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1) Saving Jaws
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Biologist OCEAN RAMSEY (“Shark Whisper") credits her connection with sharks to years of research, but others feel it’s something more. Join Ocean and a team of biologists as they travel the globe trying to halt their looming extinction.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Few books have had a greater impact than A Sand County Almanac, which many credit with launching a revolution in land management. Written as a series of sketches based principally upon the flora and fauna in a rural part of Wisconsin, the book, originally published by Oxford in 1949, gathers informal pieces written by Leopold over a forty-year period as he traveled through the woodlands of Wisconsin, Iowa, Arizona, Sonora, Oregon, Manitoba, and elsewhere;...
3) Scat
Author
Language
English
Description
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the international bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees. An illuminating manifesto on ancient forests: how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through generations, and why our future lies in protecting them. In his beloved book The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben revealed astonishing discoveries about the social networks of trees and how they communicate. Now, in The Power of Trees, he turns to their future, with...
Author
Language
English
Description
Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A surprising and moving romance set in an old-fashioned seaside town on the verge of unwelcome change Liza McCullen will never fully escape her past. But the unspoiled beaches and tight-knit community of Silver Bay offer the freedom and safety she craves--if not for herself, then for her young daughter, Hannah. That is, until Mike Dormer arrives as a guest in her aunt's hotel. The mild-mannered Englishman with his too-smart clothes and distracting...
Author
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the turbulent history of the Sarajevo Haggadah, an illuminated manuscript which has survived into the twentieth century thanks to people of various faiths who risked their lives to safeguard it. Hanna Heath, a manuscript conservator hired to restore the manuscript in 1996 Sarajevo, finds and pursues clues to crucial moments in the book's history.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 458 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Part odyssey, part pilgrimage, this epic personal narrative follows the author's exploration of coasts, islands, reefs, and the sea's abyssal depths. Scientist and fisherman Carl Safina takes readers on a global journey of discovery, probing for truth about the world's changing seas, deftly weaving adventure, science, and political analysis.
Author
Language
English
Description
If environmental destruction continues at its current rate, a third of all plants and animals could disappear by 2050 -- along with earth's life-support ecosystems, which provide food, water, medicine, and natural defenses against climate change. Now Caroline Fraser offers the first definitive account of a visionary crusade to confront this crisis: rewilding. Breathtaking in scope and ambition, rewilding aims to save species by restoring habitats,...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring rare footage of endangered animals and interviews with the world's leading animal welfare and conservation specialists, this pioneering feature explores the work of zoos and aquariums across the globe as they race to protect and preserve animals from al seven of the Earth's continents." -- Container.
A look at the world's leading animal welfare specialists and conservation scientists working to protect animals from all seven of Earth's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A fun narrative, diverse characters, and appealing illustrations await readers as they learn about saving energy. Comprehension questions, fun facts, and critical thinking questions keep readers engaged and thinking while they read.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
60 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
From the Sibert medal winning author of TEAM MOON and the bestselling GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING comes a riveting, timely account of panda conservation efforts in China, perfect for budding environmentalists and activists.
Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1 [edition].
Physical Desc
xiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. Until the 1800s, they were common in the longleaf pine savannas and deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. But red wolves were nearly annihilated by habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote. Today, reintroduced red wolves are found only on peninsular northeastern North Carolina within less than 1 percent of their former range. In "The Secret World of...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the veteran New Yorker staff writer and award-winning author of The Experience of Place: an urgent, resounding call to protect half the earth's land--and thereby millions of its species--by 2050, that gives us the tools to think big about the planet and our role in conserving it. Beginning in the North American Boreal Forest that stretches through Canada, and roving across the continent from the Northern Sierra to Alabama's Paint Rock Forest...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 332 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Former Natural History Museum (London) paleontologist Fortey gives us the stories of those plants, animals, and other creatures that have survived from Earth's early days--the planet's "true marathon runners."
Author
Series
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xxiii, 187 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this engaging book, hydrologist Peter E. Black celebrates the wonder of our planets most precious natural resource. In these brief, nontechnical essays, readers are introduced to waters unique scientific properties, the vital role it plays in Earths ecology and ecosystems, and the impact it has had on human history, culture, art, law, and economics. At turns educational and inspirational, humorous and reverent, the books also sounds a cautionary...
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Animal species are disappearing at an alarming rate. This informative book introduces kids to some of the animals in danger and examines what can be done to preserve Earth's ecological diversity.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with beautiful long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to western science -- a saola, the first large land mammal discovered in 50 years. Rare then and rarer now, no westerner had glimpsed a live saola before Pulitzer Prize finalist and nature writer William deBuys and conservation biologist William Robichaud set off to search for it...
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