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Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This follow-up to the disgustingly popular Nature's Yucky takes young naturalists and other lovers of foul facts and icky information on an expedition to the American Southwest. Nature's Yucky 2 introduces readers to sixteen desert creatures and vividly answers such scintillating scientific questions as: How does the regal horned lizard squirt blood from its eyes? Why do dung beetles eat poop? Why does the piglike javelina smell like stinky socks? Astonishingly detailed illustrations capture not just Mother Nature's revolting qualities but her stunning beauty. With it's Eeewww That's Yucky refrain, the book is especially fun for reading aloud. Serious scholars will enjoy gathering further information about each animal in the More Fun Facts section. Those with an appetite for further yuckiness can use the kid-friendly recipe for raven-gut upside-down cake or sing the Nature's Yucky song. There is also a list of books and Web sites to encourage further scientific exploration. Rogge, Rachel (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. This follow-up to the disgustingly popular Nature's Yucky takes young naturalists and other lovers of foul facts and icky information on an expedition to the American Southwest. Nature's Yucky 2 introduces readers to sixteen desert creatures and vividly answers such scintillating scientific questions as: How does the regal horned lizard squirt blood from its eyes? Why do dung beetles eat poop? Why does the piglike javelina smell like stinky socks? Astonishingly detailed illustrations capture not just Mother Nature's revolting qualities but her stunning beauty. With it's Eeewww That's Yucky refrain, the book is especially fun for reading aloud. Serious scholars will enjoy gathering further information about each animal in the More Fun Facts section. Those with an appetite for further yuckiness can use the kid-friendly recipe for raven-gut upside-down cake or sing the Nature's Yucky song. There is also a list of books and Web sites to encourage further scientific exploration. Rogge, Rachel (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Bleed, Blister, and Purge traces the fits and starts of medical progress on the western frontier. With the authority of a scholar and the sparkle of an old-time storyteller, Dr. Volney Steele takes the reader from rotgut whiskey to modern anesthetics, from castor oil to antibiotics, and from barroom surgery to modern hospital operations. Citing everything from government reports to first-person remembrances, combined with his own sensitive interpretations, the author creates a full, clear, and colorful picture of illness and the healing arts in the old West.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Join the excitement of discovery in Oregon-from its high desert plateau and majestic mountain peaks to its storm-wracked coast and the depths of the Columbia Gorge. The stirring, colorful stories of Oregon's empire builders are told here with skill and style by a man who has spent a lifetime writing about the Pacific Northwest.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Join the excitement of discovery in Oregon-from its high desert plateau and majestic mountain peaks to its storm-wracked coast and the depths of the Columbia Gorge. The stirring, colorful stories of Oregon's empire builders are told here with skill and style by a man who has spent a lifetime writing about the Pacific Northwest.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. For more than thirty years Sandra Perrin has gardened year-round in Montana, learning to adapt to cold weather. Consumer demand encouraged her to update this popular gardening book, adding new hardy varieties and time-tested hints. Among other things, you will learn how to store carrots in the ground for winter harvesting, fry zucchini flowers, and ripen green tomatoes. So get ready to dig Organic gardening is not only healthy for the body but also, in Perrin's words, good for the soul.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. For more than thirty years Sandra Perrin has gardened year-round in Montana, learning to adapt to cold weather. Consumer demand encouraged her to update this popular gardening book, adding new hardy varieties and time-tested hints. Among other things, you will learn how to store carrots in the ground for winter harvesting, fry zucchini flowers, and ripen green tomatoes. So get ready to dig Organic gardening is not only healthy for the body but also, in Perrin's words, good for the soul.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. This is a story of a man and a horse. both have sand-the gumption it takes to tackle the challenges of life head on. The setting is the Great Plains. The characters are cowboys and horses. The heart of this story is the hero's long duel with the horse, and how the little grain of sand within him starts to grow.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Did you know that honey is really bee barf? That grizzly bears sometimes eat rotting meat? Or that turkey vultures poop on their own feet? Nature's Yucky uses kids' natural fascination with the stinky, the gross, and the icky to help them learn more about wild animals and why critters behave as they do. Bergum, Constance R. (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Did you know that honey is really bee barf? That grizzly bears sometimes eat rotting meat? Or that turkey vultures poop on their own feet? Nature's Yucky uses kids' natural fascination with the stinky, the gross, and the icky to help them learn more about wild animals and why critters behave as they do. Bergum, Constance R. (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The government in the mid-1800s needed better communication with its far-flung citizens in the West. Three visionaries dreamt up a seemingly impossible solution: the Pony Express. An elite cadre of riders would carry the U.S. mail across 2,000 miles on inhospitable wilderness in 10 days. The Saga of the Pony Express proves there's a reason some legends endure.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The government in the mid-1800s needed better communication with its far-flung citizens in the West. Three visionaries dreamt up a seemingly impossible solution: the Pony Express. An elite cadre of riders would carry the U.S. mail across 2,000 miles on inhospitable wilderness in 10 days. The Saga of the Pony Express proves there's a reason some legends endure.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. The government in the mid-1800s needed better communication with its far-flung citizens in the West. Three visionaries dreamt up a seemingly impossible solution: the Pony Express. An elite cadre of riders would carry the U.S. mail across 2,000 miles on inhospitable wilderness in 10 days. The Saga of the Pony Express proves there's a reason some legends endure.…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardback. Condizione: Good.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.