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|  | The Heat Is On by Ross Gelbspan
An urgent, take-no-prisoners, in-your-face expose .--THE BOSTON GLOBE. No other reporter has told this story as comprehensively or explored its implications for human welfare as searchingly as (Ross) Gelbspan. With a muchraking passion seen all too rarely these days, Gelbspan . . . ably dissects the flimsy sophistry of greenhouse skeptics .--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW. AUTHOR: Ross Gelbspan
PUBLISHER: Perseus Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
With equal doses of personal revelation and environmental advocacy, a writer and environmentalist describes her impoverished childhood in rural Georgia and her attempts to save the endangered ecosystem of that oft-neglected region. This book was chosen as the best nonfiction title of 1999 by the Southeast Booksellers Association. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000. AUTHOR: Janisse Ray
PUBLISHER: Milkweed Editions
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Forest Animals by Creative Publishing International Staff
Description not available.Provides information about four different North American woodland animals--black bears, moose, whitetail deer, and wolves--with colored illustrations showing their habitats and behavior. AUTHOR: Creative Publishing International Staff
PUBLISHER: Creative Publishing International, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Cone Kong by Daniel Pinkwater, Jill Pinkwater
Description not available.When a gigantic wild ice cream cone runs off with the girlfriend of Captain Charles Handsome, the adventurer captures Cone Kong and takes him back to the Big City. Original. AUTHOR: Daniel Pinkwater, Jill Pinkwater
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | House Is a House for Me by Betty Fraser, Linda Terheyden, Mary Ann Hoberman
A house can mean a lot of different things to different people and animals. With lively rhymes, this book makes the reader think about houses in very interesting ways. AUTHOR: Betty Fraser, Linda Terheyden, Mary Ann Hoberman
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Smithsonian's New Zoo by Jake Page
The author draws the reader behind the cages and beyond, using entertaining anecdotes and fascinating facts to show how the zoo has become one of the few places in the world where understanding our fellow creatures is pursued at all levels. AUTHOR: Jake Page
PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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