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Books on Nature

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Goat Song by Brad Kessler ($16 new) - From Publishers Weekly: Novelist (Birds in Fall; Lick Creek) Kessler's account of tending a small herd of milking goats in Vermont captures both the lush, poetic paradise of rural life and the raw, unrelenting drama of dairying. Kessler, a Saab-driving ex-Manhattanite, purchases two Nubian goats, breeds them and helps his wife, Dona, a trained doula, attend to the birth of four goat kids the following spring. The amusing zoomorphic and anthropomorphic descriptions, where goats forage as if they were at a sample sale and milk-fed kids stagger like street junkies, dissipate as Kessler endures a season of goat wrangling, haying and hunting coyotes. Kessler gives the legal aspects of unpasteurized cheese a cursory inspection; his devotion centers on a budding relationship with animals, the earth and goat cheese. He's a back-to-the-land naturalist, who supports his detailed personal observations with extensive research as he explores the cultural, historical and biological aspects of pastoralism. While the tome's lengthy poetic journal entries on animal husbandry and cheese making hardly qualify as a comprehensive manual, the observant, unsanctimonious read is bound to inspire hobby farmers and consummate cheese lovers.

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A Field Guide to Coral Reefs : Caribbean and Florida (Peterson Field Guides) by Eugene H. Kaplan, Susan L. Kaplan (Illustrator), Roger Tory Peterson - About $15 - If you dive or snorkel, you need one of these books.

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Reef Fish Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas by Paul Humann, Ned Deloach (Editor) - About $28 - If you dive or snorkel, you need one of these books.

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Reef Fish Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas by Paul Humann, Ned Deloach (Editor) - About $40 - This is the CD version.

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The Way Nature Works by Jill Bailey, Editor - ($19.96)
Reviewed by Amazon.com:
How do birds fly? How are sedimentary rocks formed? How have animals adapted themselves to living in caves? Drawing on a series of questions that children might ask, a team of scientists proposes answers in this manual for adult readers. They address large issues such as atmospheric phenomena, ecosystemic relationships, and animal communication with brief essays, each well illustrated with charts, diagrams, and photographs. Their work yields an invaluable resource that will be especially helpful to science teachers. --Greg McNamee

Synopsis:
Combining the most accurate information with abundant illustrations, "The Way Nature Works" explains every aspect of how our world operates. Through comprehensive essays and easy-to-understand diagrams, the book covers such areas as the shaping of the planet, evolution, reproduction, the search for food, movement and shelter, and senses and communication. 900 color illustrations. 100 color photos.

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Field Guides