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Of Wolves and Men
by Barry Lopez  Review Edmund FullerWall Street JournalA splendid, beautiful book....
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Grayson
by Lynne Cox 
Powells.com 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, seventeen-year-old long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox, training one morning off the California coast, discovered a baby gray whale...
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A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
by Robert M Sapolsky
Powells.com 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...
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Giant Pandas of Wolong
by George B Schaller Publisher Comments The giant panda is threatened with extinction. Only about a thousand survive in the wild in China, about half of them protected in reserves. In an effort to save this remarkable species, the government of China and the World Wildlife Fund began...
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When Elephants Weep
by J Masson Publisher Comments This national bestseller exploring the complex emotional lives of animals was hailed as "a masterpiece" by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and as "marvelous" by Jane Goodall. The popularity of When Elephants Weep has swept the nation, as author Jeffrey Masson...
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Whales: Touching the Mystery
by Doug Thompson Publisher Comments Ever since his first contact with a gray whale as a teenager, Doug Thompson has had a passion for this majestic marine mammal. Here, he shares stories of whales he has met over his 30-year career, in particular the "friendly" Gray whales of San Ignacio...
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Lions Up Close (Zoom in on Animals!)
by Carmen Bredeson Synopsis Author Carmen Bredeson expands her ZOOM IN ON ANIMALS! series, with an engaging book that takes the reader on an African safari to meet the king of the savannah. Through beautiful full-color up-close photographs and informative text, young readers will...
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Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton
by M. Anne (edt) Katzenberg Publisher Comments Advance praise for the Second Edition: The substantial widening of the coverage and the inclusion of issues that have received increased or revitalized research interest since publication of the First Edition will provide unrivalled comprehensiveness...
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Field Guide to the Mammals
by William Burt Publisher Comments Each guide employs the Peterson Identification system which pinpoints key field marks for quick recognition of species and easy comparisons of confusing look-alikes. Provide up-to-date range information....
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Jane Goodall: A Biography
by Meg Greene Synopsis This biography relates the fascinating story of Jane Goodall, a naive young woman who started her work without even a college degree and eventually developed into a dedicated scientist and a world-famous conservationist and humanitarian....
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Snow Leopard (78 Edition)
by Peter Matthiessen
Publisher Comments When Peter Matthiessen set out with the field biologist George Schaller from Pokhara, in northwest Nepal, their hope was to reach the Crystal Mountain — a foot journey of 250 miles or more across the Himalaya — in the Land of Dolpo, on the...
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Alaska's Mammals: A Guide to Selected Species (Alaska Pocket Guide)
by Dave Smith Synopsis Intriguing natural history facts and winning photos introduce readers to 35 sea and land mammals, from caribou, to humpback whales, to walrus....
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Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants
by Robert Sullivan
Powells.com Staff Pick Do not attempt this at home! Last time we heard from Sullivan, he was braving the polluted Meadowlands in a canoe. Now, in Rats, he shares his year of nights in a lower Manhattan alley, watching rats in their natural habitat to learn what he can...
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The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
by Sy Montgomery
Powells.com Staff Pick Montgomery's charmingly funny and moving book portrays the indelible relationship that develops with a sick piglet she nurtures into a thriving 750-pound pig. This heartwarming and unforgettable tale about the extraordinary rapport between a human and an...
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Reason for Hope
by Jane Goodall
Synopsis As a toddler she was entranced by all living things, and the child inspired by Tarzan and The Jungle Book became the woman who found herself working with Dr. Louis Leakey, making scientific breakthroughs with chimpanzees in Gombe, and becoming one of the...
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Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man
by Dale Peterson Publisher Comments An in-depth biography of Jane Goodall describes how the seminal scientist and naturalist revolutionized the study of primates through her years of study of the chimpanzees of Gombe, helped establish radical new standards and a new intellectual style in...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals (Audubon Society Field Guide)
by John O Whitaker 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...
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The Natural History of the Wild Cats (Natural History of Mammals Series)
by Andrew Kitchener Synopsis Everyone is familiar with big cats--lions tigers, leopards, jaguars--members of the genus Panthera. The smaller cats--members of the genus Felis--are less familiar. This absorbing book presents what is known about the 37 or so species of the world's cats,...
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Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived
by Ralph Helfer Publisher Comments When Ralph Helfer, now one of Hollywood's top animal behaviorists, first began working, he was shocked by the cruelty that was accepted practice in the field. He firmly believed in "affection training" -- that love, not fear, should be the basis of any...
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Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch
by Dan Obrien Publisher Comments For twenty years Dan O’Brien 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, O’Brien was inspired to convert his own ranch, the Broken Heart, to...
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