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  • Living with Goats
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    Living with Goats

    In the newest addition to the successful "Living With" series, Hathaway and Schatz let readers in on everything they need to know about how to raise one - or twenty - goats in their own backyards. Readers will discover how to raise goats either for milk,...
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  • No Better Friend
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    No Better Friend

    No Better Friend offers a unique collection of intimate essays by celebrities about the dogs that have touched their lives, giving us the inside scoop on the bond between owner and dog, defined not by status or popularity but founded instead on what...
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  • Nature Guide to Yosemite National Park
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    Nature Guide to Yosemite National Park

    This field guide dedicated to wildlife of Yosemite National Park is an information-packed, pocket-sized book that introduces park visitors to the animals, plants, insects and more that reside in Yosemite National Park in a colorful and portable package...
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  • Collected Poems
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    Collected Poems

    In this career-defining book, the poems of Dennis ODriscoll are gathered together for the first time. Beginning with Kist in 1982 and ending with the posthumous Update in 2014, the selection was made by ODriscoll himself before his death in 2012 and...
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  • Dogs
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    Dogs

    The intertwined journey of human and dog has spurred the interest of anthropologists, biologists, historians, sociologists, and behavioral scientists. After all, the dog is "man's best friend," so it is natural that people have wondered about how, why,...
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  • A Bird for a Bonnet
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    A Bird for a Bonnet

    The first serious historical study of birdkeeping in America from colonial times to the present. It documents and discusses the various forms of commercial birdkeeping and the opportunities it offered to women and some minorities. Research into state and...
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  • Master Pongo
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    Master Pongo

    In the summer of 1876, Berlin anxiously awaited the arrival of what was billed as “the most gigantic ape known to zoology. Described by European explorers only a few decades earlier, gorillas had rarely been seen outside of Africa, and emerging theories...
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  • Sierra Nevada Wildflowers
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    Sierra Nevada Wildflowers

    The Sierra Nevada region is a land of alpine lakes, ubiquitous mountains, and meadows filled with a seemingly endless variety of wildflowers. This full-color book contains beautiful photos, easy-to-understand descriptions, and interesting facts about 290...
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  • Mojave Desert Wildflowers
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    Mojave Desert Wildflowers

    The Mojave Desert eco-region extends from eastern California to northwestern Arizona, southern Nevada, and southwestern Utah, and boasts plant communities as diverse as alkali sinks, dune systems, Joshua tree woodland, pinyon juniper woodland, mixed...
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  • In the Heart of the Country
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    In the Heart of the Country

    H.E. Bates is a revered writer on the countryside; author of a wealth of books reflecting English life including, The Darling Buds of May. Beautifully illustrated with wood engravings by the renowned wildlife artist C.F. Tunnicliffe. The genius of H.E...
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  • Happy Countryman
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    Happy Countryman

    With the deft, sure eye of master craftsmen, they portray the mellow stone of country towns, spray swept seaside promenades, strolls among sand dunes, Mr Pimpkins the jobbing gardener, roach fishing at dawn, the art of pear growing, and much more to make...
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  • Sea Around Us
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    Sea Around Us

    Rachel Carson's classic trilogy comprises three volumes - The Sea Around Us (1950), Under the Wind-Sea (1941) and The Edge of the Sea (1955). The Sea Around Us presents an overview of the subject, a natural history of the oceans in which Rachel Carson...
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  • Forest Trees of South India
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    Forest Trees of South India

    1. Contains descriptions of 988 Trees belonging to 87 families. 2. Has 568 pages, 255 black and white photographs and 193 line drawings of Trees. 3. Separate photographs provided for the Evergreen, Deciduous, Scrub and Mangrove Trees. 4. Sacred, Rare,...
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  • My One-Eyed, Three-Legged Therapist
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    My One-Eyed, Three-Legged Therapist

    My One-Eyed, Three-Legged Therapist: How My Cat Clio Saved Me is the story of how an adorable, spunky, gray-and-white kitten helped the author regain the courage to face life's challenges and realize that none of us is truly alone. Born into poverty,...
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  • At the Mercy of the Mountains
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    At the Mercy of the Mountains

