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We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Changed Their Lives Forever by Benjamin Mee Publisher Comments The remarkable true story of a family who move into a rundown zoo–already a BBC documentary miniseries and excerpted in The Guardian. In the market for a house and an adventure, Benjamin Mee moved his family to an unlikely new home: a dilapidated... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo by Betty White Publisher Comments America's sweetheart, impassioned lifelong animal welfare advocate, and New York Times-bestselling author Betty White offers intimate and funny stories about her animal friends at the zoo, enhanced by gorgeous four-color photographs.... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives (10 Edition) by Thomas French Publisher Comments “This story, told by a master teller of such things, does more than take you inside the cages, fences, and walls of a zoo. It takes you inside the human heart, and an elephant’s, and a primate’s, and on and on. Tom French did in this... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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ZooBorns Cats!: The Newest, Cutest Kittens and Cubs from the World's Zoos by Andrew Bleiman Publisher Comments ZooBorns showcases the newest and cutest animal babies from accredited zoos and aquariums around the world. With interesting animal facts and background stories on the featured babies, ZooBorns illustrates the connections between zoo births and... (read more) Your price: $11.99 New - Hardcover
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*kicked, Bitten and Scratched (07 Edition) by Sutherland Publisher Comments A rare and absolutely enchanting look inside the Harvard of wild animal wranglers As is obvious to anyone who has read her most e-mailed New York Times article of 2006, ?What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage,? Amy Sutherland knows a thing or two... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers by Amy Sutherland Publisher Comments An invitation into the magical, grueling, and virtually unknown world of exotic animal training. Behind the imposing gate of the Exotic Animal Training Program at California's Moorpark College lies a kingdom full of small mysteries, deep passions... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Changed Their Lives Forever by Benjamin Mee Synopsis In the tradition of "Marley & Me" comes an unforgettable memoir about the mysteries of the animal kingdom, the power of family, and the triumph of hope over tragedy. 8-page photo insert.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients by Lucy H. Spelman Publisher Comments A moray eel diagnosed with anorexia…A herd of bison whose only hope is a crusading female doctor from Paris…A vet desperately trying to save an orphaned whale by unraveling the mystery of her mothers death…This fascinating book offers... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Jungle Jack: My Wild Life by Jack Hanna Publisher Comments Jungle Jack is the completely revised and updated authorized biography of one of our most beloved zookeepers, Jack Hanna. When the Columbus Zoo hired Jack Hanna as executive director in 1978, he inherited an outdated zoo where all the animals were caged... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Beauty of the Beasts: Tales of Hollywood's Wild Animal Stars by Ralph Helfer Publisher Comments THE BEAUTY OF THE BEASTS is a chronicle of many years Ralph Helfer spent as a Hollywood animal behaviorist, and is full of behind–the–scenes accounts of the many television programs and films in which Helfer's animals appeared, including... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence Publisher Comments THE ASTONISHING STORY OF ONE OF THE WORLDS GREATEST ANIMAL RESCUES. When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, caught in the cross?re at the heart of the city. Once... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Captive Beauty: Zoo Portraits by Frank Noelker Publisher Comments The fifty color photographs in Frank Noelker's Captive Beauty are not simple, uncomplicated shots of animals in zoo settings; there is an ambivalence in them that only gradually envelops the viewer. Their sad, stark beauty confronts viewers, challenging... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers by Amy Sutherland Publisher Comments An introduction to exotic animal training as conducted by students at a prestigious California teaching school describes the range of their experiences, from learning to communicate with animals and fighting zoonotic diseases to preparing performance... (read more) Your price: $13.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Jungle Jack by Jack Hanna Publisher Comments Jungle Jack is the completely revised and updated authorized biography of one of our most beloved zookeepers, Jack Hanna. When the Columbus Zoo hired Jack Hanna as executive director in 1978, he inherited an outdated zoo where all the animals were caged... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $23.07 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives by Thomas French Publisher Comments Welcome to the savage and surprising world of Zoo Story, an unprecedented account of the secret life of a zoo and its inhabitants, both animal and human. Based on six years of research, the book follows a handful of unforgettable characters at Tampa... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Zoo on the Road to Nablus: A Story of Survival from the West Bank by Amelia Thomas Publisher Comments The last Palestinian zoo stands on a dusty, dead-end street in the once prosperous farming town of Qalqilya, on the very edge of the West Bank. The zoo's bars are rusting; peacocks wander quiet avenues shaded by broad plane trees; a teenage baboon broods... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients by Lucy H. Spelman and Ted Y. Mashima Publisher Comments A moray eel diagnosed with anorexia…A herd of bison whose only hope is a crusading female doctor from Paris…A vet desperately trying to save an orphaned whale by unraveling the mystery of her mothers death…This fascinating book offers a... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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The modern ark :the story of zoos : past, present, and future by Vickie Croke Book News Annotation Looks at radical changes occurring in zoos, the history behind the idea of zoos, and technological advances used to help endangered species. Includes b&w photos. For general readers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more) Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Cries of the Wild: A Wildlife Rehabilitator's Journal by Jeff Lederman Publisher Comments From the first time Jeff Lederman helped save a golden eagle from certain peril in the mountains of New Mexico, he was hooked. Since that moment his life has been dedicated to the rehabilitation of creatures damaged in the wild. Jeff became a foremost... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Beauty of the Beasts by Ralph Helfer List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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