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  • The Rise and Reign of the Mammals

    A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

    By the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a "brilliant" and "beautifully told" new history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree that led to us[New Scientist; The Times UK]National Bestseller • Top 10 Nonfiction of the Year: Kirkus • Best Science Book of the Year: The Times UKWe humans are the inheritors of a dynasty that has ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Modoc

    True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived

    by Ralph Helfer ...
    "Once I started this incomparable story, I couldn't put it down, and I cannot get it out of my mind—nor will I ever. The message of what can be accomplished by training through affection and joy will thrill all animal lovers." —Betty WhiteA captivating true story of loyalty, friendship, and high adventure that spans several decades and three continents, Modoc is one of the most remarkable true ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Bond

    Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them

    by Wayne Pacelle ...
    “If the animals knew about this book they would, without doubt, confer on Wayne Pacelle, their highest honor.”—Jane Goodall“The Bond is the best overall book on animals I have ever read. Brilliant and moving.”—John Mackey, CEO and Co-founder of Whole Foods Market“The Bond is at once heart-breaking and heart-warming. No animal escapes Wayne Pacelle’s attention; nor should his book escape any human ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Devil's Teeth

    A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks

    by Susan Casey ...
    A journalist's obsession brings her to a remote island off the California coast, home to the world's most mysterious and fearsome predators--and the strange band of surfer-scientists who follow themSusan Casey was in her living room when she first saw the great white sharks of the Farallon Islands, their dark fins swirling around a small motorboat in a documentary. These sharks were the alphas ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Cowboy and His Elephant

    The Story of a Remarkable Friendship

    In the late 1980s, a female baby elephant was born into a herd that lived on the plains of southern Africa. Her mother has carried her for two years, and normally she would have nursed her for five more. But the close-knit family of wild elephants was to face a predator for which it was no match--humans. In a "cull," her family was slaughtered in a few moments. Only the newborn female's life was ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Lucky Dog Lessons

    From Renowned Expert Dog Trainer and Host of Lucky Dog: Reunions

    The celebrity dog trainer and Emmy-winning star of the CBS show Lucky Dog shares his training system to transform any dog—from spoiled purebred puppy to shelter-shocked rescue—into a model companion in just seven days.Each week on Lucky Dog, Brandon McMillan rescues an untrained, unwanted, "unadoptable" shelter dog. In the days that follow, these dogs undergo a miraculous transformation as they ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Why We Run

    A Natural History

    “Each new page [is] more spellbinding than the one before—this is surely one of the most interesting books I’ve ever read.”—Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of DogsWhen Bernd Heinrich decided to write a memoir of his ultramarathon running experience he realized that the preparation for the race was as important, if not more so, than the race itself. Considering the physiology ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Eager

    The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

    by Ben Goldfarb ...
    WINNER of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardAuthor of the New York Times 2023 "Notable Book" CrossingsWashington Post “50 Notable Works of Nonfiction”Science News “Favorite Science Books of 2018”Booklist “Top Ten Science/Technology Book of 2018”<strong... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Beneath the Surface

    Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish

    *Now a New York Times Best Seller*Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. When two fellow trainers were ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Whale

    In Search of the Giants of the Sea

    by Philip Hoare ...
    A travelogue through the history, literature, and lore of the remarkable mammals that we long have been fascinated with, from Moby-Dick to Free Willy.From his childhood fascination with the gigantic Natural History Museum model of a blue whale, to his abiding love of Moby-Dick, to his adult encounters with the living animals in the Atlantic Ocean, the acclaimed writer Philip Hoare has been ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spying on Whales

    The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures

    by Nick Pyenson ...
    “A palaeontological howdunnit…[Spying on Whales] captures the excitement of…seeking answers to deep questions in cetacean science.” —NatureCalled “the best of science writing” (Edward O. Wilson) and named a best book by Popular Science, a dive into the secret lives of whales, from their four-legged past to their perilous present.Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Once They Were Hats

    In Search of the Mighty Beaver

    “Unexpectedly delightful reading—there is much to learn from the buck-toothed rodents of yore” (National Post).Beavers, those icons of industriousness, have been gnawing down trees, building dams, shaping the land, and creating critical habitat in North America for at least a million years. Once one of the continent’s most ubiquitous mammals, they ranged from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Good Good Pig

    The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood

    by Sy Montgomery ...
    "In loving yet unsentimental prose, Sy Montgomery captures the richness that animals bring to the human experience. Sometimes it takes a too-smart-for-his-own-good pig to open our eyes to what most matters in life.”—John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst DogA naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, Sy ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Fastest Animals Of The World

