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The gathering place : winter pilgrimage through changing times / by Colwell, Mary,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Mary Colwell makes a 500-mile solo pilgrimage along the Camino Francés, winding through forests, mountains, farmland, industrial sprawls and places of worship, weaving her experiences of the Camino with natural history, spirituality and modern environmentalism. Pilgrims have always walked in times of upheaval, pitching themselves against weather, hunger, thirst and sometimes pain as they tread the paths their ancestors followed before them. In The Gathering Place, author, nature campaigner and veteran solo walker Mary Colwell undertakes a 500-mile pilgrimage along the Camino Francés in northern Spain at a unique moment in history--a time of pandemic, profound political change, and a climate and biodiversity emergency. In a typical year, more than 300,000 people walk this route or part of it, but in between lockdowns in 2020, Mary was virtually alone. The modern world weaves in and out of the Camino's worn trackway, providing a focus for contemplation and a place where memories and experiences can gather. There are times of intense spirituality, meetings with a demon slayer, strange goings-on and magical tales, and the constant backdrop of nature with all its complexity and wonder. In this delightful book, Mary's winter pilgrimage weaves a personal tale with a walk that millions have undertaken over the centuries. The Gathering Place is a beautiful, thoughtful and, at times, humorous journey of both body and soul."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages; Natural history; Natural history;

The great extinctions : what causes them & how they shape life / by MacLeod, Norman,1953-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: Extinction (Biology); Paleontology.; Nature;

American realism / by Smith, Christopher J.,1966-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-200) and index.
Subjects: American literature; Naturalism in literature.; Realism in literature.;
© c2000., Greenhaven Press,

The feather detective : mystery, mayhem, and the magnificent life of Roxie Laybourne / by Sweeney, Chris,1983-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The fascinating and remarkable true story of the world's first forensic ornithologist Roxie Laybourne, who broke down barriers for women, solved murders, and investigated deadly airplane crashes with nothing more than a microscope and a few fragments of feathers"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Laybourne, Roxie C., 1910-2003.; Museum of Natural History (U.S.); Ornithology; Ornithologists; Women forensic scientists; Forensic scientists;

Hurricane Helene's Deadly Warning. by Schienberg, Jonathan,film director.; Sullivan, Laura,actor.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Laura SullivanOriginally produced by PBS in 2025.How Hurricane Helene became an ominous warning about America’s lack of preparedness. With NPR, drawing on a decade of reporting on disasters and their aftermath, how and why the U.S. is more vulnerable than ever to climate change-related storms. From FRONTLINE.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Social sciences.; Environmental sciences.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; United States--Politics and government.; Climatic changes.; Environmental health.; United States--History.; Natural disasters.; Southern States.;

In Kiltumper : a year in an Irish garden / by Williams, Niall,1958-author.; Breen, Christine,1954-author.;
'In Kiltumper' is a memoir of life in rural Ireland and a meditation on the power, beauty, and importance of the natural world.
Subjects: Williams, Niall, 1958-; Breen, Christine, 1954-; Country life; Gardens; Natural history;

Animal life / by Uhlenbroek, Charlotte.; American Museum of Natural History.;
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Subjects: Animals.; Animal behavior.;
© 2008., DK Pub.,

The swamp [videorecording] / by Hopper, Tim,narrator.; MacLowry, Randall,television producer,television director.; Taylor, Rebecca,television producer.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.;
Tim Hopper, narrator.The history of the Everglades is a dramatic yet little known story of humanity's attempt to conquer nature. This program, told through the lives of a handful of colorful and resolute characters, explores the repeated efforts to reclaim, control and transform what was seen as a vast wasteland into an agricultural and urban paradise, and, ultimately, the drive to preserve America's greatest wetland.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Environmental television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Natural areas; Wetlands;
For private home use only.

Capturing Kahanamoku : how a surfing legend and a scientific obsession redefined race and culture / by Rossi, Michael,(Historian of science),author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In 1920, Henry Fairfield Osborn, director of New York's American Museum of Natural History, traveled to Hawaii on an anthropological research trip. While there, he took a surfing lesson. His teacher was Duke Kahanamoku, a famous surf-rider and budding movie star. For Osborn, a fervent eugenicist, Kahanamoku was a maddening paradox: physically "perfect," yet belonging to an "imperfect" race. Osborn dispatched young scientist Louis Sullivan to Honolulu to measure, photograph, and cast in plaster Kahanamoku and other Hawaiian people. The study touched off a series of events that forever changed how we think about race, culture, science, and the essence of humanity.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Kahanamoku, Duke, 1890-1968.; Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935.; American Museum of Natural History; Anthropologists; Eugenics; Hawaiians; Physical anthropology; Racism in anthropology; Surfers;

Ancient remedies : secrets to healing with herbs, essential oils, CBD, and the most powerful natural medicine in history / by Axe, Josh,author.;
Draws on centuries of traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic, and biblical medicine to identify specific dietary choices, medicinal herbs, and mind-body practices for more than seventy common conditions, from hypothyroidism to autoimmune diseases.
Subjects: Naturopathy.; Alternative medicine.;

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