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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From internationally bestselling author and celebrated scientist Tim Flannery, a history of Europe unlike any before: an ecological account of the land itself and the forces shaping life on it. In Europe: A Natural History, world-renowned scientist, explorer, and conservationist Tim Flannery applies the eloquent interdisciplinary approach he used in his ecological histories of Australia and North America to the story of Europe. He begins 100 million...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A look at the natural history of Australia from the birth of Earth to the emergence of the world we know today. Host and geologist Richard Smith introuduces us to titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos; sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans; and disappearing mountains and deadly asteroids.
Author
Language
English
Description
"On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian...
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"There is an incredible diversity of life on Earth, from microscopic, single-celled organisms to giant redwoods and blue whales. 'The Kingfisher Nature Encyclopedia' is an authoritative and beautifully illustrated guide for the whole family to our world and its inhabitants--both flora and fauna..."--P. [4] of cover.
8) Death Valley
Author
Publisher
Four Winds Press
Pub. Date
c1976
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of Death Valley and discusses the minerals, plants, and animals to be found there.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Gavin Francis fulfilled a lifetime's ambition when he spent fourteen months as the basecamp doctor at Halley, a profoundly isolated British research station on the Caird Coast of Antarctica. So remote, it is said to be easier to evacuate a casualty from the International Space Station than it is to bring someone out of Halley in winter. Antarctica offered a year of unparalleled silence and solitude, with few distractions and a very little human history,...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Author has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls).
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eloise gets to see dinosaurs at the museum in this hilarious Level 1 Ready-to-Read thats perfect for emerging readers. How marvelous!Philip and Nanny are taking Eloise to see the dinosaurs, but will she behave?
Author
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Details the steps that brought a meteor from outer space, across the eastern United States, to the roof of a car in Peekskill, New York, and thereafter to be verified, tested, and exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History. Includes: More about meteors.
Author
Publisher
Countryman Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Thousands of readers have had their experience of being in a forest changed forever by reading Tom Wessels's Reading the Forested Landscape. Was this forest once farmland? Was it logged in the past? Was there ever a major catastrophe like a fire or a wind storm that brought trees down? Now Wessels takes that wonderful ability to discern much of the history of the forest from visual clues and boils it all down to a manageable field guide that you can...
Author
Publisher
Pavilion Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
" This contemporary look at a historical and controversial subject offers well-researched text covering aspects of the art form's history, including hunting trophies, museums displays, use in media and film, interior decoration, and the work of contemporary artists reinventing an age-old technique. Complemented by stunning photography, this fascinating book is an ideal gift for those with a passing interest in taxidermy and art enthusiasts alike."--www.Amazon.com....
18) Frozen planet
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[[2012] 2012]
Language
English
Description
The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The scale and beauty of the scenery and the sheer power of the elements, the weather, the rough ocean, and the ice is unmatched anywhere else on our planet. tells the compelling story of animals such as the wandering albatross, the adelie penguin, and the polar bear, and paints a portrait that will take your breath away, at a moment when, melting fast, the frozen regions of our planet...
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