Nature's Mirror: How Taxidermists Shaped America's Natural History Museums and Saved Endangered Species, Hardcover - Mary Anne Andrei

It may be surprising to us now, but the taxidermists who filled the museums, zoos, and aquaria of the twentieth century were also among the first t...

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The tiny, lungless Thorius salamander from southern Mexico, thinner than a match and smaller than a quarter. The lushly white-coated Saki, an arbor...

100 Endangered Species is a little book with a big ambition: to highlight 100 endangered species from around the world and the work being done to b...

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At a time when animal species are becoming extinct on every continent and we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, J...

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Whether you would like to learn how to build a bird box, dig a hedgehog tunnel or implement broader environmental changes in your community, this p...

Reducere. When the dust storms of the 1930s threatened to destroy U.S. farming and agriculture, Hugh Bennett knew what to do. For decades, he had studied the...

Reducere. During the global Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, many called upon the United States to finally face its painful past. Tim Gruenewald's new bo...

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Reducere. The blues revival of the early 1960s brought new life to a seminal genre of American music and inspired a vast new world of singers, songwriters, a...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Thomas E. RicksNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 135 x 203 x 29Cover type: PaperbackRedescop...

Reducere. The eighty-nine cetacean species that swim our seas and rivers are as diverse as they are intelligent and elusive, from the hundred-foot-long, two-...

Reducere. Two-time Lambda Literary and four-time National Leather Association award-winning author Jeff Mann's newest collection of personal essays speaks ou...

Reducere. Poachers, habitat destruction, overhunting and fishing, and disease all endanger animal species around the world. But you can help save them! Navig...

Reducere. DescriptionA New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our speciesWhen we talk about human history, w...

Publisher: Cambridge Media GroupCollection: IssuesPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 210 x 296 x 6Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Daniell...

Reducere. Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your f...

The fascinating biography of the Scots-born man regarded as the `father of America's national parks'.Publisher: Lion Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Mary Colw...

Reducere. The elusive Canada lynx bears kittens in Minnesota's northeastern woods. In the far southeastern part of the state, the succulent Leedy's roseroot ...

DescriptionFrom the experts at America's Test Kitchen comes a new twist on a holiday tradition. Every Christmas, millions of children leave cookies...

A groundbreaking and internationally acclaimed work of environmental history tracing the great climate change of the seventeenth century: the 'Litt...

This sumptuous volume reveals the lives of some of history's greatest explorers, using the specimens they collected, the letters they wrote and the...

Reducere. The dog may not be what most think it is. The common origin of the dog story says the dog was a gray wolf that "somehow" turned into the dog after ...

DescriptionMary Beth Owens was inspired by her admiration and concern for these critically endangered animals to write and illustrate this beautifu...

Reducere. Featured on Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Books of 2020 Heart-Shaped Friendship tells the story of two girls, Summy- who has trisomy 21 (Down syndrome...

Reducere. How military technology has transformed the world The history of warfare cannot be fully understood without considering the technology of killing. ...

Reducere. When the dust storms of the 1930s threatened to destroy U.S. farming and agriculture, Hugh Bennett knew what to do. For decades, he had studied the...

An introduction to the world's changing habitats and the growing number of threats to wildlife, with positive suggestions to enable readers to make...

How math helps us solve the universe's deepest mysteries One of the great insights of science is that the universe has an underlying order. The sup...

Reducere. Bruce Feiler's New York Times bestsellers Abraham, Walking the Bible, and Where God Was Born brilliantly explored the roots of faith. With America'...

Wildlife conservation is at a critical juncture. While large, charismatic mammals may be the first animals that come to mind--the mere 3, 000 wild ...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Cathy (Cathy Crimmins) CrimminsNumber of pages: 340Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 141 x 208 x 19Cover ty...

DescriptionBehind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher's genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, ...

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Millie Marotta comes this gorgeous celebration of the animal kingdom. Highlights the plight of 43 endangered...

Reducere. No animal is more symbolic of the Arctic than the polar bear. In the short space of 150, 000 years, it has undergone behavioural and physiological ...

Reducere. Wolfe, whose tetralogy The Book of the New Sun was the most acclaimed science fiction work of the 1980s, offered his second collection of short fic...

Did you know that a Galapagos tortoise can live to be 200 years old if nothing harms it? And yet, the Galapagos tortoise is an endangered species. ...

Reducere. All the buzz about North America's bees Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America's native bees--an endangered speci...

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Six Feet Under meets Edward Scissorhands in Mortal Remains, a tight, smartly written romance with an occult twist. Though her classmates call her M...