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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the most remote mountains and valleys in Alaska to the southern tip of Chile and Argentina, from Europe's primeval forest on the Polish-Belarusian border to Norway's fjords, The Wild celebrates the beauty of uncultivated landscapes all around the globe. Arranged by continent, the book roams across landscapes and climates. Each entry is supported with fascinating captions explaining the geology, geography, flora, and fauna"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In every part of the globe, in every pocket of the sea, in ancient ground beneath your feet, up tall mountains you can't see, in stones, in plants, in birds and beasts, lie nature's secret stories. This beautiful field-guide explores the histories and mysteries hidden in the wild, just waiting to be shared. Readers are invited on a journey around our wonderful world, through wild forests, over mountains high, to the bottom of our oceans and the earth...
4) The Amazon
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Amazon River and the rain forest that surrounds it, describing their physical characteristics and the plants and animals that live there, and discusses its people, their history, economic and social conditions, and other details --
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A practical illustrated guide to exploring, observing, and understanding nature. Chris Packham will pass on his passion for nature and make you an enthusiastic and knowledgeable amateur naturalist. Nature Handbook reveals how easy it is to enjoy and learn about plants, animals, habitats, and ecological processes. It features visual studies of habitats - full of photos of the animals and plants that live there and illustrations of how they interact....
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
After nearly thirty years of being shut away from the public, the stuffed animals of Paris's Natural History Museum are about to see the light of day agin. In Animals and more animals, Nicolas Philibert and his unobtrusive crew are there to chronicle the 1994 preparations for the animals' return. It's a glimpse into the world behind the displays of a major museum, focusing on the fascinating work of the taxidermists.
Author
Series
The noisy classroom volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Ms. Johnson decides to take the noisy class to the Natural History Museum, a young student and her friends devise a plan to help their loud teacher adapt to the new quiet environment"--
8) Wonderstruck
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Take a visual journey of discovery through the animal and plant kingdoms -- and uncover the extraordinary rhythms of nature! Here are the answers to all kinds of curious questions, including: How long do eggs take to hatch? Do dogs really need more sleep than humans? What are the worlds fastest- and slowest-growing plants? And many more! These infographics shed light on the truly remarkable range of the natural world -- how plants and animals grow...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Way back in time, astonishing creatures lived on our planet. But they weren't all dinosaurs! In this book, you'll meet some of these amazing prehistoric creatures, from a very big fish with 7-inch teeth to a flying reptile. Based on specimens in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, this book uses riddle-like rhymes and bright illustrations to reveal 16 creatures. With an introduction from Chairman of Paleontology at the Museum,...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Jean Rouch filmed this loving and humorous portrait of anthropologist and filmmaker Margaret Mead in September 1977 while he was a guest of the first Margaret Mead Film Festival. As both a friend and colleague, Rouch reveals a glimpse of the legendary Mead in her later years. (Fellow filmmaker John Marshall was the sound recordist.)
12) The mysteries
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In a fable for grown-ups by cartoonist Bill Watterson, a long-ago kingdom is afflicted with unexplainable calamities. Hoping to end the torment, the king dispatches his knights to discover the source of the mysterious events. Years later, a single battered knight returns" --
From Bill Watterson, bestselling creator of the beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and John Kascht, one of America's most renowned caricaturists, comes a mysterious and...
13) The Everglades
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Everglades is an incredibly unique ecosystem. It's so unique, there's no other place on Earth called an 'everglade!' It's the breeding ground for wading birds, filters and supplies water to the people that live around it, and is so important to the survival of species in south Florida that much of it has been protected as a national park. Readers travel through the 'river of grass' in this accessible volume, introducing the natural wonder that...
14) The sounds of life: how digital technology is bringing us closer to the worlds of animals and plants
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When we think of animal sound we tend to think about birds or other highly sonic animals. However, scientists are learning that a much wider range of animals, and even plants, use sound, and they are figuring this out with the help of AI and other digital technologies. This book tells the stories of scientists who are using these digital technologies to decode the hidden world of nonhuman sound. Bakker shows how digital technology, so often associated...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Durrell family are immortalized in Gerald Durrell's "My Family and Other Animals", but what of the real life Durrells? Why did they go to Corfu in the first place-- and what happened to them after they left? The real story of the Durrells is as surprising and fascinating as anything in Gerry's books, and Michael Haag, with his first hand knowledge of the family, is the ideal narrator, drawing on diaries, letters and unpublished autobiographical...
17) Planet earth III
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Completing the Planet Earth trilogy, Planet Earth III explores the greatest habitats on our planet and the extraordinary animals that live in them. Filled with wonder and insight, Planet Earth III celebrates places and animals beyond our imagination. From the depths of the ocean to the most remote jungle, discover the planet2s last great wild places and the astonishing strategies animals have evolved to survive. Each episode focuses on a distinct...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
During Mason's birthday sleepover at the natural history museum, friends enjoy a scavenger hunt but Mason has a hard time choosing the gallery in which they will sleep. Includes facts about museums and a list of notable museums that allow sleepovers.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this haunting portrait of America's oil-fueled excesses, director Adolfo Doring explores the inextricable link between the energy we use, the way we run our economy, and the multiplying threats that now confront the environmental health and stability of our planet. Taking as its starting point the inevitable energy depletion scenario known as "Peak Oil," the film surveys a fascinating range of the latest intellectual, political, and scientific...
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Sherlock Bones volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Hi there, I'm Sherlock Bones - tawny frogmouth skeleton, chief sleuth and star of all museum-related investigations! Today is an exciting day because the museum has a new exhibit - and a new mystery! Together with my partners, the ever-brilliant Watts and talking bundle of fur Grace, I'm here to track down the ghost that's destroying the museum. You might not be able to hear Watts, because, technically, she's a stuffed parrot, but I always know what...
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