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Can't Get Enough Shark Stuff: Fun Facts, Awesome Info, Cool Games, Silly Jokes, and More! - Paperback

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by Andrea Silen (Author)Dive into the perfect combination of facts, stories, photos, and fun all about the world's most ferocious and fascinating ocean predator--SHARKS! For animal lovers who are absolutely obsessed with everything sharks, this book has it all: tons of mind-blowing facts, exciting games, hands-on activities, hilarious shark jokes, and suspenseful stories from shark experts. It also includes tantalizing tidbits about perplexing prehistoric sharks, the latest info on studying s...

A Californian's Guide to the Birds Among Us - Paperback

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by Charles Hood (Author)As its sister title, A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us, did for arboreal varieties, this new guidebook introduces casual birders to 120 of California's most easily seen bird species--native and exotic alike--as found in a mix of urban, suburban, and traditionally natural habitats.Full-color images and clear, direct descriptions make identification easy, and author Charles Hood supplements the essential information with surprising facts and trivia, including e...

A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas

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Report copyright infringementby Alan E. Bessette (Author), Arleen R. Bessette (Author), Michael W. Hopping (Author)Identifying mushrooms in the wild can present an enticing challenge. Taking on unbelievable forms, some are delicious, others are deadly, but the edibility status of the majority remains unknown. In this revised and expanded edition of the classic, best-selling A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas, readers will find over 1,000 mushroom species described in clear, simple te...

Time, Beauty, and Grief: A Hike Through Wisconsin's 50 State Parks - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Betsy Korbinyr (Author)A woman turning 65 ends up with one of her hiking boots in the grave as she embarks on a Quest to complete five miles in all 50 Wisconsin State Parks in one year. Life is remarkably similar to taking a hike. You can prepare and have all the right gear yet still struggle on the journey. Part trail guide part memoir and part conversation on the adventure of becoming a senior citizen; this engaging collection of essays offers you fresh persp...

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by Peter Matthiessen (Author), Jane Goodall (Introduction by)A timeless and majestic portrait of Africa by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise A finalist for the National Book Award when it was released in 1972, this vivid portrait of East Africa remains as fresh and revelatory now as on the day it was first published. Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel writing to portray...

A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire

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Report copyright infringementby Richard L. Hutto (Author)In this book, avian ecologist and former PBS Birdwatch host Richard Hutto challenges conventional wisdom by revealing the hidden beauty and ecological importance of severely burned forests. Drawing on extensive field research and compelling storytelling, Hutto uncovers one of nature's best-kept secrets: numerous species--including the black-backed woodpecker and the morel mushroom--thrive in conditions created only by intense wildfires....

The Harvesting Rainwater and Water Survival Guide: Essential Prepping Strategies for Water Abundance, Self-Sufficiency, and Survival Skills in a World

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Report copyright infringementby Dion Rosser (Author)Embrace the Rain: Unveil Nature's Lifesaving Secrets & Master the Art of Water SurvivalTwo manuscripts in one book: Harvesting Rainwater: A Sustainable Guide to Collecting, Storing, and Utilizing Nature's Gift for Water Conservation and Self-SufficiencyWater Survival Guide: Mastering the Art of Finding, Collecting, Treating, Storing, and Thriving Off the Grid with Water for Emergencies and Outdoor AdventuresIn the first part of this book...

An Illustrated Catalog of American Mushrooms

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Report copyright infringementby Us Department of Agriculture Maurice B W (Author)A fascinating exploration of the USDA's national fungus collection, offering readers an intimate portrait of America's elusive fungi species. The United States Department of Agriculture's National Fungus Collections is one of the world's largest mycological institutions, housing over a million species of fungi. Mycologist Maurice Burke Walters's collection of fungi is also housed here--a fascinating collection r...

An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts

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Report copyright infringementby Us Department of Agriculture Pomological (Author)A kaleidoscopic celebration of the USDA's pomological collection, offering an engaging, biophilic meditation upon the sweetest of the earth's produce. The United States Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection encompasses over 7,500 botanical watercolor paintings of evolving fruit and nut varieties, alongside specimens introduced by USDA plant explorers from the late 19th and early 20th centur...

The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future - Paperback

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by Zach St George (Author)Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted. When new trees sprout in the same direction, the whole forest begins to migrate, sometimes at astonishing rates. Today, however, an array of obstacles--humans felling trees by the billions, invasive pests transported through global trade--threaten to overwhelm these vital movements. Worst of all, the climate is changing faster than ever before, and forests are st...

