Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

How Dogs Become Themselves

“What Mr. Rogers was to children, Alexandra Horowitz is to dogs: a wise and patient observer who seeks to intimately know a creature... Her chapters, packed with close observations about canine cognition and behavior, are mini-mood lifters." —NPR, Maureen Corrigan on Fresh Air What is it like to be a puppy? Author of the classic Inside of a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz tries to find out, spending a year scrutinizing her puppy’s daily existence and poring over the science of early dog development Few of us meet our dogs at Day One. The dog who will, eventually, become an integral part of our family, our constant companion and best friend, is born without us into a family of her own. A puppy's critical early development into the dog we come to know is usually missed entirely. Dog researcher Alexandra Horowitz aimed to change that with her family's new pup, Quiddity (Quid). In this scientific memoir, she charts Quid's growth from wee grub to boisterous sprite, from her birth to her first birthday. Horowitz follows Quid's first weeks with her mother and ten roly-poly littermates, and then each week after the puppy joins her household of three humans, two large dogs, and a wary cat. She documents the social and cognitive milestones that so many of us miss in our puppies' lives, when caught up in the housetraining and behavioral training that easily overwhelms the first months of a dog's life with a new family. In focusing on training a dog to behave, we mostly miss the radical development of a puppy into themselves—through the equivalent of infancy, childhood, young adolescence, and teenager-hood. By slowing down to observe Quid from week to week, The Year of the Puppy makes new sense of a dog's behavior in a way that is missed when the focus is only on training. Horowitz keeps a lens on the puppy's point of view—how they (begin to) see and smell the world, make meaning of it, and become an individual personality. She's there when the puppies first open their eyes, first start to recognize one another and learn about cats, sheep, and people; she sees them from their first play bows to puberty. Horowitz also draws from the ample research in the fields of dog and human development to draw analogies between a dog's first year and the growing child—and to note where they diverge. The Year of the Puppy is indispensable for anyone navigating their way through the frustrating, amusing, and ultimately delightful first year of a puppy’s life.

The Year of the Puppy

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#hardcover #fantasy #ocean #nature #adultfiction

California

Escape with a disaffected young sculptor from a desert dystopia to “heaven,” a blue ocean realm ruled by a perverse, tentacled god with a mysterious purpose. Your trust may be outraged, but dive deeper and you’ll uncover clues to the creative sea change in our ideals that could redeem a desolate world.

Arms from the Sea

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#hardcover #animal #animals #penguin #homeschool #nature #nonfiction #elephant 2 in one book with both animals 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Oregon

Getting to Know Nature’s Children: Penguins & Elephants 

#hardcover #animals #scholastic #nature #animal #kids #homeschool Two sided book with both animals 

Getting to Know Nature’s Children: Polar Bears & Skunks 

This book explores America's National Parks in detail with colorful photos, maps, and other great information. A great tool for the traveler for planning and organizing. #outdoors #nature #nonfiction #travel #reference #environment #geographical

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Kansas

Readers Digest - Explore America

National Parks

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#nicholasevans #animals #nature #romance #science #RockyMountaibs #Montana #wolves

Maryland

A pack of savage wolves returns to the ranching town of Hope, Montana where a century ago they were slaughtered by the thousands, now shielded by law as an endangered species, and Helen Ross, a wolf biologist, is sent alone into the hostile countryside to

The Loop

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Cristina Bjork

Joan Sandin

Minnesota

Linnea tells about her indoor and outdoor activities all year round.

Linnea's Almanac

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Andrea J. Buchanan

Miriam Peskowitz

Massachusetts

Things to Do

A portable, pocket-sized take on the bestselling phenomenon,The Daring Book for Girls, this book is filled with many favorite activities from the original, plus some exciting new games, crafts, and projects. Whether following tips for riding a skateboard, learning how to run faster, or making a skirt out of a pillowcase, the most daring of girls will be occupied all season long. The Pocket Daring Book for Girls: Things to Do also includes the long-awaited chapter, "Make Your Own Zip Line," along with classic instructions for activities like Fourteen Games of Tag, Marco Polo, How to Be a Spy, Washing the Car and Building a Campfire. It would be remiss not to mention that the book teaches girls a skill not found in the original DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS, namely, how to make a fifteen-foot backyard geyser from a concoction of Mentos and Diet Coke, and that the book holds the definitive answer to the age-old question, Can you really fry an egg on the sidewalk? Join girls everywhere who are pursuing these delightful activities and living out the Daring Girls credo: Enjoy yourself. Learn new things. Lead an Interesting Life.

