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Hooray for Hair! (Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat)
Random House Children's Books 2013; US$ 3.99The Cat in the Hat goes on a hairy adventure in this leveled reader for independent readers all about?what else??hair! It's Crazy Hair Day at Sally and Nick's school, and the kids can't pick a style to wear. Curly or straight? Long or short? It's too hard to choose?until the Cat in the Hat arrives with his Wig-o-lator?a machine that allows the kids... more...
Mammals of China
Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 24.95China's breathtaking diversity of natural habitats--from mountains and deserts to grasslands and lush tropical forests--is home to more than 10 percent of the world's mammal species. This one-of-a-kind pocket guide describes the characteristics, geographic distribution, natural history, and conservation status of all 558 species of mammals found in... more...
Megafauna
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 54.99More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these animals, their comings and goings, and what befell... more...
Saving the White Lions
North Atlantic Books 2013; US$ 14.99In this captivating, suspenseful memoir, white lion conservationist Linda Tucker describes her perilous struggle to protect the sacred white lion from the merciless and mafia-like trophy-hunting industry, armed only with her indomitable spirit and total devotion. Her story begins in 1991 with a heart-stopping misadventure in the Timbavati Reserve... more...
Riding Barranca
Trafalgar Square Books 2013; US$ 16.99In this one-year journal, a skilled horsewoman and adventurer takes her horse, Barranca, on a fleeting journey across the country?from the borderland of Arizona to the Berkshires of Massachusetts. When offered a glimpse into her world?which is deeply connected with the earth and its seasons, beauty, and sometimes even danger?the love between horse... more...
White-Tailed Deer Habitat
Texas A&M University Press 2013; US$ 29.95The original, 2006 edition of Timothy Edward Fulbright and J. Alfonso Ortega-S.?s White-Tailed Deer Habitat: Ecology and Management on Rangelands was hailed as ?a splendid reference for the classroom and those who make their living from wildlife and the land? and as ?filling a niche that is not currently approached in the literature.? In this... more...
Population Fluctuations in Rodents
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 44.00How did rodent outbreaks in Germany help to end World War I? What caused the destructive outbreak of rodents in Oregon and California in the late 1950s, the large population outbreak of lemmings in Scandinavia in 2010, and the great abundance of field mice in Scotland in the spring of 2011? Population fluctuations, or outbreaks, of rodents constitute... more...
Gold Rush in the Jungle
Crown Publishing Group 2013; US$ 25.00An engrossing, adventure-filled account of the rush to discover and save Vietnam's most extraordinary animals Deep in the jungle where the borders of Vietnam meet those of Laos and Cambodia is a region known as "the lost world." Large mammals never seen before by Western science have popped up frequently in these mountains in the last decade,... more...
Wolves in the Land of Salmon
Timber Press 2013; US$ 29.95Wolves. We love them, idolize them, and are fascinated by them. We also hate them, fear them, and blame them. The wolf's relationship with humans is complex and can be emotionally wrought, depending on whether one is a hunter, rancher, or animal lover. Wolves in the Land of Salmon is nature writing at its best. Vivid imagery and a sense of... more...
Red Fox
Smithsonian 2013; US$ 16.95In this engaging introduction to the red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ), J. David Henry recounts his years of field research on this flame-colored predator. With its catlike whiskers, teeth, and paws, as well as vertical-slit pupils, the North American red fox not only resembles but often behaves like a feline, especially when hunting. Probing the reasons for... more...