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Report copyright infringementby John McPhee (Author)A master chronicler of American life introduces us to the iconic and most curious American shad. A pithy, humorous, and illuminating standalone extract from John McPhee's twenty-sixth book, The Founding Fish.McPhee, himself a shad fisherman, recounts the fascinating life and ways of this great American wayfarer, most famous for its Odyssean journey as it leaves the ocean in crowds of millions, running heroic distances up America's rivers to ...

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Report copyright infringementby Marion Nestle (Author)America's leading nutritionist teaches you how to navigate the fish counter. A standalone extract from the newly revised edition of her groundbreaking What to Eat (which is being reissued as What to Eat Now).Marion Nestle, America's preeminent nutritionist and the scholar widely credited with establishing the field of modern American food studies, takes us through every aspect of how we grow, market, shop for, store, label, and eat fish in...

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Report copyright infringementby Dan Saladino (Author)A captivating tour through some of our most cherished marine food traditions, and the danger of extinction that they increasingly face in today's world. In this standalone extract from Eating to Extinction, the distinguished BBC food journalist Dan Saladino travels the world to experience and document our most at-risk foods from the sea before it's too late.From exploring the curious case of the wild Scottish salmon and its tumultuous histo...

Water Borne: A 1,200-Mile Paddleboarding Pilgrimage

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Report copyright infringementby Dan Rubinstein (Author)"Dan Rubinstein's Water Borne is exhilarating, meditative, and funny -- but most of all, it's a paean to the power of blue space in our lives, our communities and our society. You won't be able to read it without feeling an overpowering urge to get wet." -- Alex Hutchinson, New York Times bestselling author of The Explorer's Gene "A must-read for anyone drawn to the intersection of nature, history, and adventure." -- Colin Angus, author a...

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Balcombe (Author)A quirky, intimate, and eye-opening look into the ways of thinking like a fish.An extract from the much-loved modern classic on the subject of fish consciousness, What a Fish Knows.Do fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? Jonathan Balcombe dives in among our marine cousins to explore the essential questions of how fish percei...

Butterflies, Bees & Dragonflies Coloring Book: Over 150 Pages of Natural Beauty to Color with Beautiful Sprayed Edges - Over 150 Pages of Beautiful Bo

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Report copyright infringementby Editors of Chartwell Books (Author)Yearning for a refreshing breath of a delicate summer's breeze? On butterfly, bee, and dragonfly wings, this book brings it to you with exquisite designs and scenes to color. Delicate wings and vibrant colors--the designs in Butterflies, Bees & Dragonflies Coloring Book whisk you away to a secret world without screens and deadlines. There's nothing to do but color as you enter a realm of softly flitting butterfly wings, bu...

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Kaminsky (Author)A celebration of the beauty and grace of flyfishing through lyrical essays and spectacular photography. Here is a beautifully written meditation on the art, grace, and style of fly fishing, presented in a photo-driven package that's the perfect gift for every angler. Gorgeous visuals of the world's top flyfishing people, places, and things (from the spring creeks of Montana to the ocean flats of the Bahamas) are interspersed with quotes ...

Treated Like Animals: Improving the Lives of the Creatures We Own, Eat and Use - Hardcover

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by Alick Simmons (Author)You don't have to be an animal rights activist to take an interest in how we treat other creatures. All of us are complicit because all of us, with few exceptions, use animals in some way. How we define 'use' or exploitation should be broad: everything from enjoying a steak or poached eggs, to riding a horse, to keeping a cat as a pet. Animal use is so deeply engrained in our daily lives that we barely notice it. But also we might choose not to look because we are unc...

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Report copyright infringementby Jerry Jenkins (Author)The Field Guide to the Woody Plants of the Northern Forest is a compact guide to the ecology, geography, and identification of the trees, shrubs, and wood vines of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. It 272 species, provides 80 quick guides and charts for rapid identification, and contains nearly 3,000 color drawings and photos.It is the first field guide in sixty-five years to cover the trees and shrubs of the Northern For...

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Report copyright infringementby DK (Author), Tony Juniper (Foreword by)Learn about species, environments, ecosystems and biodiversity in The Ecology Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Ecology in this overview guide to the subject, great for novices looking to find out more and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Ecology Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the topic ...

Science in Resistance: The Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice

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Report copyright infringementby Fernando Racimo (Author)Scientists around the world rise up for climate and ecological justice In April 2022, hundreds of scientists rose in civil disobedience, breaking the law in more than twenty-eight countries. Risking arrest, they glued their hands to roads, blocked government and corporate buildings, and chained themselves to the White House fence. In Science in Resistance, Fernando Racimo provides a first-person account of the Scientist Rebellion, a grow...

Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More

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Report copyright infringementby Darren Naish (Author)Dive into prehistoric waters and discover extraordinary sea monsters who reigned the ocean for 150 million years Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More examines the anatomy, behavior, diversity, lifestyle, and evolutionary rise of creatures who conquered the seas for 150 million years during the Mesozoic era. Expert paleontologist Darren Naish puts these fearsome and mighty creatures under the microscope and tr...

The California Naturalist Handbook, Second Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Greg De Nevers (Author), Deborah Edelman (Author), Adina Merenlender (Author)The go-to guide to California's natural history, now updated with fresh insights on stewardship for a changing climate and diverse naturalist perspectives.The California Naturalist Handbook offers a fun, science-based introduction to California's natural history, emphasizing observation, discovery, communication, and stewardship. This accessible guidebook explores geology, native plant...

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Report copyright infringementby Kimberley R. Miner (Author)In Considering Climate Change, Kimberley R. Miner focuses on what will happen in the next 20, 40, and 60 years around the planet and looks at how we can take an active role in planning for a future we had hoped to avoid.Each chapter is framed around a central concern that will be familiar to all those thinking about climate change and suffering the eco-anxiety that such an enormous challenge can trigger. Miner carefully unpacks these ...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Bright (Author)The extraordinary journeys of sharks are revealed by Michael Bright in the beautiful and sweeping Sharks. Bright shines attention on the thousands of miles some sharks traverse through the world's oceans, taking weeks or even months to reach their destinations. He highlights sharks that perform there-and-back vertical migrations, rising from the depths to cover a mile or more in a single day. He compares the local movements of whitetip r...

Insect Architecture: How Insects Build, Engineer, and Shape Their World

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Report copyright infringementby Michael S. Engel (Author), Tom Jackson (Author)The essential illustrated guide to the ingenious techniques that insects use to construct an astounding array of natural structures, from nests to shelters to traps Insect Architecture takes you inside the amazing structures that insects build, from the paper galleries of yellowjacket wasps to elaborate termite mounds complete with royal chambers and air-conditioning systems. Each chapter focuses on a group of inse...

Tree Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Arboreal Lives

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Report copyright infringementby Meg Lowman (Author), Thibaud Hérem (Illustrator)An hourly guide that spotlights twenty-four trees as they root, flower, and host diverse forest life. In this short book, treetop explorer Meg Lowman guides us through a global forest. Each chapter of Tree Day introduces a single tree during a single hour, highlighting twenty-four species from around the world. In the dark of Yemen's night, it is too early to see the red sap from which the dragon's blood tree ge...

Echoes of Our Origins: Baboons, Humans, and Nature

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Report copyright infringementby Shirley C. Strum (Author), Cassandra Phillips (With)The amazing chronicle of a primate scientist's fifty-year journey studying baboons--and what her findings can tell us about primates, resilience, and human coexistence.In 1972, renowned anthropologist Shirley C. Strum traveled to Kenya to study the origins of human aggression through observing baboons. What Dr. Strum discovered completely defied her expectations, scientific notions about baboons, and even well...

Butterflies of the World: A Guide to Every Subfamily

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Report copyright infringementby Blanca Huertas (Author), Shinichi Nakahara (Author)A lavishly illustrated guide to the diversity of the world's butterflies Conspicuous for their beauty, butterflies are one of the most popular and well-studied insects. This book explores the astonishing variety of butterfly species around the world and examines their central role in maintaining a range of delicate ecosystems. Their sensitivity to changes in the environment across their life stages makes them e...

Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts of the World: A Guide to Every Order

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Report copyright infringementby Joanna Wilbraham (Author)A magnificently illustrated guide to the bryophyte species found across the world Bryophytes are a highly diverse group of plants found in nearly all parts of the world and across a range of habitats. The term "bryophyte" describes plants of three closely related lineages: the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Ancient in their makeup, bryophytes disperse by spores rather than seeds and grow no more than a few centimeters high, carpetin...

Positive Tipping Points: How to Fix the Climate Crisis

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Lenton Obe (Author)We can all play a part in triggering positive tipping points that accelerate us out of the climate crisis. How do we get out of a climate crisis of our own making? As global change escalates, we are already starting to experience damaging tipping points in the social, ecological and climate systems that we depend upon - and much worse is to come. These shocks tell us we have left it too late for incremental change to save us: we need to c...

The Wild Path Home: A Guide to Raising the Earth Stewards of Tomorrow

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Report copyright infringementby Jacob Rodenburg (Author), Cathy Dueck (Author)On the pathway to stewardship and kinship--an experiential approach to fostering environmental connection from birth to the teen years. In a technologically saturated world, how can we ignite the next generation's connection to their ecological and human communities? Grounded in science-based research and Indigenous wisdom, The Wild Path Home offers an abundance of practical strategies for fostering respect, recipro...