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Part Wild: One Woman's Journey with a Creature Caught Between the Worlds of Wolves and Dogs by Ceiridwen Terrill Publisher Comments Part Wild is the unforgettable story of Ceiridwen Terrill's journey with a creature whose heart is divided between her bond to one woman and her need to roam free. When Terrill adopts a wolfdog—part husky, part gray wolf—named Inyo to... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Grayson by Lynne Cox Staff Pick You'd swear from the synopsis that it's fiction, grist for an after-school special or Disney's latest blockbuster. But, no, 17-year-old long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox, training one morning off the California coast, discovered a baby gray whale that had... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (Vintage Departures) by John Vaillant Publisher Comments A gripping story of man pitted against nature’s most fearsome and efficient predator. Outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East a man-eating tiger is on the prowl. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s murdering... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Wolfer by Carter Niemeyer Publisher Comments His plan was to stay in Iowa, maybe get a job counting ducks, or do a little farming. But events conspired to fling Carter Niemeyer westward and straight into the jaws of wolves. From his early years wrangling ornery federal trappers, eagles and... (read more) Your price: $17.99 New - Trade Paper
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Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick Publisher Comments Daphne Sheldrick, whose family arrived in Africa from Scotland in the 1820s, is the first person ever to have successfully hand-reared newborn elephants. Her deep empathy and understanding, her years of observing Kenyas rich variety of wildlife, and her... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer Publisher Comments Raised together in a small German circus town, Modoc, the elephant, and Bram, his faithful boyhood companion and later trainer, formed a bond that lasted their entire lives. It was an extraordinary friendship that was tested time and again until, in the... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon by Steve Rinella Publisher Comments From the host of the Travel Channel’s “The Wild Within.” A hunt for the American buffalo—an adventurous, fascinating examination of an animal that has haunted the American imagination. In 2005, Steven Rinella won a lottery... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals by Peter Heller Publisher Comments For two months, journalist Heller was aboard the pirate ship the "Farley Mowat" as it stalked its prey--a Japanese whaling fleet. Now, Heller chronicles this hair-raising journey, whose mission was to stop illegal whaling in the stormy, remote seas off... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life among the Baboons by Robert M. Sapolsky Staff Pick I never imagined that a book written by a primate behaviorologist would make me laugh out loud. Sapolsky is a born storyteller, and I found his experiences of twenty years in Africa studying baboons absolutely fascinating. You get to know the baboons... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Life of Mammals by David Attenborough Publisher Comments A comprehensive chronicle of the fascinating behaviors of mammals This new addition to the Peterson Reference Guide series is highly readable and full of curious facts. For example, did you know that when an opossum plays dead it isnand#8217;t pretending?... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Of Wolves and Men by Barry Lopez Publisher Comments Originally published in 1978, this special twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the National Book Award finalist includes an entirely new afterword in which the author considers the current state of knowledge about wolves and recent efforts to reintroduce... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Safari Companion 2ND Edition Guide To Watching African by Richard Estes Publisher Comments Since its original publication in 1993, The Safari Companion has been the best field guide to observing and understanding the behavior of African mammals. An indispensable tool for naturalists traveling to Africa, this new edition has been revised to... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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National Audubon Society Field Guide To North American Mammals (96 Edition) by National Audubon Society Staff Publisher Comments From a stop-action photograph of the amazing flying squirrel to Big Horn Sheep perched on a rock face, this guide puts the world of mammals in your hands. Illustrated with more than 300 full-color photographs, each species account includes information on... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant Staff Pick A fascinating attempt to see through the eyes of another creature, John Vaillant's The Tiger is an intelligent and beautifully written blend of history, anthropology, zoology, ecology, and adventure. Compelling and resonant, The Tiger is a rare work of... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Hare by Jill Mason Publisher Comments There is something special about a hare.Many who have fallen under the spell of this elusive, beautiful and contradictory creature have longed to know more about its secretive life.But few researchers have had the patience and skill to untangle fact from... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch by Dan O'brien Publisher Comments For twenty years Dan OBrien struggled to make ends meet on his cattle ranch in South Dakota. But when a neighbor invited him to lend a hand at the annual buffalo roundup, OBrien was inspired to convert his own ranch, the Broken Heart, to buffalo... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Peterson First Guide to Mammals of North America (First Guide) by Peterson Publisher Comments The first books the beginning naturalist needs. Simplified versions of the full-size guides, they make it easy to get started in the field.... (read more) List Price $5.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mark of the Grizzly: True Stories of Recent Bear Attacks and the Hard Lessons Learned by Scott McMillion Publisher Comments People too often portray the grizzly as a vicious killer or as Winnie the Pooh when neither case is true. Sometimes grizzlies kill people, and in exceptionally rare cases they even eat them. Those incidents are the focus of this book because that's what... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price: $10.64 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Wolves of Mount McKinley by Adolph Murie Publisher Comments In the time of Lewis and Clark, wolves were abundant throughout North America from the Arctic regions to Mexico. But man declared war on this cunning and powerful animal when cattle replaced the buffalo on the western plains, reducing the wolf's range to... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Giraffe (Reaktion Books - Animal) by Edgar Williams Publisher Comments Their extraordinary long necks, distinctive camouflage, graceful movements, and friendly nature have made giraffes one of the most fascinating and beloved animals on the planet. But while giraffes once roamed the Great Plains of Africa in huge... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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