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    Six Fish Limit
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    Six Fish Limit

    "Few angler-authors can match the skill and insight of Steve Raymond. . . . Raymond leads his reader to a refined and refreshed understanding of what the natural world is really all about."-The New York TimesPerhaps the most innovative fly-fishing writer...
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    Ending Plague
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    Ending Plague

    "An engrossing expos of scientific practice in America." -KIRKUS REVIEWSFrom the authors of theNew York TimesbestsellingPlague of Corruptioncomes the prescription on how to end the plague infecting our medical community.Ending Plague continues the New...
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    When Animals Rescue
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    When Animals Rescue

    A Collection of True Tales of Animal Empathy and Altruism that will Inspire Us to Reflect on Our Own Human NatureWhat do stories about humpback whales protecting a biologist from a shark, a pride of lions rescuing a girl from kidnappers, gorillas working...
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    Dispatches from the Vaccine Wars
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    Dispatches from the Vaccine Wars

    Enter the trenches of the bloodiest battles you've never heard of: the Vaccine Wars.Professor Christopher A Shaw discovered, after a deep-diveliterature search on aluminum impacts on humans and animals, that aluminum hydroxide, an adjuvant in the anthrax...
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    Spey Flies, Their History and Construction
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    Spey Flies, Their History and Construction

    The Definitive Book on The World's Most IconicFliesWithin fly tying, and within steelhead and salmon angling, Spey flies occupy a substantial niche. These flies are exceptionally popular in America, not only on the 'steelhead...
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    Aquascaping
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    Aquascaping

    Learn how to create and maintain your own underwater ecosystem. Aquascaping is the art of arranging underwater plant life in aesthetically pleasing displays. From the brilliance of Takashi Amano and numerous other innovators, planted tanks have become...
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    Foraging for Survival
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    Foraging for Survival

    Learn how to find tasty and ecofriendly food in the wild.As consumerism and a meat-heavy, processed diet become the norm and the world's population continues to grow at an exponential rate, more and more people are looking toward a more sustainable path...
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  • The Pocket Guide to Fishing Knots
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    The Pocket Guide to Fishing Knots

    Anyone who has spent time on the water knows that fishing success comes down to effective connections-the angler must first ensure that the knot connections throughout the fishing line are sound and appropriate for the task at hand. A failed knot-picture...
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    Plague
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    Plague

    On July 22, 2009, a special meeting was held with twenty-four leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health to discuss early findings that a newly discovered retrovirus was linked to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), prostate cancer, lymphoma,...
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    The Wolverine Way

    Glutton, demon of destruction, symbol of slaughter, mightiest of wilderness villains... The wolverine comes marked with a reputation based on myth and fancy. Yet this enigmatic animal is more complex than the legends that surround it. With a shrinking...
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    TIHKAL

    TiHKAL: The Continuation is the sequel to PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story but can stand alone to any reader. Where PiHKAL focuses on a class of compounds called phenethylamines, TiHKAL is written about a family of psychoactive drugs known as tryptamines...
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    PIHKAL

    Alexander (better known as "Sasha") and Ann Shulgin's foundational work in the genre was the first book to fully impart the how-to chemistry, and convey the effects, of many of the entheogenic drugs that are currently being studied and used to heal...
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    The Mind of Plants
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    The Mind of Plants

    Explorations of plant consciousness and human interactions with the natural world.From apples to ayahuasca, coffee to kurrajong, passionflower to peyote, plants are conscious beings. How they interact with each other, with humanity and with the world at...
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    The Two-Wheel Tractor Handbook
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    The Two-Wheel Tractor Handbook

    Small but mighty - a comprehensive guide to the use of two-wheel tractors for highly productive gardens, landscapes, and farms TWO-WHEEL TRACTORS are multifunctional, economical, practical, maneuverable, portable, and low impact. Yet choosing the...
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    Wild Plant Culture
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    Wild Plant Culture

