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Oxford Bookworms Library: Mutiny on the Bounty: Level 1: 400-Word Vocabulary - Paperback

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by Tim Vicary (Author)This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio v...

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Report copyright infringementby Helen Scales (Author)One of the Best Popular Science Books of 2025 at New Scientist From a leading writer of the sea, an exquisitely illustrated deep dive into the beauty and meaning of art inspired by the life of the watery depths. Artists have captured the marvels of ocean life throughout history. From fine art to scientific illustrations, these portrayals help us to appreciate and interpret the diversity of shapes, colors, and patterns of the remarkable or...

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Report copyright infringementby Ken Behrens (Author), Keith Barnes (Author)The most comprehensive single-volume field guide to Madagascar's wildlife The Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is one of the world's great natural treasures and ecotourism destinations. Despite being an island, it is home to nearly an entire continent's variety of species, from the famous lemurs to a profusion of bizarre and beautiful birds, reptiles and amphibians. Wildlife of Madagascar is a compact and beautifully ...

The Album of Plant Families: An Illustrated Exploration of Nature's Beauty and Bounty

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Report copyright infringementby Wendy Hollender (Author)Much like our own family, plant families share characteristics, often in the arrangement of their flowers, leaves, and stems. In this oversized book, acclaimed botanical artist Wendy Hollender depicts twenty-four plant families most commonly encountered in the garden and in the wild. Her superb full-page illustrations, featuring subjects rendered from life in color pencil and watercolor, help us visualize the sometimes surprising connect...

Kew: The Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine - Hardcover

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by Sandra Lawrence (Author)The Witch's Garden describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storied plants - from the screaming mandrake to calming St John's Wort, to predicting the weather with seaweed, the creation of salves for broken hearts, sore heads, protection from evil spirits and to even induce immortality. Wise women, apothecaries, witches, herbalists: whatever you like to call them, those who cultivate plants for their apparent mystical properties have ex...

Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

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Report copyright infringementby Steven Pinker (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "In our uncertain age, which can so often feel so dark and disturbing, Steven Pinker has distinguished himself as a voice of positivity." - New York Times Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it help us understand why there is so much irrationality in the world? Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now (Bill Gates's "new favorite book of all time") answers all the questions here Today humanity is reach...

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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Report copyright infringementby Max Tegmark (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology--and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who's helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial. How can we grow our prosperity through automatio...

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Report copyright infringementby Filipa Matos Wunderlich (Author)Temporal Urban Design: Temporality, Rhythm and Place examines an alternative design approach, focusing on the temporal aesthetics of urban places and the importance of the sense of time and rhythm in the urban environment.Author BiographyFilipa Matos Wunderlich is an Associate Professor in Urban Design at the Bartlett School of Planning, at University College London (UCL) in the UK. Her research interests are on the temporal dime...

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Report copyright infringementby Dean Regas (Author)A handy field guide for the best stargazing experience whether in your own back yard, camping, or travelling--including information showing you which planets, constellations, stars, and manmade objects you can see with a telescope, or just your naked eye!The night sky is full of amazing things to see--from shooting stars and constellations to planets and satellites--but it can be hard to tell what you're seeing, or where to look for the best ...

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Report copyright infringementby Marcy Davis (Author)Tennessee, extending 500 diagonal miles between Bristol and Memphis, cuts across numerous rock types, from the deformed gneiss of the Blue Ridge along the North Carolina border to the young sediments exposed in the Chickasaw Bluffs that rise 100 feet above the Mississippi River floodplain. The state's more than 1 billion years of geologic history includes continental collisions that built enormous mountains and rifting forces that almost spl...

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Report copyright infringementby Warwick F. Vincent (Author)From the mysterious depths of Lake Vostok, Antarctica, to tropical floodplain lakes, inland seas, hydro-reservoirs, and the variety of waterbodies in our local environment, lakes encompass a huge diversity of shapes, sizes, depths, colors, and even salinities. Often very large and very deep, they sustain important and unique ecosystems which can be hotspots of biodiversity, and are used by humans as sources of drinking water and food,...

