Light wear on the edges. Shipped the next business day! We own a small family book store and sell our extra books and media that have been on our shelfs for too long. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Silence of the Songbirds A spring without birdsong? As human development spreads and avian habitat shrinks, many of the 200 species of migratory birds that nest in eastern North America continue to decline. The Iceman: Lone Voyager From the Copper Age Discovered by hikers high in the Alps, a 5, 000- year- old mummy reveals startling clues about Europeans of the Copper Age. Chesapeake Bay- -Hanging in the Balance With oysters, crabs, rockfish ? ? and the great estuary itself ? ? at risk from overharvesting and pollution, the six states in its watershed struggle to save the bay. Bangladesh: When the Water Comes Time and again, cyclones hurl wind and water at the densely packed Asian nation, with tragic loss of life. Yet monsoon floods bring silt, a key to growing rice in one of earth?s largest deltas. Corn, the Golden Grain Domestically cultivated 7, 000 years ago from a Mexican grass, corn sustained pre- Columbian civilization, from Aztec to Zuni. Today, corn products include toothpaste, fireworks, and garbage bags.