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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Discover the properties of insects that distinguish them from mammals and all other animals. They all have exoskeletons for strength and protection, six legs to propel their movements, compound eyes, antennae, and even more attributes in common with one another. But within this framework, their astonishing variability has allowed them to live in almost every ecological niche on the planet.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In Elixir, in a wild river valley and amid the three mountains that define it, Kapka Kassabova seeks out the deep connection between people, plants, and place. The Mesta is one of the oldest rivers in Europe and the surrounding forests and mountains of the southern Balkans are an extraordinarily rich nexus for plant gatherers. Over several seasons, Kassabova spends time with the people of this magical region. She meets women and men who work in a...
Publisher
Humanoids
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
An ecological detective story told amid a backdrop of fantasy and science-fiction. PUBLICATION IN 3 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. When a mysterious giant of a man arrives in a vast steampunk megalopolis, death walks beside him, leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. It's up to a dysfunctional yet dogged police investigator to find the strange colossus and stop him before the bodies pile even higher... But soon the truth is discovered that this case...
Publisher
Humanoids
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
An ecological detective story told amid a backdrop of fantasy and science-fiction. PUBLICATION IN 3 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. When a mysterious giant of a man arrives in a vast steampunk megalopolis, death walks beside him, leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. It's up to a dysfunctional yet dogged police investigator to find the strange colossus and stop him before the bodies pile even higher... But soon the truth is discovered that this case...
Publisher
Humanoids
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
An ecological detective story told amid a backdrop of fantasy and science-fiction. PUBLICATION IN 3 VOLUMES - COMPLETED WORK. When a mysterious giant of a man arrives in a vast steampunk megalopolis, death walks beside him, leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. It's up to a dysfunctional yet dogged police investigator to find the strange colossus and stop him before the bodies pile even higher... But soon the truth is discovered that this case...
6) Dominion
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the future, where the norms are vast bio-constructed cities, air toxic enough to force citizens to wear oxygen masks, and crime so severe that the cops drive tanks! When a mysterious winged girl with the power to cleanse the poisoned air is kidnapped by the villainous Buaku, police mini-tank commander Leona Ozaki, her tank Bonaparte, and her lovesick partner Al must confront the arch-criminal and his catgirl molls-the beautiful and deadly...
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When a whale passes away, its body sinks to the ocean floor and becomes an energy-rich food source for organisms living in the deep sea"--
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This book describes rainforests and their importance to our planet, and visits some places around the world where you can explore some incredible rainforests!"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Inspirebytes Omni Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Everything is Energy (including you!) is filled with fun playful images that invite children to explore our natural world, while teaching them simple concepts about energy, including how to experiment with this life-force inherent in everything - including them! Using clear language and vibrant illustrations, Everything is Energy helps children understand how to work with and self-regulate their energy system, an essential part of who we are and...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Marcy Norton tells a new history of the European colonization of the Americas, one that places wildlife and livestock at the center of the story. She reveals that it was, above all, the encounters between European and Native American beliefs about animal life that transformed societies on both sides of the Atlantic."--
"When the men and women of the island of Guanahani first made contact with Christopher Columbus and his crew on October 12, 1492,...
Author
Publisher
RMB Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In all scientific disciplines, there is an expanding gap between what is known by the general public and what is known by scientists. In this book, Dr. Bruce McLellan tries to bridge that gap. Coexisting with grizzly bears into the future will be an increasing challenge and require a deep understanding of these large carnivores and what factors make their populations tick. Based on perhaps the longest uninterrupted wildlife research project done...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
A choir of creatures introduces a world delicately constructed by fantasy, mystery, and magical realism in Francisca Alegra's poignant and stunning debut feature. It begins in a river in the south of Chile where fish are dying due to pollution from a nearby factory. Amid their floating bodies, long-deceased Magdalena bubbles up to the surface gasping for air, bringing with her old wounds and a wave of family secrets. The shocking return sends her...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman's experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record. Told in luminous, perceptive prose, The Last Fire Season is a deeply incisive inquiry into what it really means-now-to live in relationship to the elements of the natural world. When Manjula Martin moved from the...
Author
Series
U.S. Geological Survey open-file report volume 2023-1041
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Author
Series
TP-R3 volume 16-38
Publisher
Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southwestern Region
Pub. Date
September 2021.
Language
English
Author
Series
Cooperator science volume 153-2023
Publisher
[U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English