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Price: $35.00
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Sale: $31.47
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Manufacturer: Island Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Mark A. Benedict::Edward T. McMahon
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Publisher: Island Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.73
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Publication Date: 2006-03-18
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: With illustrative and detailed examples drawn from throughout the
country, Green Infrastructure advances smart land conservation: largescale
thinking and integrated action to plan, protect and manage our
natural and restored lands. From the individual parcel to the multistate
region, Green Infrastructure helps each of us look at the landscape
in relation to the many uses it could serve, for nature and people, and
determine which use makes the most sense.
In this wide-ranging primer, leading experts in the field provide
a detailed how-to for planners, designers, landscape architects, and
citizen activists.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $13.57
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Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Mike Monte
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Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 634.980977
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Publication Date: 2002-06
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Reading Level: 144
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Description: An unprecedented rape of Mother Nature from the 1880s to the 1940s completely changed the wooded landscape in the northern Great Lakes region of America as well as the society and ecology forevermore. In this time of empire building, logging towns grew like weeds around sawmills and often died when the last tree was cut. The people living there called it "cut and run." This fascinating book presents true-life photographic images of the loggers and the people they touched. Here we see the lumberjacks and river pigs who began the work, railroad loggers who extended the range and types of logs available, and a close-up look at one town in the wilderness. With hard work written across their faces, these men and women who dedicated their lives to the logging industry earn the respect of today's readers through the dynamic photographs and poignant stories related here. To build American towns, they toiled to make the lumber available; they succeeded and became legendary.
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $4.60
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Manufacturer: Healing Arts Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Christopher Vasey
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Publisher: Healing Arts Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 615.853
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Publication Date: 2006-03-20
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Reading Level: 160
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Description: A guide to how water can prevent and treat disease as well as rejuvenate the body and mind
• Shows the role water deficiency plays in a large number of diseases and other health disorders
• Explains how to determine the quality and quantity of water that is best for you and the time during the day it is best to drink
• Includes 10 water cures for profound physical rehydration, toxin removal, and remineralization
Drinking sufficient quantities of water is a necessity for optimal physical functioning, but it can also play a major role in the prevention and treatment of many diseases. Chronic fatigue, depression, eczema, rheumatism, gastric disorders, high or low blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, and urinary infections are but a few of the many disorders that can result from not drinking enough water--and which can be treated by raising our intake of this vital liquid.
The physical assaults that our bodies endure from pollution, stress, overly rich and processed foods (often containing too much salt), and alcohol and tobacco have dramatically increased our daily need for water over what our ancestors required. Christopher Vasey explains not only why water is so essential to our health but also what quantities we should drink and when. He also discusses the qualities of different types of water and demonstrates which will best address certain conditions. In addition, he provides 10 water cures that will rehydrate the deepest levels of the body, remove toxins, and restore vital minerals.
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Price: $22.95
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Sale: $13.50
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Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Aldo Leopold
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Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.9516
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Publication Date: 1992-12-15
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Reading Level: 400
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Description: A collection of 59 essays aiming to demonstrate the thinking and development of Aldo Leopold, who propelled the US conservation movement from garden to government agencies. He was one of the first to recognize the importance of ecology while it was emerging as a new scientific discipline.
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $9.88
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Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Eastman
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Publisher: Stackpole Books
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 581.974
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Publication Date: 1992-03
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Reading Level: 212
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Description: Fact and folklore that explore the details of common plant and animal communities east of the Rockies.
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Price: $9.95
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Sale: $5.36
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Manufacturer: Chelsea Green Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Peter Barnes
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Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363.73874
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Publication Date: 2008-04-15
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Reading Level: 96
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Description: In 2006, NASA's top climate scientist warned that we have at most a decade to turn the tide on global warming. After that, James Hansen said, all bets are off. Temperature rises of 3 to 7 degrees Farenheit will "produce a different planet." If Hansen is right--and most scientists think he is--then every year lost is a year closer to the precipice. In more positive terms, we have one last chance--but one chance only--to save the planet.
