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Aquarium fishes |
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Rogers, Geoff and Nick Fletcher. Focus on Freshwater Aquarium Fish. Richmond Hill, Ont: Firefly Books, 2004.
Focus on Freshwater Aquarium Fish is a valuable reference for fishkeepers at all levels. Each section opens with an overview that introduces the range of fish within that group and explores their adaptations. The images and text provide details of the mature size and main characteristics of each fish, its behavior in the aquarium and a brief look at how it breeds. The bright, colorful photographs display the fish swimming rather than as static side views.This evokes a clearer sense of the personality of each species. Freshwater fishkeepers will be delighted at the beauty and choice available. |
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Desertification -- United States |
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Sears, Paul Bigelow. Deserts on the March. Island Press ed. Conservation Classics. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1988.
In 1935, when Paul Sears set out to write his book, Deserts on the March, drought gripped much of the United States, and the Dust Bowl was at its worst. Great dust clouds were blowing as far east as New York and Washington, D.C. The publication of Deserts on the March had a profound impact in awakening America to the task of controlling soil erosion through proper land management and understanding of ecological relationships.
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Ecology
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Burdick, Alan. Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion. 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Out of Eden is a journey through this strange and shifting landscape. The author tours the front lines of ecological invasion--in Hawaii, Tasmania, Guam, San Francisco; in lush rainforests, through underground lava tubes, on the deck of an Alaska-bound oil tanker--in the company of world-class scientists. Wry and reflective, animated and richly reported, Out of Eden is a search both for scientific answers and for ecological authenticity.
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Environmental ethics |
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Callicott, J. Baird and Michael P. Nelson. American Indian Environmental Ethics: An Ojibwa Case Study. Basic Ethics in Action. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall, 2004.
Connecting environmental theory with diverse stories from Ojibwa Indians, Callicott and Nelson reveal the meaning and power of cultural worldviews as they inform ethical principles and practices, as they show that competing worldviews demonstrate the many ways "of cognitively organizing human experience." The authors begin with a concise treatment of environmental ethics, cultural worldviews, and the problem of cultural relativism, and integrate and evaluate rarely seen narratives of Ojibwa Indians on their relationship to the environment. |
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Starbuck, Susan. Hazel Wolf: Fighting the Establishment. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2002.
When Hazel Wolf died, at the age of 101, more than nine hundred of her friends--from the governor of Washington to union organizers, from birdwatchers to hunters--crowded Town Hall in Seattle to honor the feisty activist and tell the often outrageous "Hazel" stories that were their common currency. In this book, Hazel herself tells the stories. From twenty years of taped conversations, Susan Starbuck has fashioned both a biography and a historical document, the tale of a century's forces and events as played out in one woman's extraordinary life. |
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201623
Hunter, Robert. The Greenpeace to Amchitka: An Environmental Odyssey. Vancouver, B.C.: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004.
In this visceral memoir, based on a manuscript originally written over 30 years ago, Robert Hunter vividly depicts the peculiar odyssey that led to the formation of the most powerful environmental organization in the world. Features 40 black and white photographs taken during the voyage by Robert Keziere.
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201624
McIver, Stuart B. Death in the Everglades: The Murder of Guy Bradley, America 's First Martyr to Environmentalism. The Florida History and Culture Series. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003.
Death in the Everglades chronicles the demise of one of 20th-century Florida's most enduring folk heroes. The murder of Guy Bradley represents a milestone not only in the saga of the Everglades but also in the broader history of American environmentalism. This fascinating biography of his abbreviated but eventful life is emblematic of the struggle to tame the Florida frontier without destroying it. As Stuart McIver unfolds the story behind this famous but little-known crime, he also provides a window into Florida history during the creation of modern South Florida. |
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Brown, Lester Russell and Earth Policy Institute. Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in the Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures . New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2004.
Spreading water shortages and crop-withering heat waves are shrinking grain harvests in more and more countries, making it difficult for the world's farmers to feed 70 million more people each year. The risk is that tightening food supplies could drive up food prices, destabilizing governments in low-income grain-importing countries and disrupting global economic progress. Future security, Brown says, now depends on raising water productivity, stabilizing climate by moving beyond fossil fuels, and stabilizing population by filling the family planning gap and educating young people everywhere.
