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The Helm Guide to Bird Identification by Keith Vinicombe
epub |eng | 2014-02-10 | Author:Keith Vinicombe

Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Flight identification Juvenile and first-winter are superficially similar to the equivalent plumages of Little Gull, both species showing a large black ‘W’ across the wings in flight. ...
( Category: Birdwatching February 11,2015 )
Friends & Foes
|eng | 2005-05-27 | Author:Friends & Foes

( Category: International & World Politics February 8,2015 )
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin & Catherine Johnson
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-08-11 | Author:Temple Grandin & Catherine Johnson [Grandin, Temple & Johnson, Catherine]

HANDLING FEAR AGGRESSION Not all dogs who bite are dominant. Shy biters bite people because they’re afraid, not because they are dominant. German shepherds who bite are usually shy biters. ...
( Category: Animal Behavior & Communication February 3,2015 )
Best of the Best by Tim Green
epub |eng | 2011-03-22 | Author:Tim Green [Green, Tim]

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE JOSH COULDN’T HELP FEELING bad for Zamboni. Even after touching his own face to remind himself of the shot Zamboni had given him earlier, Josh still felt bad. ...
( Category: Anthologies February 2,2015 )
Culinary Herbs & Spices of the World by Ben-Erik van Wyk
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-05-05 | Author:Ben-Erik van Wyk

NOTES Infusions of juniper berries or juniper oil are traditional diuretic and antiseptic medicines. The oil is used in aromatherapy. 1. Mabberley, D.J. 2008. Mabberley’s plant-book (3rd ed.). Cambridge University ...
( Category: Herbs January 30,2015 )
Sheepish by Catherine Friend
epub |eng | 2011-03-16 | Author:Catherine Friend

Turquoise Treasure I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am gen- uinely sorry for the poor browns. —WINSTON CHURCHILL Sherry from Colorado ...
( Category: Midwest January 29,2015 )
Shark Trouble by Peter Benchley
epub |eng | 2002-06-03 | Author:Peter Benchley

11 You Say You Want to Dive with Sharks? Well, you’d better be an experienced scuba diver. And you’d better be guided by a veteran dive master who knows the ...
( Category: Fish & Sharks January 29,2015 )
Bully for Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould
epub, mobi |eng | 1991-01-28 | Author:Stephen Jay Gould

It was, of course, often done—but rarely said so boldly and without apology. In any case, Caldwell eventually found the eggs of the platypus (usually laid two at a time ...
( Category: Natural History January 29,2015 )
Seeds of Hope by Jane Goodall
epub |eng | 2014-03-31 | Author:Jane Goodall

And Now “Superweeds” Monsanto has also created GE crops (soy, corn, canola, alfalfa, and sugar beet) that are tolerant of its own brand of herbicide, Roundup, now the most widely ...
( Category: Primatology January 29,2015 )
Eight Little Piggies by Stephen Jay Gould
epub |eng | 1993-01-28 | Author:Stephen Jay Gould

Towered cities please us then And the busy hum of men. Several years ago I visited India on a trip sponsored by Harvard’s Natural History Museum. My colleagues delighted in ...
( Category: Fauna January 29,2015 )
The Measure of a Mountain by Bruce Barcott
epub |eng | 2011-04-07 | Author:Bruce Barcott

CAMP MUIR I began going high. On quiet mornings I slipped out of the city before it awoke and drove to Paradise, snapped on a pair of gaiters, and walked ...
( Category: Mount Rainier January 29,2015 )
Zamba
epub |eng | | Author:Ralph Helfer

18 The next week passed in a blur. I couldn’t believe that Zamba and I were going to Africa together. But I should learn not to count my chickens before ...
( Category: Wildlife January 29,2015 )
What Has Nature Ever Done For Us? by Tony Juniper
epub |eng | 2013-01-26 | Author:Tony Juniper

One third of 1 per cent This chain of events and causes and effects is of course far from unique. Across the globe our impact on fresh water only grows. ...
( Category: Economics January 27,2015 )
Five Equations That Changed the World by Michael Guillen
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Guillen

VICI On February 29, 1812, Faraday leapt up the stone steps and rushed through the heavy doors of London’s Royal Institution. Symbolically, it was like the storming of Bastille, except ...
( Category: History January 26,2015 )
How Much is Enough?: Buddhism, Consumerism, and the Human Environment by Payne Richard
azw3 |eng | 2010-03-10 | Author:Payne, Richard [Payne, Richard]

125 Snyder, Gary Snyder Reader, 43. 126 Murphy, Place for Wayfaring, 106. 127 Snyder, Real Work, 117. 128 Snyder, Old Ways, 51. Emphasis original. 129 This statement confirms and expands ...
( Category: Environmental Economics January 22,2015 )

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