Orca: The Whale Called Killer
By: Erich Hoyt
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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1. Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
By: Anne McCaffrey
4.09
Format: 299 pages, Paperback
How can one girls save an entire world? To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing … read more
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"My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckle; the rest is subject to change without notice."-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
"Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed."-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
"Look around you, Lessa of Pern, look around the Weyr with unveiled eyes. Old and hallowed is the Weyr? Yes, but shabby and worn – and disregarded. Yes, you were elated to sit in the Weyrwoman’s great…"-Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
2. The Killer Whale Who Changed The World
By: Mark Leiren-Young
4.01
Format: 30 pages,
The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale -- a… read more
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3. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life… read more
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4. H is for Hawk
By: Helen Macdonald
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writ… read more
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5. Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish
By: John Hargrove , Howard Chua-Eoan
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
*Now a New York TimesBest Seller* Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 diff… read more
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6. Ghost Hunter (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #6)
By: Michelle Paver
4.26
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
Her cry rips the souls from your marrow. With her spear she snares them. She devours them. Eostra t… read more
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7. Puget Sound Whales for Sale: The Fight to End Orca Hunting
By: Sandra Pollard
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
In November 2005, Washington's iconic killer whales, known as Southern Resident orcas, were placed … read more
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8. Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us
By: None
3.31
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The orca--otherwise known as the killer whale--is one of earth's most intelligent animals. Remarkab… read more
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9. Into Great Silence: A Memoir of Discovery and Loss among Vanishing Orcas
By: Eva Saulitis
3.59
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Science entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an e… read more
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10. Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us
By: Alexandra Morton
3.67
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
In Listening to Whales, Alexandra Morton shares spellbinding stories about her career in whale and … read more
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11. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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12. Beren and Lúthien
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.04
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
The tale of Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmaril… read more
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"And then he turned, and did not weep: too dark his heart, the wound too deep."-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
"Thou smellest of dog, and what news of good came ever to a cat from a fairy that had had dealings with the dogs?"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
"Rivers of fire at dead of night in winter lying cold and white upon the plain burst forth, and high the red was mirrored in the sky."-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
"The slow time passed. Then in the gloom two eyes there glowed. He saw his doom, Beren, silent, as his bonds he strained beyond mortal might enchained. Lo! sudden there was rending sound of chains tha…"-J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
13. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
By: Cal Flyn
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more
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"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"And so for a hundred years a forest grew up across the land, tall and dark and impenetrable, whose undergrowth curled and snarled into a thicket of bramble and black thorn. This was a forbidden fores…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
14. Alone on the Wall
By: Alex Honnold
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Including two new chapters on Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan i… read more
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"Doubt is the biggest danger in soloing. As soon as you hesitate, you’re screwed."-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"I think it’s important that you do your own research, take personal responsibility for your decisions, experiment, and find what works best for you."-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"The climbing and travel in this book wouldn’t have been possible without the support of my entire extended family. I’m grateful that everyone has always encouraged my adventures and not questioned my…"-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
"From my adventures in the subculture of addiction recovery, I’d learned that the trajectory of one’s life often boils down to a few identifiable moments—decisions that change everything. I knew all t…"-Alex Honnold, Alone on the Wall
15. The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World
By: Sarah Stewart Johnson
3.97
Format: 266 pages, Hardcover
A young planetary scientist intimately details the search for life on Mars, tracing our centuries-o… read more
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16. Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures
By: Nick Pyenson
3.79
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Smithsonian's star paleontologist takes us to the ends of the earth and to the cutting edge of … read more
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"We, as paleontologists, are used to asking questions without having all the facts."-Nick Pyenson, Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures
"We sent whalesong into interstellar space because the creatures that sing these songs are superlative beings that fill us with awe, terror, and affection. We have hunted them for thousands of years a…"-Nick Pyenson, Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures
17. Orca: The Whale Called Killer
By: Erich Hoyt
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A timely update on a beloved classic. When Erich Hoyt's Orca: The Whale Called Killer was first … read more
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18. Not on My Watch: How a renegade whale biologist took on governments and industry to save wild salmon
By: Alexandra Morton
4.55
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Alexandra Morton has been called "the Jane Goodall of Canada" because of her p… read more
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19. Endangered Orcas: The Story of the Southern Residents
By: Monika Wieland Shields
4.78
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
The Southern Resident killer whales are icons of the Pacific Northwest, a beloved population of orc… read more
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20. The Last Sunset in the West: Britain’s Vanishing West Coast Orcas
By: Natalie Sanders
4.05
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Britain's west coast is home to only one pod of orca, and they're heading rapidly towards extinctio… read more
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21. Spirits of the Coast: Orcas in science, art and history
By: Martha Black B.
4.60
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
"A magnificent journey alongside orcas, bringing these beautiful creatures to life." —Jay Ritchlin,… read more
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