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Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants
by Bradford Angier  Publisher Comments From amaranth to yucca, complete information for identifying over a hundred native plants and their traditional medicinal uses....
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Wildflowers of Cape Cod & the Islands: 150 Wildflowers That Grow on Cape Cod's Sand Dunes, Heathlands, Ponds, Woodlands, Bogs and Meadows
by Kate Carter Publisher Comments A full-color, pocket-sized field guide to more than 200 wildflowers found in and on Cape Cod's dunes, heathlands, bogs, roadsides and woodlands. Written for novice naturalists and everyday plant admirers alike, this pocked-sized guidebook contains...
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New: $26.00 Vinyl-bound
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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guides)
by Roger Tory Peterson Publisher Comments In celebration of the centennial of Roger Tory Peterson's birth comes a historic collaboration among renowned birding experts and artists to preserve and enhance the Peterson legacy. This new book combines the Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds and...
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New: $23.50 Library Bound
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Arctic Fox: Very Cool! (Uncommon Animals)
by Stephen Person Synopsis In the Arctic, winter lasts eight months and temperatures fall as low as -58F. Few animals can survive such extreme conditions. The Arctic fox, however, is unique. It lives farther north than any other land mammal in the world. How can it survive the...
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Tricky Opossums (Gross-Out Defenses)
by Catherine Nichols Synopsis Opossums fool predators by pretending to be dead. If an enemy really needs convincing, the opossum will even blow bubbles of drool out of its nose or squirt a smelly green liquid from its rear! What animal would want to eat something so gross? These are...
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Dragonflies & Damselflies of the Border Southwest (Natural History)
by Robert A. Behrstock Publisher Comments Delicate aerial predators love to dine on mosquitoes. Dragonflies and damselflies are small but striking aquatic creatures found in the desert climates of the Southwest. These carnivorous insects are among the world's fastest, oldest, and most beautiful...
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New: $39.75 Hardcover
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Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human (Thorndike Nonfiction)
by Elizabeth Hess Publisher Comments Could an adorable chimpanzee raised from infancy by a human family bridge the gap between species--and change the way we think about the boundaries between the animal and human worlds? Here is the strange and moving account of an experiment intended to...
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Sharing the Ocean: Stories of Science, Politics, and Ownership of America's Oldest Industry
by Michael Crocker Synopsis Most popular and scholarly investigations of the New England groundfish management crisis have not produced very complex stories. Environmentalists and scientists are typically portrayed as the protagonists in a relentless struggle against antagonistic...
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Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America
by Ted Floyd Publisher Comments This new field guide provides a suite of modern tools to effectively aid in the identification of more than 750 species of birds across North America. It introduces a "whole bird" approach by concisely gathering a collection of information about birds...
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Owls 2009
by Firefly Books Publisher Comments The subject of myth and superstition, the owl is instantly distinguished by its disconcerting stare and haunting cry. It is a mysterious and fearsome predator, a flawless hunter in the darkest of nights. It stakes out its territory on a perch high above...
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Wild West
by Marek Wencel Synopsis Beautiful scenic photgraphy by Don Geyer, author of the book Mount Rainer, and contributor to many other publications. A magnificent collection of images from all over the Western United States and Canada, including breathtaking images of mountains...
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California's Fading Wildflowers: Lost Legacy and Biological Invasions
by Richard A. Minnich Synopsis "Much more than a lament for a vanishing landscape, "California's Fading Wildflowers" is a meticulously researched and compelling revision of the Golden State's ecological history from the pre-colonial era to the present."--Louis S. Warren, editor...
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Rare Wildflowers of Kentucky
by Thomas G. Barnes Publisher Comments Rare Wildflowers of Kentucky provides an introduction to Kentucky’s signature rare plants with 220 full-color photographs by naturalist and award winning photographer Thomas G. Barnes. The book draws attention to the beauty of Kentucky’s old...
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Anacostia: The Death and Life of an American River
by John R. Wennersten Synopsis Located in Washington, D. C., the Anacostia River is a poster child for America's tragically neglected, abused urban waterways. There are compelling ethical grounds for remedying this river's environmental problems, for the Anacostia in our time...
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Urban Wilderness: Exploring a Metropolitan Watershed (Center for American Places - Center Books on American Places)
by Eddee Daniel Publisher Comments A river can be the lifeblood of a city, standing as a symbol of economic prosperity, harmony with nature, and communal life, and the Menomonee River is such an anchor for the Milwaukee area. In Urban Wilderness, Eddee Daniel guides us down the waterways...
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From Seed to Daisy; Following the Life Cycle
by Laura Purdie Salas Synopsis Glossary/Index/Table of Contents/Content Consultants/Side bars/Fun Facts/Timeline/Book List/Further Reading/Safe Web sites at www.FactHound.com National Science Education Standards: Life Science: Content Standard C: Life Cycles of Organisms. Quizzes at...
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New: $132.25 Hardcover
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Advances in Agroforestry #6: Agroforestry in Europe
by Antonio Rigueiro-rodra-guez Publisher Comments While recent EU Rural Development policy clearly recognises the economic, ecological, and social advantages of agroforestry systems, to date the implementation of such systems remains poor throughout most of Europe. In light of this, this collection of...
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From Caterpillar to Butterfly: Following the Life Cycle
by Suzanne Slade Synopsis Glossary/Index/Table of Contents/Content Consultants/Side bars/Fun Facts/Timeline/Book List/Further Reading/Safe Web sites at www.FactHound.com National Science Education Standards: Life Science: Content Standard C: Life Cycles of Organisms. Quizzes at...
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Meteorology Today
by C. Donald Ahrens Publisher Comments METEOROLOGY TODAY, Ninth Edition, is one of the most widely used and authoritative texts for the introductory meteorology course. This ninth edition helps you understand and appreciate the dynamic nature of the inevitable weather phenomena that...
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The Paradise of All These Parts: A Natural History of Boston
by John Mitchell Publisher Comments Through observations of modern-day Boston, a veteran nature writer recounts the city's natural past, from volcanic eruptions to reclaimed parks How much does the current landscape of Boston, Massachusetts, resemble the land mass known as the Shawmut...
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