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Garden flora : the natural and cultural history of the plants in your garden

Kingsbury, Noël, author.

Publication Date

2016

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Books

Call Number

635.9 KIN

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SD_ILS:402854

Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine

Hager, Thomas, author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Books

Call Number

615.109 HAG

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SD_ILS:498119

The land knows me : a nature walk exploring Indigenous wisdom

Joseph, Leigh, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

581.63 JOS

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SD_ILS:794082

A gardener at the end of the world

Kelley, Margot Anne, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

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615.8515 KEL

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SD_ILS:718187

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Langmead, Oliver K., author.

Publication Date

2024

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LAN

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SD_ILS:721625

A deathly compendium of poisonous plants : wicked weeds and sinister seeds

Hirsch, Rebecca E., author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

581.659 HIR

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SD_ILS:786019

UFO : the inside story of the US government's search for alien life here - and out there

Graff, Garrett M., 1981- author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

999 GRA

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SD_ILS:691464

Brave the wild river : the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon

Sevigny, Melissa L., 1986- author.

Publication Date

2023

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578.0979132 SEV

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SD_ILS:684783

No meat required : the cultural history and culinary future of plant-based eating

Kennedy, Alicia (Food writer), author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

613.262 KEN

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SD_ILS:688648

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Most delicious poison : the story of nature's toxins--from spices to vices

Whiteman, Noah, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

615.95 WHI

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SD_ILS:692768

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Le petit Larousse des plantes qui guérissent : 500 plantes et leurs remèdes

Debuigne, Gérard, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

615.321 DEB

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SD_ILS:717206

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Brave the wild river [large print] : the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon

Sevigny, Melissa L., 1986- author.

Publication Date

2023

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578.0979132 SEV

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Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction (2005) -- Winner.

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Hadwin, Grant.

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Haida.

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Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2005) -- Winner.

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Historic trees -- British Columbia -- Yakoun River Region.

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Honey plants.

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House construction.

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House plants -- Care.

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Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (BC Book Prizes) (2023) -- Winner.

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Human ecology.

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Humphreys, Helen, 1961- -- Homes and haunts -- Ontario -- Napanee River Region.

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Hydroelectric power plants -- Economic aspects -- Lake of the Woods.

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Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Juvenile literature.

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Life on other planets -- Research -- United States -- History.

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Malicious mischief -- British Columbia -- Yakoun River Region.

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Meat -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.

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Meat industry and trade -- United States.

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Medicinal plants -- Canada -- Identification.

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Medicinal plants -- Canada.

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Medicinal plants.

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Medicine -- History.

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Napanee River Region (Ont.) -- Description and travel.

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Napanee River Region (Ont.) -- History.

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Natural history -- British Columbia.

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Natural history -- North America.

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Natural history -- Northwest, Pacific.

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Natural history -- Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)

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Nature -- Juvenile literature.

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Nature sounds -- Recording and reproducing.

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Noise pollution.

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Novels in verse.

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Novels.

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Opioid abuse -- United States.

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Pants -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.

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Parc national d'Odzala (Congo)

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Penner, Lyndon, 1980- -- Travel -- Camino de Santiago de Compostela.

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Pharmaceutical industry -- China -- Government relations.

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Pharmaceutical industry -- China.

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Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects.

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Pharmaceutical technology -- History.

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Pharmacology -- History.

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Plants -- Camino de Santiago de Compostela.

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Plants -- Classification.

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Plants -- Law and legislation.

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Plants, Edible -- Canada -- Identification.

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Plants, Edible -- Canada.

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Plants, Ornamental.

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Plants, Useful -- North America -- Juvenile literature.

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Poisonous plants -- Juvenile literature.

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Port Clements (B.C.) -- History.

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Rain forests -- Congo (Brazzaville) -- Mbomo (District) -- Pictorial works.

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Recipes.

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Red Cedar Book Awards (2023/24) -- Nominee.

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Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)

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Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.) -- Environmental conditions.

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Sex role -- Juvenile fiction.

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Sitka spruce -- British Columbia -- Yakoun River Region.

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Sleep -- Juvenile literature.

