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Displaying records 181 through 190 of 4000 |
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Price: $25.00
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Sale: $6.50
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Manufacturer: Scribner
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: J. Watson
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Publisher: Scribner
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Dewey Decimal Number: 572.86
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Publication Date: 1998-02-27
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: "Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders," writes James Watson in The Double Helix, his account of his codiscovery (along with Francis Crick) of the structure of DNA. Watson and Crick won Nobel Prizes for their work, and their names are memorized by biology students around the world. But as in all of history, the real story behind the deceptively simple outcome was messy, intense, and sometimes truly hilarious. To preserve the "real" story for the world, James Watson attempted to record his first impressions as soon after the events of 1951-1953 as possible, with all their unpleasant realities and "spirit of adventure" intact. Watson holds nothing back when revealing the petty sniping and backbiting among his colleagues, while acknowledging that he himself was a willing participant in the melodrama. In particular, Watson reveals his mixed feelings about his famous colleague in discovery, Francis Crick, who many thought of as an arrogant man who talked too much, and whose brilliance was appreciated by few. This is the joy of The Double Helix--instead of a chronicle of stainless-steel heroes toiling away in their sparkling labs, Watson's chronicle gives readers an idea of what living science is like, warts and all. The Double Helix is a startling window into the scientific method, full of insight and wit, and packed with the kind of science anecdotes that are told and retold in the halls of universities and laboratories everywhere. It's the stuff of legends. --Therese Littleton
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Price: $27.00
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Sale: $23.27
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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: Richard Ellis
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Publisher: Island Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551
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Publication Date: 2004-08-15
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Reading Level: 384
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Description: In The Empty Ocean, acclaimed author and artist Richard Ellis tells the story of our continued plunder of life in the sea and weighs the chances for its recovery. Through fascinating portraits of a wide array of creatures, he introduces us to the many forms of sea life that humans have fished, hunted, and collected over the centuries, from charismatic whales and dolphins to the lowly menhaden, from sea turtles to cod, tuna, and coral. Rich in history, anecdote, and surprising fact, Richard Ellis’s descriptions bring to life the natural history of the various species, the threats they face, and the losses they have suffered. Killing has occurred on a truly stunning scale, with extinction all too often the result, leaving a once-teeming ocean greatly depleted. But the author also finds instances of hope and resilience, of species that have begun to make remarkable comebacks when given the opportunity. Written with passion and grace, and illustrated with Richard Ellis’s own drawings, The Empty Ocean brings to a wide audience a compelling view of the damage we have caused to life in the sea and what we can do about it. "
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $11.00
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Manufacturer: Sandlapper Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Archibald Rutledge
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Publisher: Sandlapper Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 975.797
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Publication Date: 1988-09
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Reading Level: 167
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Description: The story of Rutledge's return after 44 years to Hampton Plantation, his boyhood home. Built in 1730, the stately mansion and its extensive grounds and woodlands are now one of South Carolina's state parks. The restoration of this house and reminiscences about Rutledge's early years there captures the unique spirit of Hampton.
Hampton Plantation whose two-thousand acres spread along the southern bank of the great Santee River in coastal South Carolina had been in the Rutledge family since 1686. From this house, the British Colonel Banastre Tarleton stole the parish Bible and prayer book. It served as the headquarters of General Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox of the Revolution. Once, when surprised by "No-Quarter" Tarleton, he broke the arm off the ebony Chippendale chair in which he was dozing.
Here lived Edward Rutledge, the Signer, and John Rutledge, the able Governor of South Carolina. In 1791, when George Washington made his triumphal tour of the South he stayed at Hampton.
This is the book that earned Rutledge a Nobel Prize nomination.
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Price: $45.00
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Sale: $4.49
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Michael L. Rosenzweig
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.9516
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Publication Date: 2003-04-24
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: As humanity presses down inexorably on the natural world, people debate the extent to which we can save the Earth's millions of different species without sacrificing human economic welfare. But is this argument wise? Must the human and natural worlds be adversaries?
In this book, ecologist Michael Rosenzweig finds that ecological science actually rejects such polarization. Instead it suggests that, to be successful, conservation must discover how we can blend a rich natural world into the world of economic activity. This revolutionary, common ground between development and conservation is called reconciliation ecology: creating and maintaining species-friendly habitats in the very places where people live, work, or play.
The book offers many inspiring examples of the good results already achieved. The Nature Conservancy, for instance, has a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense, with more than 200 conservation projects taking place on more than 170 bases in 41 states. In places such as Elgin Air Force Base, the human uses-testing munitions, profitable timbering and recreation--continue, but populations of several threatened species on the base, such as the long-leaf pine and the red-cockaded woodpecker, have been greatly improved. The Safe Harbor strategy of the Fish & Wildlife Service encourages private landowners to improve their property for endangered species, thus overcoming the unintended negative aspects of the Endangered Species Act. And Golden Gate Park, which began as a system of sand dunes, has become, through human effort, a world of ponds and shrubs, waterfowl and trees.
