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The Klamath Knot

Explorations of Myth and Evolution

By: David Rains Wallace

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The Klamath Knot

Explorations of Myth and Evolution

By: David Rains Wallace

The Klamath Knot is a classic work of natural history, a wondrous meditation through time and space, and an intimate portrait of a miraculous stretch of land, forest, and mountain as botanically rich as any place in North America, as ecologically vital and important as any place on the planet."—Wade Davis, author of One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest "In Wallace's hands, evolution is never mechanical or abstract; it is always seen operating in particular sites and species. As a stylist and a thinker Wallace is in a select class of writers who make science into literature."—Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia "For those of us who like David Rains Wallace's writing, it is good news indeed that his much-admired The Klamath Knot is back in print."—Sue Hubbell, author of Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys into the Time Before Bones "A classic of natural history which will take its place alongside Walden and A Sand County Almanac."—G. Ledyard Stebbins, author of Variation and Evolution in Plants "The Klamath Knot is a marvelous book, one of the finest nature essays I have read, beautifully written, full of stimulating ideas and insights."—George B. Schaller, author of The Last Panda

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Univ of California Press

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0520236599

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9780520236592

Mountains and Marshes

Exploring the Bay Area's Natural History

By: David Rains Wallace

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Mountains and Marshes

Exploring the Bay Area's Natural History

By: David Rains Wallace

Described as "a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self–educated seers" by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention to one of the most distinctive corners of California: the San Francisco Bay Area. Weaving a complex and engaging story of the Bay Area from personal, historical, and environmental threads, Wallace's exploration of the natural world takes readers on a fascinating tour through the region: from Point Reyes National Park, where an abandoned campfire and an invasion of Douglas fir trees combusted into a dangerous wildfire, to Oakland's Lake Merritt, a surprising site amid skyscrapers for some of the best local bird–watching; from the majestic Diablo Range near San Jose, where conservationists fight against land developers to preserve species like mountain lions and golden eagles, to the Golden Gate itself, the iconic bridge that—geologically speaking—leads not to gold but to serpentine. Each essay explores a different place throughout the four corners of the Bay Area, uncovering the flora and fauna that make each so extraordinary. With a naturalist's eye, a penchant for local history, and an obvious passion for the subject, Wallace's new collection is among the first nature writing dedicated entirely to the Bay Area. Informative, engrossing, and exquisitely described, Mountains and Marshes affords unexpected yet familiar views of a beloved region that, even amidst centuries of growth and change, is as dynamic as it is timeless.

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Catapult

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1619026732

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9781619026735

The Bonehunters' Revenge

Dinosaurs, Greed, and the Greatest Scientific Feud of the Gilded Age

By: David Rains Wallace

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The Bonehunters' Revenge

Dinosaurs, Greed, and the Greatest Scientific Feud of the Gilded Age

By: David Rains Wallace

Wallace explores in exciting detail the rivalry between the paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Onthniel Charles Marsh--19th-century America's major scientific feud. Cope and Marsh independently discovered hundreds of dinosaur fossils on the high plains when the Indian wars were in full swing.

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386

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618082409

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9780618082407

Chuckwalla Land

The Riddle of California's Desert

By: David Rains Wallace

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Chuckwalla Land

The Riddle of California's Desert

By: David Rains Wallace

“Wallace weaves science and mythology into a clear and entertaining story about the origin of California's deserts that invites the reader into a world of ancient mystery and modern revelation. This book will appeal to anyone who cherishes arid lands and their natural history.”-Bruce M. Pavlik, author of The California Deserts: An Ecological Rediscovery “David Rains Wallace explores the origins of the California desert with the endless curiosity of a naturalist, with the wit and wordplay of a fine essayist, and with the attention to detail of a lifelong scholar. He burrows toward the solution of the desert’s riddle by following two centuries of science; in doing so, Wallace writes a unique account of both the ecology of the Desert Southwest and the biologists who have devoted their lives to untangling its evolutionary history.”-Stephen Trimble, author of The Sagebrush Ocean: A Natural History of the Great Basin “David Rains Wallace never fails to truly enter the world of which he writes. Here he tackles fiery heat, ancient lava flows, spiny plants, and scuttling reptiles, all in the service of asking some difficult “how’s” and “why’s.” I learned a lot about places and critters I thought I knew well from this marvelous book.”-Harry Greene, Cornell professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, author of Snakes: the Evolution of Mystery in Nature

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Univ of California Press

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0520256166

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9780520256163

The Bonehunters' Revenge

Dinosaurs, Greed, and the Greatest Scientific Feud of the Gilded Age

By: David Rains Wallace

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Dinosaurs, Greed, and the Greatest Scientific Feud of the Gilded Age

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9780618082407

The Klamath Knot

Explorations of Myth and Evolution

By: David Rains Wallace

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Explorations of Myth and Evolution

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Chuckwalla Land

The Riddle of California's Desert

By: David Rains Wallace

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The Riddle of California's Desert

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Mountains and Marshes

Exploring the Bay Area's Natural History

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Exploring the Bay Area's Natural History

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1619025965

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Beasts of Eden

Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution

By: David Rains Wallace

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Beasts of Eden

Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution

By: David Rains Wallace

Annotation A general interest exploration of mammal evolution and the scientific history of major fossil discoveries, their discoverers, and changing ideas about these extinct "beasts."It's both a grand mystery and a Cinderella story: mammal origins were one of 19th-century science's major enigmas, and mammals outlasted the more abundant dinosaurs to give birth to us.

