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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $14.95
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Manufacturer: Nan A. Talese
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Graeme Gibson
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Publisher: Nan A. Talese
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598
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Publication Date: 2005-10-25
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Reading Level: 384
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Description: In this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher Graeme Gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birds.
Birds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirations. As divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the sky. Whether as the Christian dove, or Quetzalcoatl—the Aztec Plumed Serpent—or in Plato’s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves—that part of us not bound to the earth.
With the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, Gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuries. Birds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as Ovid, Thomas Hardy, Kafka, Thoreau and T.S. Eliot. They’ve been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they’ve been worshipped, eaten, feared and loved. Nor does Gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the Galapagos finches did for Darwin. Birds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as Gilbert White, Peter Matthiessen, Farley Mowat and Barry Lopez.
Gorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, The Bedside Book of Birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soul.
From The Bedside Book of Birds ~
Stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a bird. He went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dust. The song of the bird had given him a taste of Paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly time. Was the same true of time in hell, Stevenson asked himself.
Alberto Manguel
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Price: $34.95
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Sale: $22.57
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Manufacturer: Voyageur Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Randy Leffingwell
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Publisher: Voyageur Press
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 728.9220973
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Publication Date: 2006-10-15
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: The love of horses often finds its expression in the horse barn-in the grandeur of the architecture, the extravagance of the detail, and the extent of the comforts that owners lavish on their favorite creatures. The masterpieces of equine architecture featured in this book attest to that devotion. With luxuries such as mahogany stalls, Spanish-tiled floors, and the latest in horse technology and training, these are not your average barns; rather, they attest to the extremes of elegant simplicity and outrageous glamour that convey a horse owners devotion, ambition, and style. From prestigious and well-known horse barns such as Churchill Downs to private stables nestled in the Colorado mountains, Ultimate Horse Barns comprises a wide variety of barns certain to pique any horse owners fancy. Twenty North American barns in all, each one of a kind, they all have one thing in common-the love, appreciation, and awe of the horses they house.
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Price: $150.00
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Sale: $94.46
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Manufacturer: Rizzoli
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Kelly Klein
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Publisher: Rizzoli
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Dewey Decimal Number: 599
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Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: Powerful, beautiful, wild, fragile, and elegant, horses are as diverse and as enigmatic as people. This oversized luxuriously illustrated book, designed by Sam Shahid, is a celebration of the physical beauty of the animal, of what horses can do, and the sense of wonder and awe that the horse evokes. A competitive amateur show-jumper since childhood, Kelly Klein is a highly respected horsewoman, as well as a renowned fashion stylist. In this stunning collection of more than 250 selected photographs, including many previously unpublished, she conveys her very intimate and personal fascination with horses, and the intense vulnerability that counters their natural power and majesty. Mingling high fashion images with vintage shots of races and rodeos, fine art with amateur photography, this anthology is as provocative as it is beautiful, and reveals the extraordinary spectrum of emotions horses inspire in us. With photographs by Helmut Newton, Annie Leibowitz, Bruce Weber, Robert Mapplethorpe, Chris Makos, Richard Prince, Bob Richardson, and Ellen von Unwerth, among many others, Horse is a definitive reflection of an indefinable love and a passionate tribute to a uniquely beautiful animal. Horse is also available in a deluxe slipcased edition limited to 500 copies, each signed by Kelly Klein.
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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $19.99
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Manufacturer: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Chandler S. Robbins::Bertel Bruun::Herbert S. Zim
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Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
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Edition: Rev Upd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598.097
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Publication Date: 2001-04-14
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Reading Level: 360
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Description: Brief descriptions and illustrations help to identify 650 species of birds in North America, with information on characteristics, range maps, and song patterns.
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Price: $42.95
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Sale: $28.16
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Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Edition: Fourth Edition
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Dewey Decimal Number: 616.3992
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Publication Date: 2007-09-01
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Reading Level: 384
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Description: Fluids and Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy!, Fourth Edition, is an entertaining reference that reviews the fundamentals of fluids and electrolytes in a fun, interesting, and easy-to-understand manner. Organized into four parts, the book provides comprehensive coverage of this challenging topic, including fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base basics; fluid and electrolyte imbalances; the importance and management of imbalances in major health problems; and treatments. Special elements found throughout the text make it easy to remember key points. Each chapter includes clear, simple explanations of health problems; definitions of key terms; illustrations that clearly explain key concepts; easy-to-remember memory joggers; and bullets and checklists that make it easy to spot important points at a glance.
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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $9.48
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Manufacturer: Angel Bea Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Sylvia Browne::Chris Dufresne
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Publisher: Angel Bea Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 133.9
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Publication Date: 2007-04-01
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Reading Level: 96
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Description: The New York Times–#1 bestselling author and psychic Sylvia Browne and her son take readers on an insightful journey into the natural, spiritual, and mysterious world of animals and animal spirits. Questions such as Do animals have souls? Are animals psychic? and Do animals have a sixth sense? are discussed with examples drawn from real life experiences. Both pets and animals in the wild are covered. Information is also provided about animal spirit guides, spiritual connection with pets, and explanations for why some animals have the ability to sense things before they happen.
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Price: $27.00
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Sale: $18.79
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Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Turtleback
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Author: Andy Swash::Rob Still
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Publisher: Yale University Press
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 596.098665
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Publication Date: 2006-02-28
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Reading Level: 168
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Description: This simple-to-use, pocket-size volume offers a comprehensive guide to the unique wildlife of the Galápagos, encompassing all the birds, mammals, and reptiles a visitor to these extraordinary islands might encounter. The second edition corrects and amends plates and text, as well as adds six new photos of the whales. Reviews of the first edition: “The essential field companion for Galápagos visitors.”—The Quarterly Review of Biology "I cannot conceive anyone going to the Galápagos without [this book] in hand." —Noble S. Proctor
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Price: $23.95
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Sale: $13.15
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Manufacturer: Knopf
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Turtleback
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Author: NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
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Publisher: Knopf
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Dewey Decimal Number: 591.96
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Publication Date: 1995-10-03
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Reading Level: 992
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Description: The first and only field guide to offer comprehensive coverage of the African continent, this guide sends the reader on a virtual safari. All the birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects are brought to life, and the parks and reserves for which the continent is famous are described in thorough detail. This guide is packed with 577 stunning color photographs of African habitats and animals, and provides a wealth of information on more than 850 species compiled by veteran safari leaders and experts in African wildlife.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $19.27
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Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Scott Ian Barry
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Publisher: The Lyons Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 599.773
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Publication Date: 2007-06-01
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Reading Level: 208
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Description: Extraordinary photos that expose the elusive world of fur and teeth, light and shadow, and wolf behavior seldom seen by the human eye.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $16.30
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Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Kricher
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Edition: 2nd, Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598
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Publication Date: 1999-08-16
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Reading Level: 451
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Description: A second revised edition of John Kricher's well-received 1989 text, A Neotropical Companion distills whole libraries of information on the Americas' tropics. Kricher explores the workings of a rainforest with admirable clarity, discussing matters such as regeneration pathways and ecological succession. He also takes a sidelong glance at current issues in evolutionary theory, using his deep knowledge of the tropics to add to the literature on speciation and various hypotheses surrounding it. Ethnobotanists in particular will want to have a look at Kricher's catalog of tropical medicinal plants, in which lie the promise of cures and reliefs for a host of modern illnesses.
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Displaying records 141 through 150 of 4000
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