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Pigeons

Pigeons

The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird

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Andrew D. Blechman
Andrew D. Blechman
2006

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60 books

Natural History

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Scent
A History of the World Through Body Parts
Explorers of Deep Time: Paleontologists and the History of Life
The Hot Zone
Butts: A Backstory
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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45 books

Birdnote

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Mark Bramhill
Birdology: Adventures with Hip Hop Parrots, Cantankerous Cassowaries, Crabby Crows, Peripatetic Pigeons, Hens, Hawks, and Hummingbirds
The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings
The Wild Trees
Birds Art Life
Hollow Kingdom
Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds: Notes from a Northwest Year

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129 books

Biology

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Bitch
The Invisible Enemy: A Natural History of Viruses
Gory Details
Philosophy of Biology
The Book of Genes and Genomes

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59 books

Zoology

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Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
Rats
Bears: A Brief History
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
The Secret Life of Lobsters
Sexus Animalis
Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals

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144 books

Nonfic Nature

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Adam
Wilderness and the American Mind
Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds
The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game
Gifts of the Crow
The Arrogance of Humanism
Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death

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271 books

Ny Nonfiction

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Mallory McInnis
Jim Henson
Hamilton : the revolution
Cats, Dogs, Men, Women, Ninnies & Clowns: The Lost Art of William Steig
So You Want to Talk about Race
The Pink Book: An Illustrated Celebration of the Color, from Bubblegum to Battleships

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43 books

Z Birds

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Adam
Sibley's Birding Basics
Gifts of the Crow
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds
One Wild Bird at a Time: Portraits of Individual Lives
Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death
What It's Like to Be a Bird

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48 books

Owned

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Mark Bramhill
The Best of McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Reality Radio
Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
This Is Not My Hat