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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

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Report copyright infringementby Robin Wall Kimmerer (Author) Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN Publication Date: January 08, 2025 Large Print: Yes

Creative Haven Desert Blooms Coloring Book - Paperback

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by Ruth Soffer (Author)Discover an oasis of tranquility with 31 beautiful illustrations of the hardy plants and flowers that dot desert landscapes. A wide range of natural marvels includes prickly pear cacti, spiky saguaros, the solitary Coryphantha borwigii, and other realistic images, many enhanced by native wildlife and insects. Pages are printed on one side only and perforated for easy removal. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Desert Blooms and other Creative Haven(R) adult c...

Go Forth and Forage: A Guide to Foraging Over 50 of the Most Common Edible & Medicinal North American Mushrooms

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Report copyright infringementby Whitney Johnson (Author)Let expert forager and Appalachian native Whitney Johnson (@appalachian_forager) be your friendly guide to foraging over 50 North American species of edible and medicinal fungi. Go Forth and Forage is a detailed field guide to identifying, harvesting, and preparing wild-foraged mushrooms through all four seasons. From spring treasures such as morels and woodears, to summer finds like black trumpets, chicken of the woods, and boletes, st...

Foraging for Healing Herbs: How to Find Plants for Charms, Remedies and Rituals

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Report copyright infringementby Adele Nozedar (Author)The bestselling author of Foraging With Kids shows us how to gather and use traditional herbs to boost wellbeing and scatter a little magic over our lives. Discover the ancient Nine Herbs Spell and learn to create your own! Forage in the footsteps of the witches who gathered plants for the medieval Nine Herbs Spell, and explore the traditional healing powers of the herbs all around you. Bestselling author Adele Nozedar introduces us to the...

A Year on the River: A Boater's Guide to Growing, Foraging, Storing and Cooking

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Report copyright infringementby Fiona Sims (Author)A seasonal guide to food and cooking, including over 40 delicious recipes, for all those that live on or near the water. The demands of a postage stamp galley are different to the home kitchen; you have to be organised and planning is key. But there's no need to continually reach for the can-opener. For anyone living with a tiny boat kitchen, but with an appetite for fresh, interesting and sustainable food, there's good news: it's all here! O...

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen M. Voynick (Author)Colorado Rockhounding is a complete guide to the state's rich and varied mineral, gemstone, and fossil sources. In Colorado, rockhounds may pick agate and petrified wood from the vast Great Plains, follow dinosaur tracks on hogback ridges, pan gold in mountain streams, hunt gemstones on towering peaks, and search for metal sulfide minerals in historic mining districts. Number of Pages: 392 Dimensions: 0.9 x 8...

Southwest Foraging: 117 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Barrel Cactus to Wild Oregano

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Report copyright infringementby John Slattery (Author)The Southwest offers a veritable feast for foragers, and with John Slattery as your trusted guide you will learn how to safely find and identify an abundance of delicious wild plants. "No one has advanced wild foraging in the desert Southwest as much as John Slattery." --Gary Paul Nabahn, director of the Center for Regional Food Studies, University of Arizona The plant profiles in Southwest Foraging include clear, Clear, color photogr...

China's Economic Growth: The Impact on Regions, Migration and the Environment

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Report copyright infringementby T. Cannon (Editor)Economic reforms in China began in 1979 and initiated some of the most fundamental changes ever to occur in any country. While allowing some of the most astonishing economic growth the world has seen, they have also induced some of the most profound social and environmental shifts.Author BiographyTERRY CANNON is Reader in Third World Development Studies at the University of Greenwich. He is author of many papers and chapters on China, in parti...

Power, Choice and Vulnerability: A Case Study in Disaster Mismanagement in South India

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Winchester (Author)Natural disasters make dramatic reading. Every year, some area of the world is devastated by a disaster, with enormous consequent loss of life and disruption to livelihoods. What can be done to alleviate this? Why are such disasters so lethal? Why do people expose themselves to such hazards? Do mitigation programmes help? What effect does aid really have on the areas that receive it? By examining one particular cyclone-prone area of Sou...

Environmental Subsidies to Consumers: How did they work in the Japanese market?

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Report copyright infringementby Shigeru Matsumoto (Editor)This book conducts a comprehensive analysis of the environmental subsidy programs conducted in Japan and examines their impacts on consumer product selection, consumer product use, and environmental outcome. The book also proposes recommendations for future environmental and industrial policies.The book's empirical findings will be of interest to those who are researching on and policymakers of environmental and industrial policies.Aut...

Urban Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement: Linking Innovation and Local Benefits

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Report copyright infringementby Vincent Roquet (Author), Luciano Bornholdt (Author), Karen Sirker (Author)Expansion and development of urban areas require acquisition of land, which, in turn, often requires physical relocation of people who own or occupy this land. Land acquisition and resettlement may also be required to improve the lives of the more than 1 billion people who currently live in slums around the world, most of them in developing countries. Therefore, any effort to embark on si...

