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Price: $27.95
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Sale: $16.67
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Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Iain Murray
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Publisher: Regnery Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363.7
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Publication Date: 2008-04-22
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Reading Level: 354
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Description: Iain Murray's rollicking exposé reveals how environmental blowhards waste more energy, endanger more species, and actually kill more people than the environmental villains they finger.
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Price: $15.00
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Sale: $8.63
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Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Peter Matthiessen
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Dewey Decimal Number: 915.496
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Publication Date: 2008-09-30
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Reading Level: 368
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Description: In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo, "the last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth." Their voyage was in quest of one of the world's most elusive big cats, the snow leopard of high Asia, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical; Schaller was one of only two Westerners known to have seen a snow leopard in the wild since 1950. Published in 1978, The Snow Leopard is rightly regarded as a classic of modern nature writing. Guiding his readers through steep-walled canyons and over tall mountains, Matthiessen offers a narrative that is shot through with metaphor and mysticism, and his arduous search for the snow leopard becomes a vehicle for reflections on all manner of matters of life and death. In the process, The Snow Leopard evolves from an already exquisite book of natural history and travel into a grand, Buddhist-tinged parable of our search for meaning. By the end of their expedition, having seen wolves, foxes, rare mountain sheep, and other denizens of the Himalayas, and having seen many signs of the snow leopard but not the cat itself, Schaller muses, "We've seen so much, maybe it's better if there are some things that we don't see." That sentiment, as well as the sense of wonder at the world's beauty that pervades Matthiessen's book, ought to inform any journey into the wild. --Gregory McNamee
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $12.84
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Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Jeavons
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Publisher: Ten Speed Press
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Edition: 7
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Dewey Decimal Number: 635
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Publication Date: 2006-10-31
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Reading Level: 268
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Description: For over 30 years, this pioneering work has continued to revolutionize food production around the world. While many people tend to look for big solutions to global concerns such as malnutrition, environmental researcher John Jeavons proves that the answers are often found in our backyards -- that is, in how we grow our food. Written for the individual gardener, "How to Grow More Vegetables" is the bible on Grow Biointensive "RM" mini-farming, a method that produces high yields of food crops in very small spaces while nourishing the soil and reducing the use of chemicals. This newly revised and significantly expanded edition incorporates the latest techniques and methods developed by Jeavons and many others around the world who have adopted this increasingly necessary method of small-scale food production.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $13.89
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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: Donald Kroodsma
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Publisher: Chronicle Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598.1594097
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Publication Date: 2008-04-23
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: Building on the tremendous success of Bird Songs (250,000 copies sold), The Backyard Birdsong Guides are regional, interactive handbooks of birds and their songs for beginning bird-watchers. With a touch-button electronic module housing common vocalizations of 75 species from across Western North America, this volume offers a truly sensory way to identify and get to know local birds. Crisply detailed and scientifically accurate illustrations accompany each entry, and up-to-date range maps from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology provide clear geographical reference points. Complete with an introduction to birdsong that will inspire readers to look out their kitchen windows and venture out in the field, this unique book provides an exciting entryway into the subtle art of birding.
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Price: $20.95
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Sale: $11.98
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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: Gary H. Lincoff
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Publisher: Knopf
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Edition: A Chanticleer Press Ed
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Dewey Decimal Number: 589.2097
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Publication Date: 1981-12-12
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Reading Level: 928
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Description: With more than 700 mushrooms detailed with color photographs and descriptive text, this is the most comprehensive photographic field guide to the mushrooms of North America. The 762 full-color identification photographs show the mushrooms as they appear in natural habitats. Organized visually, the book groups all mushrooms by color and shape to make identification simple and accurate in the field, while the text account for each species includes a detailed physical description, information on edibility, season, habitat, range, look-alikes, alternative names, and facts on edible and poisonous species, uses, and folklore. A supplementary section on cooking and eating wild mushrooms, and illustrations identifying the parts of a mushroom, round out this essential guide.
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Price: $3.95
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Sale: $2.08
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Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Dot Barlowe
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Publisher: Dover Publications
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Edition: illustrated edition
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Dewey Decimal Number: 371
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Publication Date: 2003-01-27
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Reading Level: 32
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Description: Accomplished illustrator and nature writer Dot Barlowe takes you on a beautiful tour of the four seasons, pointing out with great artistic and verbal skills the many mysteries of nature--from sightings of spring flowers and birds to amazing life beneath pond ice. An entertaining and informative book for nature lovers and colorists of all ages. Captions.
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Price: $34.95
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Sale: $21.92
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Manufacturer: Chesapeake Seaglass Pub.
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Richard LaMotte::Sally Lamotte Crane
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Publisher: Chesapeake Seaglass Pub.
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 748
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Publication Date: 2004-06-30
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Reading Level: 224
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Price: $18.99
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Sale: $6.99
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Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Paul Hawken::Amory Lovins::L. Hunter Lovins
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Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 337
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Publication Date: 2000-10-12
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Reading Level: 416
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Description: In Natural Capitalism, three top strategists show how leading-edge companies are practicing "a new type of industrialism" that is more efficient and profitable while saving the environment and creating jobs. Paul Hawken and Amory and Hunter Lovins write that in the next century, cars will get 200 miles per gallon without compromising safety and power, manufacturers will relentlessly recycle their products, and the world's standard of living will jump without further damaging natural resources. "Is this the vision of a utopia? In fact, the changes described here could come about in the decades to come as the result of economic and technological trends already in place," the authors write. They call their approach natural capitalism because it's based on the principle that business can be good for the environment. For instance, Interface of Atlanta doubled revenues and employment and tripled profits by creating an environmentally friendly system of recycling floor coverings for businesses. The authors also describe how the next generation of cars is closer than we might think. Manufacturers are already perfecting vehicles that are ultralight, aerodynamic, and fueled by hybrid gas-electric systems. If natural capitalism continues to blossom, so much money and resources will be saved that societies will be able to focus on issues such as housing, contend Hawken, author of a book and PBS series called Growing a Business, and the Lovinses, who cofounded and directed the Rocky Mountain Institute, an environmental think tank. The book is a fascinating and provocative read for public-policy makers, as well as environmentalists and capitalists alike. --Dan Ring
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Price: $20.00
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Sale: $10.93
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Manufacturer: DK ADULT
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Cally Hall
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Publisher: DK ADULT
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 553.8
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Publication Date: 2002-05-15
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Reading Level: 160
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Price: $21.95
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Sale: $13.00
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Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Steve Brill
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Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.630973
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Publication Date: 1994-05-20
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places shows readers how to find and prepare more than five hundred different plants for nutrition and better health, including such common plants as mullein (a tea made from the leaves and flowers suppresses a cough), stinging nettle (steam the leaves and you have a tasty dish rich in iron), cattail (cooked stalks taste similar to corn and are rich in protein), and wild apricots (an infusion made with the leaves is good for stomach aches and disgestive disorders). More than 260 detailed line drawings help readers identify a wide range of plants -- many of which are suited for cooking by following the more than thirty recipes included in this book. There are literally hundreds of plants readily available underfoot waiting to be harvested and used either as food or as a potential therapeutic. This book is both a field guide to nature's bounty and a source of intriguing information about the plants that surround us.
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Displaying records 81 through 90 of 4000
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