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1) Nature
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This version of Nature is an 1843 revision to the popular essay written and published in 1836. In the original essay, Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, and suggested that reality can be understood by studying nature. Within the essay, Emerson divides nature into four usages: Commodity, Beauty, Language and Discipline. These distinctions define how humans use nature for their basic needs, their desire for delight, their communication...
2) Nature
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Offers students interested in nature information on different careers in the field, with an overview of each job's training requirements, responsibilities, salary, and outlook.
3) Nature
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This film features a Nigerian's revolutionary way to get the most out farm lands, a South African with uncanny knowledge of flying creatures, and a deep sea fisherman during a big competition in Kenya.
4) Nature
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Introduces the natural world in North America, Europe and the African grasslands and its influence on and by hunting.
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We meet feline friends from the tiniest kodkod to the biggest tiger, and find out what makes your neighborhood domestic cats so special. Equipped with teeth, claws, and camouflage to survive everywhere from deserts to mountaintops, how did these ferocious felines make the leap from predators to playmates... and are they even done leaping?
15) Nature lover
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"Jada is thrilled when she gets to go on an outdoor class field trip with her Pop Pop, a nature lover, as a chaperone. She can't wait to show him off to her friends--and show him what she knows. But the trip has some twists along the way, including a soaring zip line she's not sure she wants to try. What happens when Jada's shining moment starts to lose its luster?"--Amazon.com.
16) The nature club
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When Mrs. Featherbottom places Eva in a different club from Lucy and Hailey, Eva misses her best friends, but she learns new things about her classmates, and discovers that someone in her club is missing a friend too.
20) The nature girls
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Aki's The Nature Girls is a picture book starring an adorable troupe of girls exploring different biomes--the ocean, the desert, the tundra, the grasslands, the forest--and meeting all the cute animals that inhabit them.