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2) Beep
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In the tradition of Shelby Van Pelt's 'Remarkably Bright Creatures', 'Beep' is an ebullient, funny, and hugely original novel about the friendship between a brilliant young girl and a perceptive squirrel monkey, the power of youth, and the way forward for a planet in crisis. From the author of 'Lucky Turtle' and 'The Remedy for Love'. A Dewey Diva Pick.
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In this moving story set amidst the wild natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest, Frankie is trying to salvage her dissertation on the spotted owl and Anne is an Irish musician raising her son, Aiden. The two meet on the remote June Lake and start an unlikely friendship. When Frankie finds an injured baby crow in the forest, little does she realize that the charming bird will bring all three lost souls together on a journey toward hope, healing, and...
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From visionary physician and biomedical researcher David B. Agus comes an ingenious guide to what our fellow animals can teach us about living longer, healthier, happier lives. Filled with lively storytelling and astonishing practical takeaways, this revelatory guide will have you rethinking whats possible for your health and wellbeing - now and for years to come.
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In 'Cull of the Wild', Hugh Warwick investigates the ethical and practical challenges of one of the greatest threats to biodiversity: invasive species. From cane toads in Australia to Burmese pythons and tortoises in the US, and from the Galapagos islands to Anglesey and the Outer Hebrides, The UN Convention on Biological Diversity ranks invasive species as a major threat to biodiversity on par with habitat loss, climate change, and pollution.
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Craig Foster's 'Amphibious Soul' is a scientist and adventurers perspective on rewilding - developing a deep connection to our animal selves that can reinvigorate our lives. This extraordinary book will change not only the way we interact with the natural world, but the way we fundamentally see ourselves.
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In 'The Tree Collectors', Amy Stewart brings us 50 captivating stories of people who spend their lives in pursuit of rare and wonderful trees and are transformed in the process. Stewart populates this compendium with her own hand-drawn watercolour portraits of these extraordinary people and their trees, interspersed with side trips to investigate famous tree collections, arboreal glossaries, and even tips for unauthorized forestry. From the author...
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"Camille T. Dungy recounts the seven-year odyssey to diversify her garden in the predominantly white community of Fort Collins, Colorado. When she moved there in 2013 with her husband and daughter, the community held restrictions about what residents could and could not plant in their gardens. In resistance to the homogenous policies that limited the possibility and wonder that grows from the earth, Dungy employs the various plants, herbs, vegetables,...
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Horses revolutionized the way we hunted, traded, traveled, farmed, fought, worshipped, and interacted. They reshaped the human genome and the worlds linguistic map. They determined international borders, molded cultures, fueled economies, and built global superpowers. And they were vectors of lethal disease and contributed to lifesaving medical innovations. Timothy Winegard's 'The Horse' is a riveting narrative of this noble animals unrivaled and...
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In 'Bite by Bite', poet and essayist Aimee Nezhukumatathil explores the way food and drink evoke our associations and remembrances - a subtext or layering, a flavour tinged with joy, shame, exuberance, grief, desire, or nostalgia. From shave ice to lumpia, mangoes to pecans, rambutan to vanilla, she investigates how food marks our experiences and identities, the boundaries between heritage and memory, and the ethics and environmental pressures around...
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With 'The Light Eaters', award-winning Atlantic environment and science reporter Zoe Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom and reveals the astonishing capabilities and intelligence of the green life all around us. A Dewey Diva Pick.
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A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece. Wit's End isn't just a state of mind. It's an address, for a run-down off-the-grid cabin, 120 shabby square feet of fixer-upper Patrick Hutchison purchased on a whim in the mossy woods of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state. To say Hutchison didn't know what he was getting into is no more an...
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Climate change is here. From the millions displaced by floods in Pakistan to California and Canadian towns incinerated by wildfires. In 'Into the Clear Blue Sky', Rob Jackson shares his hopeful and attainable vision for restoring the atmosphere and ending the climate crisis within our lifetime. Jackson is one of the top five most-cited climate and environmental scientists in the world. His work has reduced emissions of millions of tons of greenhouse...
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"Developing the capacity of public libraries to endure in the face of our ever changing world is of primary concern to public library leaders. How do we connect with our communities, remain relevant, make good use of the funds invested in our organizations and care for the people, places and things that constitute our institutions? Public libraries are uniquely positioned educational institutions; we have the ability to teach not only through our...
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