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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $10.84
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Manufacturer: New World Library
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Bill Plotkin
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Publisher: New World Library
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Dewey Decimal Number: 155
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Publication Date: 2007-12-28
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Reading Level: 528
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Description: Addressing the pervasive longing for meaning and fulfillment in this time of crisis, Nature and the Human Soul introduces a visionary ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully and creatively we can mature when soul and wild nature guide us. Depth psychologist and wilderness guide Bill Plotkin presents a model for a human life span rooted in the cycles and qualities of the natural world, a blueprint for individual development that ultimately yields a strategy for cultural transformation. With evocative language and personal stories, including those of elders Thomas Berry and Joanna Macy, this book defines eight stages of human life -- Innocent, Explorer, Thespian, Wanderer, Soul Apprentice, Artisan, Master, and Sage -- and describes the challenges and benefits of each. Plotkin offers a way of progressing from our current egocentric, aggressively competitive, consumer society to an ecocentric, soul-based one that is sustainable, cooperative, and compassionate. At once a primer on human development and a manifesto for change, Nature and the Human Soul fashions a template for a more mature, fulfilling, and purposeful life -- and a better world.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $14.96
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Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Jamie James
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Publisher: Hyperion
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Dewey Decimal Number: 597.9092
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Publication Date: 2008-06-03
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: Although it was still too dark to see well, Joe absentmindedly thrust his right hand into the sack to extract the specimen and have a look. Immediately, he winced with pain and yanked out his hand. A tiny black-and-white banded snake, less than ten inches long, was dangling limply from his middle finger, its fangs still sunk into his flesh. In the fall of 2001, deep in the jungle of Burma, a team of scientists is searching for rare snakes. They are led by Dr. Joe Slowinski, at forty already one of the most brilliant biologists of our time. It is the most ambitious scientific expedition ever mounted into this remote region, venturing into the foothills of the Himalayas. The bold undertaking is brought to a dramatic halt by the bite of the many-banded krait, the deadliest serpent in Asia. In the moment he pulled his hand from the specimen bag and saw the krait, Joe knew that his life was in grave and imminent peril. Thus began one of the most remarkable wilderness rescue attempts of modern times, as Joe's teammates kept him alive for thirty hours by mouth-to-mouth respiration, waiting for a rescue that never came. A daredevil obsessed with venomous snakes since his youth, Slowinski was a modern-day adventurer who rose quickly to the top of his field, discovering many previously unidentified snake species in his brief yet exhilarating career. The Snake Charmer is at once brilliant biography and exotic travel literature, blended with an accessible introduction to the bizarre, fascinating-and sometimes controversial-world of snake science. The narrative transports the reader into primeval wilderness, from the Everglades to Peru to Burma, in search of rattlesnakes and boa constrictors, kraits and cobras. Joe Slowinski's career was fast and exciting, his tragic final expedition a pulse-pounding struggle between man and nature. In The Snake Charmer, renowned journalist and author Jamie James captures the life and death of this charismatic, endlessly fascinating man. Exhaustively researched in interviews with Slowinski's colleagues and family, and the author's own trek into the wilds of Burma, this is narrative nonfiction in the tradition of Into the Wild and The Perfect Storm.
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Price: $26.00
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Sale: $18.00
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Manufacturer: Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Anna Botsford Comstock
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Publisher: Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508
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Publication Date: 1986-07-20
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Reading Level: 887
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Description: The late Anna Botsford Comstock was the founder and first head of the Department of Nature Study at Cornell University and the first woman to be appointed to the Cornell faculty. Written originally for elementary school teachers, this book is as valid and helpful today as it was when it was first written in 1911.
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Price: $18.99
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Sale: $12.50
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Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Calendar
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Author: LLC Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Edition: Dsk Egmt
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Publication Date: 2008-09-01
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Reading Level: 120
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Description: Inspired by an antique ledger, this weekly vintage-style planner contains antique prints and stunning pieces of artwork of birds and nests. Throughout the pages, users will find artwork culled and collaged from vintage sources, alongside functional and pleasing layouts. Each weekly spread contains inspiring sentiments from a wide variety of well-known authors and poets. The calendar has a ribbon marker and a cloth-like cover. * Includes pages inspired by a vintage ledger and includes a ribbon marker. The cover features embossed detailing and a cloth texture. * Features four beautifully designed divider pages-one for each season of the year. * Includes functional weekly planning space for recording meetings, appointments, and social activities.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $3.81
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Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Eric Blehm
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Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Dewey Decimal Number: 590
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Publication Date: 2007-02-01
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Reading Level: 384
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Description: Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada—mountains as perilous as they are beautiful. Eric Blehm's masterful work is a gripping detective story interwoven with the riveting biography of a complicated, original, and wholly fascinating man.
