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The Male GazedOn Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (desiring) Men

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Explore nature with these new reads!

Saving Animals, Saving OurselvesWhy Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes

The Language of TreesA Rewilding of Literature and Landscape

The Liars of Nature and the Nature of LiarsCheating and Deception in the Living World

The Power of TreesHow Ancient Forests Can Save Us If We Let Them

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The Book RescuerHow A Mensch From Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come

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