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1) Zoo
Author
Series
Zoo novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
As coordinated attacks by animals against humans increase and escalate, young biologist Jackson Oz and ecologist Chloe Tousignant warn world leaders that soon there will be nowhere left for humans.
2) Get a life
Author
Language
English
Description
A young man's treatment for cancer inspires profound changes in his family.
Paul Bannerman, an ecologist in South Africa, believes he understands the trajectory of his life, with the usual markers of vocation and marriage. But when he's diagnosed with thyroid cancer and, after surgery, prescribed treatment that will leave him radioactive, for a period a danger to others, he begins to question, as Auden wrote, "what Authority gives / existence its...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Meg Lowman was always fascinated by the natural world above her head. The colors, the branches, and, most of all, the leaves and mysterious organisms living there. As a scientist, Meg set out to climb up and investigate the rain forest tree canopies-- and to be the first scientist to do so. But she encountered challenge after challenge. Male teachers would not let her into their classrooms, the high canopy was difficult to get to, and worst of all,...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Several years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants and people could cope with their rapidly changing world. Amidst the standing dead, she discovered the resiliency of forgotten forests, flourishing again in...
7) Zoo II
Author
Series
Zoo novels volume 2
Publisher
BookShots, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
146 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
With the planet still under attack by vicious animals, humans begin evolving into a barbaric species that has the power to save civilization--or destroy it.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 346 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An authorized biography of the late author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels, written by his editor and close friend, offers a portrait of Douglas Adams based on material from his family.
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Animals the world over are setting their sights on fresh prey--man. Only biologist Jackson Oz has recognized the patterns in an escalating chain of violent attacks by animals against mankind, and these incidents are just the prelude to something far, far more terrifying. Now Oz is in a race against nature to try to warn humanity about the coming catastrophe, but is it already too late?"--www.Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photographs ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman-aka "CanopyMeg"-takes us on an adventure into the "eighth continent" of the world's treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action"--
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
38 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Discover the life of naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, whose explorations created the basis for modern ecology, whose travels made him one of the most famous scientists of his day, and whose curiosities have inspired generations of creative thinkers"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Details the life of Aldo Leopold, with chapters devoted to his early years, life, work, ecological writings, and legacy, as well as how children can follow in his footsteps"--Provided by publisher.
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