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Carnivorous Nights
On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger
Written by Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $14.95
Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson take off with renowned artist Alexis Rockman on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. This mysterious, striped predator was once the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial. It had a pouch like... Read more >
On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger
Written by Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $14.95
Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson take off with renowned artist Alexis Rockman on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. This mysterious, striped predator was once the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial. It had a pouch like... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Lady and the Panda
The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
Written by Vicki Croke
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $14.95
Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In... Read more >
The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
Written by Vicki Croke
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $14.95
Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In... Read more >
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The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek
Written by Sid Marty
Format: Trade Paperback, 296 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $19.95
In describing the true events surrounding a series of frightening bear attacks in l980, a bestselling nature/adventure author explores our relationship with the great grizzly.
Many citizens of Banff, Alberta, valued living in a place where wildlife grazed on the front lawn; others saw wild bears as a mere roadside attraction. None... Read more >
Written by Sid Marty
Format: Trade Paperback, 296 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $19.95
In describing the true events surrounding a series of frightening bear attacks in l980, a bestselling nature/adventure author explores our relationship with the great grizzly.
Many citizens of Banff, Alberta, valued living in a place where wildlife grazed on the front lawn; others saw wild bears as a mere roadside attraction. None... Read more >
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Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind
A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife
Written by Warner Shedd
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
Did you know that "flying" squirrels are incapable of true flight? Were you aware that opossums don't "play dead," as in the common folk saying "playing possum"? In this fascinating and gorgeously illustrated new book, wildlife expert and enthusiast Warner Shedd, former executive for the National Wildlife Federation, uncovers the scientific... Read more >
A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife
Written by Warner Shedd
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
Did you know that "flying" squirrels are incapable of true flight? Were you aware that opossums don't "play dead," as in the common folk saying "playing possum"? In this fascinating and gorgeously illustrated new book, wildlife expert and enthusiast Warner Shedd, former executive for the National Wildlife Federation, uncovers the scientific... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Relentless Enemies
Lions and Buffalo
Written by Dereck Joubert and Beverly Joubert
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $40.00
The tawny lion slinks through golden grass, stealthy and sinuous, utterly concentrated on the hunt, a perfect predator awaiting only the instant when pure instinct triggers the rush, the spring, the ferocious slash of sharp claws and merciless fangs that will bring down her prey. It's a scene as old as... Read more >
Lions and Buffalo
Written by Dereck Joubert and Beverly Joubert
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2006
Price: $40.00
The tawny lion slinks through golden grass, stealthy and sinuous, utterly concentrated on the hunt, a perfect predator awaiting only the instant when pure instinct triggers the rush, the spring, the ferocious slash of sharp claws and merciless fangs that will bring down her prey. It's a scene as old as... Read more >
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Flattened Fauna, Revised
A Field Guide to Common Animals of Roads, Streets, and Highways
Written by Roger M. Knutson
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2006
Price: $9.95
Are you among the millions of people whose only opportunity to observe wildlife comes after it has been run over and pressed into a patty by big rigs, then desiccated by the elements until even flies don't recognize it? This is the field guide for you! FLATTENED FAUNA fills an important... Read more >
A Field Guide to Common Animals of Roads, Streets, and Highways
Written by Roger M. Knutson
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2006
Price: $9.95
Are you among the millions of people whose only opportunity to observe wildlife comes after it has been run over and pressed into a patty by big rigs, then desiccated by the elements until even flies don't recognize it? This is the field guide for you! FLATTENED FAUNA fills an important... Read more >
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The Lady and the Panda
The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
Written by Vicki Croke
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: June 13, 2006
Price: $14.95
Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In... Read more >
The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
Written by Vicki Croke
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: June 13, 2006
Price: $14.95
Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In... Read more >
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Carnivorous Nights
On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger
Written by Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson
Illustrated by Alexis Rockman
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $14.95
Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson, along with renowned artist Alexis Rockman, take off on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. Tragically, this mysterious, striped predator was hunted into extinction in the early part of the twentieth... Read more >
