Arctic Autumn By Pete Dunne

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Title	:	Arctic Autumn
Author	:	Pete Dunne
ISBN	:	0618822216
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	272

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The Arctic doesn t spring to mind when most people think about autumn Yet in his continuing effort to invite readers curiosity through unpredictability, Pete Dunne chose to pair the transitional season of autumn with this fragile environment in flux The book begins on Bylot Island in Nunavut, Canada, at the retreating edge of the seasonal ice sheet, then moves to Alaska The Arctic doesn t spring to mind when most people think about autumn Yet in his continuing effort to invite readers curiosity through un...

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Being Caribou By Karsten Heuer

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Title	:	Being Caribou
Author	:	Karsten Heuer
ISBN	:	1594850100
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	237

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What began as a wildlife research project became much as the author and his wife learn to hear the earth, pay attention to their dreams and slowly change, beyond their expectations, into being caribou.Both gripping adventure and stark portrayal of an Arctic cosystem threatened by oil development In April 2003, wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer and filmmaker Leanne All What began as a wildlife research project became much as the author and his wife learn to hear the earth, pay attention to their dreams an...

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How to Shit in the Woods By Kathleen Meyer

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Title	:	How to Shit in the Woods
Author	:	Kathleen Meyer
ISBN	:	0898156270
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	107

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Most outdoor books available in English fall prey to Victorian sensibilities and fail to mention one to the most serious issues encountered in trekking around the countryside Kathleen eyer, river runner and longtime outdoorswoman, corrects this oversight in How to Shit in the Woods What was once instinct now needs to be learned Until roughly ten years ago, no one ever Most outdoor books available in English fall prey to Victorian sensibilities and fail to mention one to the most serious issues encountered...

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The World of the Salt Marsh By Charles Seabrook

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Title	:	The World of the Salt Marsh
Author	:	Charles Seabrook
ISBN	:	0820327069
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	384

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The World of the Salt Marsh is a wide ranging exploration of the southeastern coast its natural history, its people and their way of life, and the historic and ongoing threats to its ecological survival.Focusing on areas from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, Charles Seabrook examines the ecological importance of the salt marsh, calling it a biolo The World of the Salt Marsh is a wide ranging exploration of the southeastern coast its natural history, its people and ...

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An Obsession With Butterflies By Sharman Apt Russell

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Title	:	An Obsession With Butterflies
Author	:	Sharman Apt Russell
ISBN	:	0465071600
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	256

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Butterflies have always served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation, but as Sharman Apt Russell points out in this lyrical meditation, butterflies are above all objects of obsession She reveals the logic behind our endless fascination with butterflies and introduces us to the legendary collectors and dedicated scientists who have obsessively catalogued new sp Butterflies have always served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation, but as Sharman Apt Russell points out in this lyrical...

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The Land Remembers By Ben Logan

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Title	:	The Land Remembers
Author	:	Ben Logan
ISBN	:	0976145057
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	286

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This classic American memoir is about a farm and its people, of a boyhood on a southwestern Wisconsin hilltop world in the 1930s Ben Logan grew up on Seldom Seen Farm with his three brothers, father, mother, and hired hand Lyle the fifth Logan boy The boys discussed and argued and joked over the events around their farm, marked the seasons by the demands of the land, t This classic American memoir is about a farm and its people, of a boyhood on a southwestern Wisconsin hilltop world in the 1930s...

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Mangrove Underground By Tim W. Jackson

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Title	:	Mangrove Underground
Author	:	Tim W. Jackson
ISBN	:	0982562675
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	256

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What happens when you have to choose between doing the right thing, knowing disaster will ensue, or taking the wrong action and saving everything you love Haunted by his mother s sudden death when he was young, Ben Gates spends his life trying to be a hero, but can never seem to get it right Ben s good intentions and sincere yearnings to make a difference draw him into he What happens when you have to choose between doing the right thing, knowing disaster will ensue, or taking the wrong action and saving ...

