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|  | Birding Northern California by John Kemper
Northern California has recorded a total of 559 birds. Only two entire states have recorded more -- Texas (606) and all of California (601). This book leads you to 81 prime birding areas, with 294 individual sites and 102 maps. Seasonal bar graphs are provided for regularly occurring species. A chapter on specialty birds has range maps for 173 species, which both beginning and experienced birders will find of special interest. AUTHOR: John Kemper
PUBLISHER: Globe Pequot Press, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | Beauty & the Serpent by Barbara A. Porte, Rosemary Feit Covey
Ms. Drumm, the eccentric school librarian, is known for her exotic clothes and her inventive storytelling. Students who break the rules are sent to the library, where Ms. Drumm bangs her shillelagh and tells a tale. These stories all involve animals, but animals unlike any you`ve ever known: an out-of-control puppy with an unusual pacifier, a talking fish, winged lions. Porte infuses these tales with just the right mix of horror and pathos. AUTHOR: Barbara A. Porte, Rosemary Feit Covey
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Eye-Popping Optical Illusions by Michael A. DiSpezio
Description not available.Presents a variety of optical illustions and explains the reason for the illusion in each picture. AUTHOR: Michael A. DiSpezio
PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Rare Earth - Two Tiers of Life in the Universe by Donald Brownlee, Peter D. Ward
A distinguished paleontologist and a noted astronomer team up to provide a fascinating synthesis of what's now known about the rise of life on Earth and how it sheds light on possibilities for organic life forms elsewhere in the universe. Illustratio... AUTHOR: Donald Brownlee, Peter D. Ward
PUBLISHER: Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | First Guide to Caterpillers by Amy Bartlett Wright, Roger T. Peterson
Here is the first and only guide to a subject of great interest to gardeners, small children, and lepidopterists: caterpillars, the immature form of butterflies and moths. This guide describes 120 common species of these fuzzy creatures. All the caterpillars, their adult forms and many of their host plants are illustrated. AUTHOR: Amy Bartlett Wright, Roger T. Peterson
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton
Alexandra Morton has been studying whales for a quarter-century, and this account of her studies ranges far beyond whale-watching to encompass the threats to the whales' habitat and the setbacks she has suffered in her own life. AUTHOR: Alexandra Morton
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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