    In this compelling book, award-winning adventure writer and former Lower Adirondack Search and Rescue team member Peter Bronski chronicles true stories of survival and tragedy, from famous historical cases during the early 20th century, to modern tales...
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  • Ice, Fire, and Nutcrackers
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    Ice, Fire, and Nutcrackers

    Why do quaking aspens grow in prominent clumps rather than randomly scattered across the landscape? Why and how does a rufous hummingbird drop its metabolism to one-hundredth of its normal rate? Why do bull elk grow those enormous antlers? Using his...
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  • Rhythm of the Wild
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    Rhythm of the Wild

    From Kim Heacox, the acclaimed author of The Only Kayak and John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire, comes Rhythm of the Wild, an Alaska memoir focused on Denali National Park. Music runs through every page of this book, as do stories, rivers and...
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  • The Book of Draft Horses
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    The Book of Draft Horses

    Before trucks and tractors, draft horses performed the heavy work of pulling wagons, plowing fields, and hauling logs. But the internal combustion engine did not entirely replace these animals; they are still used in many parts of the country for...
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  • A History of the Waco Mammoth Site
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    A History of the Waco Mammoth Site

    In paleontology there are certain encounters considered breakthroughs. Occasionally a unique event is discovered that permanently impacts our interpretation of an entire species. The Waco Mammoth Site represents one such landmark moment. At the edge of...
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  • Mark Twain for Dog Lovers
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    Mark Twain for Dog Lovers

    Mark Twain for Dog Lovers combines one of America's most beloved authors and dogs. Twain specialist R. Kent Rasmussen traces the history of dogs in Twain's life-from the ones he knew personally, like his daughter's dog which he took in after she died, to...
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  • Mark Twain for Cat Lovers
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    Mark Twain for Cat Lovers

    America is cat crazy, and Mark Twain may have been the American writer most crazy about cats. From his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, to his last years in Connecticut, Mark Twain spent much of his life surrounded by cats, and they stalk through many of...
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  • Seven Summers
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    Seven Summers

    Seven Summers is the story of a naturalist-turned-professor who flees city life each summer with her pets and power tools to pursue her lifelong dream-building a cabin in the Wyoming woods. With little money and even less experience, she learns that...
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  • Wildbranch
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    Wildbranch

    Wildbranch: An Anthology of Nature, Environmental, and Place-based Writing is a powerful collection of mostly unpublished essays and poetry by both prominent American environmental writers and exciting new voices. The poetry and essays by more than fifty...
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  • Wildbranch
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    Wildbranch

    Wildbranch: An Anthology of Nature, Environmental, and Place-based Writing is a powerful collection of mostly unpublished essays and poetry by both prominent American environmental writers and exciting new voices. The poetry and essays by more than fifty...
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  • The Book of Donkeys
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    The Book of Donkeys

    Donkeys are gaining in popularity across the country. They are used in trail riding, as pets, to guard livestock from coyotes and wild dogs, and as show animals. Donkeys are also used to breed mules, which are a hybrid produced by crossing a male donkey...
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  • The Dogs Who Found Me
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    The Dogs Who Found Me

    Now regarded as a classic in dog literature, Ken Foster's memoir chronicles his journey from first-time dog owner to rescuer--and all the lessons and mistakes he made along the way. Bookended by the tragedies of 9/11 and Katrina, Foster finds that dogs...
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  • Of Men And Galaxies
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    Of Men And Galaxies

    British mathematician and astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) coined the phrase 'Big Bang Theory' to describe the currently accepted explanation of the origin of the universe, and he did important work on the origins of stars and on the elements within...
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  • From Blue Moons To Black Holes
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    From Blue Moons To Black Holes

    Our universe is a magnificent place, full of exotic entities like black holes and blue moons, white dwarfs and red giants. And it's out there for anyone who takes the time to look up! As this engrossing popular astronomy book makes clear, you don't need...
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  • The Sky Is Not the Limit
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    The Sky Is Not the Limit

    This is the absorbing story of Neil de Grasse Tyson's lifelong fascination with the night sky, a restless wonder that began some thirty years ago on the roof of his Bronx apartment building and eventually led him to become the director of the Hayden...
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  • A Year of the Stars
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    A Year of the Stars