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Volgenau, Gerry. Islands: Great Lakes' Stories. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Ann Arbor Media Group, 2005.
Most people are stunned to learn that there are some 35,000 islands in the Great Lakes, ranging from a large stone with its top above water level to the world's largest freshwater island, Manitoulin. Islands: Great Lakes' Stories focuses on 18 of these islands with their histories and personalities. |
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Ashworth, William. Great Lakes Journey: A New Look at America's Freshwater Coast. Great Lakes Books. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000.
Great Lakes Journey is a follow-up to William Ashworth's earlier book The Late, Great Lakes, published in 1986. Among the most prominent changes he finds are the arrival of the zebra mussel and other exotic species, the rise and fall of the RAP process for pollution cleanup, a growing public mistrust of government action, a substantial loss of habitat and biodiversity, and an explosion of urban sprawl along the shores of the Lakes.
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Blocksma, Mary. Great Lakes Nature: An Outdoor Year. Rev. and in color ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004.
In this book, Blocksma shares her discoveries in an evocative and inspiring journal, accompanied by excellent tips on how to tell her finds from similar species. This is a guide for the amateur who, until now, has found nature identification intimidating; the expert who knows wildflowers but not birds, or birds but not trees; and the armchair explorer yearning for a walk on the wild side. |
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Dana, Juliette Starr and David T. Dana. A Fashionable Tour Through the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi: The 1852 Journal of Juliette Starr Dana. Great Lakes Books. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2004.
A rare glimpse of American frontier life as told by the private journal of a wealthy woman's "pleasure" tour from New York City to Minnesota in the summer of 1852. |
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Rennicke, Jeff and Layne Kennedy. Jewels on the Water: Lake Superior's Apostle Islands. Bayfield, Wis.: Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, 2005.
Features the images of nationally-known photographer Layne Kennedy and essays by award-winning author Jeff Rennicke. The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore was most recently voted the most pristine national park in the United States by National Geographic Traveler. The Apostle Islands have become a treasure that stands out among treasures. |
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Plowden, David. End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lakes Steamboats. New York: Norton, 1992.
From freighters in motion and intricate machinery in the engine room, to the glow of the firehold and the action of the men who operate and maintain the vessels, these images are an evocative testament fo the Age of Steam and a rich archival slice of our industrial past.
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Hubbs, Carl L., Karl Frank Lagler, and Gerald Ray Smith. Fishes of the Great Lakes Region. Rev. ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2004.
The ultimate guide to Great Lakes fishes. Updated, enhanced, and with new color illustrations. |
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Historical geology |
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Redfern, Ron. Origins: The Evolution of Continents, Oceans, and Life. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001.
Glorious panoramic photography reveals the physical legacy of Earth's past and provides a clear and original perspective on our dynamic planet. A compelling narrative places our contemporary world in a historical context that says humans, like all living things, must embrace change or die. |
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Invasive plants |
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Coombs, Eric M. Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. 1st ed. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2004.
An invaluable reference for land managers, natural resource and weed control specialists, and students of natural resource management, Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States provides practical, science-based information needed for understanding and using biological control as part of an integrated invasive-plant management strategy.
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DiSalvo, DyAnne. City Green. New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1994.
Right in the middle of Marcy's city block is a littered vacant lot. Then one day she has a wonderful idea that not only improves the useless lot but her entire neighborhood!
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281410 KIDS
Kellogg, Steven. The Mysterious Tadpole. Jessie Ball DuPont Fund: Chrissy's Collection. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2002.
Louis' Scottish uncle brings him the birthday gift of a tadpole, plucked right out of Loch Ness. But it soon becomes clear that this "tadpole" is not turning into an ordinary frog! It'll take a little help from friends and a lot of ingenuity to feed and shelter this unusual, ever-growing pet. |
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Mammals -- Wisconsin |
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Tekiela, Stan. Mammals of Wisconsin Field Guide. Cambridge, Minn.: Adventure Publications, 2005.