    Reconnect. Restore. Reciprocate. Repairing landscapes and reconnecting us to the wild plant communities around us. Integrating restoration practices, foraging, herbalism, rewilding, and permaculture, Wild Plant Culture is a comprehensive guide to the...
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    Plant Science for Gardeners
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    Plant Science for Gardeners

    A little plant science grows a long way Plant Science for Gardeners empowers growers to analyze common problems, find solutions, and make better decisions in the garden for optimal plant health and productivity.Most gardeners learn by accumulating rules...
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    Coppice Agroforestry
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    Coppice Agroforestry

    Cut and come again forestry reviving the ancient practice of resprout silviculture to power local woodland-based economies.Coppice Agroforestry is a richly illustrated, comprehensive guide to resprout silviculture managing trees and shrubs by coppicing,...
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    The Berry Grower
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    The Berry Grower

    Dig into the fruits of your labor! Profitable, innovative organic fruit farming strategies and skills for modern growers of any scale.The Berry Grower is an innovative guide for growing and marketing organic small fruits and berries that offers...
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    The School Garden Curriculum
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    The School Garden Curriculum

    The world needs young people to grow into strong, scientifically literate environmental stewards. Learning gardens are great places to build this knowledge, yet until now there has been a lack of a multi-grade curriculum for school-wide teaching aimed at...
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    DIY Mushroom Cultivation

    "Offering clear and comprehensive instructions for low-tech growing for a range of budgets, interests, and scales, this book offers practical inspiration and a sense that "hey, I can do this!" , owner, DIY FungiDIY Mushroom Cultivation is full of...
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    Mycelial Mayhem
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    Mycelial Mayhem

    Most supermarket mushrooms are bland and boring; products of an industrial process which typically relies on expensive equipment and harmful pesticides. Many people would like to add more flavorful and diverse fungi to their diets, but lack the knowledge...
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    Dung Beetle Ecology
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    Dung Beetle Ecology

    In many ecosystems dung beetles play a crucial role--both ecologically and economically--in the decomposition of large herbivore dung. Their activities provide scientists with an excellent opportunity to explore biological community dynamics. This...
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    Enchanted by Daphne
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    Enchanted by Daphne

    The extraordinary life story of the celebrated naturalist who transformed our understanding of evolution.Enchanted by Daphne is legendary ecologist Peter Grant's personal account of his remarkable life and career. In this revelatory book, Grant takes...
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    Snakes of the World
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    Snakes of the World

    A gorgeously illustrated guide to the incredible diversity of snakes around the world.Snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica and have evolved to occupy a vast range of habitats, from mountains to oceans and deserts to rain forests. Snakes...
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    Tooth and Claw
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    Tooth and Claw

    A marvellously illustrated look at the most deadly predators on the planetTooth and Claw presents the world's top predators as you have never seen them before, from big cats and wild dogs to sharks, reptiles, and killer whales. Blending gorgeous photos...
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    The Hidden Company That Trees Keep
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    The Hidden Company That Trees Keep

    You can tell a lot about a tree from the company it keeps. James Nardi guides you through the innermost unseen world that trees share with a wondrous array of creatures. With their elaborate immune responses, trees recruit a host of allies as predators...
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    Viruses
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    Viruses

    A comprehensive and richly illustrated introduction to the world of viruses.As parasites that are often hundreds of times smaller than bacteria, viruses exist in and on everything, everywhere. Rapidly evolving, they are highly opportunistic and...
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    The Lives of Beetles
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    The Lives of Beetles

    A richly illustrated introduction to the incredible world of beetles.With some 400,000 species, beetles are among the largest and most successful groups of organisms on earth, making up one-fifth of all plant and animal species. No other animals exhibit...
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    The Bird Name Book
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    The Bird Name Book

    A marvellously illustrated A-to-Z compendium of bird names from around the globe.The Bird Name Book is an alphabetical reference book on the origins and meanings of common group bird names, from 'accentor' to...
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    Radical by Nature
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    Radical by Nature

    A major new biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveller, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selectionAlfred Russel Wallace (18231913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian age. His expeditions to remote Amazonia and southeast...
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    A Pocket Guide to Birds of Galpagos
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    A Pocket Guide to Birds of Galpagos

