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• An Immense World

  How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

  Yong, Ed,

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  Welcome to a previously unfathomable dimension--the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. Encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic fields, and brainless jellyfish that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Chimpanzee Whisperer

  a Life of Love and Loss, Compassion and Conservation

  Nyandwi, Stany,

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  A moving, heartwarming memoir about a conservation hero and real-life chimpanzee whisperer.

• Raising Hare

  a Memoir

  Dalton, Chloe,

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  A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare.

• Lone Wolf

  Walking the Line Between Civilization and Wildness

  Weymouth, Adam,

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  The story of a wolf who traveled from Slovenia across the Alps, and who helped found the first pack in Italy in more than a hundred years.

• Fuzz

  When Nature Breaks the Law

  Roach, Mary,

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  "Join "America's funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post) Mary Roach on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A grizzly bear caught…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pygmy-owls of Forest Park

  Deshler, John

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  While this is fiction, it’s science-based fiction by a biologist who is an expert on the species. Engaging and well-written… you will be caught up in the lives of these feisty creatures.

• H Is for Hawk

  Macdonald, Helen, 1970-

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  The author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father, endeavors to train for the first time a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.

• Wild Honey Bees

  An Intimate Portrait

  Arndt, Ingo, 1968-

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  Incredible photography of wild honeybees plus informative text.

• The Soul of An Octopus

  a Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness

  Montgomery, Sy,

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  By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, this book reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.

• Otter Country

  An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World

  Darlington, Miriam,

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  Mysterious, graceful, and ever-clever, otters have captivated our imaginations despite the fact that few people have encountered one in the wild. - Publisher

• What An Owl Knows

  the New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

  Ackerman, Jennifer, 1959-

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  A brilliant scientific exploration of owls, the most elusive group of birds, and an investigation into why these remarkable and yet mysterious animals exert such a hold on human imagination.

• American Wolf

  a True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West

  Blakeslee, Nate, 1970-

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  The story of the rise of a Yellowstone wolf, and what her life and death tell us about the struggle for the American West.

• On Animals

  Orlean, Susan,

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  A collection of entertaining essays about animal-human relationships by the award-winning author.

• The Book of Eels

  Our Enduring Fascination With the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World

  Svensson, Patrik, 1972-

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  Blending memoir and nature writing at its best, Svensson's journey to understand the eel becomes an exploration of the human condition that delves into overarching issues about our roots and destiny, both as humans and as animals, and, ultimately,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Thing With Feathers

  the Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human

  Strycker, Noah K.,

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  The Thing with Feathers by Noah Strycker is a fun and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world--and deep connection with humanity.

• Mind of the Raven

  Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-birds

  Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-

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  Bernd Heinrich, award-winning naturalist, finds himself dreaming of ravens and decides he must get to the truth about this animal reputed to be so intelligent.

• The Inner Life of Animals

  Love, Grief, and Compassion : Surprising Observations of a Hidden World

  Wohlleben, Peter, 1964-

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  Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of Animals weaves Peter Wohlleben's wealth of personal experience observing nature in forests and fields with the latest scientific research into how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Thousand Trails Home

  Living With Caribou

  Kantner, Seth, 1965-

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  Firsthand account of a life spent hunting, studying, and living alongside caribou that reveals the fragile, intertwined lives of people and animals surviving through sweeping changes in the Alaskan Arctic.

• Eager

  the Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter

  Goldfarb, Ben (Environmental journalist),

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  The author reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers.

• Spotted Owls

  Shadows in An Old-growth Forest

  Hobbs, Jared, 1971-

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  Lovely photos of this elusive denizen of the Pacific Northwest's most ancient forests.