Pocket-size field guide includes all 71 of Wisconsin's mammals, from mice to moose. Includes facts about size, habitat, range and tracks. Attractive color photographs capture each animals in their natural habitat.
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Mississippi River |
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Fremling, Calvin R. Immortal River: The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005.
This engaging and well-illustrated primer to the Upper Mississippi River presents the basic natural and human history of this magnificent waterway. Immortal River is written for the educated lay-person who would like to know more about the river's history and the forces that shape as well as threaten it today. It melds complex information from the fields of geology, ecology, geography, anthropology, and history into a readable, chronological story that spans some 500 million years of the earth's history.
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Feldman, Jay. When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes. New York: Free Press, 2005.
When the Mississippi Ran Backwards sheds light on this now-obscure yet pivotal period between the Revolutionary and Civil wars, uncovering the era's dramatic geophysical, political, and military upheavals. Feldman paints a vivid picture of how these powerful earthquakes made an impact on every aspect of frontier life -- and why similar catastrophic quakes are guaranteed to recur.
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White, Richard. The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815. Cambridge Studies in North American Indian History. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
This book steps outside the simple stories of Indian-white relations - stories of conquest and assimilation and stories of cultural persistence. It is, instead, about a search for accommodation and common meaning. |
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Opie, John. Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land. 2nd ed. Our Sustainable Future, v. 13. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000.
This book illustrates that the aquifer is more than a local resource or a regional treasure, and it illuminates the necessity for new management of the aquifer to prevent a return to subsistence conditions on the plains. |
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Parliamentary practice |
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Robert, Henry M. and Sarah Corbin Robert. Robert's Rules of Order. 10th ed. Reading, Mass: Perseus Pub, 2000.
Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the past decade's technological advances and usage, this tenth edition contains new information on how to conduct meetings over the Internet, on phone and video conference calls, and with members in absentia. The best book from which to learn all about running and taking an effective part in meetings, General Robert's gift of order is as indispensable now as it was a century ago.
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Sturgis, Alice and American Institute of Parliamentarians Revision Committee. The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
This easy-to-use, paperback volume—the popular alternative to Robert’s Rules—is the most comprehensive, understandable, and logical guide to smooth-running, professional meetings. Alice Sturgis was a practicing parliamentarian and consultant to national and international professional and business organizations.
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Robert, Henry M. Webster's New World Robert's Rules of Order Simplified and Applied. 2nd ed. New York: Hungry Minds, 2001.
This is the clearest, most useful guide to parliamentary procedure, now with new information on effective and reliable procedures for nominations, elections, ballots, balloting, and ballot counting. |
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Stream conservation -- United States |
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Palmer, Tim. Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.
Based on careful research and hundreds of interviews, this information-packed narrative is regarded as a classic in the field of conservation. This updated edition includes two new chapters that chart the course of conservation during the past twenty years and explore how the movement to protect rivers will likely change in the twenty-first century.
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Harris, Tom. Death in the Marsh. Washington, D.C: Island Press, 1991.
Selenium, essential in microscopic doses, can be deadly in larger amounts. Death in the Marsh explains how federal irrigation projects have altered selenium's circulation in the environment, allowing it to accumulate in marshes, killing ecosystems and wildlife, and causing deformities in some animals.
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Water resources management |
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Guerquin, François and World Water Council. World Water Actions: Making Water Flow for All. London, Sterling, Va: Earthscan, 2003.
This comprehensive guide to the available solutions to the world's growing shortage of fresh water analyzes the scale and impacts of the problem for health and sanitation, for agriculture, energy and the environment and describes what can be done. Essential reading for those working on water issues in all these sectors.
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Wilderness areas |
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Scott, Doug. The Enduring Wilderness. Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum Pub, 2004.
A look at how America has preserved more than 100 million acres of diverse wilderness areas in 44 states, now protected in our National Wilderness Preservation System. Discussion of current visions valuing wilderness and its place in our culture.
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