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The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness
Mark Rowlands · Pegasus Books
Pages: 246
Format: Print book
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This fascinating book charts the relationship between Mark Rowlands, a rootless philosopher, and Brenin, his well-traveled wolf. After acquiring Brenin as a cub, it quickly became apparent that Breinin was never to be left alone, as the consequences to Mark's house and its contents... |
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Basset Hound: Your Happy Healthy Pet
Terry Albert · *Howell Book House; 2 edition
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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Originally bred to trail game with its sensitive nose, this laid-back, even-tempered breed was number 31 on the American Kennel Association's 2007 ranking of America's most popular dogs.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. |
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American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains
Dan L Flores · University Press of Kansas
Pages: 172
Format: Print book
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America's Great Plains once possessed one of the grandest wildlife spectacles of the world, equaled only by such places as the Serengeti, the Masai Mara, or the veld of South Africa. Pronghorn antelope, gray wolves, bison, coyotes, wild horses, and grizzly bears: less than two hundred... |
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The Lost Whale: The True Story of an Orca Named Luna
Michael Parfit · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The heartbreaking and true story of a lonely orca named Luna who befriended humans in Nootka Sound, off the coast of Vancouver Island by Michael Parfit and Suzanne Chisholm.One summer in Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, a young killer whale called... |
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Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind
Sy Montgomery · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Extraordinary new insights into the minds and lives of our fellow creatures from two of the world's top animal authors, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Sy Montgomery. "In their writing and in their lives and in their remarkable friendship, Liz and Sy break down false barriers... |
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Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does
Philip Ball · The University of Chicago Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Though at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a seashell and the branching veins of a leaf. Revealing the order at the foundation of the seemingly... |
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How the World Breaks Life in Catastrophe's Path, from the Caribbean to Siberia
Stan Cox · New Press
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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We ve always lived on a dangerous planet, but its disasters aren t what they used to be. "How the World Breaks" gives us a breathtaking new view of crisis and recovery on the unstable landscapes of the Earth s hazard zones. Father and son authors Stan and Paul Cox take us to the explosive... |
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Ocean Life
Sally Morgan · PRC Publishing
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback
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From the shallows of the shoreline to the inky black trenches cutting across the floor, oceans house a complex and varied ecosystem. The sea's intricate food webs support more life by weight and a greater diversity of animals than anywhere else on the planet. Through awe-inspiring color... |
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