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A classic country memoir-Hal Borland's masterful story of one year spent immersed in nature on his New England farm After a nearly fatal bout of appendicitis, Hal Borland decided to leave the city behind and move with his wife to a farmhouse in rural Connecticut. Their new home on one hundred acres inspired Borland to return to nature. In this masterpiece of American nature writing, he describes such wonders as the peace of a sky full of stars, the...
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Meet the man who climbs trees for a living. In this adventure memoir, Aldred carries us with him across the globe and up to the top of these towering forest titans as he recalls his most memorable encounters with trees and their inhabitants.? Every child knows the allure of climbing trees. But how many of us get to make a living at it, spending days observing nature from the canopies of stunning forests all around the world? As a wildlife cameraman...
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Descubre todo lo que necesitas saber sobre los gatos con nuestra "Guía de cuidados y entrenamiento de gatos". Aprende sobre la interesante historia y características de los gatos domésticos, y obtén consejos expertos en salud, alimentación, cuidados y entrenamiento. Con esta guía , podrás asegurarte en brindarle a tu mascota la vida saludable y feliz que se merece. Conviértete en un experto en felinos domésticos.Este es un excelente regalo...
5) Working Trot
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James MacLiesh shocks his conventional parents when he chooses to work with horses instead of going to college - can he make it happen? Bucking his parents - and tradition - seventeen-year-old James MacLiesh decides he wants to be a horse trainer. When he arrives at his cousins' farm, James enters a world completely different from that of his privileged, boarding-school upbringing. Not quite prepared for the rambling, ramshackle old house, he knows...
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Although life can be defined in many different ways, most approaches agree that it involves a number of common characteristics, such as the ability to grow and develop, to reproduce, to respond to stimuli in the environment, to maintain a metabolism itself and to evolve over time.Furthermore, life is of inestimable value to humans and other creatures who share the planet with us. It offers a wealth of experiences and emotions, from joy and love to...
7) Educating and Strengthening Fearful and Traumatized Dogs: - Dog Training Practice Book - How to Reco
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Many dogs, especially those from animal shelters, have not had good experiences in their previous lives and are traumatized or fearful. This often manifests itself in different behaviors in different situations. For example, a dog expresses its fear through aggression on the lead if another dog comes too close, if it encounters cyclists or joggers or a person who wants to stroke the fearful dog. Other dogs are afraid of stairs, being left alone or...
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"A wonderful book that shares rare knowledge in a clear and focused way. I love it." - Tristan Gooley
Bird Tracks: A Guide to British Species explores and enhances the ability to identify a diversity of birds using just their tracks and trails. John Rhyder and David Wege approach this subject from the perspective of both the tracker and the birdwatcher. They have examined and described 139 species, each richly illustrated with a mixture of photographs...
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Dans la vaste symphonie de la nature, émerge une mélodie enchanteresse, une quête infinie de liberté. Tels des spectateurs émerveillés, nous contemplons cette toile vivante o chaque élément, chaque brin d'herbe, semble être une note dans la partition majestueuse de l'autonomie naturelle. La nature devient ainsi la scène d'une recherche incessante de liberté, o même les plus modestes fleurs dansent au gré du vent avec une grâce infinie.Au...
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Ce livre est une plongée captivante dans le monde éthéré des oiseaux, offrant une exploration riche et approfondie de leur diversité, de leurs comportements intrigants et de l'impact vital qu'ils ont sur notre planète. Chaque chapitre offre une perspective unique, de la biologie fascinante aux migrations extraordinaires, en passant par les défis de conservation. Cet ouvrage vous invite à découvrir la beauté de ces créatures ailées tout...
11) Compline
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Compline is known as Complin, Night Prayer, or the Prayers at the End of the Day. It is the time of day when all is quiet and one reflects upon the soul, the pathways we have taken, the spirituality that surrounds us. It is a time for remembering and contemplation of all that is living and holy.
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La colección de libros "Sistemas de acuaponía, peces" está pensado para divulgar las ciencias de la producción de alimentos sinérgicos como es la acuaponía. Este sistema de producción de alimentos es de acceso para todo el público y elimina muchos de los problemas actuales relacionados al control del contexto de un sistema acuapónico. En este sexto tomo se abordan temas específicos de mejoramiento y gestión de la unidad de producción acuapónica....
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At sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of the high school where he was student council president and hit the road, hitching back and forth across America, from Alaska to Florida, Maine to Mexico. Maybe not all that unusual a thing to do in the seventies, but what Kenn was searching for was a little different: not sex, drugs, God, or even self, but birds. A report of a rare bird would send him hitching nonstop from Pacific to Atlantic and back again....
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John Muir: Nature Writings" is an immersive collection that transports readers into the heart of the wilderness through the eloquent prose of the legendary naturalist John Muir. This anthology includes Muir's seminal works, including "The Story of My Boyhood and Youth," a nostalgic exploration of his early life, and "My First Summer in the Sierra," a captivating account of his adventures amid the majestic peaks.
In "The Mountains of California,"...
15) Living Freely
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Wireless internet arrives from a nearby town/hotel.Email is both the mailbox and the phone.The laptop internet is the TV and the movie theater.We can use a PO box for snail mail.No taxes, no rent, no mortgage.The view is superb.The motorcycle idles,Which is really nothing moreThan a soft purr,As one of my long-lifeLaptop batteries charges up,Waiting to be swapped with the other,Soon to be a dying one.
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Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development.
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Foraging for wild plants and medicinal herbs gives us an holistic approach to today's symptoms of a world that is out of balance. Herbs from the wild can help relieve ailments, yes, but they also are part of a getting back to nature approach to living in harmony with the earth and our own bodies.In this book I have outlined some of the problems facing my own readers and thousands of others with similar issues. I think people are ready to embrace...
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Whether it's an arctic heather that can create subtropical conditions within its leaves, or a dwarf mistletoe that can shoot its seeds up to fifty feet away, plants demonstrate remarkable strategies in coping with and surviving their environments. Plants are often exposed to bitter cold, relentless winds, intense heat, drought, fire, pollution, and many other adverse growing conditions. Yet they are still able to survive and often even thrive. This...
20) Keeping, Raising and Training Horses Naturally: The Horse Book for More Pleasure in Riding and a
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In this guide, I would like to give you an insight into keeping, raising and training your horse as a partner. The focus will be on the factor of natural handling. Basic theoretical knowledge will be conveyed with corresponding practical suggestions. Meanwhile, topics such as communication between humans and horses and species-appropriate husbandry will be addressed. Newcomers to the field of riding will gain an extensive insight into the mindset...
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