    Super Fast Animals

    Children are often intrigued by certain characteristics of animals. Because of this, children that are interested in fast animals will be more engaged in activities involving their favorite speedy animals. At this point, a children's book about fast animals can be used as a tool for imaginative purposes. The children can be asked questions about the subjects of the children books and then asked to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Truth About Animals

    Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife

    by Lucy Cooke ...
    Mary Roach meets Bill Bryson in this "surefire summer winner" (Janet Maslin, New York Times), an uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries of the animal worldHumans have gone to the Moon and discovered the Higgs boson, but when it comes to understanding animals, we've still got a long way to go. Whether we're seeing a viral video of romping baby pandas or a picture of penguins ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Lesser Beasts

    A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig

    by Mark Essig ...
    Unlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces only one thing: meat. Incredibly efficient at converting almost any organic matter into nourishing, delectable protein, swine are nothing short of a gastronomic godsend-yet their flesh is banned in many cultures, and the animals themselves are maligned as filthy, lazy brutes.As historian Mark Essig ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Behemoth

    The History of the Elephant in America

    In the two hundred years since their arrival in America, elephants have worked on farms, mills, mines, and railroads, in Hollywood, and in professional baseball. They've contributed to the national discourse on civil rights, immigration, politics, and capitalism. They became so deeply ingrained in the American way that they were once accorded the rights of American citizenship, including the right ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Bond: An Excerpt with Fifty Ways to Help Animals

    by Wayne Pacelle ...
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    “If the animals knew about this book they would, without doubt, confer on Wayne Pacelle, their highest honor.”—Jane Goodall“The Bond is the best overall book on animals I have ever read. Brilliant and moving.”—John Mackey, CEO and Co-founder of Whole Foods Market“The Bond is at once heart-breaking and heart-warming. No animal escapes Wayne Pacelle’s attention; nor should his book escape any human ... Read more

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  • Listening to Whales

    What the Orcas Have Taught Us

    In Listening to Whales, Alexandra Morton shares spellbinding stories about her career in whale and dolphin research and what she has learned from and about these magnificent mammals. In the late 1970s, while working at Marineland in California, Alexandra pioneered the recording of orca sounds by dropping a hydrophone into the tank of two killer whales. She recorded the varied language of mating, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Hidden World of the Fox

    by Adele Brand ...
    A mammal ecologist’s “ode to this familiar yet mysterious creature . . . by turns lyrical, salty, funny and scholarly” (The New York Times Book Review).The fox. For thousands of years myth and folklore have celebrated its cunning intelligence. Today the red fox is the nature’s most populous carnivore, its dancing orange tail a common sight in backyards. Yet who is this wild neighbor, truly? How do ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Starting from Scratch

    How to Correct Behavior Problems in Your Adult Cat

    The author of Think Like a Cat, Catwise, and Cat vs. Cat, tells how to turn problem cats into purr- fect petsCertified Animal Behavior Consultant Pam Johnson-Bennett, is back to help readers bring out their pet's inner pussycat regardless of the cat's age. Geared specifically for owners of adult cats, be they recently adopted or long time family pets, this book illustrates how it's never too late ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Born Free

    The Story of Elsa

    by Joy Adamson ...
    Series Book 81 - Macmillan Collector's Library
    Fifty years ago Joy Adamson first introduced to the world the story of her life alongside Elsa the lioness, whom she had rescued as an orphaned cub, and raised at her home in Kenya. But as Elsa had been born free, Joy made the heartbreaking decision that she must be returned to the wild when she was old enough to fend for herself.Since the first publication of Born Free and its sequels Living Free ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Quest for Sustainable Meat

    **A Splendid Table Staff Book Pick of the Year"Estabrook, a reporter of iron constitution and persistence, has dug deep into the truth about the American pork industry without losing his sense of humor and humanity." —Christopher Kimball, Wall Street Journal**In Pig Tales, New York Times best-selling author of Tomatoland Barry Estabrook turns his attention to the dark side of the American pork ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Horse People

    Scenes from the Riding Life

    by Michael Korda ...
    Bestselling author Michael Korda's Horse People is the story -- sometimes hilariously funny, sometimes sad and moving, always shrewdly observed -- of a lifetime love affair with horses, and of the bonds that have linked humans with horses for more than ten thousand years. It is filled with intimate portraits of the kind of people, rich or poor, Eastern or Western, famous or humble, whose lives ... Read more

    $7.99 USD