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NAS Pocket Guide to Songbirds and Familiar Backyard Birds: Eastern Region
East
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 29, 1994
Price: $10.95
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East
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 29, 1994
Price: $10.95
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Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Written by Carl Sagan
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 12, 1986
Price: $7.99
Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries.
"A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen... Read more >
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Written by Carl Sagan
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 12, 1986
Price: $7.99
Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries.
"A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen... Read more >
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The One-Straw Revolution
An Introduction to Natural Farming
Written by Masanobu Fukuoka
Preface by Wendell Berry
Afterword by Masanobu Fukuoka
Translated by Larry Korn
Introduction by Frances Moore Lappe
Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.95
Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man... Read more >
An Introduction to Natural Farming
Written by Masanobu Fukuoka
Preface by Wendell Berry
Afterword by Masanobu Fukuoka
Translated by Larry Korn
Introduction by Frances Moore Lappe
Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.95
Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man... Read more >
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Mushrooms Demystified
Written by David Arora
Format: Trade Paperback, 1056 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1986
Price: $39.99
Simply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED includes descriptions and keys to more than 2,000 species of mushrooms, with more than 950 photographs. Mushroom authority David Arora provides a beginner's checklist of the 70 most distinctive and common mushrooms, plus detailed chapters on terminology... Read more >
Written by David Arora
Format: Trade Paperback, 1056 pages
On Sale: October 1, 1986
Price: $39.99
Simply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED includes descriptions and keys to more than 2,000 species of mushrooms, with more than 950 photographs. Mushroom authority David Arora provides a beginner's checklist of the 70 most distinctive and common mushrooms, plus detailed chapters on terminology... Read more >
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashells
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 896 pages
On Sale: August 12, 1981
Price: $19.95
The essential book for beach-combers and divers, this guide explores more than 705 seashells, living mollusks, abalone, periwinkles, conchs, limpets, oysters, clams, mussels, and cockles found on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts of North America and the West Indies. The photographs are arranged by shape and color, making identification quick... Read more >
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 896 pages
On Sale: August 12, 1981
Price: $19.95
The essential book for beach-combers and divers, this guide explores more than 705 seashells, living mollusks, abalone, periwinkles, conchs, limpets, oysters, clams, mussels, and cockles found on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts of North America and the West Indies. The photographs are arranged by shape and color, making identification quick... Read more >
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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
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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Storm Kings
The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers
Written by Lee Sandlin
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $26.95
The Untold History of America's First Tornado Chasers
Written by Lee Sandlin
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $26.95
With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations
From the acclaimed author of Wicked River comes Storm Kings, a riveting tale of supercell tornadoes and the quirky, pioneering, weather-obsessed scientists whose discoveries created the science of modern meteorology.
While tornadoes have occasionally been spotted elsewhere, only the central plains of North America have the perfect...
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Sibley's Birding Basics
Written by David Allen Sibley
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2002
Price: $15.95
“I wrote and illustrated this book to help every inquisitive birder, from novice to expert. Whether you can identify six birds or six hundred, you’ll be a better birder if you have a grounding in the real nuts and bolts of what birds look like, and your skills will be even... Read more >
Written by David Allen Sibley
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2002
Price: $15.95
“I wrote and illustrated this book to help every inquisitive birder, from novice to expert. Whether you can identify six birds or six hundred, you’ll be a better birder if you have a grounding in the real nuts and bolts of what birds look like, and your skills will be even... Read more >
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The Wave
In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean
Written by Susan Casey
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 31, 2011
Price: $15.95
In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean
Written by Susan Casey
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 31, 2011
Price: $15.95
A New York Times Notable Book
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year
In her astonishing new book Susan Casey captures colossal, ship-swallowing waves, and the surfers and scientists who seek them out.
For legendary surfer Laird Hamilton, hundred foot waves represent the ultimate challenge. As Susan Casey travels...
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The Tiger
A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
Written by John Vaillant
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $16.00
A gripping story of man pitted against nature’s most fearsome and efficient predator.
Outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East a man-eating tiger is on the prowl. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s murdering them, almost as if it has a vendetta. A team of trackers is dispatched to hunt... Read more >
A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
Written by John Vaillant
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $16.00
A gripping story of man pitted against nature’s most fearsome and efficient predator.
Outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East a man-eating tiger is on the prowl. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s murdering them, almost as if it has a vendetta. A team of trackers is dispatched to hunt... Read more >
