Author: Mike Stark Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 1496229029 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 263
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Part natural history, part travelogue, and part meditation on extinction and loss, Chasing the Ghost Bear is a journey into the giant short-faced bear’s enigmatic story—life, disappearance, and rediscovery—and those trying to piece it together today.
Author: Ben Mikaelsen Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062009680 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 324
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In his Nautilus Award-winning classic Touching Spirit Bear, author Ben Mikaelson delivers a powerful coming-of-age story of a boy who must overcome the effects that violence has had on his life. After severely injuring Peter Driscal in an empty parking lot, mischief-maker Cole Matthews is in major trouble. But instead of jail time, Cole is given another option: attend Circle Justice, an alternative program that sends juvenile offenders to a remote Alaskan Island to focus on changing their ways. Desperate to avoid prison, Cole fakes humility and agrees to go. While there, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear and left for dead. Thoughts of his abusive parents, helpless Peter, and his own anger cause him to examine his actions and seek redemption—from the spirit bear that attacked him, from his victims, and, most importantly, from himself. Ben Mikaelsen paints a vivid picture of a juvenile offender, examining the roots of his anger without absolving him of responsibility for his actions, and questioning a society in which angry people make victims of their peers and communities. Touching Spirit Bear is a poignant testimonial to the power of a pain that can destroy, or lead to healing. A strong choice for independent reading, sharing in the classroom, homeschooling, and book groups.
Author: Paul Nicklen Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1426211767 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 212
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Photography and personal accounts by environmentalists offer insight into the endangered realm of North America's bears, sharing coverage of a variety of species to challenge popular myths and explore their threatened ecosystems.
Author: Leonard A Cole Publisher: World Scientific ISBN: 9811231079 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 300
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A mixture of memoir and biography, Chasing the Ghost: Nobelist Fred Reines and the Neutrino tells a deeply human story that appeals both to scientists and non-scientists. Although the book relates to the important discovery of neutrinos, it is more intimately about Fred Reines than the technical details of neutrino physics. Narrated in a fashion to interest and excite the reader, the science presented here is accessible to a broad audience. Coursing through Reines' life, his various challenges and encounters, the book reveals constants of his persona. Reines displayed a sustained consistency as a respected leader, admired by students and colleagues as a fount of big ideas and ambition. A continuing source of inspiration and motivation to others, his most basic consistency was his passion for science. The quest for knowledge about the wondrous universe is a profoundly human endeavor. Fred Reines' life and his unremitting scientific curiosity are emblematic of that truth.'This book is a most welcome account about Frederick Reines and his great contributions to neutrino physics and astrophysics. The methods he designed in the 1950s to discover neutrinos in nuclear reactor experiments are still being used. His later work included the detection of atmospheric neutrinos which was a forerunner to the discovery of neutrino oscillations, the ability of neutrinos to change from one type to another. This finding was a significant step to other experiments that aim to answer profound questions about the nature of the universe including why it is composed of matter.'Takaaki KajitaNobel Laureate in PhysicsNeutrino Researcher, University of Tokyo 'Cole has provided a compelling personal and scientific account of a remarkable pioneer in Neutrino Physics.'Arthur B McDonaldNobel Laureate in PhysicsDirector of the Sudbury Neutrino ObservatoryProfessor, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada
Author: Charles Russell Publisher: House of Anansi ISBN: 1487002106 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 231
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A classic work of nature and wildlife, Spirit Bear is the captivating story of wilderness guide and naturalist Charles Russell’s quest to understand the rare spirit bear of British Columbia’s Princess Royal Island — now updated and reissued with a new design and an afterword by the author. From early experiences observing black bears in the Rocky Mountains with his father, the well-known writer and broadcaster Andy Russell, to nerve-racking encounters with grizzlies in British Columbia’s Khutzeymateen Valley, Charles Russell has spent a lifetime studying bears in their natural habitat. In 1991, Russell visited Princess Royal Island, an uninhabited island off the coast of British Columbia. There, amidst the rivers and trees of the western rainforest, he encountered the elusive spirit bear. Known to scientists as the Kermode bear and to the public as the white, ghost, or spirit bear, these extraordinary animals have never been exposed to civilization. In Spirit Bear, Russell recounts his experiences on Princess Royal Island — trekking over rocks and through streams; waiting hours for the evasive ghost bear to appear; and finally coming face-to-face with a spirit bear only inches from his nose. Illustrated with more than 100 stunning colour photographs, Spirit Bear provides beautiful and astonishing insight into the habits and nature of the Kermode bear, and is part of an ongoing effort by conservationists to save Princess Royal Island as a sanctuary for these remarkable animals.
Author: Joseph Kossuth Dixon Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 191
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"The Vanishing Race" is a record in picture and story of the last great Indian council, participated in by eminent Indian chiefs from nearly every Indian reservation in the United States. This book also includes the story of their lives as told by themselves, their speeches and folklore tales, their solemn farewell, and the Indians' story of the Custer fight. Contents: Indian Imprints a Glimpse Backward The Story of the Chiefs Chief Plenty Coups Chief Red Whip Chief Timbo Chief Apache John Chief Running Bird Chief Brave Bear Chief Umapine Chief Tin-tin-meet-sa Chief Runs-the-enemy Chief Pretty Voice Eagle Folklore Tales—sioux Chief White Horse Folklore Tales—yankton Sioux Chief Bear Ghost Chief Running Fisher Bull Snake Mountain Chief Mountain Chief's Boyhood Sports Chief Red Cloud Chief Two Moons The Story of the Surviving Custer Scouts White-man-runs-him Folklore Tale—crow Hairy Moccasin Curly Goes-ahead-basuk-ore The Indians' Story of the Custer Fight The Last Great Indian Council Indian Impressions of the Last Great Council The Farewell of the Chiefs
Author: Alexander Scott Withers Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 870
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Indian Wars is the collective name for the various armed conflicts fought by European governments and colonists, and later the United States government and American settlers, against the indigenous peoples of North America. These conflicts occurred from the time of the earliest colonial settlements in the 17th century until the 1920s. Contents: Indian Wars in North Carolina 1663-1763 Chronicles of Border Warfare – Indian Wars in West Virginia Autobiography of the Sauk Leader Black Hawk and the History of the Black Hawk War of 1832 The Vanishing Race - The Last Great Indian Council
Author: Sy Montgomery Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0618356509 Category : Asiatic black bear Languages : en Pages : 92
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An exciting adventure as the author travels to Southeast Asia in search of the golden moon bear. She chronicles the detective work and science behind tracking a new species in a different part of the world.
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