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  • Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Key for the Ready Determination of All the Useful Minerals Within the United States

    Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them is a practical yet wide-ranging nineteenth-century guide to the hidden wealth of the earth: metals, ores, gems, coal, petroleum, and other mineral resources. Written in a lucid, instructional style, it translates geological knowledge into usable advice for prospectors, students, and curious readers. The book belongs to the Victorian tradition of ... Read more

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  • Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them

    Enriched edition. A Key for the Ready Determination of All the Useful Minerals Within the United States

    In "Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them," James Orton embarks on an illuminating exploration into the world of subterranean resources and treasure hunting. With a blend of anecdotal narrative and rigorous research, Orton delves into the methodologies of discovering hidden gems beneath the Earth's surface. The book artfully weaves scientific principles with practical guidance, ... Read more

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  • Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them

    by James Orton ...
    "Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them" by James Orton is an intriguing exploration into the world of hidden gems and valuable artifacts buried beneath the earth's surface. The book delves into various methods and techniques for locating these treasures, offering insights into the tools and skills necessary for successful treasure hunting. Orton combines practical advice with ... Read more

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  • The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South America

    Exploration and Adventure in South America's Wild Landscapes

    by James Orton ...
    In "The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South America," James Orton embarks on a captivating journey through the lush and diverse landscapes of South America, meticulously documenting his travels across the Andes mountains and the Amazon rainforest. Written in an engaging style that combines vivid descriptive passages with scholarly observation, Orton's work reflects the literary ... Read more

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  • Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them

    A Key for the Ready Determination of All the Useful Minerals Within the United States

    by James Orton ...
    In "Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them," James Orton meticulously explores the intricate world of treasure hunting, blending rich narrative with practical guidance. This captivating text traverses various terrains—from forgotten historical sites to urban landscapes—while employing a style that is both descriptive and instructional. Orton roots his observations in a robust historical ... Read more

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  • Underground Treasures

    How and Where to Find ThemA Key for the Ready Determination of All the Useful Minerals Within the United States

    by James Orton ...
    Underground Treasures: How and Where to Find Them—A Key for the Ready Determination of All the Useful Minerals Within the United States is a comprehensive guidebook designed for prospectors, geologists, and enthusiasts eager to explore the mineral wealth of the United States. This detailed manual provides practical instructions on how to locate, identify, and extract valuable minerals, including ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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    Meditations on a Year at the Herbarium

    “[A] delightful mix of memoir and field study.” — Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewAward-winning and beloved author Helen Humphreys discovers her local herbarium and realizes we need to look for beauty in whatever nature we have left — no matter how diminishedAward-winning poet and novelist Helen Humphreys returns to her series of nature meditations in this gorgeously written and illustrated book ... Read more

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  • The Field Guide to Chickens

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    The story of the chicken traces the interactions of cultures around the globe. From Southeast Asia 8,000 years ago, chickens spread to ancient China and Japan, the Middle East, Europe during the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, and, from there, the world. Today, chickens fuel our poultry meat and egg industry. They also inspire the time-honored tradition of poultry exhibition and, increasingly, ... Read more

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  • The Boy Who Loved Ants: Edward O.Wilson

    by Sara van Dyck ...
    *** As a boy, famed scientist Edward O. Wilson spent his happiest days outdoors hunting for fish, snakes, and bugs in Florida and Alabama. Drawing from Wilson's autobiography Naturalist, author Sara van Dyck shows how the shy boy who loved ants grew into the man who became a world leader in nature conservation. He believes that there is always more to discover and has dedicated himself to ... Read more

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  • Archeology of Mississippi

    This reprinting makes available again the only book of its kind to be focused upon the prehistoric Indians of Mississippi. Although written expressly for the layreader, it has continued for more than eighty years to appeal to a wide audience that ranges from professional archeologists and scholars to weekend artifact collectors.Published originally in 1926, Archeology of Mississippi details Brown ... Read more

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  • Walden Warming

    Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Woods

    "An unnervingly close-to-home perspective [on] the dynamics and impact of climate change on plants, birds, and myriad other species, including us."— BooklistIn his meticulous notes on the natural history of Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau records the first open flowers of highbush blueberry on May 11, 1853. If he were to look for the first blueberry flowers in Concord today, mid-May ... Read more

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  • Indian New England Before the Mayflower

    In offering here a highly readable yet comprehensive description of New England's Indians as they lived when European settlers first met them, the author provides a well-rounded picture of the natives as neither savages nor heroes, but fellow human beings existing at a particular time and in a particular environment. He dispels once and for all the common notion of native New England as peopled by ... Read more

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