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Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins
by Maddalena Bearzi  Publisher Comments Apes and dolphins: primates and cetaceans. Could any creatures appear to be more different? Yet both are large-brained intelligent mammals with complex communication and social interaction. In the first book to study apes and dolphins side by side...
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Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People (Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the)
by Mark Owens Publisher Comments 'In this thrilling real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villagers, and—in the end—themselves. The award-winning zoologists and pioneering conservationists...
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The Last Season (P.S.)
by Eric Blehm Publisher Comments Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada—mountains as perilous...
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The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada (California Academy of Sciences)
by John Muir Laws Synopsis A comprehensive, breathtaking guide for users to identify commonly encountered organisms in the Sierra foothills and mountains, fully illustrated and field tested by Academy of Sciences nature illustration teacher Jack Laws....
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Why We Run: A Natural History
by Bernd Heinrich Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index....
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Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City
by Leslie Day Synopsis New York just might be the most biologically diverse city in temperate America. The five boroughs sit atop one of the most naturally rich sites in North America, directly under the Atlantic migratory flyway, at the mouth of a 300-mile-long river, and on...
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No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations
by David S. Wilcove Publisher Comments Animal migration is a magnificent sight: a mile-long blanket of cranes rising from a Nebraska river and filling the sky; hundreds of thousands of wildebeests marching across the Serengeti; a blaze of orange as millions of monarch butterflies spread...
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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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Never Cry Wolf
by Farley Mowat Publisher Comments More than a half-century ago the Canadian Wildlife Service assigned the naturalist Farley Mowat to investigate why wolves were killing arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone — studying the wolf population...
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Living with Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest
by Russell Link Synopsis Homeowners, property owners and property managers now have a valuable reference that provides information on 68 species of animals--how to attract, identify, manage and coexist with them....
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Porpoises (Worldlife Library)
by Andrew J. Read Publisher Comments This top-selling series introduces the wild creatures of the world and examines the natural world. Good general introductions for ages 10+, these volumes contain the knowledge, personal experiences, and research of leading naturalists and scientists...
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Wildlife of East Africa (Princeton Pocket Guides)
by Martin B. Withers Publisher Comments Those looking for a concise yet informative, visually breathtaking yet affordable East African safari need look no further than this spectacular field guide. Featuring full-color photos of 475 common species of bird, mammal, snake, lizard, insect, tree...
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The Very Best of African Wildlife
by Gerald Hinde Publisher Comments Think of Africa and one immediately thinks of its wild animals, birdlife and even its unusual and colorful insects. The continent's rich and incredibly varied wildlife draws visitors from around the world, and The Very Best of African Wildlife brings...
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Wild: An Elemental Journey
by Jay Griffiths Publisher Comments A poetic evaluation of the connection between human society and the natural world is a part-travelogue, symbolic tour of the earth's elements that explores "wildness" as an essential character of life. By the award-winning author of A Sideways Look at...
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Listening to Cougar
by Marc Bekoff Publisher Comments This spellbinding tribute to Puma concolor honors the big cat's presence on the land and in our psyches. In some essays, the puma appears front and center: a lion leaps over Rick Bass's feet, hurtles off a cliff in front of J. Frank Dobie, gazes at Julia...
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The Magic of Cranes
by Carl Von Treuenfels Publisher Comments Cranes, long-necked and long-legged birds of the Gruiformes order who mate for life, have fascinated many cultures. In Japan, they are a symbol of longevity and a happy marriage; in China, “heavenly cranes” are messengers of wisdom. Carl-Albrecht von...
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Sampling Rare or Elusive Species: Concepts, Designs, and Techniques for Estimating Population Parameters
by William L Thompson Publisher Comments Information regarding population status and abundance of rare species plays a key role in resource management decisions. Ideally, data should be collected using statistically sound sampling methods, but by their very nature, rare or elusive species pose...
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On Patrol: True Adventures of an Alaska Game Warden
by Ray Tremblay Synopsis These daring stories shed light on what life was really like in the Last Frontier just before, during, and after Alaska joined the Union....
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Vanishing World: The Endangered Arctic
by Mireilla De La Lez Publisher Comments Published to coincide with the International Polar Year, Vanishing World is an unprecedented visual record of life in the Arctic. Five years in the making, this book is both a celebration of the wildlife that inhabits this harsh and unforgiving climate...
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Don't Get Bitten: The Dangers of Things That Bite or Sting
by Buck Tilton Synopsis How to avoid and treat bites and stings from snakes, lizards, scorpions, wasps, fire ants, mosquitoes, chiggers, midges, and more, in a handy pocket-sized guide....
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