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"A love letter to the 'largest, loudest, oldest' mammal ever to have existed...exhilarating." -People Magazine Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction, 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 obsessed with whales. The Whale is his unforgettable...
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Glutton, demon of destruction, symbol of slaughter, mightiest of wilderness villains… The wolverine comes marked with a reputation based on myth and fancy. Yet this enigmatic animal is more complex than the legends that surround it. With a shrinking wilderness and global warming, the future of the wolverine is uncertain. The Wolverine Way reveals the natural history of this species and the forces that threaten its future, engagingly told by Douglas...
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This book celebrates the Arctic, exploring the natural history that has so inspired generations.
Early travelers to the Arctic brought back tales of amazing creatures and of the endurance required of visitors, the Arctic becoming a land of inspiration and imagination. Adventurers test themselves against it. Its wildlife still amazes - when film and television show Earth's natural wonders it is always the Polar Regions that draw the biggest audiences....
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Whale watching is one of the most popular vacation and nature activities in many parts of the world. To see these beautiful creatures in all their glory provides an experience one is not likely to forget.
Their sheer size and grace is truly a sight to be experienced by anyone at any age. It is truly nature at its very best!
"Best Whale Watching" gives you the information and tips you need to get the most out of your whale watch experience. From...
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Embark on a refreshing pictorial journey to discover the diverse Vancouver nature's best that its much loved Jericho beach has to offer. Teeming with a variety of flora and fauna, Jericho beach set in the city's west side neighbourhood is a popular retreat for its enthusiastic locals and has its own unique story to tell the world, demonstrating the resilient power of nature thriving in the midst of changing urban grounds.
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"One of Forbes.com's 10 Best Conservation and Environment Books of 2016" Peter P. Marra has written more than 175 scientific publications, is the coeditor of Birds of Two Worlds, and directs the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Chris Santella is the author of many books, including the Fifty Places travel and outdoor series and The Tug Is the Drug. His writing has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New...
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A photo-filled study of the elegant, elusive American mountain goat in its rugged natural habitat.
Confined to the remote, rugged mountains of the western United States and Canada, the American mountain goat is one of the least familiar species of hoofed mammals in North America. These extraordinary mountaineers are seldom seen, and their lives and fortunes may be the least understood among the continent's large mammals. Life on the Rocks offers...
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In this intriguing nature memoir, an American woman recounts a season of herding cattle in the Australian Outback.
Rafael de Grenade was thirteen years old when she began working on a rough-country mountain ranch in Arizona. But when she read about cattlemen working the far edges of the Australian outback, it sparked a dream far wilder than anything she had ever known. A little over a decade later she arrived on Stilwater Station with two shirts,...
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In the middle of paradise, with billionaires and celebrities for neighbors, is an island populated only by swimming pigs. For decades, this archipelago of 365 islands would remain largely unknown to the world. It would not be a ruthless pirate, pioneering loyalists, a notorious drug kingpin, or the infamous Fyre Festival that would unveil Exuma to the world, but rather the most unlikely of creatures. Appearing in magazines, videos, newspapers, commercials,...
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A journey around the British Isles discovering the extraordinary lives of these secretive mammals. The Atlantic grey seal is globally rare — there are fewer grey seals in the world than African elephants — and Britain hosts forty per cent of this world population. Over the course of a year in their lives, Susan Richardson comes to know a colony of seals, watching as it is hit by storms in the autumn pupping season, experiencing sociable winter...
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