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Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
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Daphne Sheldrick
Overloaded Ark
Gerald Durrell · 238 pages
Grayson
Lynne Cox · 153 pages
The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
Delia Owens, Mark Owens · 306 pages
Living Free
Joy Adamson · 149 pages
Story of the unique relationship of a wild animal with its human friends.
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.
Raising Hare
Chloe Dalton · 336 pages
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.
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
Wolves at Our Door: The Extraordinary Story of the Couple Who Lived with Wolves
Jim Dutcher, James Manfull, Jamie Dutcher · 320 pages
Paw Tracks in the Moonlight
Denis O'Connor
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
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
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
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.
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 Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
Julia Butterfly Hill · 256 pages
The woman who spent more than two years living in Luna, a thousand-year-old redwood in Humboldt County, California, tells the story of protecting old growth forests, siege by opponents, threatening weather, and unexpected support from around the world.
The Elephant Whisperer
Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence · 368 pages
When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of 'rogue' elephants on his reserve at Thula Thula, his commonsense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival - notorious escape artists, they would all be killed if Lawrence wouldn't take them. He agreed, but before arrangements for the move could be completed the animals broke out again and the
Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd
Karsten Heuer · 238 pages
In April 2003, newlyweds Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison embarked on a five-month research journey to migrate more than 2,000 miles with a herd of 120,000 Porcupine Caribou.
The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience and Recovery
Andrew Westoll · 268 pages
"In 1997 Gloria Grow started a sanctuary for chimps retired from biomedical research on her farm outside Montreal. For the indomitable Gloria, caring for thirteen great apes is like presiding over a maximum security prison, a Zen sanctuary, an old folks home, and a New York deli during the lunchtime rush all rolled into one. But she is first and foremost creating a refuge for her troubled charges,
David Attenborough's Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster
David Attenborough · 384 pages
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
John Vaillant · 352 pages