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Nature and Science June 2024
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Walk, ride, paddle : a life outside by Timothy M. KaineTo commemorate both his 60th birthday and his 25th year in public office, the Virginia senator and former Democratic vice-presidential candidate undertook a three-part journey across the Virginia landscape, reflecting on both the extraordinary events occurring across America and the events that have shaped both his life and the world around him.
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| Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World by Edward HumesPulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes reveals the wasteful habits of modern life and offers numerous examples of communities pursuing more sustainable futures in this thought-provoking and ultimately hopeful book. |
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Secrets of the octopus by Sy MontgomeryA new book—written by the author of the international best-seller The Soul of an Octopus and enhanced with vivid National Geographic photography—brings readers closer than ever to these elusive creatures.
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Endless forms : the secret world of wasps by Seirian SumnerA Professor of Behavioral Ecology examines the highly complex and diverse secret world of wasps and how they hold our fragile ecosystem in balance despite their reputation as winged assassins with formidable stings.
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| Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos by Lisa KalteneggerAstrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger, director of Cornell's Carl Sagan Institute to Search for Life in the Cosmos, describes the search for exoplanets that could support extraterrestrial life in this "stellar exploration" (Publishers Weekly). |
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Plant Ridge & Valley natives by Virginia Native Plant SocietyThe Plant Ridge & Valley Natives campaign includes the following 11 counties (from north to south): Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, Page, Rockingham, Augusta, Highland, Bath, Rockbridge, and Alleghany. We also include the cities of Winchester, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro, Lexington, Buena Vista, and Covington. This full-color, spiral-bound book contains 144 pages of beautiful native plants suitable to using in a home garden or commercial landscape to provide not only beauty but high ecological value to the local ecosystem. It also includes six garden designs created specifically for this guide by ecologist Iara Lacher and garden designer Anne Elise Lintelman.
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Grow great grub : organic food from small spaces by Gayla TrailThe urban gardening authority from YouGrowGirl.com counsels home gardeners on how to grow one's own food in limited spaces, providing coverage of such topics as container plants, organic pest control and preserving home-grown foods.
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Allergic : our irritated bodies in a changing world by Theresa MacPhailA medical anthropologist makes a holistic examination of the increasing amount of allergies in our modern world, from the first medical description in 1819 to the latest biologics and immunotherapies and discusses the impact created by pollution and climate change.
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