    The ideal book for the amateur astronomer or anyone curious about our place in the universe, "A Year of the Stars" takes the reader on a fascinating journey of discovery through the seasons of the starry night sky. Complete with beautiful maps, drawings,...
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  • The Comfort of Cats
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    The Comfort of Cats

    This serene meditation on the special bond between cat lovers and their aloof, playful, adorable, and intelligent objects of affection captures in words and pictures the many quiet pleasures that only cats can provide. Pamela Wallin eloquently shares her...
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  • How to Burn a Goat
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    How to Burn a Goat

    The ancient Roman orator Cicero famously believed, "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Contemporary philosopher Scott H. Moore agrees and puts this celebrated aphorism to the test.In How to Burn a Goat: Farming with the...
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  • Deep Sky Objects
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    Deep Sky Objects

    Veteran comet hunter and eloquent popular astronomy writer David H. Levy takes amateur sky-watchers on a fascinating journey into deep space in this enthusiastic and informative survey of the many far distant yet observable objects in the night sky...
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  • Therapy Pets
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    Therapy Pets

    In this uplifting book, we learn firsthand how the field of Animal Assisted Therapy is having remarkable success training animals to help and enhance the lives of children and adults with serious medical problems. With more than fifty photographs showing...
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  • The Magnetic Universe
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    The Magnetic Universe

    Magnetic fields permeate our vast universe, urging electrically charged particles on their courses, powering solar and stellar flares, and focusing the intense activity of pulsars and neutron stars.Magnetic fields are found in every corner of the cosmos...
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  • The Magnetic Universe
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    The Magnetic Universe

    Magnetic fields permeate our vast universe, urging electrically charged particles on their courses, powering solar and stellar flares, and focusing the intense activity of pulsars and neutron stars.Magnetic fields are found in every corner of the cosmos...
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  • Introduction to Relativity
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    Introduction to Relativity

    Special relativity is a cornerstone of the structure of all fundamental theories, and general relativity has blossomed from Einstein's original theory into a cutting-edge applied science. Applications of Einstein's field equations describe such phenomena...
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  • Truth About Nature
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    Truth About Nature

    Does moss only grow on the north side of a tree? Is the North Star really the brightest star? Will a mother bird abandon its baby if you put it back in its nest? Will toads really give you warts? The Truth About Nature answers all of these questions and...
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  • Tracker's Field Guide
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    Tracker's Field Guide

    Tracking expert Jim Lowery distills his remarkable expertise, gained over decades of intensive research and practical field experience, into this comprehensive field guide to tracking North American mammals. He fully illustrates it with hundreds of...
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  • Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Trout Flies
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    Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Trout Flies

    The author/editor's technique of interviewing experienced anglers and guides about how they fish and the flies they use lets him relate all this important information in a fun, conversational style. As a result of this unique method-blending fishing with...
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  • Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Trout Flies
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    Fly Tyer's Guide to Tying Essential Trout Flies

    The author/editor's technique of interviewing experienced anglers and guides about how they fish and the flies they use lets him relate all this important information in a fun, conversational style. As a result of this unique method-blending fishing with...
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  • Where the Grizzly Walks
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    Where the Grizzly Walks

    Admired for its majesty and often feared for its strength, speed, and supposed aggressiveness, the grizzly bear was once unchallenged as the great apex predator of the American West. But by the 1970s, hunting and habitat loss had reduced its numbers in...
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  • Astronomy for All Ages
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    Astronomy for All Ages

    Kids and adults can explore outer space from their own backyards with this handy book of unusual and engaging activities. By simply looking up at the sky- with the unaided eye- parents, camp counselors, and other group leaders can help children identify,...
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  • The Good Luck Cat
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    The Good Luck Cat

    Lissa Warren's father needed a retirement companion while his wife and daughter were at work. Enter Ting, a seven-pound Korat who changed his life, and the life of the family. All kittens are mischievous, but Ting "the cat grenade" was real trouble. She...
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  • When Man Becomes Prey
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    When Man Becomes Prey

    Sam Ives's family set up camp in a Utah campground, cooked dinner, cleaned up and packed their gear away, and climbed into their multi-chambered tent to sleep. It was a great end to Father's Day. Eleven-year-old Sam crawled into the smaller compartment...
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Nature and the natural world: general interest