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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $8.34
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Manufacturer: Broadway
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Candice Millard
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Publisher: Broadway
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Dewey Decimal Number: 918.113045
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Publication Date: 2006-10-10
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Reading Level: 432
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Description: At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.
The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron.
After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights on the most punishing physical challenge he could find, the first descent of an unmapped, rapids-choked tributary of the Amazon. Together with his son Kermit and Brazil’s most famous explorer, Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon, Roosevelt accomplished a feat so great that many at the time refused to believe it. In the process, he changed the map of the western hemisphere forever.
Along the way, Roosevelt and his men faced an unbelievable series of hardships, losing their canoes and supplies to punishing whitewater rapids, and enduring starvation, Indian attack, disease, drowning, and a murder within their own ranks. Three men died, and Roosevelt was brought to the brink of suicide. The River of Doubt brings alive these extraordinary events in a powerful nonfiction narrative thriller that happens to feature one of the most famous Americans who ever lived.
From the soaring beauty of the Amazon rain forest to the darkest night of Theodore Roosevelt’s life, here is Candice Millard’s dazzling debut.
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Price: $40.00
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Sale: $21.28
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Manufacturer: DK ADULT
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Ben Morgan
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Publisher: DK ADULT
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Dewey Decimal Number: 578.734
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Publication Date: 2006-08-21
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Reading Level: 360
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Description: Over the past 16 years Swiss photographer Thomas Marent has traveled all over the world photographing rainforests, from Peru and Ecuador to New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Usually traveling alone, Marent has been known to spend extraordinary lengths of time to get the perfect shot--sometimes 12 days. You can see the results in his first book, Rainforest. The book is his testament--an intimate collection of more than 500 breathtaking animal and plant portraits, and the fascinating stories behind them. Questions for Thomas Marent Amazon.com: What inspired you to start taking pictures? Marent: I used to be a birdwatcher in Switzerland--and soon I was also interested in amphibians, insects, and plants. After a while I thought it would be nice to have pictures of all these beautiful animals. Amazon.com: Waiting for the perfect shot takes patience and time. How do you decide what images are worth waiting for? Marent: I mostly focus on the colorful and spectacularly shaped creatures. Sometimes it is a matter of luck to find them, but sometimes I have to know where and when to look for them. Amazon.com: What photo in Rainforest is your favorite? Marent: I don't have one favorite--there are many favorites! I especially like the photos of frogs, butterflies, fungi, birds and weird insects. Amazon.com: What would people find most surprising about the world's rainforests? Marent: When people think of the rainforest, it's the monkeys, birds, and wild cats that first come to mind. But there are so many small and beautiful creatures. We need to see and appreciate them too--they're just a little harder to find! Many of these smaller creatures have never been seen by most people. Amazon.com: Do you consider yourself a rainforest activist? Marent: With the book I want to show to the people the endless beauty of the rainforests. I do hope that it might open the eyes of some people, so that they'll agree that it's worth protecting this fantastic environment. Amazon.com: Some of the photos in the book, especially some of the insect photos, are really strange and otherworldly. What's your favorite exotic rainforest animal? Marent: Some of my favorites always were frogs and butterflies, but birds and monkeys as well. And of course the weird-looking insects. Amazon.com: What's your favorite rainforest? Marent: In Asia it is Borneo. In Africa it is Madagascar. In Latin America it is Costa Rica and Peru/Colombia. But I also like the Australian and New Zealand rainforests. Amazon.com: Do you have any advice for amateur nature photographers? Marent: A tripod is an absolutely must. Try to move to the animals slowly and quietly--it takes some patience. Whenever possible try taking your pictures at the animal's eye level. And it's always important to think about the background when you compose the picture.
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $7.82
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Manufacturer: Touchstone
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Adrian Forsyth::Ken Miyata
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Publisher: Touchstone
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Dewey Decimal Number: 574.52642098
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Publication Date: 1987-01-29
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Reading Level: 272
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Price: $23.95
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Sale: $14.98
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Manufacturer: Square One Publishers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Leslie Taylor
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Publisher: Square One Publishers
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Dewey Decimal Number: 615.321
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Publication Date: 2005-01-30
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Reading Level: 535
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Price: $21.99
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Sale: $13.84
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Manufacturer: Excel Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Michael Q. Pink
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Publisher: Excel Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 658.401
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Publication Date: 2008-10-07
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Locked away in the world's rain forests are the most productive and fruitful ecosystems in the world. How they transform scarcity into abundance is what every entrepreneur and businessperson needs to know. Whether you are just starting your business or reevaluating your current business goals, this book brings unique insights and direction from the rainforest's secrets of productivity that will revolutionize your thinking.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $8.05
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Manufacturer: HarperOne
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Rosita Arvigo::Nadine Epstein
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Publisher: HarperOne
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 615.8820972824
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Publication Date: 2001-01-01
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: Rainforest Healing from Your Home and Garden - Find alternatives to chemical anti-depressants and painkillers in your spice rack.
- Learn about natural anti-itch salves for insect bites.
- Soothe and relieve envy, grief, sadness, and fear the Maya way.
- Rid your house of negative energy with a Maya cleansing ritual.
