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|  | Atlas of Reptiles & Amphibians
This volume is the perfect answer to the terrarium keeper's dilemma of attempting to find where an animal originated and what type of habitat it requires. It is the obvious first place to look for a solution or a hint to all your questions while having fun looking at the marvelous photos at the same time.
PUBLISHER: T F H Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | A Home by the Sea by Kenneth Mallory
A little blue penguin, caught in an oil slick, flounders to shore and a likely death; a dolphin the size of a bicycle gets caught in a fisherman's net and nearly drowns; a yellow-eyed penguin wanders in confusion, searching for its nesting site in a tract of newly constructed seaside homes. When the animals that live along the world's coastlines cross paths with humans, too often the animals lose out. But does it have to be this way? In this inspiring portrait of three New Zealand conservation programs, New England Aquarium media director Kenneth Mallory illuminates how humans and animals can share precious living space. Moving from government-run programs to a grass-roots shelter, Mallory shows how people axe working at every level to protect wildlife. The success of New Zealand's efforts reveal what we all must do to ensure that animals and people can live peacefully side by side on Earth far into the future. AUTHOR: Kenneth Mallory
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | What Is an Arthropod? by Bobbie Kalman
Description not available.Introduces arthropods, a group of invertebrates which outnumbers all other animal species combined, describing some different types and discussing their physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats. AUTHOR: Bobbie Kalman
PUBLISHER: Crabtree Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | My Visit to the Zoo by Aliki
A young girl visits a modern zoo/conservation park and is happy to see how well the animals are treated. The girl learns how most modern zoos make efforts to provide animals with the most natural habitats as possible, and also about how zoos work to save endangered species by providing safe places for these animals to live and breed, in the hope of eventually releasing them into the wild. The colorful illustrations provide labels to identify all the creatures that live in this fictional zoo, which is based on several real zoos. AUTHOR: Aliki
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Mad about Physics by Christopher P. Jargodzki, Franklin Potter, Potter Franklin
Why is there eight times more ice in Antarctica than in the Arctic? Why can you warm your hands by blowing gently, and cool your hands by blowing hard? Why would a pitcher scuff a baseball?Which weighs more?a pound of feathers or a pound of iron? Let science experts Christopher Jargodzki and Franklin Potter guide you through the curiosities of physics and you?ll find the answers to these and hundreds of other quirky conundrums. You?ll discover why sounds carry well over water (especially in the summer), how a mouse can be levitated in a magnetic field, why backspin is so important when shooting a basketball, and whether women are indeed as strong as men. With nearly 400 questions and answers on everything from race cars to jumping fleas to vanishing elephants, Mad about Physics presents a comprehensive collection of braintwisters and paradoxes that will challenge and entertain even the brainiest of science lovers. Whether you?re a physicist by trade or just want to give your brain a power workout, this collection of intriguing and unusual physics challenges will send you on a highly entertaining ride that reveals the relevance of physics in our everyday lives. AUTHOR: Christopher P. Jargodzki, Franklin Potter, Potter Franklin
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Life & Times of the Peanut by Charles Micucci
Description not available.Examines the history and statistics of peanuts, as well as their agriculture and influence. AUTHOR: Charles Micucci
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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