On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger
Written by Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson
Illustrated by Alexis Rockman
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 11, 2006
Price: $14.95
Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson, along with renowned artist Alexis Rockman, take off on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. Tragically, this mysterious, striped predator was hunted into extinction in the early part of the twentieth... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Last Place on Earth
Written by Mike Fay
Photographed by Michael Nichols
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $150.00
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Written by Mike Fay
Photographed by Michael Nichols
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $150.00
Read more >
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End of the Earth
Voyaging to Antarctica
Written by Peter Matthiessen
Photographed by Birgit Freybe Bateman
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2004
Price: $15.00
Read more >
Voyaging to Antarctica
Written by Peter Matthiessen
Photographed by Birgit Freybe Bateman
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2004
Price: $15.00
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The ROM Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Ontario
Written by Ross MacCulloch and Royal Ontario Museum
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2002
Price: $19.95
Our amphibians and reptiles hold a fascination for young and old alike. Often very beautiful and frequently misunderstood, they are worthy of closer acquaintance and greatly reward attentive study in the field. The definitive ROM Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Ontario is researched, written, and designed specifically for the... Read more >
Written by Ross MacCulloch and Royal Ontario Museum
Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2002
Price: $19.95
Our amphibians and reptiles hold a fascination for young and old alike. Often very beautiful and frequently misunderstood, they are worthy of closer acquaintance and greatly reward attentive study in the field. The definitive ROM Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Ontario is researched, written, and designed specifically for the... Read more >
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Return of the Osprey
A Season of Flight and Wonder
Written by David Gessner
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2002
Price: $14.95
For six luminous months–an entire nesting season–David Gessner immersed himself in the lives of the magnificent osprey’s that had returned to his seagirt corner of Cape Cod. In this marvelous book–part memoir, part paean to a once-endangered species, part natural history of the Cape–Gessner recounts the many discoveries he made in... Read more >
A Season of Flight and Wonder
Written by David Gessner
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2002
Price: $14.95
For six luminous months–an entire nesting season–David Gessner immersed himself in the lives of the magnificent osprey’s that had returned to his seagirt corner of Cape Cod. In this marvelous book–part memoir, part paean to a once-endangered species, part natural history of the Cape–Gessner recounts the many discoveries he made in... Read more >
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Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blind
A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife
Written by Warner Shedd
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 31, 2001
Price: $14.95
Have you ever seen a flying squirrel flapping through the air, watched a beaver carrying a load of mud on its tail, or ducked when a porcupine started throwing its quills? Probably not, says Warner Shedd, debunking these and many more popular myths about our animal friends in Owls Aren't Wise... Read more >
A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife
Written by Warner Shedd
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 31, 2001
Price: $14.95
Have you ever seen a flying squirrel flapping through the air, watched a beaver carrying a load of mud on its tail, or ducked when a porcupine started throwing its quills? Probably not, says Warner Shedd, debunking these and many more popular myths about our animal friends in Owls Aren't Wise... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The ROM Field Guide to Birds of Ontario
Written by Janice Hughes and Royal Ontario Museum
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2001
Price: $29.99
This unique publication, produced in association with the Royal Ontario Museum, is the guide Ontario birders have been waiting for…
The ROM Field Guide to Birds of Ontario is researched and written specifically for the Ontario bird watcher. It is the most authoritative, easy to use, and beautifully designed guide to Ontario... Read more >
Written by Janice Hughes and Royal Ontario Museum
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2001
Price: $29.99
This unique publication, produced in association with the Royal Ontario Museum, is the guide Ontario birders have been waiting for…
The ROM Field Guide to Birds of Ontario is researched and written specifically for the Ontario bird watcher. It is the most authoritative, easy to use, and beautifully designed guide to Ontario... Read more >
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Born Free
A Lioness of Two Worlds
Written by Joy Adamson
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2000
Price: $14.95
There have been many accounts of the return to the wild of tame animals, but since its original publication in 1960, when the New York Times hailed it as a "fascinating and remarkable book," Born Free has stood alone in its power to move us.
Joy Adamson's story of a lion cub... Read more >
A Lioness of Two Worlds
Written by Joy Adamson
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2000
Price: $14.95
There have been many accounts of the return to the wild of tame animals, but since its original publication in 1960, when the New York Times hailed it as a "fascinating and remarkable book," Born Free has stood alone in its power to move us.
Joy Adamson's story of a lion cub... Read more >
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