The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (Vintage Departures) by Vintage $15.00
A gripping story of man pitted against nature’s most fearsome and efficient predator. Outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East a man-eating tiger is on the prowl. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s murdering them, almost as if it has a vendetta. A team of trackers is dispatched to hunt down the tiger before it strikes again. They know the creature is cunning, injured, and...
Big Miracle by St. Martin's Griffin $14.99
Now a major motion picture starring Drew Barrymore, Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Tim Blake Nelson, John Krasinski, and Vinessa Shaw—an account of the dramatic rescue of three gray whales trapped under the ice in Alaska in 1988.Set in Cold War–era 1988, Big Miracle tells the real story behind the remarkable, bizarre, and oftentimes uproarious event that mesmerized the world for weeks. On...
Modoc: True Story of the Greatest Elephant That by HarperCollins e-books $12.99
Spanning several decades and three continents, Modoc is one of the most amazing true animal stories ever told. Raised together in a small German circus town, a boy and an elephant formed a bond that would last their entire lives, and would be tested time and again; through a near-fatal shipwreck in the Indian Ocean, an apprenticeship with the legendary Mahout elephant trainers in the Indian teak...
Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet by Da Capo Lifelong Books $16.00
What do you do when you love your farm . . . but it doesn’t love you? After fifteen years of farming, Catherine Friend is tired. After all, while shepherding is one of the oldest professions, it’s not getting any easier. The number of sheep in America has fallen by 90 percent in the last ninety years. But just as Catherine thinks it’s time to hang up her shepherd’s crook, she discovers...
Essentials of Physical Anthropology (Anthropology Series) by Robert Jurmain $60.95
This volume covers basic evolutionary theory, human genetics, growth and development, non-human primates, paleoanthropology, and modern population biology to illustrate the physical and behavioural evolution of human beings.
Science of Trapping: Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits and Distribution, with Practical Methods for Their Capture [Illustrated] by VolumesOfValue $3.69
This edition features • a linked Table of Contents • 40 illustrationsCONTENTS.I. The Trapper's ArtII. The SkunkIII. The MinkIV. The WeaselV. The MartenVI. The FisherVII. The OtterVIII. The BeaverIX. The MuskratX. The FoxXI. The WolfXII. The BearXIII. The RaccoonXIV. The BadgerXV. The OpossumXVI. The LynxXVII. The Bay Lynx or Wild CatXVIII. The CougarXIX. The WolverineXX. The Pocket GopherXXI....
The SAS Guide to Tracking, New and Revised by Roy Thomasson $19.95
Former-SAS member Bob Carss shows how to track any moving thing, in any environment, and under nearly any circumstance. Included are tips on: The SAS Guide to Tracking is a remarkable guide to developing a new awareness of the outdoors and is the perfect companion for naturalists, outdoorspeople, hunters, wildlife photographers, search-and-rescue teams, and law enforcement. With a Foreword...
The Snow Leopard (Penguin Classics) by Pico Iyer $16.00
An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas— now celebrating its thirtieth anniversaryIN 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Z en Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest—to find the Lama of...
Exploring Biological Anthropology: The Essentials (2nd Edition by Prentice Hall $126.67
Exploring Biological Anthropology 2e is a core concepts version of the successful text, Biological Anthropology 2e. It provides students with a strong foundation in biological anthropology without some of the extended examples found in the original text. Exploring Biological Anthropology 2e offers concise coverage of core material, while maintaining thorough coverage of traditionally important...