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Price: $21.95
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Sale: $13.63
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Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Mark Isaak
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Publisher: University of California Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 231.7652
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Publication Date: 2007-01-12
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Reading Level: 362
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Description: Those opposed to the teaching of evolution often make well-rehearsed claims about the science that sound powerful and convincing. And many people who support the teaching of evolution--students, teachers, parents, administrators--do not have the background to respond. They know that scientists have thoroughly dismantled these arguments, but they don't have a handy way of responding to these attacks. The Counter-Creationism Handbook is a one-stop resource for addressing over 400 of the most prevalent claims made by creationists. Each claim is followed by a succinct and scientifically valid rebuttal, and the book includes print and on-line resources for further reading and information.
The Counter-Creationism Handbook:
* Covers claims made about the disciplines of philosophy, biology, paleontology, geology, astronomy, physics and mathematics, history, and more.
* Addresses the claims of Biblical creationism, intelligent design creationism, and some creationism based on non-Christian religions.
* Includes an introduction on how to address creationists in different venues, how to deal with novel claims, and why accurate science is important.
* Is organized thematically, with extensive cross-referencing.
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Price: $14.99
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Sale: $4.33
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Manufacturer: Zondervan
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: J. Matthew Sleeth
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Publisher: Zondervan
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Dewey Decimal Number: 261.88
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Publication Date: 2007-04-01
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: J. Matthew Sleeth was living the American dream as a medical chief of staff—until the increasing number of chronic illnesses he was witnessing gave him a new environmental awareness. In this book, Sleeth shares his family’s journey to simplicity, stronger relationships, and richer spiritual lives, and relates a prescription for sustainable living.
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Price: $14.99
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Sale: $6.00
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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: Craig Childs
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Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Edition: 1st Back Bay Pbk. Ed
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Dewey Decimal Number: 553.70979
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Publication Date: 2001-05-01
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: The "essence of the American desert," as the subtitle of Craig Childs's book has it, is water. A desert, by definition, lacks it, but when water does come, it comes in torrential, sometimes devastating abundance. Childs, a thirtysomething desert rat with a vast knowledge of the Southwest's remote corners, knows this fact well. "Most rain falling anywhere but the desert comes slow enough that it is swallowed by the soil without comment," he observes. "Desert rains, powerful and sporadic, tend to hit the ground, gather into floods, and are gone before the water can sink five inches into the ground." The travels that Childs recounts in this vivid narrative take him from places sometimes parched, sometimes swimming, from the depths of the Grand Canyon to the dry limestone tanks of the lava-strewn Sonoran Desert. As he travels, Childs gives a close reading of the desert landscape ("the moral," he writes at one point, "is that if you know the land and its maps, you might live"), observing the rocks, plants, animals, and people that call it home. Some of his adventures will remind readers of Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire--save that Childs writes without Abbey's bluster, and with a measured lyricism that well suits the achingly lovely back canyons and cactus forests of the Southwest. By turns travelogue, ecological treatise, and meditative essay, Childs's book will speak to anyone who has spent time under desert skies, wondering when the next drop of rain might fall. --Gregory McNamee
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Price: $3.95
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Sale: $2.50
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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: Stefen Bernath
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Publisher: Dover Publications
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508
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Publication Date: 1975-06-01
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Reading Level: 44
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Description: 40 important garden flowers—morning-glory, tulip, peony, daffodil, zinnia, dahlia, iris, petunia, delphinium, fox-glove, snapdragon, etc. Caption for each drawing gives common and scientific names, usual colors, blooming season, whether annual, perennial or biennial. Full color reproductions on covers. "...a great way to acquaint children with some of the nation’s most popular garden and wild flowers..."—Sacramento Bee.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $12.01
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Manufacturer: National Geographic
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: National Geographic
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598.0974
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Publication Date: 2008-10-21
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Reading Level: 432
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Description: New enthusiasts are flocking in record numbers to the fascinating pastime of birding. National Geographic has been meeting their need for clear and accurate information for 25 years with our million-selling Field Guide to the Birds of North America. Now, to better serve the expanding market, we’ve customized our field-guide format to offer unique coverage for birders east or west of the Rocky Mountains. These new volumes deliver in-depth information on every bird officially recorded in the specified area, with illustrated accounts of the different plumages and life stages, along with hundreds of color-coded range maps.
Unique features set these guides apart from the competition and promise to win a new generation of readers: A full-color visual index, printed on the inside covers, makes the content accessible visually a real boon to beginning and intermediate birders. Annotated artwork highlights birds’ key physical features, making identification easier. Thumb-tabs help readers find information fast. Durable covers stand up to outdoor use, with integrated quick-reference flaps that double as place-markers.Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America details 619 species and contains 560 new range maps, plus illustrated accounts for 85 casual and accidental birds and an appendix listing 70 rarities.
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