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Fuzz : when nature breaks the law
by Mary Roach
A best-selling author offers an investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. Illustrations.
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Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?
by F. B. M. de Waal
A Time magazine top-100 influential notable and the author of Our Inner Ape presents a groundbreaking work on animal intelligence that offers a revolutionary exploration of the intricate and complex nature of the animal mind.
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Think Little : An Essay
by Wendell Berry
First published in A Continuous Harmony in 1972, a gentle essay of recollection blends poetry with geography to explore the environmental consequences, including pollution and war, of the modern world’s mentality of greed and exploitation. Original.
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On animals
by Susan Orlean
Examining animal-human relationships through captivating stories she has written over the course of her career, the author, in this book that is equal parts wonderful and profound, celebrates the cross-species connections that grace our collective existence. 150,000 first printing.
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Tenacious beasts : wildlife recoveries that change how we think about animals
by Christopher J. Preston
"Conventional wisdom is that wild animals are being wiped out. But conventional wisdom skips some important details. Wildlife is rebounding. Not everywhere. Not every species. But a handful of wildlife populations have reached numbers unimaginable in a century. Red deer in Europe, bison in North America, humpback whales in the Atlantic. They have all seen their populations explode. They are back from the brink, numbering in the tens, or even hundreds, of thousands. Their return thrills those who have rooted for their recovery. It terrifies those who grew comfortable without them. This book tracks-and tries to understand-these dramatic rebounds. It shines a light on species returning to forests and farms, prairies and oceans, rivers and cities. It asks how these transformations can be happening and what they have to teach"
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Babylon's ark : the incredible wartime rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
by Lawrence Anthony
Traces the shared efforts of American soldiers, Iraqi staffpeople, conservationists, and ordinary citizens to safeguard the lives of the animals at the Baghdad Zoo who survived the outbreak of the Iraq war, an endeavor marked by hair-raising efforts to save a pride of lions, close a black-market zoo, and rescue Saddam's Arabian horses. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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Nature's best hope : how you can save the world in your own yard
by Douglas W. Tallamy
In this middle grade adaptation of the best-selling book, the author breaks down complex concepts into simple terms, using real-world examples, to outline his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation that everyone can participate in, regardless of age. 10,000 first printing. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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Odder
by Katherine Applegate
"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"
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