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Science and technology, Nature, Physics
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For centuries, astronomers have placed a special importance on the other planets of the solar system. But with the advent…
of spacecraft and the tremendous missions undertaken by the Voyager and Cassini probes, astronomers have discovered that the natural satellites of the planets—the solar system's moons—are some of the most extraordinary places imaginable. There are moons with towering geysers, erupting volcanoes, and subterranean oceans of warm, mineral-rich water. Some of the highest mountains and deepest canyons can be found on moons. There are moons that have shattered into pieces and then reassembled. There is even a moon where it rains rocket fuel. Recently, scientists have turned to moons for answers in their investigations of the origins of the solar system and the evolution of life on our own planet. Featuring full-color, scientifically accurate illustrations by NASA artist Ron Miller, Natural Satellites: The Book of Moons chronicles these investigations and the questions we have yet to answer in our exploration of the solar system's moons.
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Animals and wildlife, Nature, Science and technology
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Birds are disappearing. Birds are nature's essential workers, and they are crucial members of ecosystems around the world. Hummingbirds pollinate…
our flowers; cardinals munch on beetles, grasshoppers, and other pests that damage crops; owls eat rodents that can spread disease; vultures clean up roadkill and other waste. Beyond their practical aspects, birds bring us joy through their songs and beautiful feathers. But since 1970, nearly 30 percent of all birds in the United States and Canada have vanished. Scientists are scrambling to figure out what may be causing such a drastic decline. The answer: humans. City lights and tall glass skyscrapers disorient migrating birds. Domesticated cats prowling outdoors kill billions of birds each year. Pesticides contaminate fish and insects, which are then consumed by birds of prey. And climate change might disrupt and even wipe out feeding grounds for entire species. Discover the vast impacts birds have on ecosystems, food systems, and human communities, and learn more about what scientists are doing to protect them. “Never have my astonishment, wonder, and admiration been so stirred as when I have witnessed these birds drop from their course like meteors from heaven.” —Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi tribal leader “In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it is perched.” — American biologist Paul R. Ehrlich “There’s something everyone can do in their lives and in their communities to make it a better place for birds and people.” — Gary Langham, chief scientist, National Audubon Society
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Environment, Nature, Science and technology
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Dig up a whole new culinary world with this New York Times best-selling field guide to foragingMost of us "forage"…
for food in the aisles of well-lit grocery stores. But there are delicious edible plants for the taking right outside your door! This all-in-one reference shows you how to identify 31 of the most common edible wild plants in North America, from California to Connecticut.Gather your gear—Dive into edible plant history and foraging FAQs, and learn what tools you'll need before you head out.Spot the snacks—Find photos, descriptions, distinguishing characteristics, and common uses for 31 edible wild plants—from arrowroot to wild rose.Recipes and remedies—Learn to use wild plants in everything from curry and cookies to bug bite balm and bath soaks.Stay safe—This book includes foraging guidelines that are vital to your safety. It's recommended you read it in its entirety before you explore.Make the most of what Mother Nature has to offer with Edible Wild Plants for Beginners.
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History, Nature
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This is volume 30 issue 3 of Environmental History. Environmental History (EH) is the world’s leading scholarly journal in environmental…
history and the journal of record in the field. Scholarship published in EH explores the changing relationships between humans and the environment over time. This interdisciplinary journal brings together insights from geography, anthropology, the natural sciences, and many other disciplines to inform historical scholarship.
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Poetry, Nature
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Journey into the wild world of Mother Earth in this enchanting poetry collection, beautifully illustrated by Junli Song. Sigh as…
a mother wolf teaches her cub how to howl. Laugh with bamboozled berries and a ruby-wonderful beet. Feel the thrill of Tyranno's terrifying tale and play with ten on-the-run haiku mice.Your imagination will soar as a hullabaloo of creatures and plants, moon, sun and stars make their way word by word and picture by fantastical picture into your heart.
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Home and garden, Nature
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Historic Royal Palaces: Royal Blooms is a fascinating exploration of how plants and flowers have formed an integral part of…
the crown, from the past through to present day. From mulberry and myrtle to pomegranate and poppy, this beautifully illustrated and expertly written book depicts in detail how plants and flowers have been used by various royals throughout the centuries not just for power, politics and status but more recently, celebration. This four-colour beautiful, upmarket gift book is filled with interesting facts and captivating stories alongside stunning botanical illustrations and historical photographs from the Historic Royal Palaces archive, all focused on the crown's fascination with plants and flowers, from the war of the roses to royal wedding bouquets and everything in between.
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Home and garden, Nature
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Historic Royal Palaces: Royal Blooms is a fascinating exploration of how plants and flowers have formed an integral part of…
the crown, from the past through to present day. From mulberry and myrtle to pomegranate and poppy, this beautifully illustrated and expertly written book depicts in detail how plants and flowers have been used by various royals throughout the centuries not just for power, politics and status but more recently, celebration. This four-colour beautiful, upmarket gift book is filled with interesting facts and captivating stories alongside stunning botanical illustrations and historical photographs from the Historic Royal Palaces archive, all focused on the crown's fascination with plants and flowers, from the war of the roses to royal wedding bouquets and everything in between.
