Goodbye to a River
A Narrative
Written by John Graves
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2010
Price: $11.99
In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had...
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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...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather
Written by David Ludlum
Format: Hardcover, 640 pages
On Sale: October 15, 1991
Price: $20.95
Interest in our nation's weather patterns is rising -- as witnessed in the popularity of the Weather Channel -- and this guide is the most popular reference to every type of weather system, cloud formation, and atmospheric phenomenon common to North America. The 378 dramatic photographs capture cloud types, precipitation, storms...
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The Wave
In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
Written by Susan Casey
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $9.99
From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil’s Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories—waves that high would seem to violate the laws...
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National Audubon Society Regional Guide to the Southeastern States
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Written by NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: September 28, 1999
Price: $19.95
Filled with concise descriptions and stunning photographs, the
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southeastern States belongs in the home of every resident of the Southeast and in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor. This compact volume contains:
An easy-to-use field guide for identifying 1,000 of the state's wildflowers, trees, mushrooms...
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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...
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Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Written by Carl Sagan
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: September 26, 2012
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...
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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...
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