How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds - Paperback

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by Clare Walker Leslie (Author)Bestselling author and acclaimed nature illustrator Clare Walker Leslie invites beginning birdwatchers to hone their observational skills with this easy-to-use visual guide. Using her signature nature journal illustrations, Leslie shows readers the key clues to look for, from the shape of the beak or talons to distinctive feather colorings, flight patterns, and behavioral traits. She offers simple prompts that encourage readers to embrace curiosity and take a cl...

Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate

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Report copyright infringementby Sara Levine (Author), Masha D'Yans (Illustrator)Pssssst! Did you know plants can talk? It's true! Plants use the colors of their flowers to communicate with animals. But why animals? Because they help plants make seeds by moving pollen from one flower to another. Learn the secrets of flower talk from a narrator with an inside scoop! This new book from Sara Levine features a cantankerous talking cactus as a narrator, revealing to readers the significance of diff...

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Report copyright infringementby Vera Stucky Evenson (Author), Denver Botanic Gardens (Author)Ideal for hikers, foragers, and naturalists, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region is a comprehensive field guide to the most conspicuous, distinctive, and ecologically important mushrooms found in the region. This useful guide features introductory chapters on the basics of mushroom structure, life cycles, and habitats. P...

The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life - Paperback

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by Arthur Firstenberg (Author)5g is being rolled out across the country, despite growing evidence that it is disruptive to our health, our safety, and the environment. The Invisible Rainbow is the groundbreaking story of electricity as it's never been told before--exposing its very real impact on the biosphere and human health. 100,000 copies sold! Over the last 220 years, society has evolved a universal belief that electricity is 'safe' for humanity and the planet. Scientist and journalist A...

Science: The Endless Frontier - Paperback

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by Vannevar Bush (Author) Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 07, 2008

Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History

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Report copyright infringementby Penny Le Couteur (Author), Jay Burreson (Author)Napoleon's Buttons is the fascinating account of seventeen groups of molecules that have greatly influenced the course of history. These molecules provided the impetus for early exploration, and made possible the voyages of discovery that ensued. The molecules resulted in grand feats of engineering and spurred advances in medicine and law; they determined what we now eat, drink, and wear. A change as small as the ...

National Geographic Birding Basics: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Great Bird-Watching - Paperback

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by Noah Strycker (Author)Targeted to beginners and beyond, National Geographic's fun, inspiring guide to the art, craft, and science of bird-watching combines practical know-how and expert knowledge. Browsable and bursting with helpful illustrations and photographs, Birding Basics offers new ideas for when, where, and how to get to know the birds in your world. Not a field guide but a primer in best practices, authored by birding expert Noah Strycker, this breezy book features easy-to-follow ...

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Report copyright infringementby Oliver Sacks (Author)From the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. "Curious, avid and thrillingly fluent." --The New York Times Book Review In the pieces that comprise The River of Consciousness, Dr. Sacks takes on evolution, botany, chemistry, med...

The Bible and Astronomy; An Exposition of the Biblical Cosmology, and Its Relations to Natural Science. by John Henry Kurtz ... Translated from the Th

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Report copyright infringementby Johann Heinrich Kurtz (Author), J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz (Author) Number of Pages: 536 Dimensions: 1.08 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: September 13, 2006

Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen C. Meyer (Author)The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin's Doubt, Stephen Meyer, presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology.Beginning in the late 19th century, many intellectuals began to insist that scientific knowledge conflicts with traditional theistic belief--that science and belief in God are "at war." Philosopher of science Stephen Meyer challenges this v...

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Report copyright infringementby W. A. Bentley (Author), W. J. Humphreys (Author)"Offers valuable material not only to students of crystallography but also to those of the arts." -- The New York TimesDid you ever try to photograph a snowflake? The procedure is very tricky. The work must be done rapidly in extreme cold, for even body heat can melt a rare specimen that has been painstakingly mounted. The lighting must be just right to reveal all the nuances of design without producing heat. But ...

