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Author
Publisher
St Martins Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
146 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Inspiring, true tales of interspecies adoption, One Big Happy Family tells the heartwarming stories of animals who have reached out to save the lives of babies from other species and raise them as their own. Whether it's the border collie and his piglets, the cat and her ducklings, the orangutan and his lion cubs, or even the Labrador and her baby hippo, these are poignant, charming tales of animals who have felt the parental instinct and cared for...
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
vi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
'Bravely pursued, acutely observed and elegantly told.' John Vaillant, author of The Tiger
'Urgent and important. This moving tale with a heroic cast of characters, leonine and human, is a must-read for anyone passionate about wildlife and wild places.' Tony Park, author of Last Survivor
This is the riveting and illuminating story of Australian writer Anthony Ham's extraordinary journey into the world of lions. Haunted by the idea that they might...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xx, 233 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The heartwarming tale of an irrepressible donkey who needed a home-and forever changed a family. Rachel Anne Ridge was at the end of her rope. The economy had crashed, taking her formerly thriving business along with it. She had been a successful artist, doing work she loved, but now she felt like a failure. How would her family pay their bills? What would the future hold? If only God would somehow let them know that everything was going to be all...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 236 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth. Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller--including gorilla-sized lemurs, 800-pound birds, crocodiles that weighed a ton or more--roamed the earth. These great beasts, or "megafauna," lived on every habitable continent and on many islands. With a handful of exceptions, all are now gone. What caused the disappearance of these...
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
165 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction-a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us"--
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Anthropologist and equestrian expert Susanna Forrest presents a singular, sweeping panorama of the horse's prominent role across time and in societies around the world. Combining fascinating anthropological detail and incisive personal anecdotes, Forrest illustrates how our evolution has coincided with that of horses. Unique, passionate, and insightful, this book investigates the complexities of human and horse coexistence, brilliantly revealing the...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Physical Desc
176 p. : col. ill. ; 17 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Knitting patterns for 24 wild animals. There is something here for everyone, with instructions for knitting spots, stripes, fur, scales, trunks, wings and beaks! The animals are surprisingly easy to make. It will only take a few evenings to create yourself an exotic pet or reproduce your favorite species. These knitted animals in miniature are much easier to look after than the real things - they don't need feeding, they won't make a mess and they...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
i, 253 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A discussion of animal survival in the hot season explores the ways in which animals make the most of the summer's short span by efficiently compacting most of their procreative and survival activities.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The "End of Illness comes" an ingenious guide to what our fellow animals can teach us about living longer, healthier, happier lives. Mother nature has a lot to teach us, if only we open our eyes. Pigeons and dolphins offer creative strategies for preserving our memories and warding off dementia, while squirrels and pigs harbor secrets for managing chronic pain. Rhinoceroses demonstrate the subtle power...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
235 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
To test the limits of our ability to inhabit lives that are not our own, Charles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the nonhumans. To do that, he chose five animals and lived alongside them, sleeping as they slept, eating what they ate, learning to sense the landscape through the senses they used. In this lyrical, intimate, and completely radical look at the lives of animals, Charles Foster mingles neuroscience and psychology, nature writing...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
xii, 142 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten more delightful stories from the pen of the world's most beloved veterinarian-guaranteed to delight the Yorkshire vet's worldwide legions of fans… When you enter the world of James Herriot's Animal Stories, you'll share his wonder and humor, his adventures and misadventures as he contends with pet owners and landowners; rough-spoken farmers and soft-spoken gentry; orphaned lambs, litters of piglets and puppies, cattle and draught horses; and...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 122 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The author of Straw Dogs, famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusions of progress and humanism, turns his attention to cats-and what they reveal about humans' torturous relationship to the world and to themselves"--
Author
Publisher
SewandSo
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
There are a total of 13 knitted animals - each with their own unique personality and style. The animals all have the same basic body, with a few colour variations and tail additions, so the clothes can be mixed and matched between them to create endless outfit possibilities.