The Pocket Daring Book for Girls: Things to Do

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Has some price stickers on back cover. See pics. #hardcover #insects #spiders #bugs #nature #tarantulas #nature

Describes the physical characteristics and habits of the tarantula and offers advice on how to select, house, care for, and keep a pet tarantula happy.

Tarantulas

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#hardcover #livingbook #kids #children #childrensbook #picturebook #childrens #beatrixpotter #nature #animals 

Squirrel Nutkin would rather ask an old owl riddles than gather nuts with the other squirrels.

Squirrel Nutkin

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#hardcover #animals #wildlife #nonfiction #animal #sheep #american #nature #natural #wild 

Wild Families Littlebook

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Margaret Wise Brown

Fox Eyes

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Kentucky

Termites (True Books)

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Art, music, drama/theater

Hands-on Backyard Fun Nature Projects

William Grimes

Oklahoma

A New York Times restaurant critic shares his encounter with a chicken who mysteriously arrived in his backyard in Queens and made itself at home among the stray cats, prompting the author to delve into the history of chickens.

My Fine Feathered Friend

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New Jersey

The Adventures of an Exotic Animal Doctor (or, What Friends Feathered, Furred, and Scaled Have Taught Me about Life and Love)

Whether it's an umbrella cockatoo who's not eating, a depressed chinchilla, a pregnant potbellied pig, or a ferret possibly needing surgery, exotic animal vet Laurie Hess is at the front lines with some remarkable pets-and their equally eccentric, dedicated, and sometimes demanding owners. Following a week in Dr. Hess's life as she tries to uncover the source of an unknown ailment killing some of her most vulnerable patients, Unlikely Companions is an
All Creatures Great and Small with a mysterious twist that includes a special message about managing our most important relationships-those with our friends, coworkers, children, spouses, and ourselves.

"Dr. Hess takes everyday as it comes and treats whatever enters her office with compassion, and knowledge, and sometimes even humor."
-Martha Stewart


Unlikely Companions

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Willem Lange

New Hampshire

"If you live here by choice", Willem Lange writes of the northern New England he's called home for half a century, "you pay your dues, take what you can get, and endure what you have to. It's well worth it". These eighteen reminiscences, character sketches, and sometimes heart-rending accounts of life among the ubiquitous pines and unyielding granite show a deep reverence and an abiding respect for this unique corner of the world. We meet, for example, Baddy, the crusty timber camp cook whose love of hunting ends the day he witnesses the needless death of a fawn. We experience rites of passage: an old man determined to spend one last night alone in the deep woods; a young man discovering for the first time the indelible beauty of a northern September morning; and Lange's own realization that, "for the first time, I'll be the oldest man in camp, and my son will be carrying most of my pack." This intimate collection of stories is a quiet quest for meaning in a rugged physical and psychic terrain.

Tales from the Edge of the Woods

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Retired school library book. Previous owner’s information has been blackened out on the inside of the front cover. Interior pages are in excellent condition. 

Missouri

RIVER

Let’s Explore a

Small black line on bottom shown in picture #hardcover #winter #seasons #nature 

Indiana

A Spiritual Biography of the Season

Explore how the dormancy and difficulty of winter can be a
time of spiritual preparation and transformation.

For many, winter is a time of postponed activity--and of shoveling snow, navigating ice, and trying to keep warm. What can easily be forgotten in winter's cold and occasional dreariness is that it can also be a time of shoring up, of purity, praise, delight, and play.

In thirty stirring pieces--from translated Sanskrit and Hebrew poems to Henry David Thoreau and Basho, Jane Kenyon, John Updike, Kathleen Norris, and Annie Dillard--we share in the recognition of winter's hardships and celebrate the glory of winter as a spiritual gift--a quiet time in the rhythm of life, a time of thoughtfulness, of looking forward, and of unexpected hope.

Examining our retreat and hibernation from the world, and our ultimate breaking free from icy paralysis, these inspiring selections help us express and understand our own personal reaction to wintertime. They show us the way from the cold of this season to the warmth of the human soul.

Winter

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Michigan

Written and researched with experts and illustrated in full colour throughout, The First Encyclopedia series is a six volume reference work for use at home and school.

Animals and Nature

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Elly MacKay

A young boy plants a seed that, with water, sunlight, care, and patience, grows into a strong, tall tree.

If You Hold a Seed

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Sebastian Junger

For readers of "The Perfect Storm", opening this long-awaited new work by Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the "Andrea Gail" and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho. From the murderous mechanics of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone to the logic of guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan and the forensics of genocide in Kosovo, this new collection of Junger's nonfiction will take readers places they wouldn't dream of going to on their own.

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