Environmental Performance Auditing in the Public Sector: Enabling Sustainable Development

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Report copyright infringementby Awadhesh Prasad (Author)This book takes a closer look at performance auditing of public sector environmental policies and programs.Author BiographyAwadhesh Prasad is a visiting fellow at the Australian National University's Fenner School of Environment and Society, and works at the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Australia, where he has been involved in monitoring, and auditing of environmental policies and programs for over 15 years. Number of Pag...

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Report copyright infringementby Philippe Hamman (Editor)This book provides a theoretically and empirically grounded reflection on the concept of "sustainability governance."Author BiographyPhilippe Hamman is Professor of Sociology at the Institute for Urbanism and Regional Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Strasbourg, France Number of Pages: 262 Dimensions: 0.58 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: March 31, 2021

Hummingbirds: Marvels of the Bird World - Paperback

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by Stan Tekiela (Author)Marvel at the lives of hummingbirds with this collection of photographs and information by award-winning author and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela. Their beauty captivates us. Their aerial acrobatics enchant us. Hummingbirds are beloved backyard visitors. They are dainty and elusive. A hummingbird sighting is a remarkable event, one worthy of remembering, cherishing, and sharing with others. Award-winning author, naturalist, and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela b...

Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known

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Report copyright infringementby Scott Simon (Author), Liana Finck (Illustrator)Scott Simon's household does not make much distinction between humans and other animals. Whether two-legged or four-, flesh-covered, fur-covered, feathered, or gilled--everyone is family. Today, Simon lives with the haiku-writing and absolument charmant French poodle Daisy and the daringly audacious foster cat Gato Blanco. But that's just the start.In Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known, Simon warmly phil...

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Report copyright infringementby Isobel Blackthorn (Author)Voltaire's Garden is a memoir of creating a sustainable lifestyle, back-to-earth style, on a fifteen-acre cattle paddock in an idyllic pocket of southeast Australia, made famous by the bushfires of New Year's Eve 2019.Award-winning author Isobel Blackthorn introduces readers to the wondrous countryside of Cobargo Valley, where in 2005 she bought a parcel of land with spectacular views and built a large villa called Voltaire's Garden, a...

The Gospel in the Anthropocene: Letters from a Quaker Naturalist

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Report copyright infringementby Brian Drayton (Author), Darcy Drayton (Illustrator)The Anthropocene Era, our current epoch of climate change, biodiversity loss, and human dislocations of many kinds, can bring fear, confusion, despair, and anger. This book of letters invites you to an understanding of the gospel as a way of life that can support and ground our action and witness in this time of intensifying polycrises. Consistent with current science, it speaks as well the languages of spiritu...

Aquarium Shrimp: Breeding, feeding, keeping, care and expert advice for freshwater shrimp in tank - The complete guide

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Report copyright infringementby Aqua Health (Author)ARE YOUR FRESHWATER SHRIMP DYING - AND YOU STILL DON'T KNOW WHY? You set up the tank. You bought your first Neocaridina. You followed advice from a dozen forums... and still watched them die, one by one. You're not alone - and it's not your fault. Most beginners lose their shrimp not from lack of care, but from contradictory information, undetected water parameter mistakes, and no single reliable reference to trust. Every forum says somethin...

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Report copyright infringementby Gudrun Koeniger (Author), Nikolaus Koeniger (Author)Gudrun Koeniger is noted for her work on mating biology of the honey bees and Niko Koeniger for his work on honey bees of Southeast Asia. Together and individually they have published hundreds of scientific papers and several books. "The Bee Researchers" is a love story of a woman who changes her career directions all for love of a man who loved bee research and discovers herself a love of bee research. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Oliver (Author)One of O, The Oprah Magazine's Ten Best Books of the Year The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver. "There's hardly a page in my copy of Upstream that isn't folded down or underlined and scribbled on, so charged is Oliver's language . . ." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air "Uniting essays from Oliver's previous books and elsewhere, this gem of a collection offers a compelling synthesis of the poet'...

Greetings from SweetAire Farm: A Lifetime of Stories

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur T. Johnson (Author)Greetings from SweetAire Farm is a collection of human-interest stories from a family living on a small farm and engaging in farm activities. It includes humorous, pathetic, philosophical, and interesting descriptions of incidents encountered over the years. Most of these stories have been shared with family, friends, and farmers' market customers through a weekly email message that has proven popular with about 400 recipients. Readers...

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Report copyright infringementby Melissa Campbell (Author)In this heartfelt and deeply personal memoir, the author follows her lifelong dream of owning a horse-only to discover that love, when tested, demands more than she ever imagined. What begins as an exciting leap into the equestrian world quickly turns into a journey marked by devastating injuries, financial strain, and hard-earned lessons about trust, resilience, and advocacy.Lila, a fiery and unpredictable Thoroughbred mare, is far fro...

