Dunn, Dinah
Summary: "Read 10 stories of animal-loving women who made the world a better place for all living creatures."--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rebel Girls, Inc. 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 921 DUNMcCommons, James
Summary: "In 1906 George Shiras III (1859-1942) published a series of remarkable nighttime photographs in National Geographic. Taken with crude equipment, the black-and-white photographs featured leaping whitetail deer, a beaver gnawing on a tree, and a snowy owl perched along the shore of a lake in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The pictures, stunning in detail and composition, celebrated American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHIRAS, GEORGE MCCO'Connell, Jennifer
Summary: "This nonfiction picture book tells the story of Lawrence Anthony and the deep bond he forged with the matriarch of the herd he saved at his animal reserve in South Africa. When Lawrence died, the matriarch led all the elephants from remote parts of the reserve in a procession to his home, where they gathered to mourn him. They returned on the same day at the same time for the next two years...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.67 O'COStotts, Rodney
Summary: "In Bird Brother, Rodney [Stotts] shares his remarkable journey to becoming a conservationist and one of America's few Black master falconers. For Rodney, a job pulling trash from the Anacostia River with the Earth Conservation Corps began as a side gig to dealing drugs--a way to get a paystub necessary to rent his own apartment. But then something incredible happened: the river's health began...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STOTTS, RODNEY STOAguilar, Sofia
Summary: "Taking readers all around the world, this exciting book introduces 25 brave, compassionate scientists, veterinarians, activists and others who fight for animal rights and conservation, and includes activities curated by conservationist Bindi Irwin"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rebel Girls 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AGUMalby-Anthony, Françoise
Summary: "Françoise Malby-Anthony's The Elephants of Thula Thula is a powerful, gripping story about an extraordinary herd of elephants and the woman dedicated to keeping them safe. 'Somehow, the elephants got into my soul, and it became my life's work to see them safe and happy. There was no giving up on that vision, no matter how hard the road was at times.' Françoise Malby-Anthony is the owner of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.67 MALRabinowitz, Alan
Summary: The renowned cat conservationist reflects on his early childhood struggles with a speech disorder, describing how he only spoke fluently when he was communicating with animals and how he resolved at a young age to find his voice to be their advocate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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Searles, Steve
Summary: "In this wondrous and eye-opening exploration, Steve Searles, the reknown and respected "Bear Whisperer" of Mammoth Lakes, takes the reader on a journey into the lives of these remarkable creatures and the world we share. In the late 1990s, the town of Mammoth Lakes, California hired Steve Searles as a hunter to cull half its troublesome bear population. But as he began to prepare for the grim...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.78 SEAWynn-Grant, Rae
Summary: Growing up in the diverse and bustling California Bay Area, renowned wildlife ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant always felt worlds away from the white male adventurers she watched explore the wilderness on TV. She dreamed of a future where she could spend sleepless nights under the crowded canopies of the Amazon and the starry skies of the savanna. But as Rae set off on her own expeditions in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Get Lifted Books, a Zando imprint 2024
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Summary: A conservationist who has dedicated her life to saving orphan elephants in Africa describes her relationships with her late husband, Tsavo Park warden David Sheldrick, and a host of animals, including the majestic elephant, Eleanor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639 SHEMalby-Anthony, Françoise
Summary: ""Malby-Anthony offers a book of great inspiration and wide appeal to nature-loving readers." -Publishers Weekly A heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, by Lawrence Anthony's wife Françoise Malby-Anthony. A chic Parisienne, Françoise never expected to find herself living on a South African game reserve. But then she fell in love with conservationist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2019
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Summary: A tale of personal evolution set in the famous game reserve where Nelson Mandela recuperated after his release from prison describes how the author's visionary father transformed the region from a hunting safari into a model of present-day conservation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VARTY, BOYD VARDavies, Martin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shaye Areheart Books 2005