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1) Grey dog
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"A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women's historical fiction with delusions, wild beasts, and the uncontainable power of female rage The year is 1901, and Ada Byrd -- spinster, schoolmarm, amateur naturalist -- accepts a teaching post in isolated Lowry Bridge, grateful for the chance to re-establish herself where no one knows her secrets. She develops friendships with her neighbors, explores the woods with her students,...
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"An inspiring and accessible picture book biography of the beloved naturalist, broadcaster, and documentarian David Attenborough—stunningly illustrated by a Caldecott Honoree.
As a boy, David loved exploring the wild places near his home in England, collecting fossils, rocks, and newts. When he grew older, he got a job in television, where he had an idea for a new kind of show: He would travel to wild places all over the world to film animals in...
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Gorillas are among the most recognizable of the large charismatic mammals, but climate change and poaching has brought them to the brink of extinction.
Greg Cummings was the executive director of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund for seventeen years. He shares his fascinating experiences as a "wildlife Robin Hood"-raising money from the rich and famous and redistributing it to endangered gorillas and their habitats.
He met and enlisted the help of...
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Rosanne S. McHenry worked as a California State Park Ranger at Folsom Lake and the Auburn State Recreation Area in the late 1980s, when the life of a patrol ranger could get extremely rough and tumble. From drug busts and drunken brawls to teen romance on display; from an attack goose to a pot-bellied pig on the loose, she regales her readers with madcap adventures.
Within the pages of this book is the madness and gladness of the profession. The...
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This is the story of a visionary leader, Lynton Keith Caldwell, who in the early 1960s introduced the study of the environment and environmental policy at a time when such areas of expertise did not exist. Caldwell was a principal architect of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and is recognized as the "inventor" of the Act's important environmental impact statement provisions, now emulated around the world. For the next three decades,...
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"A work of real comic genius. . . . A wonderful, funny, warm, honest book, and, to use a much overused word, a classic." –Michael Korda, author of Country Matters
When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared for the rigors of life in the wild. With no running water, no electricity, a house in need of constant repair, and days that ran from four in...
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Outsider: My Boyhood with Thoreau is a memoir told in vignettes by the mycologist and author Lawrence Millman. Early on, Millman found in Thoreau a kindred spirit, far outside of the mainstream social, sporting, and educational interests he was expected to be cultivating. And like Thoreau, he would rather be out-of-doors - where he could socialize with mushrooms, insects, or earthworms - than stuck in any indoor locale. Praise for Outsider"Henry David,...
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From hobnobbing with Orangs in Camp Leakey, Borneo, pursuing minke whales in the icy cold waters in Antarctica, perilously exploring the territory of a prehistoric-looking Shoebill bird that has just hatched its eggs, giving his imposing narration to the extraordinary event of grizzlies catching the salmons in Alaska, to the exquisite videos of polar bears foraging and hunting for walruses off the coasts of Arctic, Sir David Attenborough has been...
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Join me on a captivating voyage through the enchanting island of Ios in this immersive travel adventure, where lively beach parties and quaint village charm await. From the bustling streets lined with bougainvillea to the tranquil shores lapped by crystal-clear waters, experience the irresistible allure of island life.This memoir is not just a travelogue; it's a soul-stirring journey through the heart of the Greek islands, capturing the essence of...
11) Coining the God Equation: An Abridged Life Story of the Scientist Michio Kaku, and His Search for th
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How far will you follow a passion, which could end up as a wild goose chase? A child's inquisitiveness turned life mission that gifted sleepless nights to Michio Kaku, is going to rule the world of Physics. This book enraptures the essence and beauty of the world of physics through Michio Kaku'slife. He was obstinate and dedicated his entire life in quest of a unified theory which ultimately led to the discovery of string field theory. Superstring...
12) Actively Active
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Anthony P Prior member of Greenpeace.
Androgynous Lyrical Narratives,
Analysing words and anecdotes,
Compelled to write about the ordinary,
His style is rolling lyrical perpetuating,
Hoping to make ordinary interesting,
Exponentially developing growing,
Wanting to make good altruistic,
Sense of encouragement,
Good humoured analysis,
Making light of boring,
Accentuating the positive,
Deliberately deliberating,
Repetitively repeating,
Consoling...
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A restorative and resonant memoir of a year in the life of an aging shepherd
For 50 years, Barbara McLean has tended a flock of Border Leicester sheep on her small Ontario farm, Lambsquarters. In Shepherd's Sight she shares the crises, pleasures, and challenges of farm life over the course of a year. Now in her 70s, McLean faces a new problem: how much longer she can continue with the physically taxing work that is her central source of meaning...
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