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Books are an addiction of mine.

I've included here a list of books, and the list grows continually, which I've found exceptional. Through them I was able to acquire exactly what it was I needed to know and more. Perhaps you will also find value in them.

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Title	Author	Description
Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think	Marc D. Hauser	This is a report of ongoing studies, by many in different fields, of whether animals experience "moral emotions, feelings such as guilt, shame and embarrassment", if they're capable of inhibiting their own desires, if they "understand the impact of their" decisions, etc. I'm not sure how objective Mr. Hauser is however as, to me, he seems determined to have his opinion prevail as I can't recall one study he's accepted as valid. I'm sorry too that the studies are not definitive.
Winter World : The Ingenuity of Animal Survival	Bernd Heinrich	Kept me interested throughout satisfying my curiosity regarding the ways in which animals, and some insects, survive the extremes of winter. Mr. Heinrich spends a little more time on Kinglets than other species as they are obviously his favorites. However, there's sufficient variety of information in Winter World to satisfy most everyone.
The Wild Out Your Window: Exploring Nature Near at Hand	Sy Montgomery	Within this book the reader will find a seemingly endless amount of interesting information on an incredible array of topics such as moss, flowers, bird irruptions, where bugs go in winter, plants' healing poisons, canned wildlife and on and on. Of course not an in depth study but enough valid information, gleaned from reliable sources, to inform in a fashion I find exciting as well as educational. Certainly enough to entice further investigation.
Exploring the Other Island, A Seasonal Guide to Nature on Long Island.	John L. Turner	John Turner is one of the most informed Naturalists I've had the priviledge to be acquainted with. He shares with the reader a lifelong adventure of exploration through all the seasons on Long Island.
Walks and Rambles on Long Island	Geffen and Berglie	I've consulted this book many times when planning a trek from the Wildlife Refuge at Jamaica Bay to Uplands Farm Sanctuary at Cold Spring Harbor and to Morton Wildlife Refuge in Sag Harbor (on the south fork), to name but a few, and found the information provided useful and accurate. This book is a must have for Long Islanders.
The Curious Naturalist	Sy Montgomery	A well written book which supplies an enormous amount of information about the world we seldom see and the other lives which inhabit it.
Plant Propagation	American Horticultural Society	Provides everything, when to and how to, and many, many plants are covered. Has excellent information on grafting and budding as well.
Pruning and training	The American Horticultural Society	A resource for pruning that addresses every need, with many illustrations.
Long Island	Robert Vilani	"A Natural History". Fabulous Photos of places to see, just down the road, accompanied by wonderfully descriptive narrative.
Tinkering with Eden	Kim Todd	Profound account of exotic species introduction by man told by an accomplished writer.
Fresh Water	E.C. Pielou	Fresh water is becoming more and more scarce as we continue polluting it. This book is so interesting and informative I had difficulty putting it down.
Swampwalker's Journal (A Wetlands Year)	David M. Carroll	An excellent book about places and animals rarely seen by most of us. About "everything that swims, flies, trudges, slithers, or sinks its roots in" the wet places. Nicely illustrated by the author's own quality drawings.
The Book of Swamp and Bog	John Eastman	A well written book of out of the way places that I find most interesting. A Wetlands field guide that names and illustrates and goes further to also explain how it grows, its preferred habitat and how it is used by animals.
A Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them	Sue Hubbell	A very useful book by a woman who knows bees. I thought, this is a person I'd very much like to meet as we are akin in being different.
Wild Nights	Anne Matthews	Engagingly witty account of the encroachment of N.Y.C. by wild nature. Filled with facts and delightful curiosities.

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