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  The Nature of Desert Nature -...

  Gary Paul Nabhan

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  In this refreshing collection, one of our best writers on desert places, Gary Paul Nabhan, challenges traditional notions of the desert. Beautiful, reflective, and at times humorous, Nabhan's extended essay also called "The Nature of Desert Nature" reveals the complexity of what a desert is and can be. He passionately writes about what it is like to visit a desert and what living in a desert looks like when viewed through a new frame, turning age-old notions of the desert on their heads. 
   
   
   
  Nabhan invites a prism of voices—friends, colleagues, and advisors from his more than four decades of study of deserts—to bring their own perspectives. Scientists, artists, desert contemplatives, poets, and writers bring the desert into view and investigate why these places compel us to walk through their sands and beneath their cacti and acacia. We observe the spines and spears, stings and songs of the desert anew. Unexpected. Surprising. Enchanting. Like the desert itself, each essay offers renewed vocabulary and thoughtful perceptions. 
   
   
   
  The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, The Nature of Desert Nature celebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places.

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  The Gourmet College Cookbook

  Gina Meyers

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  "You are getting ready to go off to college, congratulations! Now you can impress the girl or boy down the hall as she or he walks by your door, they will smell a wonderful aroma, what are you cooking? Inside The Gourmet College Cookbook, a college cookbook, you will find gluten-free recipes, vegetarian specialties, gourmet recipes, desserts; appetizers just to name a few. How else do you expect to stay energized for early-morning classes and late-night study sessions? With The Gourmet College Cookbook as your guide, you will find great resources that will help the beginning cook understand cooking abbreviations and terms, make substitutions in recipes, and convert to and from the metric system, and a well stocked dorm room pantry checklist. In addition, is a handy list of cooking basics (foods and tools) that are perfect for the dorm room resident who wants to be able to create simple, delicious snacks and meals with minimum effort. The Gourmet College Cookbook is the only study guide you’ll need. Tips and tricks to feed yourself and friends between late-night study sessions, hectic class schedules, papers due, parties and life. "

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  The Pride of Little Flower

  Laura Napoli

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  Prisoner, Pet, or Prey 
  Finally able to communicate via a mix of sign language and drawings, Jessica now needs answers. Why was her planet destroyed by giant alien cats? What happened to her family? Why was she held in captivity for so long? Why is she being leashed? And most importantly, why has she been forced to breed, and what do they want with her and her unborn child? 
  For the first time in her life, Marsee has a friend, the tiny biped cub in her family's care. More than anything, she wants to help Little Flower recover from the trauma she's experienced and help prove to the Council that the cub is more than just an animal. Only Marsee's instinct sees the cub as yummy-smelling prey, too. 
  Having found out what happened to the young cub in his care, Councilor Jeran Chenzira must make an impossible decision: protect his family, or protect the cub and her entire species — a species that might just be too violent to be worth saving.

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  The Healing Plate - Food That...

  Evelyn Shore

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  The Healing Plate: Food That Restores Body and Mind is a thoughtful and inspiring guide to the powerful connection between nutrition, health, and emotional well-being. Written by Evelyn Shore and narrated by Damon Cross, this audiobook explores how the foods we choose every day can nourish not only the body but also the mind. 
  Through simple insights and practical advice, Shore reveals how balanced meals, whole ingredients, and mindful eating habits can support energy, reduce stress, and promote long-term wellness. Rather than focusing on restrictive diets, this audiobook encourages a compassionate and sustainable approach to healthy living. 
  Listeners will learn how to build meals that heal, restore, and strengthen the body while also cultivating a deeper appreciation for the role food plays in overall health. 
  Whether you are looking to improve your nutrition, restore balance in your lifestyle, or simply reconnect with the joy of wholesome food, The Healing Plate offers a gentle and empowering path toward better health.

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  Mirrors

  Sally Cook

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  Mirrors is a look at the panopoly of mirrors we confront in our modern daily life - for better or worse. Ongoing self reflections are unavoidable and come in all forms from the expected to the unexpected.  They catch us unawares, they catch us self-reflecting and they catch us trying to cover up our faces with makeup and sometimes trying to disguise our mood, As far back as the fifth century BC Greeks were looking in hand mirrors as portrayed on ancient pots.  This story uncovers some of our journeys with mirrors.

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  Half Wild - People Dogs and...

  Dave Dempsey

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  Humans and canines have been cohabitating for centuries, straddling a boundary that allows us to live together within and across our species. In this empathetic volume, author Dave Dempsey explores this life on the border, the overlapping planes between humans and the nonhuman world that lead to both magnificent creation and appalling destruction. Dempsey’s forty-year career as an environmentalist gives this book a nuanced context that could only be afforded by someone who has lived a half-wild existence himself, both defending and expanding the range of protections afforded to other species. As the former environmental advisor to Michigan Governor James J. Blanchard, Dempsey’s recollections also provide a unique perspective on the history of environmental policy, ruminating on how such policy reflects the way we understand ourselves in relation to the environment. Through vignettes that recall personal stories and those that outline historical events that influenced policymaking, Dempsey calls attention to the philosophical question of how we as humans relate to animals and our environment.

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