Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia)
Gale proudly presents the first completely revised and updated version of this acclaimed set in 30 years. Some reviewers call Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia the best reference work on animals ever published. Others call it the legacy left to us by famed zoologist and animal lover, Bernhard Grzimek. The accolades and praise go on for the newest addition to Gale's line of reference titles. The original 13-vol. set, published in Germany in the late 1960s, is internationally renowned for its sci...
Text and illustrations introduce the characteristics of thirteen animals commonly found in the woods. Includes the chipmunk, opossum. beaver, barn owl, and otter.
A classic account of the great bear, with more than 100,000 copies sold.
Zoological Researches in Java, and the Neighbouring Islands
by Thomas Horsfield
A world-renowned cellular biologist introduces the revolutionary science of epigenetics--a field that demonstrates how the energy of consciousness is as important as shaping life on earth as DNA and chemistry.
The first comprehensive 'biography' of one of the first celebrity animals who gave us one of our favourite words. Jumbo, Victorian England's favourite elephant, was born in 1861 in French Sudan, imported to a Parisian zoo and later sold on to London, where - for seventeen years - he dutifully gave children rides and ate buns from their hands, all the while being tortured at night to keep him docile. Worldwide fame came when he was bought by the American showman and scam artist P.T. Barnum in 188...
Biogenetics of Neurohormonal Peptides
Composition Notebook (Cute Notebooks for School Girls and Boys, #38)
by Majestical Notebook
Do you know which small mammal turns white in winter Have you ever wondered what an otter's den looks like Can you tell the difference between a rabbit and a hare
Isozymes
The 2007-2012 World Outlook for Commercial Timing Mechanisms Excluding Time Recording and Time Stamp Machines
by Philip M. Parker
Dear Me Black and White Journal (Monthly Journals, #13)
by Sue Messruther
A reference book dealing with birds and specific mammal groups such as rodents, carnivores, and Ungulates.
1898, Tsavo River Kenya, the British Empire has employed 140 workers to build a railroad bridge. The bridge's construction comes to a violent halt when two maneless lions devour all 140 workers in a savage feeding frenzy that would make headlines and history all over the world. Caputo's Ghosts of Tsavo is a new quest for truth about the origins of these near-mythical animals and how they became predators of human flesh."
American Animals: Set 2 (American Animals, #6) (American Animals (Powerkids))
by Meryl Magby
A superb series that highlights the plight of animals that are endangered or threatened by extinction. Each book examines the lifestyle of the animal and why it is considered endangered or threatened. The human involvement in the threat to these animals or their habitat is discussed, and the conservation efforts being made to avoid extinction are detailed. There is also further information on sustainable development and how the reader can become involved in saving the animals. Including a world...