Canada is a vast country with large expanses of forests, towering mountains, spacious prairies and wide-open tundra. Each of these environments has its own unique animals, birds, insects and plants. This is your country, so learn all...
Nature
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Author:Kagume, SaharaSummary: - Author:Winchester, SimonSummary:
Land--whether meadow or mountainside, desert or peat bog, parkland or pasture, suburb or city--is central to our existence. Simon Winchester examines what we human beings are doing, and have done, with the billions of acres that...
- Author:Flouw, BenjaminSummary:
Dans cet album, Renard feuillette un vieux livre de botanique où il tombe sur une fiche sans image, celle de la milléclat dorée. L'ouvrage indique que cette plante très rare de la famille des Biencachés ne pousse que dans la montagne et...
- Author:Reeves, HubertSummary:
- Author:Léger, Diane CarmelSummary:
Maxine aime se promener dans la forêt ancienne de Carmanah. Avec son père elle participe à la construction de sentier. Le coeur de Maxine se remplit de chagrin, lorsqu’elle constate la coupe à blanc dans Carmanah. Pourra-t-elle...
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Author:McCorquodale, ElizabethSummary:Presents general information about garden animals, as well as practical information and garden projects for creating a garden capable of sustaining a wide variety of wildlife.
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Author:Herriot, TrevorSummary:The Genesis story of Jacob, the patriarch of the Judeo-Christian tradition, wrestling with a spirit has been interpreted in a multitude of ways, but never more persuasively than by Trevor Herriot in Jacob’s Wound. He sees it as a...
- Author:Lévesque, Baron Marc-AndréSummary:
Avec sa manière désopilante et inimitable, Baron Marc-André Lévesque ( Chasse aux licornes, Toutou Tango ) signe un recueil rempli de pépites au sujet de la vie à l'école... quand on n'aime pas tellement l'école?! Attachante et...
- Author:George, BridgetSummary:
A colourful children's book written in a rhyming combination of English and Ojibwe. It's a Mitig! guides young readers through the forest while introducing them to Ojibwe words for nature. From sunup to sundown, encounter an amik...
- Author:Flyn, CalSummary:
A beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence. Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not...
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From Naked Ape to Super Species takes an unflinching look at where we are at this unprecedented moment in history. Suzuki and Dressel reveal that a clear and present environmental danger is staring us in the face, a danger that is...
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Author:Kheraj, SeanSummary:In early December 2006, a powerful windstorm ripped through Vancouver's Stanley Park. The storm transformed the city's most treasured landmark into a tangle of splintered trees and shattered a decades-old vision of the park as timeless...
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In the light of humane nature : human values, nature, the green economy, and environmental salvationAuthor:Weissman, Arthur B.Summary:In the Light of Humane Nature describes the underlying, causal roots of our environmental problems and offers a conceptual solution to them. It argues that what causes these problems and stymies resolution ultimately relates to human...
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Author:Caughey, MelissaSummary:Best-selling author Melissa Caughey knows that backyard chickens are like any favorite pet - fun to spend time with and fascinating to observe. Her hours among the flock have resulted in this quirky, irresistible guide packed with...
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Author:Gooley, TristanSummary:"For those inclined to solve mysteries written into the landscape, this author's lead is one they'll want to follow."-The Wall Street Journal When most of us go for a walk, a single sense-sight-tends to dominate our...
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Nobody wakes up in the morning and decides to shut down their senses and stumble through each day in an oblivious bubble, and yet some people end up having much richer experiences than others. In this guidebook, natural navigator...
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Author:Delacre, LuluSummary:Messages of love between children and adults are framed in the language of the natural world spanning different cultures and all seven continents. Includes map and Author's Note.
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Author:York, AlissaSummary:"Homeland" is Alissa York's contribution to Northwords, a cross-platform project that takes urban Canadian writers to some of the world’s most extreme environments. Introduced by award-winning journalist and radio personality Shelagh...
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Author:Powning, BethSummary:Home is like a leaf on a tree: other people, other homes, are the other leaves. They live beneath the same sky, share the same memories, survive the same storms. After twenty-five years on a New Brunswick farm, Beth Powning came to...
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Author:Creech, Steve, Johnson, SpencerSummary:Hold Your Water offers insight into the water and world around us. Taking a conversational approach to conservation, it dives into simple ways that even little old you can make a difference—all with a witty, and at times whimsical,...
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