Rosenzweig shows that reconciliation ecology is the missing tool of conservation, the practical, scientifically based approach that, when added to the rest, will solve the problem of preserving Earth's species.
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Price: $30.00
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Sale: $10.00
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Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Daniel Dennett
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Dewey Decimal Number: 146.7
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Publication Date: 1995-05-10
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Reading Level: 592
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Description: One of the best descriptions of the nature and implications of Darwinian evolution ever written, it is firmly based in biological information and appropriately extrapolated to possible applications to engineering and cultural evolution. Dennett's analyses of the objections to evolutionary theory are unsurpassed. Extremely lucid, wonderfully written, and scientifically and philosophically impeccable. Highest Recommendation!
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Price: $16.99
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Sale: $9.48
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Manufacturer: HarperCollins
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Barbara Brenner
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Publisher: HarperCollins
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 577.3
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Publication Date: 2004-03
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Reading Level: 32
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Description: Deep in the forest . . . A bear sharpens her claws on a tree trunk. The scratched bark chips; a tiny hole forms. Timber beetles tunnel inside. The hole grows bigger and bigger. In lyrical prose, Barbara Brenner reveals the fascinating happenings in one small place. She explains how, over many years, the rough hole transforms into a cozy hollow -- home to salamanders, tree frogs, a family of white-footed mice. Tom Leonard’s absorbing illustrations take you beneath the bark to a hidden world. His warm, lifelike depictions of squirrels and bluebirds, snakes and spiders show the splendor that dwells in the most unexpected places. So stop. Observe. Explore your natural world. If you look closely enough, you will surely find . . . one small place that is home for something.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $5.92
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Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: William R. Jordan III
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Publisher: University of California Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.95153
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Publication Date: 2003-06-01
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Reading Level: 264
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Description: Ecological restoration, the attempt to guide damaged ecosystems back to a previous, usually healthier or more natural, condition, is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most promising approaches to conservation. In this book, William R. Jordan III, who coined the term "restoration ecology," and who is widely respected as an intellectual leader in the field, outlines a vision for a restoration-based environmentalism that has emerged from his work over twenty-five years.
Drawing on a provocative range of thinkers, from anthropologists Victor Turner, Roy Rappaport, and Mary Douglas to literary critics Frederick Turner, Leo Marx, and R.W.B. Lewis, Jordan explores the promise of restoration, both as a way of reversing environmental damage and as a context for negotiating our relationship with nature.
Exploring restoration not only as a technology but also as an experience and a performing art, Jordan claims that it is the indispensable key to conservation. At the same time, he argues, restoration is valuable because it provides a context for confronting the most troubling aspects of our relationship with nature. For this reason, it offers a way past the essentially sentimental idea of nature that environmental thinkers have taken for granted since the time of Emerson and Muir.
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Price: $6.95
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Sale: $3.17
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Manufacturer: Crabtree Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Bobbie Kalman::Jacqueline Langille
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Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 571.8
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Publication Date: 1998-04
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Reading Level: 32
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Description: This book is suitable for children aged 6-12 years. While most fish eggs become food for other animals, the male seahorse guards its eggs in a special pouch until they hatch! This exciting book explains the basic concept of the life cycle in an easy-to-understand way for children. Fascinating examples explain both plant and animal life including: insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and underwater life; the process from seed or egg through birth, growth, reproduction, and death; and, the dangers to existing life cycles from man and other predators.
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Price: $34.99
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Sale: $17.45
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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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: Oxford University Press, USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 799.092
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Publication Date: 1972-03-30
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Reading Level: 286
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Description: To those who know the charm of Aldo Leopold's writing in A Sand County Almanac, this collection from his journals and essays will be a new delight. The journal entries included here were written in camp during his many field trips--hunting, fishing, and exploring--and they indicate the source of ideas on land ethics found in his longer essays. They reflect as well two long canoe trips in Canada and a sojourn in Mexico, where Leopold hunted deer with bow and arrow. The essays presented here are culled from the more contemplative notes which were still in manuscript form at the time of Leopold's death in 1948, fighting a brush fire on a neighbor's farm.
Round River has been edited by Leopold's son, Luna, a geologist well-known in the field of conservation. It is also charmingly illustrated with line drawings by Charles W. Schwartz. All admirers of Leopold's work--indeed, all lovers of nature--will find this book richly rewarding.
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Price: $31.19
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Sale: $31.19
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Manufacturer: Kendall Hunt Pub Co
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Owen T. Lind
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Publisher: Kendall Hunt Pub Co
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Edition: 2 Sub
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Dewey Decimal Number: 574.52632028
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Publication Date: 1985-10
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Reading Level: 199
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