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Displaying records 151 through 160 of 4000 |
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Price: $13.99
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Sale: $8.39
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Manufacturer: Abrams Calendars
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Calendar
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Author: Stephen Green-Armytage
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Publisher: Abrams Calendars
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Edition: Wal
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Publication Date: 2008-08-01
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Reading Level: 24
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Description: A perennial favorite, this bestselling calendar features all-new photographs of the world's most extraordinary chickens.
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $5.96
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Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Turtleback
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Author: Kenn Kaufman
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598.097
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Publication Date: 2005-04-14
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Reading Level: 392
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Description: World-renowned birder Kenn Kaufman addresses a long-running paradox of bird field guides with his Focus Guide. While beginning birdwatchers prefer photographic guides like those by Donald Stokes, the physical traits that make identification easier are more readily discerned in the idealized paintings of illustrative guides like those by Roger Tory Peterson and National Geographic. Kaufman's groundbreaking work combines the best of both approaches by digitally enhancing photographic images to show the characteristics that are sometimes not apparent in photographs. Some other distinguishing features include: - The guide is organized by bird family groupings rather than strict taxonomic classification; this is a feature that will appeal especially to beginners.
- Text descriptions and range maps for each species appear on the page facing the plate of respective bird images.
- Important field marks are highlighted.
- Color-coded tabs identify each grouping of birds (waders, warblers, sparrows, etc.) for quick thumb indexing.
Kaufman's efforts follow the auspicious tradition of Roger Tory Peterson, whose portable field guide system was the first of its kind to meet the needs of the average birdwatcher. "It's the guide I've always wanted," says Kaufman, "and I suspect most birders will feel the same way."
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Price: $6.99
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Sale: $3.87
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Manufacturer: DK Preschool
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Board book
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Author: DK Publishing
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Publisher: DK Preschool
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Dewey Decimal Number: 590
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Publication Date: 1998-05-11
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Reading Level: 12
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Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
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Description: Irresistible to the very young, these delightful new novelty books feature young children's favorite animals with different tactile patches to feel and explore. Simple text and bright pictures provide talking points for parent and child. These sturdy books are perfect for little hands to hold and feel, over and over again.
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Price: $3.95
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Sale: $0.99
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Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: H.A. and Margret Rey
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
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Publication Date: 2003-09-22
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Reading Level: 24
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Description: When the man with the yellow hat tells George that he is planning a surprise, of course George is curious. Before long George finds a hat, noisemakers, decorations, and games. It must be a birthday! But whose birthday is it? That"s the surprise!
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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $11.34
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Manufacturer: Artisan
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Yann Arthus-Bertrand::Jean-Louis Gouraud
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Publisher: Artisan
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 778
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Publication Date: 2008-03-01
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: The most visually stunning book ever produced about horses, in a portable new format.
This sumptuous tribute to the earth's most beautiful animal has been redesigned in a new mini format that is 100 pages longer than the original. Renowned photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand—master of light and shadow, angle and exposure—etches these magnificent creatures and their human partners in photographs shot on location and around the globe, from Montana to Russia, central Asia to Argentina, Mongolia and Cameroon, and points in between. Each moment captured offers a glimpse of the breath of humanity, and man's powerful and moving relationship with the horse. Full of tribal costume, local color, and panoramic scenery—accompanied by the text of equine expert Jean-Louis Gouraud—Horses is a project of unparalleled ambition and scope.
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Price: $25.00
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Sale: $14.33
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Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Rowan Jacobsen
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Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 638.15
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Publication Date: 2008-09-16
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: How the disappearance of the world’s honeybee population puts the food we eat at risk. Many people will remember that Rachel Carson predicted a silent spring, but she also warned of a fruitless fall, a time when “there was no pollination and there would be no fruit.” The fruitless fall nearly became a reality last year when beekeepers watched one third of the honeybee population—thirty billion bees—mysteriously die. The deaths have continued in 2008. Rowan Jacobsen uses the mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder to tell the bigger story of bees and their’ essential connection to our daily lives. With their disappearance, we won’t just be losing honey. Industrial agriculture depends on the honeybee to pollinate most fruits, nuts, and vegetables—one third of American crops. Yet this system is falling apart. The number of these professional pollinators has become so inadequate that they are now trucked across the country and flown around the world, pushing them ever closer to collapse. By exploring the causes of CCD and the even more chilling decline of wild pollinators, Fruitless Fall does more than just highlight this growing agricultural crisis. It emphasizes the miracle of flowering plants and their pollination partners, and urges readers not to take for granted the Edenic garden Homo sapiens has played in since birth. Our world could have been utterly different—and may be still. |
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Price: $24.00
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Sale: $14.15
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Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Co
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Gary Marcus
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 153
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Publication Date: 2008-04-16
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: Are we noble in reason? Perfect, in God's image? Far from it, says New York University psychologist Gary Marcus. In this lucid and revealing book, Marcus argues that the mind is not an elegantly designed organ but rather a "kluge," a clumsy, cobbled-together contraption. He unveils a fundamentally new way of looking at the human mind -- think duct tape, not supercomputer -- that sheds light on some of the most mysterious aspects of human nature.
