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"A devastating exploration of how the collapse in insect populations around the world threatens everything from wild birds to the food on our plate. From the ants scurrying under leaf litter to the bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are seemingly everywhere. Three out of four of the planet's known species are insects, but a torrent of recent evidence suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential...
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[2023]
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257 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"Beneath the surface of the world's rivers and lakes swim mysterious giants, the real-life Loch Ness monsters and Bigfoots of the aquatic world. They are a diverse assemblage of poorly understood creatures, from gargantuan gars to sumo-sized stingrays. These ancient fish-some who have been around for hundreds of millions of years-play critical roles in their freshwater ecologies. Threatened by overfishing, habitat loss, dams, pollution and climate...
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"Leave it as it is," Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. "The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it." His rallying cry signaled the beginning of an environmental fight that still wages today. To reconnect with the American wilderness and with the president who courageously protected it, Gessner traveled to the Dakota badlands where Roosevelt awakened as a naturalist; to Yellowstone, Yosemite...
67) Ultimate wheels
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[2017]
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2 videodiscs (365 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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From classic cars to supercars, London Motor Museum owner Elo and mechanical mastermind Will just can't resist turning rust buckets into Ultimate Wheels.
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2016.
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239 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that attract bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: sow seeds for some plants -- such as basil, rhododendron, and blueberries -- and...
69) Saving Jaws
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[2019]
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1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Follow Ocean Ramsey, a conservationist famous worldwide for swimming with great white sharks, as she travels the globe creating awareness for declining shark populations and the ecological impact of over-fishing.
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2006
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28 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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Presents an accessible and environmentally friendly introduction to water, its uses, and its importance for young readers, in a guide that invites children and their families to learn about the connection between water and living things through a series of experiments.
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"In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future. See the world. Then make it better. I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an...
78) The fixer upper
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In the crosshairs of a political bribery investigation, Dempsey Jo Killebrew suddenly finds herself unemployed and the victim of a sleazy smear campaign by her former boss. Dempsey decides to take up her father's offer of flipping a recently inherited family home in Guthrie, Ga., where she quickly slides into the renovation groove, fits in with the locals, and embarks on a romance.
79) The Lorax
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2012
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1 videodisc (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Presents Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax," a story that illustrates the consequences of pollution and shares the tale of the Lorax, who tried to protect his forest home from the Once-ler and his destructive ways.
80) Elephants
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2017.
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48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 22 cm.
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"Find out why elephants are in danger of dying out, what effect these animals have on the environment, and what people are doing to save them from extinction."--
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