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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorAn African Love Story: Life, Love and Elephants
Daphne Sheldrick
Last Chance to See
Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine · 222 pages
An interactive multimedia exploration of the authors' trip around the world in search of endangered species. Contains the unabridged text of the book Last chance to see, a reading of the entire book by Douglas Adams, and over 800 full-screen color photographs. Allows the user to either read or listen to the book, to choose any chapter within the book, and to explore the many sidebars that provide
Gorillas in the Mist
Dian Fossey · 326 pages
Describes four gorilla families living in the rain forests of the Virunga mountains of Rwanda during a fifteen-year case study.
Born Free: The Full Story
Joy Adamson · 432 pages
This compilation, first published 1966, includes Born Free (first published 1960), Living Free, and Forever Free.
Never Cry Wolf
Farley Mowat · 215 pages
Biologist Farley Mowat was dropped into Eskimo lands by the Canadian Government, that was looking for an excuse to eradicate wolves. What he discovered instead was astonishing. The Eskimos were listening to wolves from five miles away, messages from the Canis lupus telegraph system. One example was the instance that two men and a woman were going to arrive in three days. All these communications w
Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons
Gerald Durrell · 190 pages
'On this speck of volcanic soil in the middle of a vast sea, a complete, unique and peaceful world was created slowly and carefully. It waited there for hundreds of thousands of years for an annihilating invasion of voracious animals for which it was totally unprepared, a cohort of rapacious beasts led by the worst predator in the world, Homo sapiens. In an incredibly short space of time, a number
Raising Hare
Chloe Dalton · 336 pages
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
Phillip M. Hoose · 148 pages
Wolves at Our Door: The Extraordinary Story of the Couple Who Lived with Wolves
Jim Dutcher, James Manfull, Jamie Dutcher · 320 pages
The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
Delia Owens, Mark Owens · 306 pages
The Beast in the Garden: The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America
David Baron · 277 pages
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Susan Casey · 302 pages
Through dolphins, we can see the best and worst of mankind. On average, seventy four dolphins wash up on the Gulf of Mexico's north shore every year. In the first half of 2012, there were eight hundred and ninety-one of them, with stillborn baby dolphins washing up at ten times the average yearly rate. The cause? BP's disastrous oil spill in 2010. For decades mankind's actions have led to the deat
Of Wolves and Men
Barry Lopez · 314 pages
Describes the wolf and its mythology. No animal has gripped man's imagination as strongly as the wolf. Feared, hated, reviled, he has been regarded as the embodiment of evil. Now, in an age of science, people defend the wolf's role in nature; some have even come to romanticize him. But still we have not seen the whole wolf. This talented and perceptive writer shows us not only the wolf of the sci
100 Heartbeats: A Journey to Meet Our Planet's Endangered Animals and the Heroes Working to Save Them
Jeff Corwin · 320 pages
Conservationist Jeff Corwin provides an urgent portrait of the wildlife that is teetering on the brink of extinction. From the forests slipping away beneath the stealthy paws of the Florida panther, to the giant panda's plight to climb ever higher in the mountains of China in search of sustenance, to the brutal poaching tactics that have devastated Africa's rhinoceros and elephant populations, Cor
Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators
William Stolzenburg · 297 pages
A Wolf Called Romeo
Nick Jans · 333 pages
"No stranger to wildlife, Nick Jans had lived in Alaska for nearly thirty years. But when one evening at twilight a lone black wolf ambled into view not far from his doorstep, Nick would finally come to know this mystical species--up close as never before. A Wolf Called Romeo is the remarkable story of a wolf who returned again and again to interact with the people and dogs of Juneau, living on th
A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees
Dave Goulson · 288 pages
Dave Goulson has always been obsessed with wildlife, from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets and dabbling in experimental taxidermy to his groundbreaking research into the mysterious ways of the bumblebee and his mission to protect our rarest bees. Once commonly found in the marshes of Kent, the short-haired bumblebee now only exists in the wilds of New Zealand, the descendants of a few queen
Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo
Betty White · 286 pages
America's sweetheart, impassioned lifelong animal welfare advocate, and bestselling author White offers intimate and funny stories about her animal friends at the zoo, enhanced by gorgeous four-color photographs. "Betty & Friends" is the passion project she has been working on for more than a decade--a love letter to zoos and to the animals in them.
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
John Vaillant · 352 pages
Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
Ted Kerasote · 398 pages
While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog--a Labrador mix--who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each other, and Kerasote decided to name the dog Merle and bring him home. There, he realized that Merle's native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world. He put a dog door in his house so Merle could live both outside and in. This portra
In the Shadow of Man
Jane Goodall · 297 pages
Goodall's classic account of primate behavior combines a landmark scientific study with a fascinating adventure story of a determined young woman's struggle in remote Africa to approach primates in the wild as no one had ever done before.