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Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees
Barbara Bennett, Mariete van der Merwe · back to the book
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Alan Rabinowitz
The renowned cat conservationist reflects on his early childhood struggles with a speech disorder, describing how he only spoke fluently when he was communicating with animals and how he resolved at a young age to find his voice to be their advocate. In this true story, a boy who stutters except when he speaks to animals, promises that if he can find his voice, he will be their voice and keep the
Catch Me a Colobus
Gerald Durrell · 240 pages
Forever Free: Elsa's Pride
Joy Adamson · 192 pages
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence · 256 pages
The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
Delia Owens, Mark Owens · 306 pages
Wolves at Our Door: The Extraordinary Story of the Couple Who Lived with Wolves
Jim Dutcher, James Manfull, Jamie Dutcher · 320 pages
An African Love Story: Life, Love and Elephants
Daphne Sheldrick
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
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
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.
A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond between Two Friends and a Lion
Anthony Bourke, John Rendall · 180 pages
In 2008 an extraordinary two-minute film clip appeared on YouTube and immediately became an international phenomenon. It captures the moving reunion of two young men and their pet lion Christian, after they had left him in Africa with Born Free's George Adamson to introduce him into his rightful home in the wild.A Lion Called Christian tells the remarkable story of how Anthony "Ace" Bourke and Joh
Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey
Jane Goodall, Phillip Berman · 301 pages
Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve forever altered the very, definition of humanity.Now, in a poignant and insightful memoir, Jane Goodall explores her extraordinary life and personal spiritual odyssey, with observations as profound as the knowledge she has brought back from the forest.
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.
My Gentle Barn: A Place of Hope
Ellie Laks · 398 pages
Traces the story of a Los Angeles-based nonprofit animal rescue the Gentle Barn that has saved hundreds of creatures from unsafe conditions, describing how the author and shelter volunteers rehabilitate their charges to become companions for at-risk children.
How to Walk a Puma: My (mis)adventures in South America
Peter Allison · 228 pages
The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship and Discovery in the Alaskan Wild
Lynn Schooler · 288 pages
Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey from NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer
Mireya Mayor · 304 pages
Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America
Jon Mooallem · 352 pages
Journalist Jon Mooallem has watched his little daughter's world overflow with animals butterfly pajamas, appliquéd owls--while the actual world she's inheriting slides into a great storm of extinction. Half of all species could disappear by the end of the century, and scientists now concede that most of America's endangered animals will survive only if conservationists keep rigging the world aroun
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.
A Small Furry Prayer: Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life
Steven Kotler