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Blood of the tiger : a story of conspiracy, greed, and the battle to save a magnificent species / by Mills, Judy A.,author.(CARDINAL)328517;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index.The thrall of the wild -- The promise -- Finding the man with the keys -- Prescription rewritten -- Intermission I. The wild ones -- Crouching dragon selling tigers -- Tiger Lily and and the art of war -- Off to see the wizard -- The Vladimir Putin show -- Intermission II. In the valley of the shadow -- Sino-US cat fight -- Hidden in plain sight -- The empire strikes back -- Hope for a tiger spring -- Epilogue -- How you can help end tiger trade."Blood of the Tiger takes readers on a wild ride to save one of the world's rarest animals from a band of Chinese billionaires. Despite the tiger's beloved status, there may be fewer than three thousand left in the wild. At the same time, at least five thousand "domesticated" tigers have been reared on farms in China, not for traditional medicine but for the production of tiger-bone wine, tiger-skin decor, and gourmet cuisine enjoyed by the country's elite. J. A. Mills spent twenty years investigating the illicit wildlife trade and trying to stop the plot that threatens to transform this regal animal from jungle monarch into no more than a livestock commodity. In this memoir of geopolitical intrigue, Mills and a host of people she counts as heroes try to thwart a Chinese cadre's plan to launch billion-dollar industries banking on the extinction of not just wild tigers but also elephants and rhinos. Her journey takes her across Asia, into the jungles of India and Nepal, to Russia and Africa, traveling by means from elephant back to presidential motorcade, in the company of man-eaters, movie stars, and world leaders. Set against the backdrop of China's reawakening and ascendance to world dominance, Blood of the Tiger tells of a global fight to rein in the forces of greed on behalf of one of the world's most endangered species"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Captive wild animals; Rare mammals; Tiger trade; Tiger;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Uncensored : views & (re)views / by Oates, Joyce Carol,1938-(CARDINAL)137751;
Subjects: Reviews.; Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-; Literature, Modern; Books;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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A literary field guide to southern Appalachia / by McLarney, Rose,1982-editor.(CARDINAL)488716; Street, Laura-Gray,editor.(CARDINAL)814068; Gaddy, L. L.,editor.(CARDINAL)297124;
Includes bibliographical references.Trees and plants -- Mammals -- Birds -- Reptiles and amphibians -- Fish -- Invertebrates -- Fungi."Southern Appalachia is rich in paradox and stereotype-defying complexity, ecologically, culturally, and artistically. A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia--a hybrid literary and natural history anthology--showcases sixty species of Southern Appalachia, one of the most biodiverse areas on earth, with species accounts, illustrations by seven artists of the region, and poems, most commissioned for the anthology from contemporary writers. From the iconic and inveterate--such as the speckled trout, flying squirrel, copperhead, katydid, and black bear--to the elusive, intermittent, and endangered--whippoorwill, Carolina gorge moss, chucky madtom, lampshade spider--the anthology combines art and science to help the reader experience this region's immense ecological and artistic wealth and to know place in broadest, poetic sense"--
Subjects: Fiction.; Poetry.; Natural history; American poetry;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 13
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Remarkable trees / by Harrison, Christina(Horticulturist),author.(CARDINAL)825918; Kirkham, Tony,author.(CARDINAL)351484;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Building and creating -- Feasting and celebrating -- Healers and killers -- Body and soul -- Wonders of the world -- Threatened and endangered."Throughout our history trees have been central to our existence. They provide us with vital ingredients for life--food, medicine, materials, even the oxygen we breathe. Ecologically, they are crucial in controlling pollution and moderating the climate, and culturally they are important to our religions, folklore and art... Remarkable Trees tells the unique story of more than sixty species, each selected for its resonance and connection with people."--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Trees.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How... survive as a polar bear? / by Stewart, David,author.; Pinelli, Amerigo,illustrator.; Salariya, David;
"As a polar bear, you're the largest land predator in the world. it's a very difficult life: You have to raise new cubs and hunt for your prey across the sea ice, and your hunting grounds are shrinking every year"--back cover.What is it like to live as a polar bear? Experience the life cycle of this animal through its own eyes!