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Report copyright infringementby James G. Linck (Author)""Paulina Preferred: A Lover Of Nature Finds His Shangri-La In The High Cascades"" by James G. Linck is a book that tells the story of a man named Paulina who is deeply in love with nature. He decides to leave the city and move to the High Cascades, where he can live in harmony with the natural world. The book describes Paulina's experiences as he settles into his new home, learns about the local flora and fauna, and becomes part of the c...

Despotism In America: An Inquiry Into The Nature, Results And Legal Basis Of The Slave-Holding System In The United States (1854)

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Hildreth (Author)Despotism In America: An Inquiry Into The Nature, Results And Legal Basis Of The Slave-Holding System In The United States (1854) is a historical book written by Richard Hildreth. The book is an analysis of the slave-holding system in the United States during the 19th century. Hildreth examines the nature of slavery, its legal basis, and the impact it has had on the country. He argues that slavery is a form of despotism that violates th...

Sea Marked: Throwing a Line to a Coastal Past

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Report copyright infringementby Linda Cracknell (Author)In this memoir of place, memory and motion, Linda Cracknell reels in the hidden lives of the women who went before her, crystallising her connection to them and to the sea. When Linda Cracknell's quest to connect herself and her mother to a seafaring family history finds her in a harbour, bracing herself to throw a line, she is struck by the parallel of this physical action to her years-long mission of reeling the past closer to the pres...

Rivers of Passage: Adolescence to Fatherhood on Trout Streams

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Report copyright infringementby Ben M. Michael Hohnke (Author)Ben was just like any other directionless adolescent - impatient to be independent, pass his driving test, find a girlfriend, and enough work to fund his newfound passion for trout fishing. Except his love of the outdoors took him to more places than just a series of creeks and streams around the New England region of Australia's New South Wales. Rites of passage have been an ancient tradition since the beginning of time, yet for t...

Bird Nest Finder: Identifying Aboveground Bird Nests in Eastern North America

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Report copyright infringementby Dorcas S. Miller (Author)Identify aboveground nests in eastern North America with this pocket-size guide.Whether you're hiking with your family, on a camping trip, or visiting a park, you're sure to notice a variety of bird nests. If you're curious about these nests--and which feathered friends built them--then Bird Nest Finder by Dorcas S. Miller is just what you need. With the handy, easy-to-use format, you can identify commonly seen bird nests--from bluebird...

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Report copyright infringementby Tom a. Titus (Author)In Dancing with an Apocalypse, Tom Titus has assembled a collection of musings in response to the social and environmental upheavals in the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. He finds inspiration from neighborhood happy hours and solitary escapes into the emerald convolutions of the Oregon Coast Range. Titus traces the eddies of life by engaging with mating newts, a hovering raven, wind in old trees, a decaying house, and sawdust spitting fr...

Fantastic Fungi: How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet - Hardcover

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by Louie Schwartzberg (Foreword by), Eugenia Bone (Contribution by), Suzanne Simard (Contribution by)2020 IBPA Awards Winner! "Louie Schwartzberg's lightly informative, delightfully kooky documentary, "Fantastic Fungi," offers nothing less than a model for planetary survival." -Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times "Gorgeous photography! Time-lapse sequences of mushrooms blossoming forth could pass for studies of exotic flowers growing on another planet." -Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street...

Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America

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Report copyright infringementby Douglas Brinkley (Author)Douglas Brinkley's The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision to protect 234 million acres of wild America. Now, in Rightful Heritage, Brinkley turns his attention to another indefatigable environmental leader--Teddy's distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt--chronicling his essential yet undersung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and premier protec...

Dinosaurs - The Grand Tour, Second Edition: Everything Worth Knowing about Dinosaurs from Aardonyx to Zuniceratops

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Report copyright infringementby Keiron Pim (Author), Jack Horner (Contribution by), Fabio Pastori (Illustrator)We live in a golden age of paleontological discovery--on average, we find one new dinosaur species per week. The most fascinating among them take their place in this updated edition of Dinosaurs--The Grand Tour; from Aardonyx, a lumbering beast that formed a link between two- and four-legged dinosaurs, to Zuniceratops, who boasted a deadly pair of horns. Here, you'll find everything ...

Nocturnalia: Nature in the Western Night

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Hood (Author), José Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca (Author)Don't be afraid of the dark: grab a flashlight and rediscover your sense of adventure!Darkness is something humans strive to keep at bay, but under the glow of twilight a nocturnal universe stirs to life. Nightshade blossoms bloom, javelinas parade down city streets, fox eyes gleam under the cover of the forest, and tiny sparrows fly incredible distances, guided by the stars. Naturalist Charles Hood a...