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Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams Publisher Comments In "The Hitchhiker's Trilogy" and the bestselling "Dirk Gently" novels, Douglas Adams has taken his millions of fans on wild excursions through time and space. Last Chance to See continues the trip--but this time the place is Earth, the date is today... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Swift as a Shadow by Rosamond Purcell Publisher Comments In the early nineteenth century there were so many passenger pigeons that the sky darkened when they flew overhead; it took three days for flocks to pass. They were killed by hunters or disappeared when their oak and beech habitats were destroyed. The... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species by Joel Sartore Publisher Comments When a few of these photographs first appeared in the National Geographic magazine January 2009 issue, they were hailed as an arresting reminder of the hundreds of species teetering on the brink of final extinction — more than 1,200 animals and... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fate of the Wild: The Endangered Species Act and the Future of Biodiversity by Bonnie B Burgess Publisher Comments Given widespread concern over the worldwide loss of biodiversity and popular crusades to "save" endangered species and habitats, why has the Endangered Species Act remained unauthorized since October 1992? In Fate of the Wild Bonnie B. Burgess... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Endangered: Biodiversity on the Brink by Mitch Tobin Publisher Comments Urban sprawl, wasteful water use, increasingly ferocious wildlife, changing weather patterns, chronic political infighting. These are but a few of the problems facing animal and plant species throughout the United States and the world. One law, the... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg Synopsis First-hand reports and never-before-seen photos tell the complete story of the greatest zoological find of the century--the coelacanth, a 400 million-year-old living fossil fish that may hold the key to evolution--and the 50-year global battle to claim... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink by Jane Goodall Publisher Comments The world-renowned scientist collects stories of endangered species that have beat the odds including the American crocodile, the California condor, and the black-footed ferret, in a volume that interweaves her own experiences in the field with tales of... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Once and Future Giants: What Ice Age Extinctions Tell Us about the Fate of Earth's Largest Animals by Sharon Levy Publisher Comments Until about 13,000 years ago, North America was home to a menagerie of massive mammals. Mammoths, camels, and lions walked the ground that has become Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and foraged on the marsh land now buried beneath Chicago's streets... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Driven to Extinction: The Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity (American Museum of Natural History) by Richard Pearson Publisher Comments Could more than a million species disappear in the 21st century? Written by a leading scientist in the field, Driven to Extinction draws upon fascinating case studies from around the world, providing balanced and well-reasoned insight into the potential... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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How to Become Extinct by Will Cuppy Synopsis In these forty brief essays, the perennially perturbed Will Cuppy turns his unflinching attention on those members of the animal kingdom whose habits are disagreeable, whose appearances are repellent, and whose continued existence is not necessarily a... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Black Market: Inside the Endangered Species Trade in Asia: Global Crime Syndicates Profit from a New Contraband by Ben Davies Synopsis From the Russian Mafia in Siberia to freelance poachers in Thailand, Black Market is an unforgettable journey inside the grisly Endangered Species Trade, where unsanctioned global trafficking of rhino horn, tiger bone, ivory and rare birds has become a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Priceless: The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planet by Bradley Trev Greive Publisher Comments Everyone has heard about animals that are now extinct. But author Bradley Trevor Greive wants everyone to learn about animals that can be saved'and then to do something about it.In inspiring narrative and striking photographs of everything from humpback... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Wild Dog Dreaming: Love and Extinction by Deborah Bird Rose Publisher Comments We are living in the midst of the Earth's sixth great extinction event, the first one caused by a single species: our own. In WILD DOG DREAMING Deborah Bird Rose explores what constitutes an ethical relationship with nonhuman others in this era of loss... (read more) List Price $23.60 Your price: $20.94 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn: The Destruction of Wildlife for Traditional Chinese Medicine by Richard Ellis Publisher Comments Ellis, one of the world's foremost experts in wildlife extinction, brings his alarm that trade in animal parts for traditional Chinese medicine is a leading cause of species endangerment in Asia, and poaching is increasing at an alarming rate. He... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Dodo: Extinction in Paradise by Errol Fuller Publisher Comments The story of the dodo is a classic of evolution and extinction to equal, in fascination, that of the dinosaur or the sabre-toothed tiger. Unlike these, the dodo was the first recorded example of extinction, in all probability, entirely caused by humans... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals by Tim Flannery Publisher Comments Since humans first wandered from their original habitat in Africa, over fifty millennia ago, they have radically altered the environment wherever they have gone, often at the cost of the animals who'd ruled the wild before mankind's arrival. Humanity's... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Wild Dog Dreaming: Love and Extinction (Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism) by Deborah Bird Rose Publisher Comments We are living in the midst of the Earth's sixth great extinction event, the first one caused by a single species: our own. In Wild Dog Dreaming, Deborah Bird Rose explores what constitutes an ethical relationship with nonhuman others in this era of loss.... (read more) List Price $29.50 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams Publisher Comments "Very funny and moving...The glimpses of rare fauna seem to have enlarged [Adams'] thinking, enlivened his world; and so might the animals do for us all, if we were to help them live." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD Join bestselling author Douglas Adams... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can Be Stopped by Colin Tudge Publisher Comments Discusses the current breeding programs and research that has been done in genetics to save animals from extinction, and discusses why this research is... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $33.69 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Ghosts of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms by Connie Barlow Publisher Comments A new vision is sweeping through ecological science: The dense web of dependencies that makes up an ecosystem has gained an added dimension-the dimension of time. Every field, forest, and park is full of living organisms adapted for relationships with... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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