Cloud Warriors: Deadly Storms, Climate Chaos--And the Pioneers Creating a Revolution in Weather Forecasting

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas E. Weber (Author)The unprecedented inside story of the people pushing boundaries of science and technology to build better weather forecasts--providing life-saving warnings and crucial intelligence about nature's deadliest threats Killer tornadoes. Catastrophic hurricanes. Lethal heat waves. Across the United States and around the world, extreme weather events bring an unending torrent of death and destruction. One indispensable tool consistently offers ...

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds - Paperback

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by Scott Weidensaul (Author)In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrations--how billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres on an annual basis--is nothing short of extraordinary.Bird migration entails almost unfathoma...

The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations - Paperback

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by Daniel Yergin (Author)A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020 Named Energy Writer of the Year for The New Map by the American Energy Society "A master class on how the world works." --NPRPulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future The world is being shaken by the collision of energy, climate change, and the clashing power of ...

The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds

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Report copyright infringementby Gavin Pretor-Pinney (Author)Now in paperback: the runaway British bestseller that has cloudspotters everywhere looking up. Where do clouds come from? Why do they look the way they do? And why have they captured the imagination of timeless artists, Romantic poets, and every kid who's ever held a crayon? Veteran journalist and lifelong sky watcher Gavin Pretor-Pinney reveals everything there is to know about clouds, from history and science to art and pop cultur...

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Report copyright infringementby Wanmbli Chante Winan (Author)As we sit on the brink of extinction due to our creation of the climate crisis, We Are We serves as an instruction manual on how all of us can reconcile with our Mother Earth and save the future for our children. Wanmbli Chante Winan provides insights into Indigenous cultures, their Essential Laws, and Traditional Ways of Knowing woven through the spiritual framework of the Medicine Wheel. This book can be used as a platform from wh...

Regional Landscape Conservation Planning: Wildlife, Connectivity, and the Florida Model

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Report copyright infringementby Reed F. Noss (Editor), Thomas S. Hoctor (Editor)The history, science, and influence of an innovative land acquisition program that has protected Florida's natural ecosystems and inspired global effortsThis book traces the growth of landscape conservation planning in Florida, which has developed one of the most ambitious conservation land acquisition programs in North America. As a climate-vulnerable biodiversity hotspot facing rapid growth and development press...

Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities: A Global Assessment

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Elmqvist (Editor), Michail Fragkias (Editor), Julie Goodness (Editor)Urbanization is a global phenomenon and the book emphasizes that this is not just a social-technological process. It is also a social-ecological process where cities are places for nature, and where cities also are dependent on, and have impacts on, the biosphere at different scales from local to global. The book is a global assessment and delivers four main conclusions: Urban areas ar...

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas S. Kuhn (Author), Ian Hacking (Introduction by)A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas once were--and still are. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is that kind of book. When it was first published in 1962, it was a landmark event in the ...

A Brief Tour of Higher Consciousness: A Cosmic Book on the Mechanics of Creation

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Report copyright infringementby Itzhak Bentov (Author)A lighthearted yet profound guide to the realms of higher consciousness and the ultimate nature of reality. - Explains some of the most difficult concepts of physics and heightened consciousness in ways that are easily understood. - Presents a model for the interaction of the universe and human thought that has profound implications for our future. All aboard for the excursion of a lifetime as Itzhak Bentov, the celebrated engineer, invent...

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by Paul D. Taylor (Author)With stunning images and an expert guide, explore the world of fossils to uncover the story of life on Earth, from the origins of new life to mass extinctions. Ancient Earth seems like an alien world. But the fossil record can help reveal the mysteries of the organisms that have lived on our planet since its formation some 4,600 million years ago. In this engaging and beautifully illustrated book, world-renowned paleontologist Paul D. Taylor provides a comprehensive...