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Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World
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Fire Weather

By John Vaillant ,

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Annals of the Former World
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Annals of the Former World

By John McPhee ,

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The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
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The Civil War of 1812

By Alan Taylor ,

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And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails
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And a Bottle of Rum

By Wayne Curtis ,

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Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
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Eager

By Ben Goldfarb ,

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The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
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The Inconvenient Indian

By Thomas King ,

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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

By David Treuer ,

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The Comanche Empire
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The Comanche Empire

By Pekka Hamalainen ,

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Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
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Indigenous Continent

By Pekka Hämäläinen ,

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The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees
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The Bees in Your Backyard

By Joseph S. Wilson , Olivia J Messinger Carril ,

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A Land As God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America
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A Land As God Made It

By James Horn ,

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Building Beavers
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Building Beavers

By Kathleen Martin-James ,

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The War That Made America
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The War That Made America

By Fred Anderson ,

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The Forts of New France in Northeast America 1600-1763
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The Forts of New France in Northeast America 1600-1763

By René Chartrand ,

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The Wild North Land: Being the Story of a Winter Journey, with Dogs, Across Northern North America
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The Wild North Land

By William Francis Butler ,

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Ancient Cahokia and the Mississippians
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Ancient Cahokia and the Mississippians

By Timothy Pauketat ,

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House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
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House of Rain

By Craig Childs ,

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A.D. 1250: Ancient Peoples of the Southwest/Includes Indian Travel Guide & Map
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A.D. 1250

By Lawrence W. Cheek ,

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The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples
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The Eternal Frontier

By Tim Flannery ,

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The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and The North Pole, 1818-1909
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The Arctic Grail

By Pierre Berton ,

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Aspects of Louisbourg: Essays on the history of an eighteenth-century French community in North America
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Aspects of Louisbourg

By Eric Krause (editor) , Carol Corbin (editor) , William O’Shea (editor)

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Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America
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Bigfoot!

By Loren Coleman ,

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Climate Change Scepticism: A Transnational Ecocritical Analysis
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Climate Change Scepticism

By Greg Garrard , Axel Goodbody , George B. Handley , Stephanie Posthumus

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European Approaches to North America, 1450-1640
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European Approaches to North America, 1450-1640

By David B. Quinn ,

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The Silent Sky: The Incredible Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon
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The Silent Sky

By Allan W. Eckert ,

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The Falcon
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The Falcon

By John Tanner ,

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Madeleine
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Madeleine

By Marcia Carlisle , Ben B. Lindsey ,

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Sculpture Parks in Europe: A Guide to Art and Nature
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Sculpture Parks in Europe

By Raul Rispa ,

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Airborne and Allergenic Pollen of North America
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Airborne and Allergenic Pollen of North America

By Walter H. Lewis , Prathibha Vinay , Vincent E. Zenger

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A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central North America
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A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central North America

By Donald Culross Peattie , Paul Landacre (illustrator) ,

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Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide
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Edible Wild Plants

By Thomas S. Elias , Peter A. Dykeman ,

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The Moundbuilders: Ancient Societies of Eastern North America
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The Moundbuilders

By George R. Milner ,

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A True Picture of Emigration
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A True Picture of Emigration

By Rebecca Burlend , Edward Burlend ,

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Invisible Immigrants: The English in Canada since 1945
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Invisible Immigrants

By Marilyn Barber , Murray Watson ,

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Mining North America: An Environmental History Since 1522
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Mining North America

By John Robert McNeill (editor) , George Vrtis (editor) ,

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How to Tell If You Are Human: Diagram Poems
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How to Tell If You Are Human

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Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City
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Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City

By Leslie Day , Mark A. Klingler (illustrator) ,

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Runners of North America: A Definitive Guide to the Species
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Runners of North America

By Mark Remy ,

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Today and Tomorrow
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Today and Tomorrow

By Henry Ford ,

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The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
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The Other Slavery

By Andres Resendez ,

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The Undaunted Garden: Planting for Weather-Resilient Beauty
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The Undaunted Garden

By Lauren Springer ,

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Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
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Green Mansions

By W H Hudson ,

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Old Buildings, New Ideas: A Selective Architectural History of Additions, Adaptations, Reuse and Design Invention
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Old Buildings, New Ideas

By Francoise Astorg Bollack ,

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Permanent Astonishment
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Permanent Astonishment

By Tomson Highway ,

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The Dandelion Conspiracy: Maine's Wicked Weeds
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The Dandelion Conspiracy

By L.E. Barrett , Lin Diket (photographer) ,

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Refraction: An Arctic Memoir
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Refraction

By Bruce Rettig ,

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Sam Thayer's Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern & Central North America
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Sam Thayer's Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern & Central North America

By Samuel Thayer ,

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As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West
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As Gods Among Men

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Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Western North America
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Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Western North America

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Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America
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Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America

By Paul Kane ,

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Motel of the Mysteries
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Motel of the Mysteries

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A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair: Soldiers and Social Conflict during the Mexican-American War
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A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair

By Paul Foos ,

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The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
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The Animal Dialogues

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Ghost Rider: Travelling on the Healing Road
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Ghost Rider

By Neil Peart ,

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The New Encyclopedia of the Occult
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The New Encyclopedia of the Occult

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Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
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Wild New World

By Dan Flores ,

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Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America
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Emigrants and Exiles

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The Sibley Guide to Trees
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The Sibley Guide to Trees

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The Making of the American Landscape
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The Making of the American Landscape

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Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America
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Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America

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