- Try the easy-to-make bronchitis remedy.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $19.76
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Manufacturer: Cornell University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Adrian Forsyth
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Publisher: Cornell University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 577.34097286
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Publication Date: 2008-10
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Reading Level: 183
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Description: "The words 'tropical rainforest' may conjure up vistas populated by jaguars, brilliant macaws, and flowers amid the grandeur of towering buttressed trees. But the eager, expectant visitor is not regaled with the sight of charismatic vertebrates, gaudy birds, and luminous orchids. In the rainforest, close encounters with life that moves are usually rare but brilliant episodes; one is bedazzled for an instant and then left alone in the quiet greenery. Under such conditions, one must see the episode as part of a process; tracing the connections between organisms is the essence of rainforest appreciation."-Nature of the Rainforest Nature of the Rainforest is a breathtaking tour of an environment that is the pinnacle of biodiversity and evolutionary sophistication by an award-winning author and two photographers who love the rainforest, understand its intricacies, and have spent considerable time there documenting its wildlife and complexity. Adrian Forsyth draws on four decades of personal encounters with the animals of the rainforest-including poison-dart frogs, three-toed sloths, bushmasters, and umbrellabirds-as a starting point to communicate key ecological topics such as biodiversity, coevolution, rarity, chemical defense, nutrient cycling, and camouflage. The luminous photographs capture stunning and rare creatures in action, including the now- extinct golden toad mating, a jaguar on the prowl, and the hermit hummingbird feeding. The behaviors and characteristics of the rainforest inhabitants featured here not only illustrate the text but also advance the scientific narrative and exemplify the critical importance of conservation. Thematic chapters are interspersed with four chapters devoted to specific habitats and regions of Costa Rica and Peru, areas with some of the most diverse arrays of plant and animal species in the world. The result is an exuberant celebration of the rainforest in text and images.
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Price: $28.00
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Sale: $12.90
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Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Bruce M. Beehler
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Publisher: Yale University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.31520913
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Publication Date: 2008-04-22
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Reading Level: 272
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Description: Perhaps it is not possible to experience all the mysterious sounds, the unfamiliar smells, and the spectacular sights of a tropical rainforest without ever visiting one. But this exhilarating and honest book comes wondrously close to taking the reader on such a journey. Bruce M. Beehler, a widely traveled expert on birds and tropical ecology, recounts fascinating details from twelve field trips he has taken to the tropics over the past three decades. As a researcher, he brings to life the exotic rainforests and the people who inhabit them; as a conservationist, he makes a plea for better ways of managing rainforests—“a resource that the world cannot do without.” Drawing on his experiences in Papua New Guinea, India, Madagascar, Indonesia, the Philippines, Panama, and the Ivory Coast, Beehler describes the surprises—both pleasant and unpleasant—of doing science and conservation in the field. He explains the role that rainforests play in the lives of indigenous peoples and the crucial importance of understanding local cultures, customs, and politics. The author concludes with simple but tough solutions for maintaining rainforest health, expressing fervent hope that his great-grandchildren and others may one day also hear the rainforest whisper its secrets. |
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $12.25
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Manufacturer: Pixyjack Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jack Ewing
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Publisher: Pixyjack Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.7286
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Publication Date: 2005-02-15
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Reading Level: 210
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Description: Discover the mysterious and fascinating ways in which animals and plants—and people—interact with one another in the rainforests of Costa Rica. Author and naturalist Jack Ewing shares a wealth of observations and experiences, gathered from more than three decades of living in southwestern Costa Rica, home to some of the most prolific and diverse ecosystems on Earth. More than just a simple collection of essays, Monkeys are Made of Chocolate is a testament to the wonder of life in all its countless guises, as seen through the eyes of a man with a gift for subtle discernment and a natural flair for storytelling.
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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $10.50
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Manufacturer: Random House
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Mark London::Brian Kelly
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Publisher: Random House
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.7509811
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Publication Date: 2007-02-06
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: With a landmass larger than the continental U.S. west of the Mississippi and the richest diversity of plant and animal species on earth, the Amazon has always struck its explorers and would-be exploiters as infinite and largely impenetrable. For decades, anthropologists assumed that permanent human habitation was impossible–but they were wrong. Recently, proof of centuries-old Amazonian civilizations has been unearthed, shifting perceptions of the inhospitability of the rain forest–and providing a precedent for human occupation. Today, as developers and environmentalists clash over the region’s future, the seemingly endless forest is fast disappearing in fires, rampant mineral extraction, rogue logging operations, and encroaching urban sprawl.
Through a series of startling human encounters–interviews with government ministers and environmental crusaders, millionaire ranchers and disenfranchised slum dwellers–Mark London and Brian Kelly, longtime explorers and trailblazing chroniclers of the Amazon basin, trace the region’s transformation. Logging thousands of miles, London and Kelly take readers from the mushrooming shopping malls of Manaus to the pristine rain forest that still seems beyond the reach of civilization, from the ghostly ruins of abandoned factories and failed plantations to the thriving agribusinesses that one day may feed the entire world and change this landscape forever. Again and again, they collide with the same fundamental question: Is it too late to strike a balance in the Amazon between economic sustenance for the twenty-one million Brazilians who live there and protection for the world’s last great forest?
London and Brian Kelly have fashioned a complex, vibrant portrait of a region on the edge of crisis. At once a seductive journey and a searing account of political, environmental, and social tumult, The Last Forest is a masterpiece of contemporary reporting.
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