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Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew Publisher Comments As seen by milions on national television "The book is great and the method is even better."--Bob Thomson, host of Victory Garden Twice as much in half the space! * A complete garden book for both the beginner and the expert * A new way to garden with 80... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild by Craig Childs Staff Pick Animal Dialogues is one of the best collections of nature writing I've read in years, which puts Craig Childs in the company of giants: Barry Lopez, Annie Dillard, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Terry Tempest Williams. I found myself wondering how Childs... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Earth Path : Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature (04 Edition) by Starhawk Publisher Comments America's most renowned witch and eco-feminist offers a sequel to her bestselling classic The Spiral Dance, weaving together the latest findings in environmental science with magical spells, chants, meditations and group exercises to create the ultimate... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sunset Western Garden Book by Sunset Editors Publisher Comments Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking edition of the bible of Western gardening. With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings &mdash... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote Staff Pick Because I love dogs, Merle's Door was my favorite book this year. Merle lives with his owner, Ted, in the Grand Tetons. (He "found" Ted on one of Ted's many hunting explorations.) This book is a beautiful record of the relationship of a true wilderness... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat Publisher Comments By enquiring into the puzzle of sibling relations, Frank J. Sulloway pioneers a new view of how family affects individual development. He shows that birth-order is so fundamental to the family that it transcends gender, class and nationality.... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Oranges by John Mcphee Publisher Comments A classic of reportage, Oranges was first conceived as a short magazine article about oranges and orange juice, but the author kept encountering so much irresistible information that he eventually found that he had in fact written a book. It contains... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones Publisher Comments Provocative, personal, and inspirational, The Green Collar Economy is not a dire warning but rather a substantive and viable plan for solving the biggest issues facing the country the failing economy and our devastated environment. From a distance,... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The House Plant Expert: The World's Best-Selling Book on House Plants (Expert Series) by D G Hessayon Publisher Comments The House Plant Expert is the best-selling book on house plants, with complete coverage of all major types of house plant, with advice on how to keep your plants healthy, how to display your plants, dealing with pests & problems - even how to get... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011 by Mary Roach Publisher Comments The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds (P.S.) by Bernd Heinrich Publisher Comments Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith H by Eliot Wigginton Publisher Comments In the late 1960s, Eliot Wigginton and his students created the magazine Foxfire in an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. This is the original book compilation of Foxfire material which introduces... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Down the River by Edward Abbey Publisher Comments "Be of good cheer," the war-horse Edward Abbey advises, "the military-industrial state will soon collapse." This sparkling book, which takes us up and down rivers and across mountains and deserts, is the perfect antidote to despair. Along the way... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard Publisher Comments Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Blue Ridge valley. Annie Dillard sets out to see what she can see. What she sees are astonishing incidents of "mystery, death, beauty, violence."... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Wicked Plants: A Book of Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart Staff Pick It's not easy being green. Mostly, everything else eats you. But some plants fight back with thorns and poisons. Some plants are: Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Hardcover
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Essentials of Ecology by Colin R Townsend Publisher Comments This textbook presents introductory ecology in an accessible, state-of-the-art format designed to cultivate the novice student's understanding of, and fascination with, the natural world. In a concise, engaging style, this text outlines the essential... (read more) List Price $137.75 Your price: $32.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Trees of North America & Europe a Photog by Roger Phillips Publisher Comments This splendid guide to tree identification contains more than 1,000 full-color photographs. Each tree is illustrated in full detail -- by leaf, flower, fruit, bark, and mature tree shape -- and is fully described in the text. A unique leaf index makes... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Introduction To Environmental Economics (2ND 13 Edition) by Nick Hanley Publisher Comments An understanding of economics is vital to any understanding of why environmental problems occur and what best to do about them. This book provides an introduction to the subject of environmental economics without assuming any in-depth prior knowledge of... (read more) List Price $64.95 Your price: $59.75 New - Trade Paper
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region (Audubon Society Field Guide) by National Audubon Society Publisher Comments Trees is divided into 3 main sections: "Discovering Trees" includes background information on evolution, biology, anatomy and environment; "Observing Trees" provides practical advice on leaf collecting, bark rubbing and how to select and plant trees;... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Flexible
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The World without Us by Alan Weisman Publisher Comments A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us.In this far... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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