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Hardcover, Jess French, 72 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781465481412
Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. This environmental book will teach young ecologists about how our actions affect planet Earth. Discover shocking facts about the waste we...

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Paperback, JIM ROBBINS, 256 pages, 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.9, 9780812981292
The Man Who Planted Trees  is the inspiring story of David Milarch’s quest to clone the biggest trees on the planet in order to save our forests and ecosystem—as well as a hopeful lesson about how each of us has the ability to make a difference. “When is the best time to plant a tree?...

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Hardcover, Brendan Kearney, 32 pages, 10 x 10, 9780744021462
Meet Finn the fisherman and his dog, Skip, in this illustrated story book for young children that teaches them about plastic pollution and recycling. All Finn wants is to catch a nice, tasty fish for his dinner but no matter how hard he tries all he seems to catch at the end of his fishing...

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Paperback, Richard Powers, 512 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393356687
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize New York Times   Bestseller A   New York Times   Notable Book and a   Washington Post ,   Time ,   Oprah Magazine ,   Newsweek ,   Chicago Tribune , and   Kirkus Reviews   Best Book of 2018 "The best novel...

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Paperback, Andrea Wulf, 576 pages, 5.2 x 1.2 x 8, 9780345806291
The acclaimed author of  Founding Gardeners  reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. NATIONAL BEST SELLER One of the  New York Times  10...

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Paperback, Loree Griffin Burns, 64 pages, 11 x 0.2 x 9, 9780547328607
Aided by an army of beachcombers, oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer tracks trash in the name of science. From sneakers to hockey gloves, Curt monitors the watery fate of human-made cargo that has spilled into the ocean. The information he collects is much more than casual news; it is important...

Sea Change
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Hardcover, JOEL HARPER, 32 pages, 9 x 0.4 x 9, 9780971425453
An enjoyable day at the beach turns into a passion for art and marine conservation. With a swell comes a wave and a Sea Change! Story by Joel Harper, author of All the Way to the Ocean. Illustrations by Erin O'Shea

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Paperback, Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw, 40 pages, 11.3 x 9.3, 9780805099768
Once there was a redwood tree--one of the world's largest and tallest trees, and one of the oldest. And once, born nearly a thousand years after the tree first took root, there was a girl named Julia, who was called Butterfly. When exploring her beloved forest, Butterfly wandered into a grove...

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Paperback, Julia Hill, 288 pages, 5.3 x 8, 9780062516596
On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two years, as she descended from "Luna," a thousand year-old redwood in Humboldt County, CA. Hill had climbed 180 feet up into the tree high on a mountain on December 10, 1997, for what she thought...

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Paperback, Richard Preston, 320 pages, 5.2 x 0.7 x 8, 9780812975598
Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained–the coast redwood trees,   Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have been destroyed by logging, but the untouched...

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Paperback, Obi Kaufmann, 144 pages, 5 x 7, 9781597144698
Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling  California Field Atlas , turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State's single most complex and controversial resource: water. In this new book, full-color maps unravel the braided knot of California's water infrastructure and...

John Muir Notebook
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$12.95  
Leather Bound, 192 pages, 4 x 0.8 x 6, 9781604336412
Put pen to paper alongside celebrated naturalist John Muir’s inspirational quotes and musings in this beautifully designed notebook, and let your own creativity flow!  John Muir was an avid journaler on his many adventures into the wilderness, often filling pages with drawings of nature...

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Hardcover, Qing Li, 320 pages, 6.5 x 8.5, 9780525559856
The definitive guide to the therapeutic Japanese practice of   shinrin-yoku,   or the art and science of how trees can promote health and happiness Notice how a tree sways in the wind. Run your hands over its bark. Take in its citrusy scent. As a society we suffer from nature deficit...

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Paperback, David George Haskell, 288 pages, 7.9 x 5.3, 9780143122944
A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of forest   Written with remarkable grace and empathy,  The Forest Unseen  is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Biologist David George Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee...

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Hardcover, Douglas W. Tallamy, 256 pages, 6 x 9, 9781604699005
A   New York Times   bestseller Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book,  Bringing Nature Home,  awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new...

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Paperback, Florence Williams, 304 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393355574
“Highly informative and remarkably entertaining.”― Elle From forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland, to eucalyptus groves in California, Florence Williams investigates the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. Delving into brand-new research, she...

