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Creature ABC by Andrew Zuckerman Staff Pick Creature ABC, a smaller, alphabetized (and more affordable!) version of Zuckerman's hit Creature, is equally as magical as the original. Kids and adults alike will be awed and mesmerized by the stunning, detailed photos of wild animals, from alligators... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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Kinship with All Life: Simple, Challenging, Real-Life Experiences Showing How Animals Communicate with by J Allen Boone Publisher Comments Is there a universal language of love, a "kinship with all life" that can open new horizons of experience?Example after example in this unique classic -- from "Strongheart" the actor-dog to "Freddie" the fly -- resounds with entertaining and inspiring... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Tracks, Scats and Signs (Take-Along Guide) by Leslie A Dendy Publisher Comments Animal signs are everywhere in nature and this guide will help kids learn all about them. Kids will find out how to spot and identify common clues that 17 wildlife species leave behind in the woods, in fields and along ponds. This guide is a fun way to... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Animal Behavior: an Evolutionary Approach (9TH 09 Edition) by John Alcock Book News Annotation The ninth edition of this textbook on animal behavior has been revised to include the latest research in the field and new online teaching resources such as PowerPoint presentations, a video collection and test questions and exercises. Alcock (animal... (read more) List Price $89.95 Your price: $72.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Moral Lives of Animals by Dale Peterson Publisher Comments Wild elephants walking along a trail stop and spontaneously try to protect and assist a weak and dying fellow elephant. Laboratory rats, finding other rats caged nearby in distressing circumstances, proceed to rescue them. A chimpanzee in a zoo loses his... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Nature's Compass by James L. Gould Publisher Comments We know that animals cross miles of water, land, and sky with pinpoint precision on a daily basis. But it is only in recent years that scientists have learned how these astounding feats of navigation are actually accomplished. With colorful and thorough... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $26.58 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Wolf's Tooth (11 Edition) by Cristina Eisenberg Publisher Comments Animals such as wolves, sea otters, and sharks exert a disproportionate influence on their environment; dramatic ecological consequences can result when they are removed from—or returned to—an ecosystem. In The Wolfs Tooth... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness by Donald R Griffin Publisher Comments In Animal Minds, Donald R. Griffin takes us on a guided tour of the recent explosion of scientific research on animal mentality. Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are they merely living machines, incapable of conscious thoughts or emotional... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Primate Conservation Biology by Guy Cowlishaw Publisher Comments From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that nearly 20 percent of the world's primates may go extinct within the... (read more) Your price: $38.50 New - Trade Paper
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Cry of the Kalahari by Mark Owens Publisher Comments This is the story of the Owens' travel and life in the Kalahari Desert. Here they met and studied unique animals and were confronted with danger from drought, fire, storms, and the animals they loved. This best-selling book is for both travelers and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Biology of Marine Birds (Marine Biology) by Elizabeth Anne Schreiber Publisher Comments Biology of Marine Birds provides the only complete summary of information about marine birds ever published. It both summarizes and analyzes their breeding biology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution, fossil history, physiology, energetics, and conservation... (read more) Your price: $125.25 New - Hardcover
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Molecular Geometry of Body Pattern in Birds by Antonio Lima-de-faria Publisher Comments After having read this book you will never see birds in the same way again. The unexpected patterns displayed by a bird's body have been seen as bizarre events that demanded little attention or were described as 'amazing curiosities'. None of these... (read more) Your price: $189.00 New - Hardcover
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Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals by Jonathan Balcombe Publisher Comments For centuries we believed that humans were the only ones that mattered. The idea that animals had feelings was either dismissed or considered heresy. Today, that's all changing. New scientific studies of animal behavior reveal perceptions, intelligences,... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Parasites, People, and Places: Essays on Field Parasitology by Gerald W Esch Publisher Comments A fascinating collection of essays on field parasitology, describing scientists, the organisms they work on and the places where they occur.... (read more) List Price $51.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Practical Exercises in Parasitology by D. W. Halton Publisher Comments An excellent practical guide to hands-on teaching of parasitology in the laboratory.... (read more) Your price: $77.25 New - Trade Paper
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Under the Snow by Melissa Stewart Synopsis When snow falls, we love to sled and skate and have snowball fights. But at the end of the day, we go home where it is warm and safe. What about all those animals out there in the forests and fields? What do they do when snow blankets the ground? Journey... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Hardcover
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Dogs : New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior and Evolution (02 Edition) by Raymond Coppinger Publisher Comments Biologists, Breeders and trainers, and champion sled dog racers, Raymond and Lorna Coppinger have more than four decades of experience with literally thousands of dogs. Offering a scientifically informed perspective on canines and their relations with... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People by David P Barash Publisher Comments Applying new research to sex in the animal world, esteemed scientists David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton dispel the notion that monogamy comes naturally. In fact, as The Myth of Monogamy reveals, biologists have discovered that for nearly every... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Afterlives of Animals: A Museum Menagerie by Samuel J. M. M. (edt) Alberti Book News Annotation This collection of thirteen articles on famous animals in natural history examines the relevance of particular animals, often taxidermied and residing in some of the world's great collections, on the broader narrative of natural history and humans... (read more) Your price: $42.50 New - Hardcover
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Saving the Baghdad Zoo: A True Story of Hope and Heroes by Kelly Milner Halls Publisher Comments The Baghdad Zoo was once home to 500 animals. But a month after the shock and awe attack that began the war in Iraq, only a few of those animals were left. The zookeepers had been forced to seek safety, but they could not take their charges with them... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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