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The pressed plant : the art of botanical specimens, nature prints, and sun pictures / by DiNoto, Andrea.; Winter, David(David L.),1955-; Berens, John.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157), Internet addresses and index.
Subjects: Pressed flower pictures; Plants;
© c1999., Stewart, Tabori & Chang,

The tree collectors : tales of arboreal obsession / by Stewart, Amy,author.;
"The Japanese practice of forest bathing, shinrin-yoku, changes the levels of stress and pleasure hormones in the body, decreasing cortisol and increasing serotonin. Tree collectors know this. And if being around one tree feels good, their thinking goes, imagine how a hundred trees would feel. In her first botanical nonfiction in more than a decade, Amy Stewart brings us on a captivating tour of tree collectors around the world asking: what drives one to collect something as enormous, majestic, and deeply-rooted as a tree? In her gentle, intimate, slyly humorous way, Stewart brings these people to life, organizing their stories into categories. There are the community builders -- like Shyam Sunder Paliwal who, after the death of his daughter, began a movement in his Rajasthan village to plant 111 trees whenever a girl was born -- who do the remarkable work of knitting people together under an arboreal canopy. There are seekers who have taken their passion for trees around the world, or even into space. There are visionaries -- the former poet laureate, W.S. Merwin, who planted a tree a day for over three decades, until he had turned a barren estate into a palm sanctuary. And there are healers -- like Joe Hamilton, who plants trees on land passed down to him by his formerly enslaved great-grandfather -- who have found a way to heal their own lives, the lives of others, or even wounds of the past, by planting trees"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Plant collectors; Trees;

The ark : a novel / by Morrison, Boyd(Hugh Boyd) ,1967-;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Antiquities; Archaeologists; Missing persons; Noah's ark;
© c2010., Simon & Schuster,

Adventures of a young naturalist : the zoo quest expeditions / by Attenborough, David,1926-author.;
"In 1954, David Attenborough, a young television presenter, was offered the opportunity of a lifetime--to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for the London Zoo's collection, and to film the expedition for the BBC for a new show called Zoo Quest. This is the story of those voyages. Staying with local tribes while trekking in search of giant anteaters in Guyana, Komodo dragons in Indonesia, and armadillos in Paraguay, he and the rest of the team contended with cannibal fish, aggressive tree porcupines, and escape-artist wild pigs, as well as treacherous terrain and unpredictable weather, to record the incredible beauty and biodiversity of these regions. Written with his trademark wit and charm, Adventures of a Young Naturalist is not just the story of a remarkable adventure, but of the man who made us fall in love with the natural world and taught us the importance of protecting it--and who is still doing so today"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Attenborough, David, 1926-; Attenborough, David, 1926-; Wild animal collecting.; Naturalists; Zoological specimens; Zoology.;

Their monstrous hearts / by Turhan, Yiğit,author.;
"A mysterious stranger shows up at Riccardo's apartment with some news: his grandmother Perihan has died, and Riccardo has inherited her villa in Milan along with her famed butterfly collection. The struggling writer is out of options. He's hoping the change of scenery in Milan will inspire him, and maybe there will be some money to keep him afloat. But Perihan's house isn't as opulent as he remembers. The butterflies pinned in their glass cases seem more ominous than artful. Perihan's group of mysterious old friends is constantly lurking. And there's something wrong in the greenhouse. As Riccardo explores the decrepit estate, he stumbles upon Perihan's diary, which might hold the key to her mysterious death. Or at least give him the inspiration he needs to finish his manuscript. But he might not survive long enough to write it "--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Gothic fiction.; Novels.; Authors; Butterflies; Greenhouses; Haunted houses; Inheritance and succession; Writer's block;

Memory jars / by Brosgol, Vera.;
Freda uses jars to save everything from a chocolate chip cookie to the full moon, just as her grandmother saves summer blueberries. Includes a recipe for blueberry jam.LSC
Subjects: Collectors and collecting; Food; Grandmothers; Jam;

Big blue forever : the story of Canada's largest blue whale skeleton / by Miettunen, Anita.;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.The story of the blue whale skeleton on permanent display at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum in Vancouver, British Columbia. Includes facts about blue whales and their environment.LSC
Subjects: Beaty Biodiversity Museum; Baleen whales; Marine mammal remains (Archaeology); Blue whale;

Remarkable creatures / by Chevalier, Tracy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Anning, Mary, 1799-1847; Philpot, Elizabeth, 1780-1857; Women paleontologists; Female friendship; Fossils; Discoveries in science;

Dragon teeth / by Crichton, Michael,1942-2008,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Historical fiction.; Western fiction.; Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897; Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899; Archaeological expeditions; Fossils; Paleontologists;

The place of tides / by Rebanks, James,author.;
One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old trade that had once made men and women rich, but had long been in decline. Still, somehow, she seemed to be hanging on. Back at home, Rebanks couldn't stop thinking about the woman on the rocks. She was fierce and otherworldly -- and yet strangely familiar. Years passed. Then, one day, he wrote her a letter, asking if he could return. "Bring work clothes," she replied, and "good boots, and come quickly": her health was failing. And so he travelled to the edge of the Arctic to witness her last season on the island. This is the story of that season. It is the story of a unique and ancient landscape, and of the woman who brought it back to life. It traces the pattern of her work from the rough, isolated toil of bitter winter, building little wooden huts that will protect the ducks come spring; to the elation of the endless summer light, when the birds leave behind their precious down for the woman to gather, like feathered gold. Slowly, Rebanks begins to understand that this woman and her world are not at all what he had previously thought. As the weeks pass, what began as a journey of escape becomes an extraordinary lesson in self-knowledge and forgiveness.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Rebanks, James.; Rebanks, James; Rebanks, James; British; Eiderdown.; Farmers; Feathers; Friendship.; Interpersonal relations.; Island life; Islands; Sea ducks;

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