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Univ of California Press

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0520246845

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9780520246843

Neptune’s Ark

From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas

By: David Rains Wallace

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Neptune’s Ark

From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas

By: David Rains Wallace

Aquatic creatures.

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Univ of California Press

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0520258142

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9780520258143

Modern Criticism and Theory

A Reader

By: Nigel Wood,David Lodge

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Modern Criticism and Theory

A Reader

By: Nigel Wood,David Lodge

This third edition of Modern Criticism and Theory represents a major expansion on its previous incarnations with some twenty five new pieces or essays included. This expansion has two principal purposes. Firstly, in keeping with the collection’s aim to reflect contemporary preoccupations, the reader has expanded forward to include such newly emergent considerations as ecocriticism and post-theory. Secondly, with the aim of presenting as broad an account of modern theory as possible, the reader expands backwards to to take in exemplary pieces by formative writers and thinkers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries such as Marx, Freud and Virginia Woolf.. This radical expansion of content is prefaced by a wide-ranging introduction, which provides a rationale for the collection and demonstrates how connections can be made between competing theories and critical schools. The purpose of the collection remains that of introducing the reader to the guiding concepts of contemporary literary and cultural debate. It does so by presenting substantial extracts from seminal thinkers and surrounding them with the contextual materials necessary to a full understanding. Each selection has a headnote, which gives biographical details of the author and provides suggestions for further reading, and footnotes that help explain difficult references. The collection is ordered both historically and thematically and readers are encouraged to draw for themselves connections between essays and theories. Modern Criticism and Theory has long been regarded as a necessary collection. Now revised for the twenty first century it goes further and provides students and the general reader with a wide-ranging survey of the complex landscape of modern theory and a critical assessment of the way we think – and live – in the world today.

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866

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Routledge

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1317868005

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9781317868002

Mastering Pizza

The Art and Practice of Handmade Pizza, Focaccia, and Calzone [A Cookbook]

By: Marc Vetri,David Joachim

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Mastering Pizza

The Art and Practice of Handmade Pizza, Focaccia, and Calzone [A Cookbook]

By: Marc Vetri,David Joachim

A revolutionary guide to making delicious pizza at home, offering a variety of base doughs so that your pizza will turn out perfect no matter what kind of oven or equipment you have. “If you are serious about making pizza, buy every copy in the store.”—JIMMY KIMMEL Pizza remains America's favorite food, but one that many people hesitate to make at home. In Mastering Pizza, award-winning chef Marc Vetri tackles the topic with his trademark precision, making perfect pizza available to anyone. The recipes—gleaned from years spent researching recipes in Italy and perfecting them in America—have a variety of base doughs of different hydration levels, which allow home cooks to achieve the same results with a regular kitchen oven as they would with a professional pizza oven. The book covers popular standards like Margherita and Carbonara while also featuring unexpected toppings such as mussels and truffles—and even a dessert pizza made with Nutella. With transporting imagery from Italy and hardworking step-by-step photos to demystify the process, Mastering Pizza will help you make pizza as delicious as you find in Italy.

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Ten Speed Press

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0399579230

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9780399579233

The Turquoise Dragon

A Mystery

By: David Rains Wallace

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The Turquoise Dragon

A Mystery

By: David Rains Wallace

Now available in paperback; an award-winning natural history writer weaves thought-provoking environmental themes into a gripping mystery thriller involving murder and endangered species.

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Random House (NY)

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0871567105

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9780871567109

Beasts of Eden

Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution

By: David Rains Wallace

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Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution

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0520246845

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The Quetzal and the Macaw

The Story of Costa Rica's National Parks

By: David Rains Wallace

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The Quetzal and the Macaw

The Story of Costa Rica's National Parks

By: David Rains Wallace

Wallace details the unbelievable diversity of life in this rich land: pumas, ocelots, peccaries, howler monkeys--and the scarlet macaws and resplendent quetzals, the birds symbolizing two of Costa Rica's earliest parks. The park system became the nucleus of a socio-political network that has successfully battled loggers, miners, ranchers, and government development agencies. Enlivened throughout by the voices of people actually involved in establishing and managing the parks and preserves, Wallace's narrative is by turns suspenseful, humorous, and inspiring.

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Random House (NY)

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0871565854

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9780871565853

Life in the Balance

Companion to the Audubon Television Specials

By: David Rains Wallace

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Life in the Balance

Companion to the Audubon Television Specials

By: David Rains Wallace

Presents ten ecosystems -- skies, forests, grasslands, mountains, deserts, polar regions, rivers, wetlands, oceans, islands -- their wildlife, their environmental problems, and the efforts to preserve them.

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