Taking us on a tour of the fundamental areas of human experience -- memory, belief, decision-making, language, and happiness -- Marcus reveals the myriad ways our minds fall short. He examines why people often vote against their own interests, why money can't buy happiness, why leaders often stick to bad decisions, and why a sentence like "people people left left" ties us in knots even though it's only four words long.
Marcus also offers surprisingly effective ways to outwit our inner kluge, for the betterment of ourselves and society. Throughout, he shows how only evolution -- haphazard and undirected -- could have produced the minds we humans have, while making a brilliant case for the power and usefulness of imperfection.
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $7.47
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Manufacturer: HCI
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Marty Becker D.V.M.::Audrey Pavia::Gina Spadafori::Teresa Becker
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Publisher: HCI
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Dewey Decimal Number: 636.1
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Publication Date: 2007-10-15
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: So you think you know horses?
Do you love horses? Whether you live to ride, love to pet, or like to cheer on your favorite at the races, you'll get the inside track on all things equine in this must-read compendium. From breeding and behavior to medical tips and trivia, plus historical and contemporary facts, it's all here to give you more horse sense. 'America's Favorite Vet' Dr. Marty Becker and his wife, Teresa, team up with award-winning writer and horsewoman Audrey Pavia and syndicated columnist Gina Spadafori to answer everything you'd ever want to know about horses--and more!
How long does it take for a baby horse to learn how to stand? What's the difference between a pony and a horse? Why can't a horse just wear a cast on a broken leg? How much horsepower does a horse really have? How do directors get horses to fall down in movies? Do horseshoes really bring good luck? Why do horses walk and poop at the same time? Does a horse know if he has won a race? Is it true horses can't throw up? Are horses good swimmers? Do horses have good memories? While no one will ever be able to fully explain the mutual love, trust, and devotion between humans and horses, this book will bring you one step closer. Giddy up!
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Price: $45.00
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Sale: $29.70
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Manufacturer: Heyday Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Bonnie J. Gisel
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Publisher: Heyday Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 580.92
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Publication Date: 2008-11-01
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: As a young boy growing up in Wisconsin, John Muir faithfully recorded in his journal that the pasque-flower was a hopeful multitude of large, hairy, silky buds about as thick as one s thumb and that lady s slipper orchid in nearby meadows caught the eye of all the European settlers and made them gaze and wonder like children. Muir was blessed early on with a love and aptitude for botany, a field of study that helped him become one of the most influential environmentalists in the world. One realizes, in reading Nature s Beloved Son, how much Muir s successes as adventurer, writer, and environmental advocate were driven by his belief in nature s irresistible, divine beauty. Surprisingly, however, little has been written about John Muir the botanist. Environmental historian Bonnie J. Gisel takes us through Muir s evolving relationship with the natural world, touching on his childhood in Scotland and Wisconsin, his sojourn in Canada, his thousand-mile walk from Louisville, Kentucky, to the Gulf of Mexico, his ecstatic travels in California s Sierra Nevada, and his thrilling exploration of Alaska. Photographer Stephen J. Joseph s breathtaking prints of Muir s botanical specimens and related correspondence are artfully presented in this book and provide the backdrop for the story of Muir s inordinate fondness for plants. With the help of major foundations and generous individuals, Heyday has produced a book of superlative beauty with the highest of printing and design standards, a book worthy of Muir s great spirit and the ineffable beauty of the plant world.
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Price: $45.00
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Sale: $14.40
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Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Les Beletsky
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Publisher: Chronicle Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598.1594
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Publication Date: 2007-09-20
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Reading Level: 368
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Description: Discover two hundred of the world's most spectacular birds in Bird Songs from Around the World, the follow-up to the national best-seller Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song. Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this stunning book features a sleek, built-in digital audio player that showcases each bird's song, as well as illustrated portraits and brief descriptions emphasizing the exceptional vocalizations. From the brilliantly plumed Lilac-breasted Roller in Africa to the flamboyant North American Roseate Spoonbill to Asia's Red Avadavat, Bird Songs from Around the World combines approachable information, beautiful art, and high-quality sound in a distinctive, elegant package. Listen here
White Bellbird (South America)
Spot-breasted Laughingthrush (Asia)
Greater Potoo (North America)
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Displaying records 151 through 160 of 4000
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