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The Moon in the Nautilus Shell By Daniel B. Botkin

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Title	:	The Moon in the Nautilus Shell
Author	:	Daniel B. Botkin
ISBN	:	0199913919
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	424

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In a world constantly confronted by global environmental problems, establishing effective ecological policies is important than ever Our natural ecological systems are constantly fluctuating and our plans, policies, and laws governing the environment must change to reflect our new understanding Poised to be a core text of the twenty first century environmental movem In a world constantly confronted by global environmental problems, establishing effective ecological policies is important than ever Our na...

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Waterlog By Roger Deakin

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Title	:	Waterlog
Author	:	Roger Deakin
ISBN	:	0099282550
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	340

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Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles The result a uniquely personal view of an island race and a people with a deep affinity for water From the sea, from rock pools, from rivers and streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools and spas, from fens, dykes, moats, aqueducts, waterfalls, flooded quarries, even canals, Deakin gains a fa Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles The result a uniquely personal view of an island race and a peo...

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Fire Season By Philip Connors

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Title	:	Fire Season
Author	:	Philip Connors
ISBN	:	0061859362
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	246

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A decade ago Philip Connors left work as an editor at the Wall Street Journal and talked his way into a job far from the streets of lower Manhattan working as one of the last fire lookouts in America Spending nearly half the year in a 7 x 7 tower, 10,000 feet above sea level in remote New Mexico, his tasks were simple keep watch over one of the most fire prone forests A decade ago Philip Connors left work as an editor at the Wall Street Journal and talked his way into a job far from the streets ...

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Noah's Garden By Sara Bonnett Stein

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Title	:	Noah's Garden
Author	:	Sara Bonnett Stein
ISBN	:	0395709407
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	304

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Published to rave reviews in 1993, Noah s Garden shows us how our landscape style of neat yards and gardens has devastated suburban ecology, wiping out entire communities of plants and animals by stripping bare their habitats and destroying their food supplies When Stein realized what her intensive efforts at making a traditional garden had done, she set out to ungarden Published to rave reviews in 1993, Noah s Garden shows us how our landscape style of neat yards and gardens has devastated suburban ecolo...

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In Beauty May She Walk By Leslie Mass

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Title	:	In Beauty May She Walk
Author	:	Leslie Mass
ISBN	:	0976568608
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	408

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In 2000, inspired by her father, Leslie Mass decided she would turn a lifelong fantasy into reality At the age of 59, she began to train for a grueling journey, a thru hike of the 2,000 mile Appalachian Trail In Beauty May She Walk chronicles Leslie s struggles and triumphs during her hike On the trail, Leslie struggles with how to balance the needs of her family and In 2000, inspired by her father, Leslie Mass decided she would turn a lifelong fantasy into reality At the age of 59, she began to train for...

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Gathering Moss By Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Title	:	Gathering Moss
Author	:	Robin Wall Kimmerer
ISBN	:	0870714996
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	168

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Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.Robin Wall Kimmerer s book is not an identification guide, nor is it a scientific treatise Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world Gathering Moss i...

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Plowman's Folly By Edward H. Faulkner

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Title	:	Plowman's Folly
Author	:	Edward H. Faulkner
ISBN	:	0806111690
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	174

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Mr Faulkner s masterpiece is recognized as the most important challenge to agricultural orthodoxy that has been advanced in this century Its new philosophy of the soil, based on proven principles and completely opposed to age old concepts, has had a strong impact upon theories of cultivation around the world It was on July 5, 1943, when Plowman s Folly was first issued, Mr Faulkner s masterpiece is recognized as the most important challenge to agricultural orthodoxy that has been advanced...

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The Wild Trees By Richard Preston

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Title	:	The Wild Trees
Author	:	Richard Preston
ISBN	:	1400064899
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	294

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From the 1 bestselling author of The Hot Zone comes an amazing account of scientific and spiritual passion for the tallest trees in the world, the startling biosystem of Rthe canopy, S and those who are committed to the preservation of this astonishing and largely unknown world....

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Grandfather By Tom Brown Jr.

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Title	:	Grandfather
Author	:	Tom Brown Jr.
ISBN	:	042518174X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	208

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Who is Grandfather To Tom Brown, Jr he was an invaluable teacher, one without limits or time, one whose world was an eternity, and whose riches were defined in the beauty of nature The true identity of Brown s teacher is one of the many great mysteries which unfold in this tribute to the eternal spirit in everyone....

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