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Dave Eggers' Zeitoun is the winner of the American Book Award and the LA Times Book Award. In August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in, the city of ... More

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This quirky guide explains the chemistry and botanical history of over 150 plants, trees, flowers and fruits, showing how they form the bases of our ... More

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This illustrated guide to the powerful Fertility Awareness Method--the exciting natural alternative to present methods of birth control--teaches ... More

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"Every year in September the spectre of cold and flu season arrives. It has become a fact of life. We might as well allot for our sick days knowing ... More

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A farmer cultivates genetically modified potatoes so that a customer at McDonald's half a world away can enjoy a long, golden french fry. A gardener ... More

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the dust storms that terrorized ... More

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"Eating Animals" is Jonathan Safran Foer's eye-opening account of where meat comes from 'I simply wanted to know - for myself and my family - what ... More

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First published in 1993 and now available in paperback, an account of 15 billion years of cosmic evolution, recounting how science and civilisation ... More

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When Weil and Fox opened True Food Kitchen, they did so with a two-fold mission: every dish served must not only be delicious, but it must promote ... More

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Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a ... More

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Written by a "National Geographic" magazine writer, "Unlikely Friendships" documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing ... More

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Many people know that we should eat more greens, but rarely do any of us truly enjoy our kale or wheatgrass. For the first time in history a ... More

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A practical guide to all aspects of edible wild plants: finding and identifying them, their seasons of harvest, and their methods of collection and ... More

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With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humor, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its ... More

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Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists to find ways for ... More

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Discusses the international competition to create the first atomic bomb.

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"The New York Times" bestseller that's changing America's diet is now perfect for younger readers "What's for dinner?" seemed like a simple question- ... More

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A field guide to the birds of eastern North America.

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Due to it's popularity this phenomenal series keeps growing and growing. Here are more invaluable additions, providing a further 1000 facts. There ... More

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With 250,000 copies in print since its initial publication in 1983, NightWatch has become a standard reference guide for stargazers throughout North ... More

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Readers will enter the laboratory and learn how to conduct cool experiments, understand scientific terms like "photosynthesis," and discover fun ... More

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With a straightforward text and illustrations showing beasts and bugs doing it, younger children are shown a natural part of life. "Elephants and ... More

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Survival expert Cody Lundin is back with a no-holds-barred guide for city slickers on how to survive the next disaster, whether natural or man-made. ... More

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Permaculture is a verbal marriage of apermanenta and aagriculture.a Australian Bill Mollison pioneered its development. Key features include: use of ... More

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A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; ... More

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