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  Take to the Trees - A Story of...

  Marguerite Holloway

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  Journalist Marguerite Holloway arrives at the Women's Tree Climbing Workshop as a climbing novice, but with a passion for trees and a deep concern about their future. Run by twin sister tree doctors Bear LeVangie and Melissa LeVangie Ingersoll, the workshop helps people develop impressive technical skills and ascend into the canopy. As Holloway tackles unfamiliar equipment and dizzying heights, she learns about the science of trees and tells the stories of charismatic species, including hemlock, aspen, Atlantic white cedar, oak, and beech. She spotlights experts who are chronicling the great dying that is underway in forests around the world as trees face simultaneous and accelerating threats from drought, heat, floods, disease, and other disruptions. 
   
   
   
  As she climbs, Holloway also comes to understand the profound significance of trees in her relationship with her late mother and brother. The book's rousing final chapter offers something new: a grander environmental and arboreal optimism, in which the story of trees and their resilience meshes with that of people working to steward the forests of the future, and of community found among fellow tree climbers. A lyrical work of memoir and reportage, Take to the Trees sounds the alarm about rapid arboreal decline while also offering hope about how we might care for our forests and ourselves.

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  True Facts That Sound Like...

  Shane Carley

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  Give trivia lovers a nature book that makes them say, “No way.”Explore the wild and the wacky in this fun addition to the True Facts series that shares all things flora and fauna. Give the gift that keeps giving to friends, family, fathers, or grads and test your knowledge. 
  Nature is full of facts that are stranger, funnier, grosser, and more unbelievable than fiction. True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: Nature brings together 500 researched facts from the zaniest corners of the natural world - from bizarre animal behavior and strange plant science to fungi, oceans, human biology, and Earth’s weirdest natural phenomena. 
  Inside you'll find:A funny nature trivia book packed with 500 true facts that sound too strange, gross, wild, or unbelievable to be real.Covers animals, plants, fungi, oceans, human biology, and Earth’s weirdest natural phenomena.Made for gifting: great for dads, grads, nature lovers, science fans, white elephant exchanges, stocking stuffers, and birthdays.Easy to flip through at parties, game nights, road trips, coffee tables, or anytime readers want a fast conversation starter.Built to spark conversation, debate, and “did you know?” moments at trivia night, family gatherings, classrooms, and casual reading. 
    
  This is a fast, funny, easy-to-browse fact book for curious adults and older teens who love animals, science, nature, trivia night, or weird-but-true discoveries.  Flip to any page for a surprising fact, use it to stump friends at trivia night, pass it around at game night, or keep it nearby for coffee-table reading, road trips, and laugh-out-loud conversation starters. 
  Gather 'round and get ready to learn some wild and crazy trivia and facts such as:True or False? Mosquitoes have a preference for certain blood types.True or False? Caring for houseplants has been shown to make humans more stressed.Did you know: Fish don’t have eyelids, but the giant guitarfish can protect its eyes by retracting its eyeballs nearly 2 inches (5 centimeters) inside its head.True or False? The average adult human has more than 60,000 miles of blood vessels inside their body. 
    
  True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: Nature is a fun pick for Father’s Day, graduation, birthdays, holidays, stocking stuffers, white elephant gifts, and nature lovers who like their science with a sense of humor. 
  Don’t miss out on other titles in the Mind-Blowing True Facts series.True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*tMore True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*tTrue Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: NatureTrue Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: Pop CultureTrue Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: SportsTrue Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: World History

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  A Journey With Orvis

  Mose Tuzik Mosley

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  In the late summer of 2022, the author finds his next traveling companion in the hot and dusty backyard of an antique shop on the backroads of Fossil, Oregon. The companion, Orvis, is an imaginary dog. True soulmates, they inspire one another to take a journey that neither could take alone, a journey of humor and forbearance, personal discovery, and egregious self-sacrifice. Together they break new ground in the annals of travel writing, finding the best and the worst of the places they visit, but always maintaining their strong opinions and sense of humor. 
  A Journey With Orvis is not really about the places they travel (from Mexico City to Istanbul, Zagreb to Paris, London to Dublin), but is more about the ‘who’ and ‘why’ of traveling itself. It helps that they travel lightly with only a small carry-on and open minds. It helps even more that one of them is imaginary.  
  By the end of the journey, it could be either one.

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  The Great American Transit...

  Nicholas Dagen Bloom

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  A potent re-examination of America’s history of public disinvestment in mass transit. 
    
  Many a scholar and policy analyst has lamented American dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public transportation throughout the latter decades of the twentieth century. But as Nicholas Dagen Bloom shows in The Great American Transit Disaster, our transit networks are so bad for a very simple reason: we wanted it this way. 
    
  Focusing on Baltimore, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, and San Francisco, Bloom provides overwhelming evidence that transit disinvestment was a choice rather than destiny. He pinpoints three major factors that led to the decline of public transit in the United States: municipal austerity policies that denied most transit agencies the funding to sustain high-quality service; the encouragement of auto-centric planning; and white flight from dense city centers to far-flung suburbs. As Bloom makes clear, these local public policy decisions were not the product of a nefarious auto industry or any other grand conspiracy—all were widely supported by voters, who effectively shut out options for transit-friendly futures. With this book, Bloom seeks not only to dispel our accepted transit myths but hopefully to lay new tracks for today’s conversations about public transportation funding.

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  The Sea At Our Door

  Sally Cook

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  The Sea At Our Door is an autobiographical look at growing up almost as a child of the beach and sea between the ages of 10 and 14. The author swam, used a paddleboard with her brother, steered a raft with young siblings, rowed offshore and lay down fishing nets for families on the beach to haul in an evening fish catch. It was in the early 1960s when roaming along the beach, jumping off jetties and flying along the shimmering shallows on skimboards absorbed  most of the author's spare time. Bike riding to look for tadpoles and explore other suburbs was also a part of her realm along with buidling a hidey hole under a rowboat and keeping a pet turtle. But there were some disturbing incidents including the murder of a women and her lover by the angry husband with gunshots ringing out around the corner from the author's home. But overall this is a good humoured, nostalgic look at a free roaming childhood near Adelaide, South Australia,

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  100 Facts About Best Unesco...

  Science-Based Language Learning Lab

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  Introduction to the 100 Facts Language Learning Series 
   
  Welcome to a revolutionary way to learn a new language! Our series is designed to help you master Italian by exploring fascinating topics like UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Each book in this series focuses on a captivating theme, presenting 100 carefully chosen facts in both English and Italian. 
   
  Here's how it works: each fact is first introduced in Italian for you to interpret. On the next page, the fact is provided in English, followed by its Italian counterpart again. This structure aids memorization by breaking down language barriers and streamlining your learning. 
   
  Benefits of Our Approach: 
   
  - Concise Learning: By focusing on short, impactful facts, every word you learn is directly tied to your interests, making it more memorable. 
   
  - Reinforcement: Alternating between English and Italian for each fact reinforces vocabulary and grammar naturally through practical application. 
   
  - Engaged Learning: Learning new words through topics you love keeps you engaged and makes the vocabulary stickier. 
   
  - Dual Knowledge: You're not just learning Italian; you're also gaining deeper insights into a specific subject, enriching your understanding in both areas. 
   
  Ideal for learners who appreciate clear, targeted information, this series offers an educational experience that is both effective and enjoyable. Whether you’re a curious beginner or looking to expand your linguistic skills, these books make your learning journey engaging and fulfilling. Embrace these 100 facts, and let your passions drive your progress in learning Italian!

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