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An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. These four,...
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2022.
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"Natural history and adventure travel collide in this powerful book about the decline and recovery of the world's forests--with a provocative argument for their survival. In A Trillion Trees, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce takes readers on a whirlwind journey through some of the most spectacular forests around the world. Along the way, he charts the extraordinary pace of forest destruction, and explores why some are beginning to recover....
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2018.
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English
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"This gorgeous book gives readers core information about forests in the taiga, tropical and temperate rainforests, and deciduous forest biomes. Find out where each kind is found, how animals and plants have adapted to life among the trees, who lives in these forests, and how humans impact life there."--
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In "The Worst Hard Time," Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history. Now he performs the same alchemy with this story of the largest-ever forest fire in America, painting a moving portrait of the people who lived through the disaster.
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2021.
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"Across 193 million acres of forests, mountains, deserts, watersheds, and grasslands, national forests provide a multitude of uses as diverse as America itself. Welcoming 170 million visitors each year to hike, bike, paddle, ski, fish, and hunt, "the people's lands" offer more than just recreation. Timber is harvested, lost habitats are recovered, and endangered wildlife is protected as part of the Forest Service's enduring mission. In Our National...
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[2021]
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English
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"The world's tropical rain forests are being destroyed. But you can help! Navigate through three different stories in this rain forest rescue mission. With dozens of possible story outcomes, it is up to you to save the rain forests before they disappear forever. The planet needs you. Will YOU CHOOSE to help?"--
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[2003]
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English
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Nisa, a beautiful princess from Brazil, is concerned over the destruction of her homeland and the rainforests by a giant, multinational corporation and travels to Los Angeles to meet with the company's chairman. She is prevented from arranging a meeting so she accepts a job as a maid to make ends meet while she's in America. She falls in love with Jason, the handsome son of her employer, and teaches him the passionate and erotic dance of her home--...
10) Woody Woodpecker
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[2018]
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English
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Woody Woodpecker is back with his signature laugh, wacky antics and wisecracks in his first ever live-action/animated film. Woody must protect his forest home from Lance Walters, who starts building his dream mansion in the forest with his son, Tommy, and fiancé, Vanessa. To make matters worse, Woody must avoid the clutches of two grizzly poachers. With a series of crazy hijinks to sabotage their plans, Woody proves he will stop at nothing to defend...
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2014.
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English
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Travel to 9 countries with Matt Briggs to uncover the best ideas, cutting-edge technologies and restorative solutions to help curb climate change. Deep green chapter editions include: energy efficiency, green building, decarbonizing transportation, renewable energy, smart grids, coal nuclear power, sustainable agriculture, restorative forestry.
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Wind Riders volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"On their second adventure aboard Wind Rider, Max and Sofia travel to the Amazon rain forest to protect scarlet macaws from poachers and deforestation"--
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[2010]
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English
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Started in 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt as part of the New Deal, the CCC was used as a way to not only help unemployed Americans, but to help conserve some of the country's forests and parks. Over the next ten years it would employ over 3 million men who planted trees, fought fires, and helped their families financially. Features interviews and archived footage.
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2022.
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"A retired superhero is coaxed back into action by an environmentalist group, only to find life as a spokespoerson makes him a target for old and new enemies alike! Doing a tree-sit protest to stop a logging company means everyone he's ever had a problem with knows where to find him. And they come running."--Back cover.
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2021.
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"A personal and scientific work on trees, forests, and the author's profound discoveries of tree communication"--
Simard illuminates the fascinating and vital truths: that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life; that forests are social, cooperative creatures connected through underground networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities with communal lives not that...
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[2023].
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"Celebrate the magic of believing! Uni and the little girl are having a wonderful walk in the woods when they discover something is wrong. There is a trail of candy wrappers littering the forest floor. The wrappers don't belong here! Who made such a mess? It's time to clean up the forest"--Page [4] of cover.
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Dragon girls volume 4
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Three new girls are joining the Dragon Girls! Mei, Aisha, and Quinn are Treasure Dragon Girls. They draw on the power of precious gems to transform into mighty dragons. Tasked with keeping the Magic Forest safe from harm, the Treasure Dragon Girls must come together as a team, embrace their amazing new abilities, and save the day! Mei must lead her friends in a quest to find the ancient and powerful Forest Book. Inside its pages is the entire history...
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