Science & Nature

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Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World Cover Image

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World (Hardcover)

By Tyson Yunkaporta
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062975645
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Published: HarperOne - May 12th, 2020
What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing--What Birds Are Doing, and Why (Sibley Guides) Cover Image

What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing--What Birds Are Doing, and Why (Sibley Guides) (Hardcover)

By David Allen Sibley
$35.00
ISBN: 9780307957894
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Published: Knopf - April 14th, 2020
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World Cover Image

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World (Paperback)

By Andrea Wulf
$17.95
ISBN: 9780345806291
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Published: Vintage - October 4th, 2016
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Cover Image

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Paperback)

By Mary Roach
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393324822
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - May 17th, 2004
Underland: A Deep Time Journey Cover Image

Underland: A Deep Time Journey (Paperback)

By Robert Macfarlane
$17.95
ISBN: 9780393358094
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 18th, 2020
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Cover Image

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (Hardcover)

By Carlo Rovelli
$18.00
ISBN: 9780399184413
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Published: Riverhead Books - March 1st, 2016
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How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems Cover Image

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems (Hardcover)

By Randall Munroe
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525537090
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 3rd, 2019
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis Cover Image

All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)

By Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Editor), Katharine K. Wilkinson (Editor)
$29.00
ISBN: 9780593237069
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Published: One World - September 22nd, 2020
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art Cover Image

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Hardcover)

By James Nestor
$28.00
ISBN: 9780735213616
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 26th, 2020
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All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms Cover Image

All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms (Paperback)

By David Arora
$17.99
ISBN: 9780898153880
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Published: Ten Speed Press - February 1st, 1991
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Cover Image

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life (Hardcover)

By Lulu Miller
$26.00
ISBN: 9781501160271
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Published: Simon & Schuster - April 14th, 2020
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life Cover Image

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life (Paperback)

By Ed Yong
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062368607
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Published: Ecco - January 16th, 2018
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe Cover Image

Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe (Hardcover)

By Brian Greene
$30.00
ISBN: 9781524731670
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Published: Knopf - February 18th, 2020
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Cover Image

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)

By Robin Wall Kimmerer
$35.00
ISBN: 9781571311771
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Published: Milkweed Editions - October 13th, 2020
The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature Cover Image

The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature (Paperback)

By J. Drew Lanham
$16.00
ISBN: 9781571313508
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Published: Milkweed Editions - June 13th, 2017
Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools Cover Image

Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools (Paperback)

By Marni Fylling, Chris Giorni (Foreword by)
$15.00
ISBN: 9781597143028
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Published: Heyday Books - June 1st, 2015
The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals—and Other Forgotten Skills Cover Image

The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals—and Other Forgotten Skills (Paperback)

By Tristan Gooley
$16.95
ISBN: 9781615192410
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Published: The Experiment - July 31st, 2015
Every Penguin in the World: A Quest to See Them All Cover Image

Every Penguin in the World: A Quest to See Them All (Hardcover)

By Charles Bergman
$22.95
ISBN: 9781632172662
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Published: Sasquatch Books - March 18th, 2020
Nature Anatomy: The Puzzle (500 pieces) Cover Image

Nature Anatomy: The Puzzle (500 pieces) (Jigsaw)

By Julia Rothman (Illustrator), Julia Rothman
$20.00
ISBN: 9781635864014
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Published: Storey Publishing, LLC - October 13th, 2020
The Way of Imagination: Essays Cover Image

The Way of Imagination: Essays (Paperback)

By Scott Russell Sanders
$16.95
ISBN: 9781640093652
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Published: Counterpoint LLC - August 11th, 2020
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate--Discoveries from a Secret World Cover Image

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate--Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)

By Peter Wohlleben, Tim Flannery (Foreword by), Jane Billinghurst (Translator)
$24.95
ISBN: 9781771642484
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Published: Greystone Books - September 13th, 2016
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska Cover Image

Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alaska (Paperback)

By Jim Pojar, Andy MacKinnon, Author Various (Illustrator)
$25.95
ISBN: 9781772130089
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Published: Lone Pine International - August 21st, 2016