    A compact, richly illustrated photographic field guide to all of the birds of Galpagos, from renowned photographer and writer Tui De RoyA lifelong resident of Galpagos, Tui De Roy has been observing, studying, and photographing the islands' astonishing...
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    Microbial Life History
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    Microbial Life History

    A powerful framework for understanding how natural selection shapes adaptation and biological design.Design and diversity are the two great challenges in the study of life. Microbial Life History draws on the latest advances in microbiology to describe...
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    The Lives of Fungi
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    The Lives of Fungi

    A fascinating and richly illustrated exploration of the natural history of fungiWe know fungi are important, for us as well as the environment. But how they live, and what they can do, remains mysterious and surprising. Filled with stunning photographs,...
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    The Extreme Life of the Sea
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    The Extreme Life of the Sea

    The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes readers to the absolute limits of the ocean world - the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans. It...
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    Seaweeds of the World
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    Seaweeds of the World

    Seaweeds are astoundingly diverse. They're found along the shallows of beaches and have been recorded living at depths of more than 800 feet; they can be microscopic or grow into giants many meters long. They're incredibly efficient at using the...
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    Ants
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    Ants

    A richly illustrated natural history of ants, covering their diversity, ecology, anatomy, behaviour, and morePlentiful and familiar, ants make up an estimated one-third of the world's insect biomass and can be found in virtually every part of the globe,...
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    The Deep Ocean
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    The Deep Ocean

    An epic excursion into one of the last great frontiers on Earth.The deep ocean comprises more than 90 percent of our planet's biosphere and is home to some of the world's most dazzling creatures, which thrive amid extreme pressures, scarce food supplies,...
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    Bees of the World
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    Bees of the World

    When many people think of bees, they are likely to picture the western domesticated honey bee, insects that live in large, socially complex societies inside a hive with a single queen and thousands of workers. But this familiar bee is just one of more...
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    What a Mushroom Lives For
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    What a Mushroom Lives For

    What a Mushroom Lives For pushes today's mushroom renaissance in compelling new directions. For centuries, Western science has promoted a human- and animal-centric framework of what counts as action, agency, movement and behaviour. But, as Michael...
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    Virtual You
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    Virtual You

    The visionary science behind the digital human twins that will enhance our health and our futureVirtual You is a panoramic account of efforts by scientists around the world to build digital twins of human beings, from cells and tissues to organs and...
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    Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East
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    Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East

    A comprehensive photographic guide to the gull species of the Western PalearcticGulls occupy a particularly important place in the world of birds. But because they are notoriously difficult to identify, they have been relatively neglected in the...
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    A Place like No Other
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    A Place like No Other

    From famed zoologist Anthony Sinclair, an account of his decades-long quest to understand one of Earth's most spectacular ecosystems.With its rich biodiversity, astounding wildlife, and breathtaking animal migrations, Serengeti is like no other...
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    Remnants of Ancient Life
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    Remnants of Ancient Life

    The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life.We used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having vanished long ago. We were wrong. Remnants of Ancient...
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    The Annotated Hodgkin and Huxley
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    The Annotated Hodgkin and Huxley

    The first annotated edition of the scientific papers that created the foundation of modern neuroscience and physiology The origin of everything known about how neurons and muscles generate electrical signals can be traced back to five revolutionary...
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    When Animals Dream
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    When Animals Dream

    A spellbinding look at the philosophical and moral implications of animal dreaming.Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream brings together behavioural and neuroscientific research on...
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    Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in R
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    Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in R

    An authoritative introduction to the latest comparative methods in evolutionary biologyPhylogenetic comparative methods are a suite of statistical approaches that enable biologists to analyze and better understand the evolutionary tree of life, and shed...
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    A Pocket Guide to Sharks of the World
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    A Pocket Guide to Sharks of the World

    An updated and comprehensive guide identifying all of the world's sharksSharks are some of the most misunderstood animals on the planet. We still have a lot to learn about these fascinating creatures, which are more seriously threatened with extinction...
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