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Pub. Date
2021.
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone and The Family Upstairs comes another riveting work of "gloriously twisted" (Marie Claire) psychological suspense. On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate....
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Pub. Date
c2010
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x, 258 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 27 cm.
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Presents fourteen narratives of people whose lives and vocations have been inspired by forests and trees, illuminating the beauty and value of this important resource and offering suggestions for getting involved in conservation.
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Waxways volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
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Follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive after a malfunctioning spell leaves them stranded in the wilderness.
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This visually and artistically unique documentary explores the physical and emotional aspects of a community of Canadian west coast tree planters. Deftly weaving together still photos and film footage, Rita Leistner, an award-winning photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker and erstwhile tree planter (who has been nominated for a 2022 Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography for her work in this film), depicts the contradictions in the experiences...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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"Five stunningly large, unbroken forests remain on Earth: the Taiga, extending from the Pacific Ocean across all of Russia and far-northern Europe; the North American boreal, ranging from Alaska's Bering seacoast to Canada's Atlantic coast; the Amazon, covering almost the entirety of South America's bulge; the Congo, occupying Africa's wet equatorial middle and parts of six nations; and the island forest of New Guinea, twice the size of California....
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"One girl caught between the freedom she always wanted and a sister she can't bear to leave behind. Under the cover of the Night Forest, will Lucha be able to step into her own power ... or will she be consumed by it? This gorgeous and fast-paced fantasy novel from acclaimed author Tehlor Kay Mejia is brimming with adventure, peril, romance, and family bonds--and asks what it means for a teen girl to become fully herself"--
Pub. Date
2016.
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326 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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A century ago woodlands were at the heart of daily life. Trees and hedgerows, copses and spinneys provided wood-fuel, thatch and bedding, woodland pasture for pigs and cattle, medicine from tree bark and a wild harvest of nuts and fruit for the home. But the role of woodlands has been in decline in the last two centuries, drifting ever further from our modern lives. Yet there is no other landscape in the British Isles that matches the complexity and...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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xv, 268 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"In his enthusiastic explorations and fervent writing, Michael J. Yochim "was to Yellowstone what Muir was to Yosemite. . . . Other times, his writing is like that of Edward Abbey, full of passion for the natural world and anger at those who are abusing it," writes foreword contributor William R. Lowry. A legendary hiker and an avid backpacker, Yochim worked for the National Park Service for three decades. In 2013 Yochim was diagnosed with ALS (Lou...
10) The sun egg
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Pub. Date
1993, ©1980
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26 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 31 cm.
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A large, orange egg has fallen into the wood. "It's an egg!" decides the elf. Soon, she and her friends find out what it really is; but not before the sun egg is lost and the elf begins one of the best adventures she's ever had.--front back cover.
11) Snow & Rose
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Snow and Rose search the forest for their missing father and discover there is a sinister magic at work in the woods.
13) Forests
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 x 27 cm.
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"What are forests? What kinds of animals and plants live in forests? Why are forests important?"--Page 4 of cover.
14) Forest biomes
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2018.
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32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
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"This gorgeous book gives readers core information about forests in the taiga, tropical and temperate rainforests, and deciduous forest biomes. Find out where each kind is found, how animals and plants have adapted to life among the trees, who lives in these forests, and how humans impact life there."--
15) The finisher
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Vega Jane volume 1
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Vega Jane has never left the village of Wormwood. But this isn't unusual, nobody has ever left the village of Wormwood. At least not until Quentin Herms vanishes into the unknown. Vega knows Quentin didn't just leave, but that he was chased. And he's left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can decode. The Quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying beasts and bloodthirsty Outliers. But just as deadly are the threats that exist within...
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Forest novels (Shion Miura) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Yuki Hirano is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is 'take it easy.' At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions and feels like an outcast. Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend a...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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521 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cm
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"Ancient writers observed that forests always recede as civilizations develop and grow. The great Roman poet Ovid wrote that before civilization began, "even the pine tree stood on its own very hills" but when civilization took over, "the mountain oak, the pine were felled." This happened for a simple reason: trees have been the principal fuel and building material of every society over the millennia, from the time urban areas were settled until the...
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2021.
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"For generations, Rich Gundersen's family has chopped a livelihood out of the redwood forest along California's rugged coast. Now Rich and his wife, Colleen, are raising their own young son near Damnation Grove, a swath of ancient redwoods on which Rich's employer, Sanderson Timber Co., plans to make a killing. In 1977, with most of the forest cleared or protected, a grove like Damnation--and beyond it 24-7 Ridge--is a logger's dream. It's dangerous...
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Arlo Finch volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
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When Arlo Finch moves to Pine Mountain, Colorado, he has no idea what's in store for him in this tiny town full of mystery and magic. When he joins the Rangers, Pine Mountain's version of the Boy Scouts, it leads him into adventures he never thought possible. Wilderness and magical powers collide throughout the beautiful, dense forest surrounding his new home, and as Arlo begins to learn the way of the Rangers, he also discovers courage, strength,...
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