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• Rainforests
  Nature
  Geography
  Environmental Science
  Zoology
  Ecology
   
  

  Rainforest

  Over the past 16 years Swiss photographer Thomas Marent has traveled all over the world photographing rainforests, from Peru and Ecuador to New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Usually traveling alone, ...  > read more
• Birds
   
  

  Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities

  Expert advice on selecting breeds, caring for chicks, producing eggs, raising broilers, feeding, troubleshooting, and much ...  > read more
• Birds
  Geography
  Early Birds
  New Species
  Atmosphere
  Travel and Recreation
   
  

  The Sibley Guide to Birds

  More than 10 years in the making, David Sibley's Guide to Birds is a monumental achievement. The beautiful watercolor illustrations (6,600, covering 810 species in North America) and clear, ...  > read more
• Weapons Technology
  Origin of Life
  Physics
  Privacy Issues
  Batteries
  Conflict
   
  

  American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

  In American Prometheus, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin delve deep into J. Robert Oppenheimer's life and deliver a thorough and devastatingly sad biography of the man whose very name has come to ...  > read more
• Environmental Policy
  Industrial Relations
  Today's Healthcare
  Privacy Issues
  Government Regulation
  Geography
   
  

  Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, And Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.s. Meat Industry

  With a New Afterword by the Author Slaughterhouse is the first book of its kind to explore the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry over the last twenty-five ...  > read more
• Psychology
  Social Psychology
  Life Sciences
  Wild Animals
  Nature
  Extinction
   
  

  The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter

  Based on Marc Bekoff's years of experience studying the social communication patterns of a wide range of animals, this important book shows that animals have rich emotional lives. Not only can animal ...  > read more
• Geography
  Wild Animals
  Behavioral Science
  Travel and Recreation
  Animals
  Mating and Breeding
   
  

  National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals: (Revised and Expanded) (Audubon Society Field Guide)

  Consider the lynx, a medium-sized cat of boreal regions of North America, "a solitary animal, associated with the opposite sex only during mating." Consider the Oldfield mouse, Peromyscus polionotus, ...  > read more
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Nature
  Animals
  Privacy Issues
  Human Biology
  Biology
   
  

  The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians

  Why are some frogs able to freeze solid and still survive? How can secretions from amphibians offer scientists clues for treating human ailments? What allows reptiles and amphibians to regenerate ...  > read more
• Acoustics
  Perception
  Popular Culture
  Intelligence
  Language Acquisition
  Nature
   
  

  This Is Your Brain on Music

  In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, ...  > read more
• Ecology
  Marine Biology
  Ecology Research
  Coral Reefs
  Fisheries
  Ocean Policy
   
  

  Reef

  Coral reefs are often called "the rainforests of the sea" because of the quantity and diversity of life they support, and because they are highly sensitive and threatened ecosystems. Building on ...  > read more

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