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The Marvels Found in the Great Cities and in the Seas and on the Islands: A Representative of ‘Aga’ib Literature in Syriac
Minov, SergeyOpen Book PublishersThis volume presents the original text, accompanied by an English translation and commentary, of a hitherto unpublished Syriac composition, entitled the Marvels Found in the Great...
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A Life on Our Planet : My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future
Attenborough, DavidHachette Book Group 2020 UnabridgedSee the world. Then make it better. I am ninety-three. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there i...
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The Arsonist : A Mind on Fire
Hooper, ChloeSeven Stories Press 2020The true story of one of the most devastating wildfires in Australian history and the search for the man who started it. On the scorching February day in 2009, a man lit two fires...
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The Rain Heron
Arnott, RobbieAtlantic Books 2020'Written with economy and grace, The Rain Heron is a timeless and poignant meditation on our fragile relationship with the natural environment.' Guardian Ren lives alone on the re...
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The End of October : A novel
Wright, LawrenceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2020"An eerily prescient novel about a devastating virus that begins in Asia before going global . . . A page-turner that has the earmarks of an instant bestseller." —New York Post "...
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We Begin at the End
Whitaker, ChrisBonnier Publishing Fiction 2020A GUARDIAN BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR An EXPRESS BEST THRILLER OF THE YEARAn i BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR A MIRROR BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH READ THE...
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World's Wackiest Animals : Lonely Planet Kids
Kids, Lonely Planet; Poon, AnnaLonely Planet Publications Ltd 2020 1. utgåvaTake a walk on the weird side as Lonely Planet Kids reveals 100 of the world's strangest animals. From glass frogs and mole lizards to umbrella birds and fishing spiders, discover...
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The Mosquito : A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
Winegard, Timothy C.Penguin Publishing Group 2019**The instant New York Times bestseller** *An international bestseller*"Hugely impressive, a major work."—NPR A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offe...
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Hiking in Finland - Day Trips and Backpacking Expeditions
Laaksonen, JouniKarttakeskus Oy 2019 1. utgåvaFinland is an outstandingly good destination for a nature tourist, and this book tells you everything you need to know about hiking there. It is also meant for you who have immigra...
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Underland : A Deep Time Journey
Macfarlane, RobertW. W. Norton & Company 2019National Bestseller • New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year" • NPR "Favorite Books of 2019" • Guardian "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" • Winner of the National Outdoor...
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How to Do Nothing : Resisting the Attention Economy
Odell, JennyMelville House 2019"A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto."—Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times B...
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Deep Creek : Finding Hope in the High Country
Houston, PamW. W. Norton & Company 2019"How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us." On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to...
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The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture
Coccia, EmanueleJohn Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2019 1. utgåvaWe barely talk about them and seldom know their names. Philosophy has always overlooked them; even biology considers them as mere decoration on the tree of life. And yet plants giv...
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Sea Otter Heroes : The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem
Newman, PatriciaLerner Publishing Group 2019 UnabridgedA Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book A Green Earth Book Award Winner This up-close look at a fascinating scientific discovery highlights the critical role predators such...
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The Light in the Dark : A Winter Journal
Clare, HoratioElliott & Thompson 2018Rediscover the light in the dark... 'A treasure of a book, wonderfully attentive in outlook and generous in spirit.' – Amy Liptrot As November stubs out the glow of autumn and the...
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Flames : The wild debut novel you need to read this year
Arnott, RobbieAtlantic Books 2018"A strange and joyous marvel" Richard Flanagan, Man Booker-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthIt starts with a fisherman hunting for tuna, his sidekick a young seal...
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The Vast Wonder of the World : Biologist Ernest Everett Just
Mangal, MélinaLerner Publishing Group 2018"A must-purchase picture book biography of a figure sure to inspire awe and admiration among readers."—School Library Journal (starred review) Extraordinary illustrations and lyri...
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Tip of the Iceberg : My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier
Adams MarkPenguin Publishing Group 2018From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating and funny journey into Alaska, America's last frontier, retracing the historic 1899 Harriman Exp...
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The Wisdom of Wolves : Lessons From the Sawtooth Pack
Dutcher Jamie; Dutcher JimDisney Book Group 2018From a couple who lived intimately alongside a three-generation wolf pack, this book of inspiration, drawn from the wild, will fascinate animal and nature lovers. For six years Jim...
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Feathers : Not Just for Flying
Stewart, MelissaTriangle Interactive, LLC 2018Young naturalists meet sixteen birds in this elegant introduction to the many uses of feathers. A concise main text highlights how feathers are not just for flying. More curious re...