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Tan, Amy

43 holds on 13 copies

Summary: "In 2016, author Amy Tan grew overwhelmed by the state of the world: Hatred and misinformation became a daily presence on social media, and the country felt more divisive than ever. In search of peace, Tan turned toward the natural world just beyond her window and, specifically, the birds flocking to the feeders in her yard. But what began as an attempt to find solace turned into something far...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 598.072 TAN

Floyd, Ted

Summary: Become a better birder with brief portraits of 200 top North American birds. This friendly, relatable book is a celebration of the art, science, and delights of bird-watching. How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal cycles connect with shape, song, color, gender, age distinctions, and other features...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 598.072 FLO

Houston, Pam

1 hold on 4 copies

Summary: "'How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us,' Pam Houston writes. On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, this beloved writer learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons, winter temperatures drop to 35 below, and lightning sparks a 110,000-acre wildfire, threatening her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2019

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOU

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HOUSTON, PAM HOU

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B HOUSTON HOU

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio Houston

Carson, Rachel

Summary: "Here is a trove of Carson writing never before published or collected, uncovered by Linda Lear, author of the recent and acclaimed Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature. Included are examples of her early and often remarkable nature writing for newspapers and for the Fish and Wildlife Service; journal observations on shore life; letters, including the "Lost Woods" correspondence concerning her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 CAR

Summary: This intimate and unprecedented look at butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and flowers is a celebration of life, as a third of the world's food supply depends on these incredible and increasingly threatened creatures. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, 'Wings of Life' utilizes riveting high-speed, closer-than-close filmmaking techniques to showcase in spectacular detail...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY E-TV WIN

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