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|  | Gathering Wonders by Joseph Wallace
The American Museum of Natural History houses many of this nation`s most wonderful items, from the 563 carat Star of India sapphire to the huge blue whale model. A GATHERING OF WONDERS offers a backstage tour through the Museum, going into ornithology, invertebrates, zoology, entomology, herpetology, and others, celebrating the treasures and the scientists responsible for bringing them to the light of day. Museum goers will find their enjoyment enhanced by the wonderful anecdotes and insights, and armchair travelers will find the back scenes tour enriching and enlightening.. AUTHOR: Joseph Wallace
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | Tunnels! by Diane Swanson
Description not available.Offers ten stories about great tunnel escapes and events throughout history, including the tunnel rescue of the Japanese Embassy in Peru in 1972, bank robberies, and prisoner-of-war escapes during the Civil War. Simultaneous. AUTHOR: Diane Swanson
PUBLISHER: Annick Press, Limited
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Alexander Graham Bell
Description not available.A brief introduction to the life of the man who invented the telephone.
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Breakfast of Biodiversity by Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer, Vandana Shiva
The vanishing of the rain forest haunts our imagination, and we urgently need to understand the root causes of a global environmental crisis. In this hardhitting, scrupulously researched book, ecologists Vandermeer and Perfecto look beyond the simplistic, blame-the-victim explanations to show exactly why biodiversity is in such jeopardy around the world and what steps must be taken to slow the ravaging of rain forests. AUTHOR: Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer, Vandana Shiva
PUBLISHER: Institute for Food & Development Policy/Food First Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | The Picnic by Ruth Brown
Starring a graceful wild rabbit and his friends, Ruth Brown's latest story explores how an ordinary picnic appears to the creatures who live on--and below--the picnic grounds. Brown's many popular picture books include Alphabet Times Four: An International ABC. Watercolor and acrylic-paint illustrations by the author. AUTHOR: Ruth Brown
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Popcorn Dragon by Jane Thayer, Lisa McCue
In this story, Dexter the dragon learns that showing off too much can make you lose friends. But they can be won back. AUTHOR: Jane Thayer, Lisa McCue
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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