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Sleep behavior in animals -- Juvenile literature.

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Aniśko, Tomasz, 1963-

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Arnason, J. T., 1948- author.

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Bailey, Alice.

(1)

Bailey, Maddie.

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Bakker, Karen J., author.

(1)

Baldwin, Tama.

(1)

Barretta, Gene, author.

(1)

Bayton, Ross, author.

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Benson, Matthew, 1961- photographer.

(1)

Black, Sidney (Bishop), author of foreward.

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Bouanga, Théophane Bokaka, researcher.

(1)

Bradbury, Dominic, author.

(1)

Brown, Annora, 1899-1987, author.

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Collins, Jeremy, illustrator.

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Couplan, François, author.

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DeMello, Travis, illustrator.

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Debuigne, Gérard, author.

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Ekany, Bosco, researcher.

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England, Jeremy, author.

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Folliard, Thierry, author, editor.

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Friedman, Avi, 1952- writer of foreword.

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Graff, Garrett M., 1981- author.

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Hager, Thomas, author.

(1)

Hamersley Chambers, Fiona, 1970- author.

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Heinrichs, Ann

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Henket, Pieter, 1979- photographer, contributor.

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Henket, Pieter, photographer. contributor.

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Hirsch, Rebecca E., author.

(1)

Hoare, Ben, author.

(1)

Hui, Stephen, 1979- author.

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Humphreys, Helen, 1961-

(1)

Idime, Annie Lydie, researcher.

(1)

Jabbour, Niki, author.

(1)

Jenkins, Hannah, editor.

(1)

Joseph, Leigh, author.

(1)

Karst, Amanda, author.

(1)

Kassinger, Ruth, author.

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Keffer, Ken (Naturalist), author.

(1)

Kelley, Margot Anne, author.

(1)

Kennedy, Alicia (Food writer), author.

(1)

Kerrigan, Darren, illustrator.

(1)

Kershaw, Linda, 1951- author.

(1)

Kingsbury, Noël, author.

(1)

Lagoeiro, Tainá Moreno de Oliveira, researcher.

(1)

Langmead, Oliver K., author.

(1)

Laviolette, Mary-Beth, author of introduction.

(1)

Long, Daniel (Illustrator), illustrator.

(1)

Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.)

(1)

Lowinger, Kathy, author.

(1)

Luby, Brittany, author.

(1)

Mabey, Richard, 1941- author.

(1)

MacKinnon, A. (Andrew), 1956- author.

(1)

Mancuso, Stefano, author.

(1)

Miabeto, Auguste, contributor.

(1)

Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.

(1)

Mouendet, Maret, researcher.

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Museum Barberini (Potsdam, Germany)

(1)

N'Sondé, S.R. Kovo, adapter.

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N'Sondé, Wilfried, adapter.

(1)

Negley, Keith, author, illustrator.

(1)

Nobati, Eugenia, illustrator.

(1)

Ogden, Ellen, author.

(1)

Owen, Patrick (Nutritionist), author.

(1)

Penner, Lyndon, 1980- author.

(1)

Plattner, Sabine, author of preface.

(1)

Plattner, Stefanie, editor.

(1)

Randall, Nancy Elisabeth, 1950- photographer.

(1)

Redl, Carolyn D., 1941- author.

(1)

Rizza, Angela, illustrator.

(1)

Sabharwal, Puneet, author.

(1)

Satch, Christopher, contributor.

(1)

Schnitter, Natalie, illustrator.

(1)

Shanahan, Mike, author.

(1)

Telfer, Paul, contributor.

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Thorness, Bill, 1960- author.

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Turner, Nancy J., 1947- author.

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Turner, Nancy J., 1947- editor.

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Vaillant, John (John H.)

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Varner, Collin, author.

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Vonk, Eva, editor.

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Weidenhammer, Lori, author.

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Weinstein, Mobee, author.

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Westhoff, Ben, author.

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Whiteman, Noah, author.

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Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955- author.

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Woodgate, Vicky, author, illustrator.

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Yellowhorn, Eldon, 1956- author.

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Zahoran, Cayla, photographer.

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