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Introduces the loggerhead turtle focusing on a particular female as she returns to the beach of her own birth to lay her eggs.
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9780399203794 | New edition (Putnam Pub Group, March 1, 1974), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: In photographs and informative text, young people are introduced to the traits, behavior, and enemies of the female loggerhead turtle that returns each year to the place it was born to lay eggs
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Discusses twelve animals, including skunk, coyote, porcupine, gull, and opossum, who are not in danger of extinction but who have survived and even flourished despite man's persistent destruction of their environment.
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9780152832575 | Harcourt, October 1, 1975, cover price $7.50 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habits of twelve North American mammals and birds that have survived and flourished despite continuing threats from man and continuing environmental destruction
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Describes the habits and habitats of the American stork and the efforts of conservationists to save this unusual bird
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9780152235802 | Harcourt, March 1, 1976, cover price $6.50 | About this edition: Describes the habits and habitats of the American stork and the efforts of conservationists to save this unusual bird
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Discusses the life cycle and migratory habits of the Canada goose.
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9780399204920 | New edition (Putnam Pub Group, May 1, 1976), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Discusses the life cycle and migratory habits of the Canada goose.
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Discusses the American bison, also known as the buffalo, which despite a onetime abundance, now only exists in a few protected herds.
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9780399205521 | Putnam Pub Group, September 1, 1976, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A pictorial and textual portrait of North America's largest wild animal reveals the reasons for its survival and current resurgence
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Examines the precarious existence of the appealing little mammal, the prairie dog, whose numerous enemies include eagles, rattlesnakes, ferrets, coyotes, foxes, and the cattlemen who mistakenly believe them to be harmful pests
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9780399205613 | Putnam Pub Group, May 1, 1977, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Examines the habits and colonies of the prairie dog, a vanishing form of American wildlife.
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Describes the life of herring gulls and great black-backed gulls on Smuttynose Island, one of the two largest gull rookeries along the New England coast.
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9780399206184 | Putnam Pub Group, October 1, 1977, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Describes the life of herring gulls and great black-backed gulls on Smuttynose Island, one of the two largest gull rookeries along the New England coast.
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Describes the organization and daily operation of the 252-acre Bronx Zoo.
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9780399206337 | Putnam Pub Group, March 1, 1978, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A narrative and photographic account of the day-to-day behavior and antics of the inhabitants of the Bronx Zoo and the activities of their keepers
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Describes what limited information is known about the habits of the enigmatic cattle egret which has migrated to every continent from its native Africa.
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9780152235932 | Harcourt, August 1, 1978, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: An examination of the life cycle and habits of the cattle egret, a native of Africa that has appeared throughout the Western hemisphere, is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and line drawings
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Presents theories about the history of the wild horses of Assateague Island and describes their present life and habits.
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9780399206481 | Putnam Pub Group, October 1, 1978, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Presents theories about the history of the wild horses of Assateague Island and describes their present life and habits.
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Examines the five main species of goats bred in the United States, their characteristics and behavior, and their histories
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9780399206818 | Putnam Pub Group, July 1, 1979, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Discusses the history of goats, their habits, characteristics, and usefulness, and six important and popular breeds.
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Offers over three hundred recipes for soups, salads, main dishes, side dishes, and desserts using potatoes
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9780553201574 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, July 1, 1980), cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Offers over three hundred recipes for soups, salads, main dishes, side dishes, and desserts using potatoes
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Pigs are shown as intelligent, clean, sociable, and valuable domestic animals in a book which focuses on popular types found in the United States today
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9780399207181 | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1981, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Discusses the characteristics and habits of pigs, their relatives, their history, and their helpfulness to man.
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Documents the efforts of the staff of the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary in Florida to rescue and treat injured birds and return them to the wild
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9780399208584 | Putnam Pub Group, November 1, 1982, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Describes the work of the Suncoast Sanctuary, which specializes in the rescue and repair of orphaned and injured seabirds and other wild creatures.
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Text and photographs introduce this leftover from the Mesozoic era.
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9780399210112 | Putnam Pub Group, November 1, 1984, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Explains the differences between alligators and crocodiles, tells how the alligator nearly became extinct, and describes their characteristics, behavior, and life cycle
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Provides 250 international recipes for rice dishes, drawn from the cuisines of Europe, the U.S., Greece, India, Turkey, Singapore and China
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9780812912548 | Random House Inc, October 1, 1985, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Provides 250 international recipes for rice dishes, drawn from the cuisines of Europe, the U.
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9780688043124 | Revised edition (William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1985), cover price $24.95
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Provides instructions for preparing pasta dishes from such diverse lands as China, Norway, Greece, Hungary, and Mexico and describes the ways in which a dish of pasta can provide a perfectly balanced diet
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9780890099230 | Book Sales, November 1, 1985, cover price $5.98 | About this edition: Provides instructions for preparing pasta dishes from such diverse lands as China, Norway, Greece, Hungary, and Mexico and describes the ways in which a dish of pasta can provide a perfectly balanced diet
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A celebration of America's culinary traditions highlights classic recipes from diverse regions of the United States
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9780553248869 | Bantam Books, March 1, 1986, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: A celebration of America's culinary traditions highlights classic recipes from diverse regions of the United States
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Product Description: Presents the moose, that northern creature which is the "world's largest living deer."
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9780399207211 | Horizon Book Promotions, May 1, 1986, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: Presents the moose, that northern creature which is the "world's largest living deer.
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Text and photographs depict the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of swans in their natural habitat
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9780399214066 | Putnam Pub Group, February 1, 1988, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Text and photographs depict the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of swans in their natural habitat
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Offers advice on selecting and cooking with a microwave oven, and gathers recipes for appetizers, soups, eggs, fish, poultry, meat, pasta, rice, vegetables, and desserts
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9780890432686 | Revised edition (Consumer Reports Books, November 1, 1988), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Offers advice on selecting and cooking with a microwave oven, and gathers recipes for appetizers, soups, eggs, fish, poultry, meat, pasta, rice, vegetables, and desserts
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9780890432679 | Consumer Reports Books, September 1, 1989, cover price $13.95
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Provides recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, vegetable dishes, side dishes, and main dishes that feature legumes
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9780890433638 | Consumer Reports Books, June 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Provides recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, vegetable dishes, side dishes, and main dishes that feature legumes
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Gathers more than one hundred recipes for soups, salads, entrees, side dishes, pancakes, and classic potato dishes, and includes tips and techniques for preparing potatoes
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9780890434567 | Consumer Reports Books, May 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Gathers more than one hundred recipes for soups, salads, entrees, side dishes, pancakes, and classic potato dishes, and includes tips and techniques for preparing potatoes
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