This guide is about that last chance. It's a result of hundreds of how-do-we-do-this-right discussions over many years. Author and entrepreneur Peter Barnes want to share what he's learned in these discussions because the climate crisis must be solved now, and popular understanding is a pre-requisite to getting a solution that actually solves the problem.
As a result of these numerous discussions, Barnes come to appreciate that climate policy isn't as simple as one would want it to be. But it's not rocket science, either. When details get complicated, the key is to remember what we, as a nation and a species, must very quickly do: install a workable and lasting system for limiting our use of the atmosphere.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $5.65
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Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Norman Maclean
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 634.96180978664
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Publication Date: 1992-09-01
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Reading Level: 316
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Description: A work that consumed 14 years of Maclean's life, and earned a 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award, Young Men and Fire tells the story of a Rocky Mountain forest fire that that claimed the lives of 13 young smoke jumpers on August 5, 1949, at Mann Gulch, Montana. The firefighters perished in a "blowup"--an explosive, 2,000-degree firestorm 300 feet deep and 200 feet tall. The excruciating detail of this book makes for a sobering reading experience. Maclean--a former University of Chicago English professor and avid fisherman--also wrote A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, which is set along the Missouri River, one gulch downstream from Mann.
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $12.25
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Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Lawrence S. Earley
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 634
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Publication Date: 2006-02-27
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America. Today these magnificent forests have declined to a fraction of their original extent, threatening such species as the gopher tortoise, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and the Venus fly-trap. Conservationists have proclaimed longleaf restoration a major goal, but has it come too late? In Looking for Longleaf, Lawrence S. Earley explores the history of these forests and the astonishing biodiversity of the longleaf ecosystem, drawing on extensive research and telling the story through first-person travel accounts and interviews with foresters, ecologists, biologists, botanists, and landowners. For centuries, these vast grass-covered forests provided pasture for large cattle herds, in addition to serving as the world's greatest source of naval stores. They sustained the exploitative turpentine and lumber industries until nearly all of the virgin longleaf had vanished. Looking for Longleaf demonstrates how, in the twentieth century, forest managers and ecologists struggled to understand the special demands of longleaf and to halt its overall decline. The compelling story Earley tells here offers hope that with continued human commitment, the longleaf pine might not just survive, but once again thrive.
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $9.64
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Manufacturer: Gem Guides Book Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: James R. Mitchell
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Publisher: Gem Guides Book Company
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Edition: Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 553.809789
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Publication Date: 2001-12
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Reading Level: 238
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Description: New Mexico is a rockhound's paradise. From micromount and gem quality mineral specimens to fossil pieces that are millions of years old, there is something of interest to both the novice and experienced collector. Divided into four geographic regions, detailed maps, descriptive text and photos lead collectors from the geologic wonderland of Bisti to the unbelievable variety of collectibles and the Rockhound State Park. Features more than 100 locations throughout the state. Includes specimen color photos, B&W site photos, Mineral Locator Index, Glossary, and helpful contact information.
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $4.99
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Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Barbara Freese
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Dewey Decimal Number: 553.2409
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Publication Date: 2004-01-27
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: In this remarkable book, Barbara Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins hundreds of millions of years ago and spans the globe. Prized as “the best stone in Britain” by Roman invaders who carved jewelry out of it, coal has transformed societies, expanded frontiers, and sparked social movements, and still powers our electric grid. Yet coal’s world-changing power has come at a tremendous price, including centuries of blackening our skies and lungs—and now the dangerous warming of our global climate. Ranging from the “great stinking fogs” of London to the rat-infested coal mines of Pennsylvania, from the impoverished slums of Manchester to the toxic streets of Beijing, Coal is a captivating narrative about an ordinary substance with an extraordinary impact on human civilization.
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