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This immensely engaging tale relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity--and a future--to his family. …More

In an eye-opening sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, Ackerman awakens readers to the world at dawn--drawing on sources as diverse as meteorology, world religion, etymology, art history, poetry, organic farming, and beekeeping. …More

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Bestselling author Koontz tells the story of how he and his wife, Gerda, unexpectedly met and fell in love with a golden retriever named Trixie. The author relates how this former service dog renewed in him a sense of wonder that will remain with him for the rest of his life. …More

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From whitetails in the Northeast to mule deer in the West, deer are all around us. Bestselling naturalist Thomas spent a year watching them in the wild, and uncovered a vast hidden trove of lessons from the natural world. …More

Containing up-to-the minute research and providing many moments of dog-behavior recognition, this lively and absorbing book helps dog owners to see their best friend's behavior in a different, and revealing, light. b&w illustrations throughout. …More

Burke and Hare were the first serial killers to capture media attention, accused of killing sixteen people in order to sell their cadavers as "subjects" for dissection. "The Anatomy Murders" is the first book to situate their story against the social and cultural forces that were bringing early nineteenth-century England into modernity. …More