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A thanksgiving and lament for life on the South Carolina coast; ""Columbus knew no greater thrill than I, a ten-year-old discovering new creeks and branches and islands and mainland hideaways...I resolved to make my living as an explorer...

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Aliens live among us. Thousands of species of nonnative flora and fauna have taken up residence within U.S. borders. Our lawns sprout African grasses, our roadsides flower with European weeds, and our homes harbor Asian, European, and African pest...

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This book, by five translators of the English Standard Version (ESV) Bible, explains the differences between essentially literal translations and the alternatives.

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A fresh look at the origins of our iconic immigrant flora and fauna, revealed with wit and reverence for natureAliens live among us. Thousands of species of nonnative flora and fauna have taken up residence within U.S. borders. Our lawns sprout Af...

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In Learning the Valley, award-winning nature writer John Leland guides readers through the natural and human history of the Shenandoah Valley in twenty-five short essays on topics ranging from poison ivy and maple syrup to Stonewall Jackson and sp...

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Award-winning nature writer John Leland offers a collection of twenty-seven short, poetic essays that marry science and the humanities as the author seeks meaning in trees. Readings in Wood is an investigation of trees and forests and also of wood...

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"e;[Leland] brings the botanical into direct relationship with the spiritual, using a prose style that is as profound as it is pyrotechnic."e; -Jim Warren, Washington and Lee UniversityAward-winning nature writer John Leland offers a colle...

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A thanksgiving and lament for life on the South Carolina coast"e;Columbus knew no greater thrill than I, a ten-year-old discovering new creeks and branches and islands and mainland hideaways....I resolved to make my living as an explorer and s...

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Equipped with a commission from Henry VIII, John Leland began to record the contents of English monastic libraries in 1533 before they were dispersed. His booklists were compiled as the primary resources for his comprehensive dictionary of British...

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John Leland's Itinerary is one of the key documents of English local history, offering eye-witness descriptions of hundreds of towns and villages, castles, monasteries and gentry houses during the reign of Henry VIII, by one of the most intelligen...

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A View of the principal deistical Writers - Vol. II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1798. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cookin...

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A View of the Principal Deistical Writers - That Have Appeared in England in the Last and Present Century - Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1798. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic are...

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A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant - Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, gypsies' jargon and other irregular phraseology - Vol. 2, L - Z is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hans...

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