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Books with author Laurence Pringle

  • Global Warming: The Threat of Earth's Changing Climate

    Laurence Pringle

    Paperback (Chronicle Books, Feb. 1, 2003)
    Global warming is perhaps the most prominent and urgent environmental issue of the past decade, continuing to make front-page headlines. Award-winning science and nature writer Laurence Pringle describes the cause of this worldwide trend, exploring its past, present, and potential future damage to our climate, ecology, and economy. He also offers solutions that may help avert a global disaster. With over 30 color photographs and an extensive glossary, here is an authoritative look at a timely topic that all children and adults must face—and soon.
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  • Being a Plant

    Laurence P. Pringle

    Hardcover (Ty Crowell Co, Oct. 1, 1983)
    Examines the life processes of plants, especially flowering plants--from photosynthesis to reproductive methods--and surveys plants' ability to sense and respond to their surroundings
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  • Hearing

    Laurence P. Pringle

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Dec. 1, 1999)
    Describes the parts of the ear and how they function and discusses the ways animals hear, maintaining balance, taking care of your hearing, and more.
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  • Follow a fisher,

    Laurence P Pringle

    Unknown Binding (Crowell, March 15, 1973)
    Describes the domain and habits of fishers--weasels that live in North American forests.
  • Listen to the Crows

    Laurence Pringle

    Hardcover (Crowell, March 15, 1976)
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  • Radiation: Waves and Particles/Benefits and Risks

    Laurence P. Pringle

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Feb. 1, 1983)
    Surveys the various types of radiation, discusses the dangers of exposure to radioactivity, and examines the use of radiation in medicine, weaponry, and industry
  • Follow a Fisher

    Laurence P. Pringle

    Library Binding (Harpercollins Juvenile Books, May 15, 1973)
    Describes the domain and habits of fishers--weasels that live in North American forests.
  • Lives at Stake: The Science and Politics of Environmental Health

    Laurence P. Pringle

    Hardcover (Atheneum, Dec. 1, 1980)
    Presents an overview of environmental factors that affect human health, assesses their dangers, and discusses the scientific and political complexities concerning a healthful environment.
  • Cockroaches

    Laurence Pringle

    Hardcover (Ty Crowell Co, June 15, 1971)
    science
  • Smell

    Laurence P. Pringle

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Oct. 1, 1999)
    Describes the sense of smell, how it works, and why it is important, examining this sense in humans and a variety of other animals.
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  • Alligators and Crocodiles!: Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle

    Laurence Pringle

    Hardcover (Boyds Mills Press, Aug. 16, 1848)
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  • Wolfman: Exploring the World of Wolves

    Laurence P. Pringle

    Library Binding (Atheneum, Feb. 1, 1983)
    A career biography of the wildlife biologist who has spent twenty-five years studying the wolf.
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