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|  | Against the Tide by Richard A. Carey
With its spectacular beaches and charming towns, Cape Cod is known around the world as a vacation spot and a summer retreat for the well-to-do. But there is another Cape Cod, a hidden, hardscrabble, year-round world whose hunter-gatherer economy dates back to the Bay Colony. The world of the independent fisherman is one of constant peril, of arcane folkways and expert knowledge, of calculated risk and self-reliance -- and of freedom won daily through backbreaking, solitary work. It is a way of life deep in the American grain. Haunted by the numbers of family fishermen who have recently been forced to abandon the profession, Richard Adams Carey spent a year among a handful of men who stubbornly refuse to do so. Reminiscent of the work of William Warner and Joseph Mitchell, AGAINST THE TIDE is a masterly profile of four New England fishermen in which every page opens onto something more profound: maritime history, maritime ecology, and the poetic celebration of a special American place. AUTHOR: Richard A. Carey
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | Living Near the Sea by Allan Fowler
Description not available.Describes how people make their homes near the sea and how their lives are affected by the water. AUTHOR: Allan Fowler
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | The Hip Girl's Handbook for Home, Car and Money Stuff by Jennifer Musselman, Patricia DeGregori
Description not available.A guide on managing an independent life for young women offers practical and anecdotal advice on living safely and competently, addressing everything from using a barbecue grill and changing flat tires to unclogging drains and managing credit. Original. 20,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Jennifer Musselman, Patricia DeGregori
PUBLISHER: Wildcat Canyon Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | The Penguin Dictionary of Physics by Valerie Illingworth
Description not available.Clear and concise definitions of more than 4,500 terms and concepts and many new entries on up-to-the-minute topics make this newly updated dictionary the ideal reference guide to a quickly evolving subject. Original. AUTHOR: Valerie Illingworth
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Cougar by Allan Fowler
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and habitats of the puma, which is also called cougar or mountain lion. AUTHOR: Allan Fowler
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Piggies by Audrey Wood, Carl Shaylen, Don Wood, Jennifer Shaylen
The piggies in this story are the fingers on a child's hand--each of which have their own personality. Illustrated with oil paintings. AUTHOR: Audrey Wood, Carl Shaylen, Don Wood, Jennifer Shaylen
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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