ISBN: 978-0870819360
Editor and Contributing Author
"This excellent and compelling collection of primarily personal essays by conservationists on their encounters with cougars successfully gives voice to a "controversial" animal....With its wide range of scientific and cultural approaches, this impressive collection will help to shed light on America's greatest cat."
-Publisher's Weekly © Reed Business Information. All rights reserved
"...Collected here is a series of essays about the cougar, about its effect on the human psyche, about its place in the ecosystem, and about the emotional effect of viewing one. At times mystical, at times poetic, these tales of the meeting of human and cat are evocative of wildness and nature, both of which we all crave on some level."
—Booklist
"...This well-written and informative volume is highly recommended for all public and academic libraries and natural history collections focusing on animal behavior."
—Library Journal
Editor and Contributing Author
"This excellent and compelling collection of primarily personal essays by conservationists on their encounters with cougars successfully gives voice to a "controversial" animal....With its wide range of scientific and cultural approaches, this impressive collection will help to shed light on America's greatest cat."
-Publisher's Weekly © Reed Business Information. All rights reserved
"...Collected here is a series of essays about the cougar, about its effect on the human psyche, about its place in the ecosystem, and about the emotional effect of viewing one. At times mystical, at times poetic, these tales of the meeting of human and cat are evocative of wildness and nature, both of which we all crave on some level."
—Booklist
"...This well-written and informative volume is highly recommended for all public and academic libraries and natural history collections focusing on animal behavior."
—Library Journal
The Gift of Rivers: True Stories of Life on the Water
ISBN: 978-1885211422
Contributors to The Gift of Rivers include Isabelle Allende, Barry Lopez, Wendell Berry, Jan Morris, William Least-Moon, Richard Bangs, Simon Winchester, and many other distinguished and emerging voices-all celebrating rivers, literally and symbolically. A thoughtful introduction by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass describes the way in which rivers have fueled the imagination and spawned cultures since the beginning of time.
Contributing Author: "Waiting Out the Platte"
excerpt: "The energy in the blind builds. While some members of the hunting party continue to wheeze away into their goose-callers, others reach behind them for their guns, undo the safety latch, and hold very very still. The elders allow the younger kids to aim first. One has never got a goose, others have been unlucky so far this season. With the first crack from the barrel, the geese, already gliding in on cupped wings, turn and bank sharply to the left, to the right. In a mad rush to get as far away from that island as they can they break any pattern of togetherness for a few tense seconds. Their sole aim is to get back up into a thermals. Other shots fire. The river rushes by outside; the polyester decoys quiver on their sticks."
ISBN: 978-1885211422
Contributors to The Gift of Rivers include Isabelle Allende, Barry Lopez, Wendell Berry, Jan Morris, William Least-Moon, Richard Bangs, Simon Winchester, and many other distinguished and emerging voices-all celebrating rivers, literally and symbolically. A thoughtful introduction by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass describes the way in which rivers have fueled the imagination and spawned cultures since the beginning of time.
Contributing Author: "Waiting Out the Platte"
excerpt: "The energy in the blind builds. While some members of the hunting party continue to wheeze away into their goose-callers, others reach behind them for their guns, undo the safety latch, and hold very very still. The elders allow the younger kids to aim first. One has never got a goose, others have been unlucky so far this season. With the first crack from the barrel, the geese, already gliding in on cupped wings, turn and bank sharply to the left, to the right. In a mad rush to get as far away from that island as they can they break any pattern of togetherness for a few tense seconds. Their sole aim is to get back up into a thermals. Other shots fire. The river rushes by outside; the polyester decoys quiver on their sticks."
