Global Weirdness
Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future
Written by Climate Central
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $15.00
Global Weirdness summarizes everything we know about the science of climate change, explains what is likely to happen to the climate in the future, and lays out, in practical terms, what we can do to avoid further shifts. In fifty easy-to-read entries, Climate Central tackles basic questions such as:
-Is climate...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 992 pages
On Sale: October 3, 1995
Price: $24.95
The first and only field guide to offer comprehensive coverage of the African continent, this guide sends the reader on a virtual safari. All the birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects are brought to life, and the parks and reserves for which the continent is famous are described in thorough detail. This...
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Citizens of the Sea
Wondrous Creatures From the Census of Marine Life
Written by Nancy Knowlton
Format: Hardcover, 216 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $26.00
The astonishing diversity of ocean life will wow you in this riveting book by marine scientist Nancy Knowlton.
Citizens of the Sea reveals the most intriguing organisms in the ocean, captured in action by skilled underwater photographers from National Geographic and the Census of Marine Life.
As you read lively vignettes about...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils
Written by Ida Thompson
Format: Hardcover, 848 pages
On Sale: October 12, 1982
Price: $20.95
This, the first all-photographic field guide to cover fossils found throughout North America north of Mexico, includes nearly 500 full-color photographs identifying corals, trilobites, shells, teeth, bones, as well as fossil-bearing rocks and outcrop formations. The descriptive text includes information on size, geological period, geographical distribution, and ecology of the animal...
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Arctic Dreams
Written by Barry Lopez
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2001
Price: $16.00
Barry Lopez's National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his masterpiece.
Lopez offers a thorough examination of this obscure world-its terrain, its wildlife, its history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on their icy shores. But what turns this marvelous work of natural history...
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The Spell of the Sensuous
Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
Written by David Abram
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 25, 1997
Price: $16.00
David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even...
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