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Home and garden, Animals and wildlife, Nature, Environment
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"Ever wonder if plants sleep or why their leaves are shaped a certain way? The inner workings of the plants…
you love are revealed and celebrated in this guide by botany expert Dr. Scott Zona. A Gardener's Guide to Botany is not just another book on how to grow plants. Instead, it's a lushly illustrated botanical journey into what makes plants tick, delivered in layman's terms that are easily understood and appreciated by both advanced gardeners and first-timers. It's the chlorophyll-infused science behind the plants you know and love, whether you grow them indoors or out. You'll learn how different plant parts function (do you know what stomata are and why every leaf has hundreds of them?), the traits that separate plants from animals, and how through eons of evolution the plants we grow in our gardens and homes have developed a million different fascinating adaptations that allow them to survive and thrive. From their leaf shape and growth habit to how they have sex and metabolize the nutrients they absorb, A Gardener's Guide to Botany covers it all in an accessible and thought-provoking way. Divided into chapters based on what plants need to survive, some of the topics you'll discover include: How plants convert water, air, and sunshine into roots, stems, leaves, and flowers through photosynthesis How plants react to their environment and "know" when it's right for supporting growth and reproduction How light can inhibit or facilitate chemical reactions in a plant How plants access and use water and different nutrients, including through lifelong partnerships with other living organisms How plants reproduce in some pretty ingenious ways, both with and without sex How plant genes are dispersed via seeds spread by wind, water, animals, or by the mechanics of the plant or the seed itself Up your #plantnerd status by going on a knowledge expedition to learn about all things botanical, including the enlightening science of plant communication, hormones, insect relationships, and even plant sleep. Plus, learn the many varied ways plants protect themselves, from growing spines and producing toxic leaf compounds to emitting volatile chemicals that serve as messages to insect predators or warning signals to neighboring plants. Through beautiful illustrations, full-color photographs of plants from around the world, and fascinating and relatable text, get to know your plant family like you never have before! Whether you grow houseplants on a windowsill, vegetables in raised beds, or shrubs and perennials along your front walk, A Gardener's Guide to Botany takes you on a beautiful adventure into the amazing kingdom of plants"-- OCLC
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Nature, Environment, History
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In evocative verse and stunning artwork, Witness Trees is the story of the world's most enduring witnesses: the trees. From…
the Flower of Kent apple tree still standing in Sir Isaac Newton's yard, to the English oak given to Jesse Owens after facing down Hitler at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, to the California redwood saved from destruction by July Butterfly Hill, to the Callery pear tree still miraculously alive after the World Trade Towers fell, Witness Trees is a moving tribute to the world's most famous trees, many of which still need humanity's protection. Be moved, be inspired, be amazed by the quiet, reverberating voices of nature's sentinels: the witness trees. For grades K-3
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Nature, Environment
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"A Field Guide to the Patchy Anthropocene leads the reader through a series of sites, observations, thought experiments, and genre-stretching…
descriptive practices to take stock of our current planetary crisis. This is a guide for researchers of many stripes; a book that nurtures and promotes a revitalized natural history in direct response to worlds falling apart"-- Provided by publisher
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Nature, Environment, Women biography
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Raised on the Isles of Shoals, a group of nine small rocky islands off the coast of New Hampshire, Thaxter…
lived there for much of her life. These essays blend natural history, oral tradition and personal observation and were an immediate sensation when published in the "Atlantic Monthly" in 1869. Unrated
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Food and drink, Environment, Nature, Social issues, History, Animals and wildlife
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"The unusual history of the herring and those whose lives have revolved around getting it to the tables of the…
masses The story of herring is entwined in the history of commercial fishing. For more than two millennia, herring have been commercially caught and its importance to the coastal peoples of Britain cannot be measured. At one point tens of thousands were involved in the catching, processing, and sale of herring, and many towns on Britain's East Coast grew rich on the backs of the "silver darlings." This book looks at the effects of the herring on the people who caught them, the unique ways of life, the superstitions of the fisher folk, their boats, and the communities who lived for the silver darlings. With a wealth of illustrations, this fascinating book reveals the little-known history of the herring-and for those who have neglected the silver darlings for lesser fish such as cod and haddock, there are a number of mouthwatering recipes to try."-- Amazon
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Environment, Biography, Frontier and pioneer life, Nature, Social issues, Fine arts biography
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In 1972, Dennis Parks, a young potter with a promising academic career ahead of him, decided to move to Tuscarora,…
a near-abandoned mining town in remote northeastern Nevada. Parks and his wife were attracted to Tuscarora's isolation and beautiful setting, and they believed that it might be a healthy environment in which to raise their two small sons. This is Parks' account of his family's life in Tuscarora, a tiny settlement whose population even forty years later numbers fewer than twenty permanent residents. Parks created a pottery school that attracts students from around the world and developed for himself an international reputation as the creator of powerful, innovative works in clay. Meanwhile, he and his family had to master the skills required of those who choose to live in the back country--growing and hunting their own food, renovating or building from scratch the structures they needed for residences or studios, resolving conflicts with neighbors, inventing their own amusements. The transformation from middle-class urbanity to small-town simplicity is, as Parks reveals, a lurching and sometimes hilarious process, and the achievement of self-sufficiency is similarly fraught with unexpected challenges. Some strong language. Some violence
