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  • In the Kingdom of Gorillas

    The Quest to Save Rwanda's Mountain Gorillas

    by Bill Weber, Amy Vedder ...
    From the founders of the world-famous Mountain Gorilla Project, an empowering account of their efforts to save the mountain gorilla in Rwanda and how they succeeded—even in the midst of a horrendous civil war.In 1978, when Dr. Bill Weber and Dr. Amy Vedder arrived in Rwanda to study mountain gorillas with Dian Fossey, the gorilla population was teetering toward extinction. Poaching was rampant, ... Read more

    $19.50 CAD

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  • Land of a Thousand Hills

    My Life in Rwanda

    by Rosamond Halsey Carr, Ann Howard Halsey ...
    In 1949, Rosamond Halsey Carr, a young fashion illustrator living in New York City, accompanied her dashing hunter-explorer husband to what was then the Belgian Congo. When the marriage fell apart, she decided to stay on in neighboring Rwanda, as the manager of a flower plantation*. Land of a Thousand Hills* is Carr's thrilling memoir of her life in Rwanda—a love affair with a country and a people ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • Road Trip Rwanda

    A Journey into the New Heart of Africa

    by Will Ferguson ...
    Hope lives in Africa. Twenty years after the genocide that left Rwanda in ruins, Giller Prize-winning author Will Ferguson travels deep into the once-mysterious "Land of a Thousand Hills" with his friend and cohort Jean-Claude Munyezamu, a man who escaped Rwanda just months before the killings began.From the legendary Source of the Nile to Dian Fossey's famed "gorillas in the mist," from ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • A Primate's Memoir

    A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons

    by Robert M. Sapolsky ...
    In the tradition of Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Robert Sapolsky, a foremost science writer and recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, tells the mesmerizing story of his twenty-one years in remote Kenya with a troop of savanna baboons."I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla,” writes Robert Sapolsky in this ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Bigfoot!

    The True Story of Apes in America

    by Loren Coleman ...
    For years, scientists and researchers have studied, speculated about, and searched for an enigmatic creature that is legendary in the annals of American folklore. Now, learn the truth about...BIGFOOT!In this fascinating and comprehensive look at the fact, fiction, and fable of the North American "Sasquatch," award-winning author Loren Coleman takes readers on a journey into America's biggest ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Animal Madness

    How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves

    by Laurel Braitman ...
    ****“Science Friday” Summer Reading Pick****Discover magazine Top 5 Summer Reads****People magazine Best Summer Reads**“A lovely, big-hearted book…brimming with compassion and the tales of the many, many humans who devote their days to making animals well” (The New York Times).**Have you ever wondered if your dog might be a bit depressed? How about heartbroken or homesick? Animal Madness takes ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Nim Chimpsky

    The Chimp Who Would Be Human

    by Elizabeth Hess ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNow Elizabeth Hess’s unforgettable biography is the inspiration for Project Nim, a riveting new documentary directed by James Marsh and produced by Simon Chinn, the Oscar-winning team known for Man on Wire. Hess, a consultant on the film, says, “Getting a call from James Marsh and Simon Chinn is an author’s dream. Project Nim is nothing short of amazing.”**Could an ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Burlington County Sasquatch

    by George Dean Turner ...
    Burlington County, New Jersey is hardly a place where one might expect to find North American's scary great ape, the sasquatch. The county is directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, and 70 miles from New York City. By contrast, most of the thousands of Internet reports of encounters with the animal occur in places like Oregon and British Columbia. But this book reports 8 encounters ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Saving Chimpanzees - A Man On A Rescue Mission

    by Eugene Cussons ...
    Genetically, the chimpanzee is humankind's closest relative in the animal kingdom. Yet in recent times humans have shown scant regard for the welfare of their intelligent cousin. Conflicts and endemic poverty across their range have decimated wild chimpanzee populations and they are today a seriously endangered species. Destruction of their habitat and the bush meat trade have disrupted their ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Impenetrable Forest

    My Gorilla Years in Uganda

    by Thor Hanson ...
    Lying in the remote hills of southwest Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest harbors elephants, chimpanzees, monkeys, and half the world’s population of endangered mountain gorillas.  For two years, Thor Hanson called that forest home, working with local guides and trackers to develop an ecotourism program for the newly-formed Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.  Thoroughly researched and beautifully ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • Deadly Animals in the Wild

    From Venomous Snakes, Man-Eaters to Poisonous Spiders

    by Speedy Publishing ...
    Series series Deadliest Animals on the Planet
    Children learn to use their imagination when they read about things that are new to them and naturally intriguing. Learning about deadly animals sparks the minds of kids as they envision such animals out in the wild and how they hunt and capture prey as kids can create amazing scenarios simply through the use of their imagination once they know some basic information. Kids adore anything about ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Whiskers and Bear, Sanctuary Tales, Book I

    Sanctuary Tales, #3

    by giacomo giammatteo ...
    Series Book 3 - Sanctuary Tales
    Whiskers and Bear were two of the best dogs in the world. They didn't always listen or even try to listen, but they were loyal to a fault, and they were the best of friends. They hunted all of their food, and they protected our animal sanctuary with no regard for their own safety. ... Read more

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