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Hardcover, Peter Wohlleben, 272 pages, 5.5 x 7.5, 9781771643887
The final book in The Mysteries of Nature trilogy by the   New York Times   bestselling author of   The Hidden Life of Trees , Peter Wohlleben. Nature is full of surprises: deciduous trees affect the rotation of the Earth, cranes sabotage the production of Iberian ham, and coniferous...

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Paperback, Eric Rutkow, 416 pages, 5.2 x 1 x 8, 9781439193587
Eric Rutkow’s “deeply fascinating” ( The Boston Globe ) work shows how trees were essential to the early years of the republic and indivisible from the country’s rise as both an empire and a civilization. Among  American Canopy ’s many captivating stories: the Liberty Trees, where colonists...

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Paperback, Colin Tudge, 480 pages, 6.5 x 9.5, 9780307395399
A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism,  The Tree  is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future. There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive...

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Hardcover, Douglas W. Tallamy, 200 pages, 6 x 9, 9781643260440
“With our hearts and minds focused on the stewardship of the only planet we have, the best way to engage in a hopeful future is to plant oaks! Let this book be your inspiration and guide.”  —The American Gardener With  Bringing Nature Home , Doug Tallamy changed the conversation about...

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Paperback, Suzanne Simard, 608 pages, 6 x 9, 9780593459423
INSTANT   NEW YORK TIMES  BEST SELLER   • From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest—a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the...

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Paperback, Andrea Wulf, 368 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780307390684
From the bestselling author of  The Invention of Nature , a fascinating look at the Founding Fathers like none you've seen before. For the Founding Fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions: a conjoined interest as deeply ingrained in their characters as the battle...

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Paperback, Nick Neely, 208 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781640090132
"Finely tuned essays that vary intriguingly in form and tone . . . Neely capably explores the complexity of his subjects with polish and finesse, looking carefully and thinking deeply." ― Kirkus Reviews , starred review   COAST:  the edge of land, or conversely the edge of sea.  RANGE:  a...

The Things Trees Know
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Hardcover, Douglas Wood, 60 pages, 4.5 x 6.5, 9781591931300
For best-selling author  Douglas Wood , trees have always been teachers and sources of inspiration. They have bared witness to so much and have weathered so many storms. In  The Things Trees Know , through insightful text and lovely pen and ink illustrations, Doug presents a whispering grove...

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hardcover, Julie Bertagna, 128 pages, 7 x 10, 9781930238947
Told for the first time in a graphic novel, this is the exciting life story of John Muir—who sailed to America as a boy and ended up changing the world. John Muir led an adventurous life, starting with his wild and playful boyhood in Scotland and culminating in his legendary exploits in...

The Lorax
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Hardcover, Dr. Suess, 72 pages, 8.3 x 0.4 x 11.2, 9780394823379
"Unless someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to get better...It's not."  Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty....

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Paperback, Erich Hoyt, 64 pages, 9 x 0.4 x 9, 9781552976005
Whale Rescue  is the latest addition to the acclaimed  Firefly Animal Rescue  series. Written by an accomplished expert and illustrated with color photographs, this book is a solid reference on both whales and the ongoing efforts to protect them. This book covers whale...

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Hardcover, Stephen Arno, 192 pages, 6 x 0.75 x 8.25, 9781680511994
Westerners familiar with their forests may think they know the Douglas fir--but how well do they? Douglas firs are found in the continental northwest from British Columbia to as far south as Oaxaca, Mexico. They flourish in the Cascades, Rocky Mountains, Sierra, and other mountain ranges, as...

The Plastic Problem
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paperback, Rachel Salt, 80 pages, 8x10, 9780228102311
"Human beings are an amazingly inventive species in creating technologies that have taken us far beyond planetary boundaries that constrain all other animals. Whether it's very powerful innovations like pesticides, antibiotics or combustion engines, we fail to consider the long-term...

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Paperback, Elizabeth Kolbert, 336 pages, 5.4 x 0.9 x 8.2, 9781250062185
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE  NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into...

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Hardcover, Jessica Lanan, 48 pages, 10 x 11, 9781534415744
Jessica Lanan’s dreamy and dramatic watercolor paintings bring to life a wordless story about wonder in the natural world. A fisherman takes his son for a trip out on the water. When they encounter a whale entangled at sea, they realize a connection that transcends the animal kingdom

Silent Spring
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Paperback, Rachel Carson, 400 pages, 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.2, 9780618249060
Rachel Carson’s  Silent Spring  was first published in three serialized excerpts in the  New Yorker  in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our...
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