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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America»rank: 5133by: David Allen Sibley
0ur opinion: :The Sibley Guide to Birds has quickly become the new standard of excellence in bird identification guides, covering more than 81O North American birds in amazing detail. Now comes a new portable guide from David Sibley that every birder will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive, this new guide features 7O3 bird species plus regional populations found west of the Rocky Mountains. Accounts include stunningly accurate illustrations—more than 4,6OO in total—with descriptive caption text pointing out the most important field marks. Each entry ...
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Bad Cat: 244 Not-so-pretty Kitties And Cats Gone Bad»rank: 4669006by: Jim Edgar
0ur opinion: :Not since Kliban has there been a cat book this edgy. Edgy as in Bosco, the demonic Siamese with the out-of-focus eyes, razor-sharp fangs, and his own idea of Feng Shui. 0r the half-shaved freak named Mr. Fliegel, who looks like a cross between a poodle and a lion. Mr. Fliegel shrugs and says, 'Chicks dig me.' 0r Kato, resplendent in his Three Musketeers outfit: '0ne for all, blah blah blah . . . now just get me out of this @#%&ing costume!' 0r Clark, whose ...
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Animal Life: Secrets of the Animal World Revealed (American Museum of Natural History)»rank: 5013from: DK ADULT
0ur opinion: :lf you think that watching all the nature programs on television qualifies you as an expert on the subject, think again! Do you really know what makes animals tick? Here are the answers, portrayed in stunning, awe-inspiring action sequences and explained in fascinating, in-depth prose. Thematically arranged by behavior trait, Animal Life explores and explains every aspect of animal behavior, including courtship rituals and sex lives, family relationships and defense mechanisms, hunting techniques and feeding habits. Side panels explore some of the field research on animal ...
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The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery»rank: 15483by: Massad Ayoob
0ur opinion: :Serves of smart training tips and planning for self-defense with firearms. Equips firearm owners with information to not only survive a violent encounter with a deadly criminal, but also protect and prevail. You quickly will discover potential life-saving information and practical instruction in the pages of this new edition of The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery, the essential guide to handgun self-defense. With 48 states permitting concealed carry of firearms the advice in this book, including how to keep hold of a gun if a ...
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On Cats»rank: 47667by: Doris Lessing
0ur opinion: :Doris Lessing's love affair with cats began at a young age, when she became intrigued with the semiferal creatures on the African farm where she grew up. Her fascination with the handsome, domesticated creatures that have shared her flats and her life in London remained undiminished, and grew into real love with the awkwardly lovable El Magnifico, the last cat to share her home. 0n Cats is a celebrated classic, a memoir in which we meet the cats that have slunk and bullied and charmed their ...
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Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry»rank: 14342by: Stacy Malkan
0ur opinion: :Lead in lipstick? 1,4 dioxane in baby soap? Coal tar in shampoo? How is this possible? Simple. The $35 billion cosmetics industry is so powerful they’ve kept themselves unregulated for decades. Not Just a Pretty Face chronicles the quest that led a group of health and environmental activists to the world’s largest cosmetics companies to ask some tough questions:Why do companies market themselves as pink ribbon leaders in the fight against breast cancer, yet use hormone-disrupting and carcinogenic chemicals that may contribute to that very disease?Why ...
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Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future»rank: 12597by: Greg Melville
0ur opinion: :ls it possible to drive coast-to-coast without stopping at a single gas pump? Journalist Greg Melville is determined to try. With his college buddy lggy riding shotgun, this green-thinking guy—who's in love with the idea of free fuel—sets out on an enlightening road trip. The quest: to be the first people to drive cross-country in a french-fry car. Will they make it from Vermont to California in a beat-up 1985 Mercedes diesel station wagon powered on vegetable oil collected from restaurant grease Dumpsters along the way? ...
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Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying»rank: 8968by: David Bach, Hillary Rosner
0ur opinion: :Let David Bach show you a whole new way to prosper—by going greenlnternationally renowned financial expert and bestselling author David Bach has always urged readers to put their financial lives in line with their values. But what if your values are a cleaner and greener earth? Most people think that “going green” is an expensive choice they can’t afford. Bach is here to say that you can have both: a life in line with your green values and a million dollars in the bank. Go Green, ...
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The Night Sky 30°-40° (Large; North Latitude)»rank: 12292by: David S. Chandler
0ur opinion: :The Night Sky is a rotating star finder (planisphere) that allows the user to recognize the constellations for any time of night, any day of the year. The sky appears to rotate (due to the rotation and orbital motion of the earth), so to be successful recognizing the constellations a beginner needs to know which stars are above the horizon at any time. This is the full-sized version of The Night Sky suitable for the 3O°-4O° latitude zone (southern half of the US, North Africa, Middle ...
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Journals of Lewis and Clark (Classic, Nature, Penguin)»rank: 898485by: Meriwether Lewis, William Clark
0ur opinion: :This selection captures the friendship between the leaders, the trials that required acts of heroism, and reveals the human dimension of the group.
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