The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World 9780062968838, 9780062968814

Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife [1st ed] 9780060554750, 2009026063, 9780062002884, 0060554754

An accessible history of heaven from the earliest scriptural conceptions of the afterlife to theologians to the convicti

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Parrot Culture: Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World's Most Talkative Bird 9780812201352

Exploring the presence and meanings of these birds in the art, literature, and history of Western civilization, Parrot C

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The Book of Eels 9780007394692, 9780007115938

What has been the dish of kings, the subject of myths and the traveller of epic and mysterious journeys? The eel. Beginn

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Full Ecology: Repairing Our Relationship with the Natural World 9781597145190

How to confront the climate crisis without losing heart It's easy to feel overwhelmed in the face of global climate

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The Natural World in the Exeter Book Riddles 1843844648, 9781843844648

Humanity is a dominant presence in the Exeter Book riddle collection. It is frequently shown using, shaping and binding

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The Natural World in the Exeter Book Riddles 1843844648, 9781843844648

Humanity is a dominant presence in the Exeter Book riddle collection. It is frequently shown using, shaping and binding

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The Enduring Wilderness : Protecting Our Natural Heritage through the Wilderness Act 9781555918767, 9781555915278

This look at how America has preserved more than 100 million acres of diverse wilderness areas in 44 states also discuss

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Seduced by Mathematics: The Enduring Fascination of Mathematics [1 ed.] 9811255466, 9789811255465, 9789811256356, 9789811255472, 9789811255489

Seduction is not just an end result, but a process — and in mathematics, both the end results and the process by which t

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The Spanish Craze: America’s Fascination with the Hispanic World, 1779–1939 [Hardcover ed.] 1496207726, 9781496207722

The Spanish Crazeis the compelling story of the centuries-long U.S. fascination with the history, literature, art, cultu

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Creature of the Word 9781433678639

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