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Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

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and Canada, including some species as far north as Alaska, an increase over the 500 species covered in the first edition. Rohrer, Kirsen McKnight War, and Kent and Vera McKnight. This second edition covers 685 species found in the continental U.S.

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From Today's New York Times

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Sarah Palin of Alaska, the scientific literature is very clear that polar bear survival is highly threatened in the wild. 7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School. To the Editor: Re “ Bearing Up ” (Op-Ed, Jan. 5): In contrast to the arguments made by Gov.

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Lost Among the Birds: A Review of a Big Year Book

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And, the birds and birding trips to Arizona, Florida, California, the waters of North Carolina, and Alaska—always back to Alaska—start accumulating. Supporting characters like Jay Lehman and Chris Hitt, big year birders present and past, start making more frequent appearances.

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Birding in the times of the coronavirus

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Well, a somewhat obvious title for a blog post from China these days, particularly from somebody who pretends to have at least a basic grasp of world literature (and who has recently watched “Looking for Alaska” with its frequent allusions to another one of Marquez` works).

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

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There simply is no dispute in the medical community that human breast milk is the best food a human infant can be fed. Neal Barnard, Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life , p. Children should not be fed cow's milk or cow's milk-based formulas for the reasons cited above.

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