of Empidonax flycatchers and pewees can be a daunting challenge for even the most seasoned birder. Field Guide to North American Flycatchers takes bird...
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    Tooth and Claw
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    Tooth and Claw

    A marvellously illustrated look at the most deadly predators on the planetTooth and Claw presents the world's top predators as you have never seen them before, from big cats and wild dogs to sharks, reptiles, and killer whales. Blending gorgeous photos...
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    The Hidden Company That Trees Keep
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    The Hidden Company That Trees Keep

    You can tell a lot about a tree from the company it keeps. James Nardi guides you through the innermost unseen world that trees share with a wondrous array of creatures. With their elaborate immune responses, trees recruit a host of allies as predators...
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    The Land Beneath the Ice
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    The Land Beneath the Ice

    A wondrous story of scientific endeavor-probing the great ice sheets of Antarctica.From the moment explorers set foot on the ice of Antarctica in the early nineteenth century, they desired to learn what lay beneath. David J. Drewry provides an insider's...
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    The Mirror and the Mind
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    The Mirror and the Mind

    How the classic mirror test served as a portal for scientists to explore questions of self-awarenessSince the late eighteenth century, scientists have placed subjects-humans, infants, animals, and robots-in front of mirrors in order to look for signs of...
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    The Bird Name Book
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    The Bird Name Book

    A marvellously illustrated A-to-Z compendium of bird names from around the globe.The Bird Name Book is an alphabetical reference book on the origins and meanings of common group bird names, from 'accentor' to...
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    Field Guide to the Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti
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    Field Guide to the Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti

    The classic guide to the birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti-now fully revised and updatedField Guide to the Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti is the essential guide to birdwatching in these tropical countries. This completely revised and...
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    How Birds Live Together
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    How Birds Live Together

    Featuring dramatic and delightful wild bird colonies and communities, How Birds Live Together offers a broad overview of social living in the avian world. From long-established seabird colonies that use the same cliffs for generations to the...
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    Nature's Temples
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    Nature's Temples

    An impassioned case for the importance of ancient forests and their preservationStanding in an old-growth forest, you can instinctively sense the ways it is different from forests shaped by humans. These ancient, undisturbed ecosystems are increasingly...
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    The Lives of Fungi
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    The Lives of Fungi

    A fascinating and richly illustrated exploration of the natural history of fungiWe know fungi are important, for us as well as the environment. But how they live, and what they can do, remains mysterious and surprising. Filled with stunning photographs,...
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    The Extreme Life of the Sea
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    The Extreme Life of the Sea

    The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes readers to the absolute limits of the ocean world - the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans. It...
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    The Lives of Moths
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    The Lives of Moths

    A richly illustrated look at the natural history of mothsMoths are among the most underappreciated insects on the planet, yet they make up the majority of some 180,000 known species of Lepidoptera. Filled with striking images, The Lives of Moths looks at...
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    Seaweeds of the World
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    Seaweeds of the World

    Seaweeds are astoundingly diverse. They're found along the shallows of beaches and have been recorded living at depths of more than 800 feet; they can be microscopic or grow into giants many meters long. They're incredibly efficient at using the...
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    Ants
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    Ants

    A richly illustrated natural history of ants, covering their diversity, ecology, anatomy, behaviour, and morePlentiful and familiar, ants make up an estimated one-third of the world's insect biomass and can be found in virtually every part of the globe,...
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    The Deep Ocean
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    The Deep Ocean

    An epic excursion into one of the last great frontiers on Earth.The deep ocean comprises more than 90 percent of our planet's biosphere and is home to some of the world's most dazzling creatures, which thrive amid extreme pressures, scarce food supplies,...
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    The World Atlas of Trees and Forests
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    The World Atlas of Trees and Forests

    The earth's forests are havens of nature supporting a diversity of life. Shaped by climate and geography, these vast and dynamic wooded spaces offer unique ecosystems that shelter complex and interdependent webs of flora, fungi, and animals. The World...
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    Bees of the World
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    Bees of the World

    When many people think of bees, they are likely to picture the western domesticated honey bee, insects that live in large, socially complex societies inside a hive with a single queen and thousands of workers. But this familiar bee is just one of more...
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    What a Mushroom Lives For
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    What a Mushroom Lives For

    What a Mushroom Lives For pushes today's mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions. For centuries, Western science has promoted a human- and animal-centric framework of what counts as action, agency, movement and behaviour. But, as Michael...
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    Turtles of the World
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    Turtles of the World

    Turtles of the World reveals the extraordinary diversity of these amazing reptiles. Characterised by the bony shell that acts as a shield to protect the softer body within, turtles are survivors from the time of the dinosaurs and are even more ancient in...
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    Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East
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    Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East

    A comprehensive photographic guide to the gull species of the Western PalearcticGulls occupy a particularly important place in the world of birds. But because they are notoriously difficult to identify, they have been relatively neglected in the...
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    Remnants of Ancient Life
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    Remnants of Ancient Life

    The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life.We used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having vanished long ago. We were wrong. Remnants of Ancient...
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    Paleontology
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    Paleontology

    An illustrated look at the art and science of paleontology from its origins to todayHumans have been stumbling upon the petrified remains of ancient animals since prehistoric times, leading to tales of giant dogs, deadly dragons, tree gods, sea serpents,...
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    A Pocket Guide to Sharks of the World
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    A Pocket Guide to Sharks of the World

    An updated and comprehensive guide identifying all of the world's sharksSharks are some of the most misunderstood animals on the planet. We still have a lot to learn about these fascinating creatures, which are more seriously threatened with extinction...
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    The Lion
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    The Lion

    An authoritative, accessible, and gorgeously illustrated exploration into the lives of these remarkable animalsLions are the only social cat. They hunt together, raise cubs together, and defend territories together against neighbours and strangers. Lions...
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Nature and the natural world: general interest