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Botanicum
curated by Katie Scott
and Kathy Willis
#UM2192
Hardcover, 95 pages; 2017
$35.00
Welcome to
Botanicum
, a stunningly
illustrated museum in a book! Here
curious minds will discover the plant
kingdom in all its wild, fascinating
glory, the world’s trees, flowers, and
more cataloged in evolutionary order
and lavishly illuminated with brilliantly
colored plates. Each “exhibit” showcases
a carefully curated selection of
botanicals: from diminutive “first plants”
(bryophytes, fungi, and mosses) and
large
and
small trees (the giant sequoia and ornamental shrubs) to spectacular orchids (vanilla
and vampire orchids) and adaptive plants (succulents and carnivorous plants). This spectacular
oversized coffee-table book will enchant readers ages 9 to 99.
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Members’ Price $34.00
BBS
BBS
Members’ Price $29.75
Our History: A Keepsake Notebook
#UM2902 $15.99
I know my grandmother loved caramel cake
and my grandfather’s poker group was called
“the Jolly Boys,” but since their recent deaths
I’ve realized just how much I
don’t
know
about them. I think all three of us would have
had fun with the interview prompts outlined
in this wonderful journal, designed to help
younger generations learn more about their
grandparents. From basic facts (
“Where did
you grow up?”
and
“What languages were
spoken in your home?”
)
to thoughtful insight
(
“What did your mother teach you about life?”
and
“How has religion or spirituality enriched your life?”
) to fun
childhood tidbits (
“How much did a movie ticket cost?”
and
“What kind of hairstyle did you have?”
), each question helps to
create an informative portrait of the interviewee’s life. Though
designed for grandparents, there’s also a section for interviewing
friends and other family members, as well as a fill-in-the-blank
family tree. Whether completed at your next holiday gathering
or filled in over time, this cherished keepsake will be an
invaluable tool for keeping your family history alive.
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Explorers’ Sketchbooks:
The Art of Discovery &
Adventure
by Huw Lewis-Jones
and Kari Herbert
#UM3482
Hardcover, 320 pages,
2017
$40.00
Sketchbooks have been a staple
of the explorer’s traveling kit for ages. In this remarkable
compendium, you can view excerpts from the journals of
more than seventy adventurers—some famous, like Charles
Darwin and James Cook, and others more obscure—
who have trekked into deserts, mountains, rain forests,
savannahs…even into the depths of the oceans and the
limitless frontier of outer space. Each entry has a brief biographical description and a summary
of the expedition, and is accompanied by reproductions of sketchbook pages in the traveler’s
own hand. Explore our world from pole to pole and beyond with these intrepid pathfinders, and
experience the thrill of discovery like never before!
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