The Color of Nature: An Exploratorium Book

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Why is the sky blue and the grass green? What are the colorful secrets of the enigmatic aurora borealis or the ethereal shimmer of a soap bubble? From San Francisco’s Exploratorium, the acclaimed hands-on museum behind the best-selling Explorabook, comes The Color of Nature, which delves into these and other intriguing questions. Extraordinary photographs and an engaging text illustrate the fascinating phenomena behind the myriad colors that make up our world — fro… More >>

The Color of Nature: An Exploratorium Book

Explore a Tropical Forest, Pop-up Book

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People, animals, and places, from ancient times to the present, spring to life from these imaginative and entertaining pop-up books. Multitiered illustrations will delight young readers as well as adults. These highly involving books have from five to seven pop-up spreads and, in most cases, one or two action devices on every page…. More >>

Explore a Tropical Forest, Pop-up Book

The Oxford Book of Nature Writing

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“The Great Central Plain of California, during the months of March, April, and May, was one smooth, continuous bed of honey-bloom, so marvelously rich that, in walking from one end of it to the other, a distance of more than 400 miles, your foot would press about a hundred flowers at every step…. Sauntering in any direction, hundreds of these happy sun-plants brushed against my feet and closed over them as if I were wading in liquid gold. The air was sweet with fr… More >>

The Oxford Book of Nature Writing

The Big Book of Painting Nature in Pastel

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Created in the same format as the highly successful The Big Book of Painting Nature in Watercolor, this new book focuses on pastel, a vibrant medium that is particularly suited to landscape painting. Covers the entire range of techniques in 72 easy-to-follow lessons. 235 full-color illus…. More >>

The Big Book of Painting Nature in Pastel

Andrea Arden’s Little Book of Dog Tricks

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Trick training is one of the best ways for you and your dog to have fun together. Learn how to play the training game the Andrea Arden way and let the good times roll (over)! With clearly written text and entertaining illustrations, Andrea Arden’s Little Book of Dog Tricks provides hours of fun for you and your dog. The two of you will learn such tricks as: High FiveAre You Bashful?Sneaky DogBeep-Beep-Beep-Beep!Plus 14 other fun tricks as taught by dog trai… More >>

Andrea Arden’s Little Book of Dog Tricks

The Whale Book: Whales and Other Marine Animals as Described by Adriaen Coenen in 1585

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In the late 16th century, Dutch beachcomber Adriaen Coenen scanned the beaches of Holland for interesting marine material and produced several illustrated manuscripts of his findings, covering anything from the commonplace herring to the exotic moonfish. Coenen’s work contains the earliest European pictures of whales, naïve but easily identifiable, which makes it a rare visual and textual source for the natural world of his day.

The Whale Book offers a repre… More >>

The Whale Book: Whales and Other Marine Animals as Described by Adriaen Coenen in 1585

Hands-On Senior Horse Care: The Complete Book of Senior Equine Management and First Aid

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Over 400 pages of management tips, insights, and red-alert action plans designed by an equine veterinarian specifically to care for the aging horse…. More >>

Hands-On Senior Horse Care: The Complete Book of Senior Equine Management and First Aid

The Birder’s Bug Book

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When the first birds appeared on earth about 150 million years ago, the insects were here to greet them. Inevitably the two groups came to exploit each other, and as the eons passed, they became increasingly enmeshed in a complex web of interrelationships–birds eating bugs, blood-sucking insects feeding on birds, parasitic insects infesting birds, and birds struggling to rid themselves of the parasites. In The Birder’s Bug Book Gilbert Waldbauer, a veteran entomo… More >>

The Birder’s Bug Book

Birthday Jewelry Book

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Readers can join the Genie of Gemstones and learn fun facts and the history of birthstones in this charming book that includes 48 gemstone stickers than be applied directly onto skin. The stickers can also be used to decorate the punch-out rings and bracelets included in the book. Full-color illustrations. Consumable…. More >>

Birthday Jewelry Book

Bill Oddie’s Little Black Bird Book

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In this book, comedian Bill Oddie writes about the glory of birdwatching, offering both serious advice as well as hilarious anecdotes. He dissects the proper uniform for birdwatching, debates whether he’d liked to be called an “ornithologist” or a “bird spotter,” and tells tales of the birdwatching trips he has taken across the globe…. More >>

Bill Oddie’s Little Black Bird Book

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