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2) Planet Earth
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2007
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Complete eleven part series featuring rare footage of animals worldwide, their habitats and behaviors, and the need for ongoing conservation.
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The Florida Everglades are made up of nine different ecosystems supporting an astonishing variety of wildlife-panthers, manatees, snails, frogs, and a rainbow of bird species. But for years, the Everglades were threatened. They needed a voice to speak up for them. Marjory Stoneman Douglas became that voice. Her book "A River of Grass" helped the world see the irreplaceable beauty and value of the Everglades. Marjory's activism led to the creation...
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Frank Einstein volume 5
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Boy genius and inventor Frank Einstein and his robot pals Klink (intelligent) and Klank (sort-of intelligent) study the science of ecology and conservation as they try to stop classmate and archrival T. Edison and his loggers from destroying the Midville Forest Preserve.
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[2020]
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The six short stories in this book address urgent conservation issues, including plastic in the ocean, deforestation, and global warming. Factual information is presented after each tale.
A trav�es de seis cuentos en los que la naturaleza, los animales y los ni�nos son los protagonistas, este libro ilustrado plantea las principales problem�aticas medioambientales a las que nos enfrentamos. Historias llenas de valor y esperanza que transmiten...
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"Rhythm of the Wild is a compelling memoir about Kim Heacox's longstanding relationship with the most iconic landscape in Alaska and a sister book to his 2005 Lyons Press book The Only Kayak, a PEN USA Literary Award finalist. Woven throughout the personal narrative are stories on the human and natural histories of Denali National Park, garnished with a conservation polemic, much as Edward Abbey did with Desert Solitaire and Rick Bass has done with...
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"John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire takes two of the most compelling elements in the narrative of wild America, John Muir and Alaska, and combines them into a brisk and engaging biography.John Muir was a fascinating man who was many things: inventor, scientist, revolutionary, druid (a modern day Celtic priest), husband, son, father and friend, and a shining son of the Scottish Enlightenment -- both in temperament and intellect. Kim Heacox,...
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"Explores important principles of sportsmanship that any outdoor enthusiast should know when hunting or fishing, including guidelines for respecting both fellow hunters and anglers, as well as the environment. Additional features include a table of contents, sidebars, infographics, Fast Facts, critical thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research."--Publisher's description.