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Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories From the Animal Kingdom (11 Edition) by Jennifer S. Holland Publisher Comments It is exactly like Isaiah 11:6: "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid . . . " Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships documents one heartwarming tale after... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them by Wayne Pacelle Publisher Comments In countless fascinating ways, our relationship with animals is an essential part of the human experience. Now, one of the world's leading champions of animal welfare offers a dramatic examination of our age-old bond to all creatures. Wayne Pacelle... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Desert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of a Ravens and River Notes: The Dance of Herons by Barry Holstun Lopez Synopsis Here, for the first time in one volume, are two of Lopez's masterpieces, "River Notes and "Desert Notes. From the thundering power of the river's swift current, to the stillness of clear freshwater pools; to desert springs, birds and wind, and... (read more) Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Williams Publisher Comments As Utah-born naturalist Terry Tempest Williams records the simultaneous tragedies of her mother's death of cancer and the flooding of the Bear River Migratory Bird Sanctuary, she creates a document of renewal and spiritual grace destined to become a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner Publisher Comments Winner of the Pulitzer Prize On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age by Richard Louv Publisher Comments For many of us, thinking about the future conjures up images of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: a post-apocalyptic dystopia stripped of nature. Richard Louv, author of the landmark bestseller Last Child in the Woods, urges us to change our vision of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Part Wild: One Woman's Journey with a Creature Caught Between the Worlds of Wolves and Dogs by Ceiridwen Terrill Publisher Comments Part Wild is the unforgettable story of Ceiridwen Terrill's journey with a creature whose heart is divided between her bond to one woman and her need to roam free. When Terrill adopts a wolfdog—part husky, part gray wolf—named Inyo to... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Practice of the Wild: Essays by Gary Snyder Book News Annotation The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and counter-culture hero offers a prescription for recovering our humanness by giving it away--by giving back to the earth more than we take. No index. Published by North Point Press, 850 Talbot Avenue, Berkeley, CA... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring by Richard Preston Publisher Comments Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained — the coast redwood trees, Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Birds of Oregon Publisher Comments This definitive field guide is a must for Oregon birding enthusiasts, covering more than 325 species found in the state. Each account includes a full-color illustration of the bird, a range map, identifying features, habitat, nesting and feeding... (read more) This Edition: SOLD OUT add to wish list |
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The Life of Mammals by David Attenborough Publisher Comments A comprehensive chronicle of the fascinating behaviors of mammals This new addition to the Peterson Reference Guide series is highly readable and full of curious facts. For example, did you know that when an opossum plays dead it isnand#8217;t pretending?... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature by David George Haskell Publisher Comments 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) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) by Aldo Leopold Publisher Comments "We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir." San Francisco Chronicle These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape -- the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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Field Guide To Western Birds a Completely New 3RD Edition by Roger Tory Peterson Book News Annotation **** Cited in Sheehy and BCL3. Subtitled A completely new guide to field marks of all species found in North America west of the 100th meridian and north of Mexico. Has 165 new paintings showing all birds west of the Great Plains, 441 new maps, and a... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) by Aldo Leopold Publisher Comments This special edition of the highly acclaimed A Sand County Almanac commemorates the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Aldo Leopold, one of the foremost conservationists of our century. First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds: Including All Species That Regularly Breed North of Mexi by Paul R Ehrlich Publisher Comments This is the most complete and authoritative reference book about the birds of North America -- up to date and in field-guide format. The Birder's Handbook is the first of its kind: a portable library of fascinating information not included in your... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Staff Pick Silent Spring changed the way we thought about the environment and shaped today's environmental movement, calling us to action to protect our surroundings before we destroyed them. Today our impact on the environment is more harmful than ever, and Carson'... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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National Audubon Society Regional Guide to the Pacific Northwest (Audubon Society Field Guide) by National Audubon Society Publisher Comments A whole new way to look at your world: New England, Florida, California, and the Pacific Northwest are the first four subjects in a series of comprehensive field guides to the flora, fauna, landscape, and climate of specific geographic regions of North... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Staff Pick Silent Spring changed the way we thought about the environment and shaped today's environmental movement, calling us to action to protect our surroundings before we destroyed them. Today our impact on the environment is more harmful than ever, and Carson'... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Wildflowers of the Columbia Gorge: A Comprehensive Field Guide (Jack Murdock) by Russ Jolley Publisher Comments A guide to Gorge wildflower species with 744 entries, each with a full-color photo. Includes field trips, glossary, blooming dates, and a foldout, waterproof map.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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