ISBN: 978-1890310196
Author
"Mountain lions, also known as cougars, pumas, or panthers, are probably the most elusive large animals on the continent. Even some wildlife photographers have never seen a wild mountain lion. In the winter of 1999 a mother lion with three large cubs moved into a den on Miller Butte, above the largest concentration of wintering elk in North America...Two things stand out from the photographs: first, the lions are so superbly camouflaged that even in photographs taken with tremendous magnification they can be difficult to spot; and, second, they are so shaggy in their thick winter coats that they remind the viewer of enormous Persian cats. Wolves, elk, and coyotes are also featured, and Blessley's impassioned plea for understanding and tolerance of the predators in our midst offers a nice addition to the recounting of the lion family's stay." Nancy Bent
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Author
"Mountain lions, also known as cougars, pumas, or panthers, are probably the most elusive large animals on the continent. Even some wildlife photographers have never seen a wild mountain lion. In the winter of 1999 a mother lion with three large cubs moved into a den on Miller Butte, above the largest concentration of wintering elk in North America...Two things stand out from the photographs: first, the lions are so superbly camouflaged that even in photographs taken with tremendous magnification they can be difficult to spot; and, second, they are so shaggy in their thick winter coats that they remind the viewer of enormous Persian cats. Wolves, elk, and coyotes are also featured, and Blessley's impassioned plea for understanding and tolerance of the predators in our midst offers a nice addition to the recounting of the lion family's stay." Nancy Bent
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
ISBN: 978-0789320704
Writer-Natural History Captions
Winner of Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Coffee Table/Large Format book
excerpt: "A colony of survivors in a harsh northern land, a grove of aspen trees endures by the grace of a single and often centuries-old network of roots. Enduring extreme climates is built into these trees' make-up: Delicate leaves survive brutal winds because they are attached to strong, flat stems, lending the leaves the fluttering appearance of the tree's Latin namesake: Populus tremuloides."
Writer-Natural History Captions
Winner of Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Coffee Table/Large Format book
excerpt: "A colony of survivors in a harsh northern land, a grove of aspen trees endures by the grace of a single and often centuries-old network of roots. Enduring extreme climates is built into these trees' make-up: Delicate leaves survive brutal winds because they are attached to strong, flat stems, lending the leaves the fluttering appearance of the tree's Latin namesake: Populus tremuloides."
ISBN: 978-0313327452
Contributing Author
As a child, editor Bekoff wondered, "What is it like to be a dog or a cat or a mouse or an ant?" The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior will be of interest to anyone who has ever been curious about the world of animals. The essays, written by scholars and researchers at a level appropriate for the general reader, cover all aspects of animal behavior and range in length from about 300 to 7,000 words.
"The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior provides current, authoritative, comprehensive, original articles on animal behavior. The well-written, user-friendly essays are a pleasure to read. Recommended for public and academic libraries." Nancy Cannon
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Contributing Author
As a child, editor Bekoff wondered, "What is it like to be a dog or a cat or a mouse or an ant?" The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior will be of interest to anyone who has ever been curious about the world of animals. The essays, written by scholars and researchers at a level appropriate for the general reader, cover all aspects of animal behavior and range in length from about 300 to 7,000 words.
"The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior provides current, authoritative, comprehensive, original articles on animal behavior. The well-written, user-friendly essays are a pleasure to read. Recommended for public and academic libraries." Nancy Cannon
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
ISBN: 978-1890310035
Editor
"...The book's focus is on the polar bear but is balanced with images of walruses, seals, foxes, birds, characteristic vegetation, and the seasonally changing landscape. Mangelsen has surpassed his goal of creating a "beautiful picture book on bears," as this volume also presents a learning forum for those who seek an understanding of the Arctic but are unlikely to travel there. Sitting down with this book is an absorbing experience that will leave the reader with a new respect and admiration for the Arctic and its inhabitants. Highly recommended."
-Library Journal
Editor
"...The book's focus is on the polar bear but is balanced with images of walruses, seals, foxes, birds, characteristic vegetation, and the seasonally changing landscape. Mangelsen has surpassed his goal of creating a "beautiful picture book on bears," as this volume also presents a learning forum for those who seek an understanding of the Arctic but are unlikely to travel there. Sitting down with this book is an absorbing experience that will leave the reader with a new respect and admiration for the Arctic and its inhabitants. Highly recommended."
-Library Journal