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Environment, Animals and wildlife, Nature
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Deep in the Central African Republic, forest elephants trumpet and rumble along with the forest's symphony. And scientists are listening.…
Scientist Katy Payne started Cornell University's Elephant Listening Project to learn more about how forest elephants communicate and what they're saying. But the project soon grew to be about so much more. Poaching, logging, mining, and increasing human populations threaten the survival of forest elephants. Katy and other members of the Elephant Listening Project's team knew they needed to do something to protect these majestic animals. By eavesdropping on elephants, the Elephant Listening Project is doing its part to save Africa's forest elephants and preserve the music in the forest. Author Patricia Newman takes readers behind the scenes to see how scientists are making new discoveries about elephant communication and using what they learn to help these majestic animals, with QR codes linking to audio of the elephant sounds. Follow along and listen to the elephants as scientists learn what they are saying. For grades 4-7
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Environment, Nature, Journals and memoirs, Travelogues, Fine arts biography
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"In 1871, Marianne North, a brilliant artist with a keen interest in botany, set-forth to travel the world on a…
quest to paint indigenous plants in their natural habitat. Encouraged by her friend Charles Darwin, North travelled by boat, train, mule, foot and palanquin to every continent except Antarctica. She circled the globe twice over fifteen years and accumulated an extensive and valuable collection of more than eight hundred paintings, which today comprise the esteemed Marianne North Gallery at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, London. North high-spirited, indefatigable, and brave also kept detailed journals, which were posthumously published in three volumes in the late 1800s. Abundant Beauty collects the most engaging writings from those journals in one edition, including rich descriptions of botanica and delightful accounts of local people and customs from her sometimes dangerous travels. Abundant Beauty is a fascinating and informative read for botanists, gardeners, historians, and armchair travellers." -- WorldCat
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Environment, Animals and wildlife, Nature, Home and garden, Social issues, Science and technology
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In 1997, a young loggerhead sea turtle was rescued from the ocean after an injury to her shell. The fishermen…
who rescued her named her Yoshi and took her to the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa. She was rehabilitated there and grew stronger and larger! every day. She also became one of the most popular exhibits at the aquarium. After twenty years in captivity, Yoshi was released back into the ocean and traveled more than 25,000 miles in 1,003 days to find her way home. A tracking device on her shell transmitted data about her journey to marine biologists and turtle enthusiasts of all ages around the world. For preschool to grade 2
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Frontier and pioneer life, Nature, United States history, Environment, Social issues, Science and technology
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"This is the first general history of San Antonio, Texas, the seventh largest city in the nation. Its past is…
complex and ranges across 300 years, from the community's origins as a tiny Spanish frontier town to its contemporary status as a vital American mega-city. Site of some of the most violent struggles between warring empires and people--historians believe San Antonio may be the most fought-over city in U.S. history--it is perhaps most celebrated for the iconic 1836 Battle of the Alamo. The city is also home to four beautifully restored Spanish missions, which in 2015 UNESCO designated a World Heritage Site and have become integral to San Antonio's robust tourist economy along with the fabled River Walk." --from the Publisher. Adult. Some violence
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Environment, Animals and wildlife, Science and technology, Nature
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Where do inventors find inspiration? Sometimes they look to animals! Author Sandra Markle presents twelve animal adaptations and the amazing inventions they've inspired. - From WorldCat For grades 3-6
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Environment, Nature, United States history
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The eastern oyster, the humble bivalve and delicous treat, are the living bones of the Chesapeake, as well as the…
ecological and historical lifeblood of the region. When colonists first sailed these impossibly abundant shores, they described massive shoals of foot-long oysters, but the bottomless appetite of the Gilded Age and great fleets of skipjacks took their toll. Disease, environmental pressures, and overconsumption decimated the population by the end of the twentieth century. While Virginia turned to bottom-leasing, passionate debate continues in Maryland among scientists and oystermen whether aquaculture or wild harvesting is the better way forward. Today, boutique oyster farming in the Bay is sustainably meeting the culinary demand of a new generation of connoisseurs
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Animals and wildlife, Environment, Nature
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Learn how to identify 150 North American birds—your new summer hobbyFrom the tiny ruby-throated hummingbird to the powerful bald eagle,…
there's a fascinating variety of unique and beautiful birds that call North America home. This compact field guide is the perfect introduction to birding. You'll find essential information about 150 North American species and expert advice on how to get started on your bird-watching journey.Dive into the perfect summer activity with:The basics of bird watching—Learn important birding terminology, what equipment to have on hand, and how to log and submit your bird sightings.Complete bird profiles—Discover full-color photos and need-to-know details about each species' appearance, behavior, and population range.Easy-to-find information—This book's simple organization makes it the ideal companion for your bird watching adventures, with clearly marked sections for common backyard birds, songbirds, shorebirds and waterbirds, and raptors.Get to know your feathered neighbors this summer with this field guide to the birds of North America.