Subjects: Polar bear;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The gargoyle hunters [sound recording] / by Gill, John Freeman,author,narrator.(CARDINAL)414069;
Read by the author.A love letter to a vanishing city, and a deeply emotional story of fathers and sons, John Freeman Gill's debut novel The gargoyle hunters does for the vividly crumbling New York of the 1970s what Doctorow's World's Fair did for the New York of the 1930s. In 1974, with both his family and his city fracturing, thirteen-year-old Griffin Watts is recruited into his estranged father's illicit and dangerous architectural salvage business. Small and nimible, Griffin is charged with stealing exuberantly expressive 19th-century architectural sculptures-- gargoyles--right off the faces of unsung tenements and iconic skyscrapers all over town. As his father explains it, these gargoyles, carved and cast by immigrant craftsmen during the city's architectural glory days, are an endangered species, hundreds of them consigned each month to the landfill in an era of sweeping urban renewal. Desperate both to forge a connection with his father and to generate income from gargoyle sales so that his father can make the mortgage payments on the brownstone where Griffin lives with his mother and sister, he is slow to recognize that his father's deepening obsession with preserving the architectural treasures of Beaux Arts New York is also a destructive force, imperiling Griffin's friendships, his relationship with his very first girlfriend, and even his life. As his father grows increasingly possessive of Griffin's mother as well as of the lost city, Griffin must learn how to build himself into the person he wants to become and discover which parts of his life can be salvaged-- and which must be let go. Maybe loss, he reflects, is the only thing no one can ever take away from you.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Audiobooks.; Fathers and sons; Gargoyles; Decoration and ornament, Architectural; Business enterprises; Self-actualization (Psychology) in adolescence;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dinosaurs. Season 1-season 2 by Pankin, Stuart,Voice actoractor(DLC)no 95054784; Walter, Jessica,1941-2021,actorVoice actor(DLC)n 87921588; Willinger, Jason,Voice actoractor(DLC)no2007027973; Jacobs, Michael,(Television writer)CreatorScreenwriter(DLC)no2021120896(CARDINAL)857547; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),Film distributordistributor(DLC)no 98084452 (CARDINAL)340297; Jim Henson Productions,Production company(DLC)n 95037700 (CARDINAL)390627; Michael Jacobs Productions (Firm),Production company(DLC)no2012032117; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm),Publisherdistributorproduction company(DLC)no2004089586(CARDINAL)348538;
Directors include William Dear ; writers include Michael Jacobs, Bob Young ; dinosaurs by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.Voices: Stuart Pankin, Jessica Walter, Jason Willinger, Sally Struthers, Florence Stanley, Kevin Clash.Comedy television series using state-of-the-art puppetry and audioanimatronics to create the Sinclairs a family of very modern dinosaurs whose antics and family relationships provide a humorous look at our own society.Rating: TV-PG.DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC, dual-layer.
Subjects: Television series; Fiction television programs; Television comedies; Puppet television programs; Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Dinosaurs; Families;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Tales with tails! [video-enabled device] English language arts superpack -- Ages 8+ by Playaway Launchpad.; Playaway Products, LLC.issuing body.(CARDINAL)345268(CARDINAL)868990;
Mechanimals -- Know it alls : butterflies -- Know it alls : dinosaurs -- Penguin City -- Reptiles -- Penguins -- Elephants -- All about books -- All about pets -- Find it : animals around the world -- Call of nature : jigsaw puzzle -- Word slide endangered species -- Animal match-ups -- Learn & spell English words -- Word wizard -- Word farm -- Amphibians -- Magnifico's magical parakeets -- The camel's shadow -- Wild and weird animals.For more than 65 years, Highlights for Children has been helping kids become their best selves through Fun with a PurposeTM magazines, games, books, and digital products. Kids will love exploring this colorful, fun-filled series that includes animated stories and poems, challenging games, puzzles, and video.For more than 65 years, Highlights for Children has been helping kids become their best selves through Fun with a PurposeTM magazines, games, books, and digital products. In this App, you will find games, mazes, and pet-themed puzzles featuring your favorite animals.Slippery toads, slithering salamanders, and freaky frogs. Learn about these amazing amphibians in this new story. Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.A match 3 game available in classic or arcade modes, featuring over 250 levels for progressive play!For children and adults alike to explore a world of mystery and beauty in this HD jigsaw puzzle!Learn all about elephants in this beautifully illustrated ebook.There are many different animals around the world. Let's see where some of them live by reading this interactive book. We explore the grasslands, the North Pole, the rainforest, and the oceans. Speakaboos' parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 - complete with this story and others like this!How many different kinds of butterflies can you name? Learn all about butterflies with this great story from FarFaria.Take a trip back to the age of the dinosaurs with this story in the know it alls series from Twin Sisters.Learn the English language through fun & play! A fun spelling game and English language course that teaches vocabulary easily and quickly for better reading, speaking and comprehension.Brian and Sally are excited to help Magnifico. But before the do they must past the magician's test. Can they do it? Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.In this fun story, a tornado has swept away all of a farmer's animals but he doesn't give up. He turns his mess into a masterpiece by using machine parts to create mechanimals to help him get all of his work done on the farm. Speakaboos' parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 - complete with this story and others like this!Joey finds an amazing underwater city, and it is not a pretty site. Joey learns just how bad littering can be.Do you know where penguins live? Do you know what penguins eat? Learn all about these funny animals.Do crocodiles make you smile? Do you think turtles are terrific? Read all about these and other reptiles today!Atlas plans to cross the Great Namib Desert in Africa. But, he runs into some trouble. Are Atlas' adventures at an end? Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.This non-fiction title will teach curious kids about the weirdest animals on the planet. Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.Shuffle the letters to make words! Jumping instantly into the fun, you will find that Word Farm is an educational and entertaining game of words which will get all brains moving.A challenge for the puzzle lover! Slide tiles to create the word of an endangered species in the least amount of time possible. Complete each puzzle to unlock the next level.This unique app builds early literacy skills, phonics, and vocabulary by creating a great foundation for language skills and learning! Use the built-in word lists, which includes: words for beginners, dolch words and 1,000 most frequently used words, to hone your child's skills."Kids will have fun learning about different kinds of animals as they improve reading comprehension, explore interactive stories, strengthen spelling, and more. This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad."Ages 8+
Subjects: Video games.; Mobile apps.; Educational games.; Children's audiobooks.; Animals; Electronic books.; Literacy; Mobile apps.; Reading readiness; Reading; Vocabulary;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Unrequited infatuations : odyssey of a rock and roll consigliere (a cautionary tale) / by Van Zandt, Steve,author.(CARDINAL)740224; Greenman, Ben,editor.(CARDINAL)344193;
Epiphany (1950s-1960s) -- The source (1965-1967) -- Upstage (1968-1970) -- Southside Johnny and the kid (1971) -- The business (1972) -- Vegas! (1973) -- Asbury park, doubling down! (1974-1975) -- The boss of all bosses (1974-1975) -- I don't want to go home (1975) -- LA a-go-go (1975-1976) -- This time it's for real (1977) -- The punk meets the Godfather (1978) -- Baptism (1979-1980) -- Checkpoint Charlie (1980) -- Hemingway appropriately (1980-1982) -- Voice of America (1982-1983) -- The killing floor (1983-1984) -- The breathless projectionist (1984) -- Revolution (1985) -- Ain't gonna play sun city! (1986) -- Freedom, no compromise (1987-1989) -- The hero with a thousand faces (1990) -- Seven years in the desert (1991-1997) -- A night at the opera (1998) -- Cross road blues (1999-2001) -- Gangster days / garage nights (2002-2004) -- A wicked cool Super Bowl (2005-2009) -- Lilyhammer (2010-2013) -- Once upon a dream (2013-2014) -- The golden nymphs (2014-2015) -- Ambassador to the court of Ronald McDonald (2016-2017) -- Soulfire (2017-2018) -- Summer of sorcery (2019-2020).Uncover never-before-told stories in this epic tale of self-discovery by a Rock 'n' Roll disciple and member of the E Street Band. What story begins in a bedroom in suburban New Jersey in the early '60s, unfolds on some of the country's largest stages, and then ranges across the globe, demonstrating over and over again how Rock and Roll has the power to change the world for the better? This story. The first true heartbeat of Unrequited Infatuations is the moment when Stevie Van Zandt trades in his devotion to the Baptist religion for an obsession with Rock and Roll. Groups like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones created new ideas of community, creative risk, and principled rebellion. They changed him forever. While still a teenager, he met Bruce Springsteen, a like-minded outcast/true believer who became one of his most important friends and bandmates. As Miami Steve, Van Zandt anchored the E Street Band as they conquered the Rock and Roll world. And then, in the early '80s, Van Zandt stepped away from E Street to embark on his own odyssey. He refashioned himself as Little Steven, a political songwriter and performer, fell in love with Maureen Santoro who greatly expanded his artistic palette, and visited the world's hot spots as an artist/journalist to not just better understand them, but to help change them. Most famously, he masterminded the recording of "Sun City," an anti-apartheid anthem that sped the demise of South Africa's institutionalized racism and helped get Nelson Mandela out of prison. By the '90s, Van Zandt had lived at least two lives--one as a mainstream rocker, one as a hardcore activist. It was time for a third. David Chase invited Van Zandt to be a part of his new television show, the Sopranos--as Silvio Dante, he was the unconditionally loyal consiglieri who sat at the right hand of Tony Soprano (a relationship that oddly mirrored his real-life relationship with Bruce Springsteen). Underlying all of Van Zandt's various incarnations was a devotion to preserving the centrality of the arts, especially the endangered species of Rock. In the twenty-first century, Van Zandt founded a groundbreaking radio show (Little Steven's Underground Garage), created the first two 24/7 branded music channels on SiriusXM (Underground Garage and Outlaw Country), started a fiercely independent record label (Wicked Cool), and developed a curriculum to teach students of all ages through the medium of music history. He also rejoined the E Street Band for what has now been a twenty-year victory lap. Unrequited Infatuations chronicles the twists and turns of Stevie Van Zandt's always surprising life. It is more than just the testimony of a globe-trotting nomad, more than the story of a groundbreaking activist, more than the odyssey of a spiritual seeker, and more than a master class in rock and roll (not to mention a dozen other crafts). It's the best book of its kind because it's the only book of its kind.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Van Zandt, Steve.; E Street Band.; Rock musicians;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 19
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State of the wild 2006 : a global portrait of wildlife, wildlands, and oceans / by Guynup, Sharon,editor.(CARDINAL)471654; Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)(CARDINAL)328324;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Endangered species.; Wildlife conservation.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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