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The Drunken Botanist
The Drunken Botanist
by Amy Stewart
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Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans... (read more)

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On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak
On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak
by Jon Bell
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Some 50 miles southeast of Portland lies the highest peak in the state of Oregon: Mount Hood, a 700,000-year-old stratovolcano. The fourth tallest in the Cascade range (around 11,240 feet high), Mount Hood is currently rated fourth by the U.S. Geological... (read more)

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Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness
Dandelion Hunter: Foraging the Urban Wilderness
by Rebecca Lerner
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In this engaging and eye-opening read, forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near... (read more)

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Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
by Marlene Zuk
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An exposé of pseudoscientific myths about our evolutionary past and how we should live today. We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play football — or did we?... (read more)

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Social Conquest of Earth (13 Edition)
Social Conquest of Earth (13 Edition)
by Edward O. Wilson
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Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends “the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover). Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his... (read more)

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors (Crossley Id Guides)
The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors (Crossley Id Guides)
by Richard Crossley
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Praise for The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds:"The Crossley ID Guide is an interesting, multi-dimensional, unique take on a bird guide that delivers to a high standard for a specific target audience."--Alan... (read more)

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The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary
by Caspar Henderson
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From medieval bestiaries to Borges’s Book of Imaginary Beings, we’ve long been enchanted by extraordinary animals, be they terrifying three-headed dogs or asps impervious to a snake charmer’s song. But bestiaries are more than just zany... (read more)

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Odd Couples: Extraordinary Differences Between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom
Odd Couples: Extraordinary Differences Between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom
by Daphne J. Fairbairn
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"Odd couples indeed! Fairbairn takes us on a journey through oceans, grasslands, beaches, and backyards, plunging us into the worlds of nature's most weird and wonderful creatures, all to answer one question: why are males and females different? By... (read more)

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Sierra Nevada Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Montane Forest Species (Pocket Naturalist Guides)
Sierra Nevada Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Montane Forest Species (Pocket Naturalist Guides)
by James Kavanagh
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Familiar species, common plants, and natural phenomena are introduced in these beautifully illustrated guides to nature and the outdoors. Printed on laminated, water-resistant paper in a folded format, Pocket Naturalist® Guides are highly durable... (read more)

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Hummingbirds: A Folding Pocket Guide to North American Species (Pocket Naturalist Guides)
Hummingbirds: A Folding Pocket Guide to North American Species (Pocket Naturalist Guides)
by James Kavanagh
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Familiar species, common plants, and natural phenomena are introduced in these beautifully illustrated guides to nature and the outdoors. Printed on laminated, water-resistant paper in a folded format, Pocket Naturalist® Guides are highly durable... (read more)

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Sierra Nevada Trees & Wildflowers: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Montane Forest Species (Pocket Naturalist Guides)
Sierra Nevada Trees & Wildflowers: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Montane Forest Species (Pocket Naturalist Guides)
by James Kavanagh
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Familiar species, common plants, and natural phenomena are introduced in these beautifully illustrated guides to nature and the outdoors. Printed on laminated, water-resistant paper in a folded format, Pocket Naturalist® Guides are highly durable... (read more)

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The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature
The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature
by David George Haskell
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A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of forest. In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one- square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it... (read more)

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Sierra Nevada Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Montane Forest Species (Pocket Naturalist Guides)
Sierra Nevada Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Montane Forest Species (Pocket Naturalist Guides)
by James Kavanagh
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Familiar species, common plants, and natural phenomena are introduced in these beautifully illustrated guides to nature and the outdoors. Printed on laminated, water-resistant paper in a folded format, Pocket Naturalist® Guides are highly durable... (read more)

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Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again After Being Blinded by a Bear
Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again After Being Blinded by a Bear
by Dan Bigley
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The unbelievable true story of a man who narrowly survived one of the most brutal grizzly bear attacks, and the love that separated his blindness from the dark .... (read more)

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The Girl with No Name: The Incredible True Story of a Child Raised by Monkeys
The Girl with No Name: The Incredible True Story of a Child Raised by Monkeys
by Marina Chapman
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In 1954, in a remote mountain village in South America, a little girl was abducted. She was four years old. Marina Chapman was stolen from her housing estate and then abandoned deep in the Colombian jungle. That she survived is a miracle. Two days later,... (read more)

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Crossroads of the Natural World: Exploring North Carolina with Tom Earnhardt
Crossroads of the Natural World: Exploring North Carolina with Tom Earnhardt
by Tom Earnhardt
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In this richly illustrated love letter to the wild places and natural wonders of North Carolina, Tom Earnhardt, writer and host of UNC-TV's Exploring North Carolina and lifelong conservationist, seamlessly ties deep geological time and forgotten species... (read more)

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We Wanted a Farm (Dover Books on Herbs, Farming and Gardening)
We Wanted a Farm (Dover Books on Herbs, Farming and Gardening)
by Maurice G. Kains
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In his classic Five Acres and Independence, Maurice G. Kains offered advice about going back to the land and living off privately raised stock and produce. In this engaging and informative memoir, he relates his family's experiences in... (read more)

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Learning to Play with a Lion's Testicles: Unexpected Gifts from the Animals of Africa
Learning to Play with a Lion's Testicles: Unexpected Gifts from the Animals of Africa
by Melissa J. Haynes
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Playing with a lions testicles: An African saying that means to take foolhardy chances. Melissa, an exhausted executive from the city seeks meaning and purpose from her work volunteers for a Big Five conservation project in South Africa. Her boss, an... (read more)

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North America: A World in One Continent
North America: A World in One Continent
by Huw Cordey
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The North American continent stretches over 9.5 million square miles, and is home to more than 500 million people, who share it with hundreds of thousands of species of mammals, birds, insects, and plants—many of them extraordinary, unforgettable... (read more)

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Trash Animals: How We Live with Nature's Filthy, Feral, Invasive, and Unwanted Species
Trash Animals: How We Live with Nature's Filthy, Feral, Invasive, and Unwanted Species
by Kelsi Nagy
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Why are some species admired or beloved while others are despised? An eagle or hawk circling overhead inspires awe while urban pigeons shuffling underfoot are kicked away in revulsion. Fly fishermen consider carp an unwelcome trash fish, even though the... (read more)

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