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Author
Publisher
CamCat Books
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
"Finding work is easy. Staying alive is a little bit harder. When Russ Wesley finds an unusual artifact in his grandfather's collection of rare antiquities, the last thing he expects is for it to draw the attention of a ferocious alien from a distant planet. Equally surprising is the adventurous team of intergalactic exterminators dispatched to deal with the alien threat. The exterminators specialize in "ecosystem preservation"--a thankless job that...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Twenty-five-year-old Linda Donovan has spent her life working for her father, Anthony, at Donovan and Daughter Exterminators in New York City. On the anniversary of her mother's death, her father makes his annual visit to his late wife's grave while Linda heads to a Park Avenue apartment building to work solo. When she arrives, she finds the body of an elderly resident, partially eaten by rats. The gruesome death not only speaks poorly of the Donovans'...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"American chestnut trees were once found far and wide in North America's eastern forests. They towered up to one hundred feet tall, providing food and shelter for people and animals alike. For many, life without the chestnut seemed unimaginable until disaster struck in the early 1900s. What began as a wound in the bark of a few trees soon turned to an unstoppable killing force. An unknown blight was wiping out the American chestnut, and scientists...
11) Slug bread & beheaded thistles: amusing & useful techniques for nontoxic housekeeping & gardening
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
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Series
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Provides advice on organic-gardening techniques that keep gardens free of both diseases and pests, and of chemicals, including using resistant plants, physical barriers, natural predators, companion planting, and other methods.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With the increased development of suburban and rural land and the lack of natural predators, deer populations are exploding and living closer to humans than ever before--and they're nibbling on more beloved blooms as well. How can the deer be stopped? What plants are safe? Peter Loewer has the answers in Solving Deer Problems. In this manual, he addresses several key topics, including plants that will withstand a whitetail attack, chemicals that can...
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