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Life in the Valley of Death: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed
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Life in the Valley of Death: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed
by Alan Rabinowitz

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Dubbed the Indiana Jones of wildlife science by The New York Times, Alan Rabinowitz has devoted—and risked—his life to protect nature’s great endangered mammals. He has journeyed to the remote corners of the earth in search of wild...
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The Beast in the Garden: The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America
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The Beast in the Garden: The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America
by David Baron

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When residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their backyards, it became clear that the cats had returned after decades of bounty hunting had driven them far from human settlement. In a riveting environmental tale that has...
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Swamp Screamers: At Large with the Florida Panther
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Swamp Screamers: At Large with the Florida Panther
by Charles Fergus

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A narrative of wildlife biologists' efforts to save the estimated 50 wild panthers in Florida and their interactions with sportsmen, developers, theme-park owners, and radical animal lovers, offering an account of the complex scientific and political...
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Cougar!
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Cougar!
by Harold P Danz

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Known alternately as the puma, mountain lion, or panther, the cougar covers a territory on this continent almost as far-ranging as humans. Previous literature has implied, in a carefully crafted but thinly veiled manner, that the cougar presents little...
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Tigers in the Snow
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Tigers in the Snow
by Peter Matthiessen

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The author of The Snow Leopard and Bone by Bone takes readers into the world of the Siberian tiger to convey powerfully what a loss to our collective imagination the disappearance of these great cats would be. Full color....
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Cougar Attacks: Encounters of the Worst Kind
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Cougar Attacks: Encounters of the Worst Kind
by Kathy Etling

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The crouching cougar suddenly springs, its claws unsheathed and its teeth bared. The deer barely registers the attack before it falls to the forest floor, its spinal cord severed. The symmetry of a predator and its prey has a savage beauty that...
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The Man-Eaters of Eden: Life and Death in Kruger National Park
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The Man-Eaters of Eden: Life and Death in Kruger National Park
by Robert Frump

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The hand that tour guide Neville Edwards noticed waving to him, beckoning him, from the thick of South Africa’s Kruger National Park was startling and puzzling at the same time: No sane person would be in the wild on foot and alone. It was only...
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Bobcat: Master of Survival
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Bobcat: Master of Survival
by Kevin Hansen

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Bobcat: Master of Survival tells the story of the most adaptable and resilient wild feline in the world. While half the wild cat species worldwide are in danger, the bobcat is thriving, even expanding its range in North America. Why are bobcats...
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Tigers in the Snow
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Tigers in the Snow
by Peter Matthiessen

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No more than a few thousand tigers now survive in pockets of Asia, a continent they once roamed far and wide. The largest of them, the Siberian tiger, is today almost entirely confined to the little-populated Russian Far East, a region that may offer the...
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That Yankee Cat
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That Yankee Cat
by Marilis Hornidge

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Replete with new photographs and new information, this update of Marilis Hornidge's classic discusses the Maine Coon Cat from the tufts on his ears right down to his feathered toes. Her lively discussion of the maine Coon Cat from the tufts on his ears...
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Big Cats: Kingdom of Might (Wildlife)
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Big Cats: Kingdom of Might (Wildlife)
by Tom Brakefield

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Combines photography, research, and personal observations of the worlds eight big cats....
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Cats in Question: The Smithsonian Answer Book
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Cats in Question: The Smithsonian Answer Book
by John Seidensticker

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Cats in Question, a new book in Smithsonian's highly successful In Question series, offers authoritative and engaging answers to the thousands of questions about cats that Smithsonian scientists receive annually. All of the world's cats are here, from...
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Cats of Africa: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation
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Cats of Africa: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation
by Luke Hunter

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Africa's wild cats have long been a focus of fascination and intrigue among travelers and wildlife lovers. Alongside the big three -- lion, leopard, and cheetah -- Africa is home to another seven species of cats: the caracal, serval, African wildcat...
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Wild Cats of the World
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Wild Cats of the World
by Mel Sunquist and Fiona Sunquist

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Did you know that European royalty once used cheetahs to hunt deer, or that caracals can capture birds by leaping six and a half feet straight up into the air from a standing start? Have you ever wondered whether domestic cats really do land on their...
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Borderland Jaguars: Tigres de Le Frontera
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Borderland Jaguars: Tigres de Le Frontera
by David Brown

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In 1996 a Rancher Hunting mountain lions just north of the Arizona-Mexico border treed a jaguar. Instead of reaching for a rifle, the rancher went for his camera. Later that year another party photographed a jaguar in Arizona's Baboquivari Mountains...
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Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived
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Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived
by Ralph D Helfer

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One day, Ralph Helfer, a celebrated animal behaviorist, received a surprising phone call. His close friends had found a young lion near death by the Zambezi River in Zambia and had rescued him and brought him back to the States. Ralph had often spoken of...
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Tiger (Reaktion Books - Animal)
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Tiger (Reaktion Books - Animal)
by Susie Green

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Contrary to popular belief, it is the tiger, not the lion, who is the true king of the jungle. A male tiger can grow to eleven feet in length and weigh more than 650 pounds. Sleek, powerful, and mysterious, the tiger is revered as a potent symbol of...
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Forest Cats of North America
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Forest Cats of North America
by Jerry Kobalenko

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Jerry Kobalenko's unrelenting pursuit of these elusive creatures has brought us one of very few books to capture the true magnificence, power and grace of these secretive animals....
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The Lords of the Savannah: Leopards & Cheetahs
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The Lords of the Savannah: Leopards & Cheetahs
by Christin Denis Huot

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Leopards and cheetahs embody the wild beauty of Africa. In this spectacular photographic study, the husband-and-wife team of distinguished naturalists Christine and Michel Denis-Hout provides readers with a rare glimpse into the everyday lives of these...
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Shadow Cat: Encountering the American Mountain Lion
by Susan Ewing

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The mountain lion is one of the last icons of American wilderness, and it is making a startling comeback. Whether called cougar, puma, or mountain lion, this wild cat is a fearsome predator, an elusive loner, and a mythic creature. In a potent gathering...
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