Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=6642&N=3+5525&No=20 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741995 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694343 Sam Sheridan has done everything from mixed martial arts to firefighting to construction at the South Pole. If he isnt ready for the apocalypse, no one is. Still, despite his arsenal of skills, when Sam had his son, he was beset with nightmares about being unable to protect him. Sam decided to face his fears head-on, embarking on a quest to gain as many skills as possible that might come in handy should the world as we know it end. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714538 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698285 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738407 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705059 Animal Wise takes listeners on a dazzling odyssey into the inner world of animals, from ants to elephants to wolves, and from sharp-shooting archerfish to pods of dolphins that rumble like rival street gangs. With 30 years of experience covering the sciences, Morell uses her formidable gifts as a storyteller to transport listeners to field sites and laboratories around the world, introducing pioneering animal cognition researchers and their surprisingly intelligent and sensitive subjects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711807 A first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur ... beginning with classical mechanics--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713174 A profoundly moving, piercingly frank memoir of learning to live with grief that begins in Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, when the author lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. Sonali Deraniyagala tells her story without artifice or sentimentality, in the stark language of unfathomable sorrow, anger, and guilt: struggling through the first months following the tragedy, and then reluctantly emerging. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683855 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682884 On Looking begins with inattention. It is about attending to the joys of the unattended, the perceived ordinary. Horowitz encourages us to rediscover the extraordinary things that we are missing in our ordinary activities. Even when engaged in the simplest of activities like taking a walk around the block, we pay so little attention to most of what is right before us that we are sleepwalkers in our own lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738429 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738426 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715419 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738401 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738543 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743615 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738424 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748535 The renowned naturalist blends her experience in the natural world with her enthusiasm for botany to examine the critical role of trees and plants in the environment, outlining her theories about sustainable farming. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738422 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713902 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684862 On Looking begins with inattention. It is about attending to the joys of the unattended, the perceived ordinary. Horowitz encourages us to rediscover the extraordinary things that we are missing in our ordinary activities. Even when engaged in the simplest of activities like taking a walk around the block, we pay so little attention to most of what is right before us that we are sleepwalkers in our own lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687222 Presents a scientists study of one family of orca whales in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and the devastating effects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on their ability to reproduce and survive, as she considers the long-term implications the spill has for Alaskan wildlife. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715422 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738416 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738264 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738341 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715487 On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since. She has written an engrossing, unsentimental, beautifully poised account: as she struggles through the first months following the tragedy, furiously clenched against a reality that she cannot face and cannot deny; and then, over the ensuing years, as she emerges reluctantly, slowly allowing her memory to take her back through the rich and joyous life shes mourning, from her familys home in London, to the birth of her children, to the year she met her English husband at Cambridge, to her childhood in Colombo; all the while learning the difficult balance between the almost unbearable reminders of her loss and the need to keep her family, somehow, still alive within her.--Publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714540 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698287 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738408 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685275 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697609 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738973 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711483 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744265 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742048 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738399 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738418 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732796 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711356 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711516 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711822 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712764 Scrutinizes all-natural philosophies to consider the negative aspects of extreme approaches to health care, an investigation that explores potential sources of health-care paradoxes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1559155 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647786 A guide to bird watching covers topics ranging from mythology and birdhouses to the work of Audubon and Angry Birds, combining images with trivia, top ten lists, and bird watching guidelines. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683369 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616300 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1534421 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674810 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685038 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667446 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684519 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687947 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615614 Explains climate change-- its implications for the future, and what we can, and cannot, do to avoid further change. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679214 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682487 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696418 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1652095 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1442894 Provides a unique and fascinating immersion into the world of the African elephant, told by a leading field biologist who has been researching and photographing these animals in their natural habitat for nearly two decades. Here, for the first time, readers get a fuller picture of elephant society cast in a broader context, including the life of the male elephant in all its high drama-- c Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668171 For most of us, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth--Paris, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon. Its rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canadas oil sand strip mines, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen, legendary as the most polluted in the world. But in Visit Sunny Chernobyl, Andrew Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth. From the hidden bars and convenience stores of a radioactive wilderness to the sacred but reeking waters of India, Visit Sunny Chernobyl fuses immersive first-person reporting with satire and analysis, making the case that its time to start appreciating our planet as it is--not as we wish it would be. Irreverent and reflective, the book is a love letter to our biospheres most tainted, most degraded ecosystems, and a measured consideration of what they mean for us. Equal parts travelogue, expose, environmental memoir, and faux guidebook, Blackwell careens through a rogues gallery of environmental disaster areas in search of the worst the world has to offer--and approaches a deeper understanding of whats really happening to our planet in the process. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518186 True Colors, Jana Harriss first broodmare, was more than Harris bargained for: a complex, traumatized animal whose outsized personality would transform everyone around her, both human and equine. When she arrived at Harriss farm, she was in dire shape, having survived a range fire. She was terrified, and her will to escape was enormous. In Horses Never Lie About Love, Harris lyrically recounts how this wounded, implacable beast nevertheless held a magical influence over the other horses of the ranch, and how she eased into the role of mother after having a foal. In time she became the heart of the ranch. Now 33 years old, she is a presence without whom the other horses cannot sleep at night, and whose quiet wisdom transmits strength of character that transcends the thin line between animals and the humans they love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683183 More people live in closer proximity to more wild animals, birds and trees in the eastern United States today than anywhere on the planet at any time in history. Perhaps you are one of more than 4,000 drivers who will hit a deer today, your childs soccer field is carpeted with goose droppings, coyotes are killing your pets, or bears are looting your garbage cans. As conservationists transplanted isolated species to restored habitats and imposed regulations on hunters and trappers, and people moved across a landscape once occupied by family farms, an animal-lovers dream-come-true often turns into a sprawl-dwellers nightmare. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1498002 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1676948 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657303 Cat Urbigkit journeys alone to spend a season on Wyomings open range, tending to a flock of domestic sheep as they give birth amid the challenges of nature, from severe weather to a wealth of predators. Her only companions are the guardian animals, big dogs and a pair of burros named Bill and Hillary, that repeatedly prove their worth in their devotion to protecting the flock. Urbigkit offers interesting reflections on the role of pastoralists around the globe and on the controversial issue in the western U.S. of private livestock herds being run on public lands. The intimate ways in which abstract public policy plays out on the open range are eye-opening. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657471 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711532 Photographs of more than sixty bonsai from the Chicago Botanic Garden collection, with discussions of the species and style of the tree, and of the art of bonsai. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674524 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681536 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669087 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647760 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1523585 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1672292 Starting in his own backyard in the old mining town of Bisbee, Arizona -- where he discovers that the dirt in his garden contains double the acceptable level of arsenic -- Bill Carter follows the story of copper to the controversial Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia; to the ring at the London Metal Exchange, where a select group of traders buy and sell enormous amounts of the metal; and to an Alaskan salmon run threated by mining. Boom, Bust, Boom is a highly readable account -- part social history, part mining-town exploration, and part environmental investigation. Carter blends the personal and the international in a narrative that helps us understand the paradoxical relationship we have with a substance whose necessity to civilization costs the environment and the people who mine it dearly. -- Rear jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668547 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674802 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684622 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667377 Citing a rise in animal illnesses that are akin to human maladies, a guide to promoting animal health draws on evolutionary and species-specific insights to share recommendations for an animal companions nutritional, emotional and physical needs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668134 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681532 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1532466 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687663 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615609 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668522 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1584093 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684523 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1432357 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1523587 Each Falcon Field Guide to birds introduces the 180 most common and sought-after species in a state. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, these informative guides make it easy to identify birds in a backyard, favorite parks, and wildlife areas. Each bird is accompanied by a detailed listing of its prominent attributes and a color illustration showing its important features. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624114 As climate change encroaches, animals and plants around the globe are having their habitats pulled out from under them. At the same time, human development has made islands out of even our largest nature reserves, stranding the biodiversity othat lives within them. The Spine of the Continent introduces readers to the most ambitious wildlife cinservation effort ever undertaken: to create linked protected areas extending from the Yukon to Mexico, the entire length of North America. -- Jacket, p. [2] http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668713 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674809 Offers a travelogue of the authors trip to family-owned farms across America to help farmers harvest over a dozen food crops, including wheat, cranberries, and Hopi blue corn, and his efforts to form connections with them and the land. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1581471 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1510907 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668075 A straightforward approach getting good, then better, at identifying birds in the field-and having fun doing it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646006 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681555 Provides a manual to break free from enslavement to jobs, bills, and the trap of civilization, sharing advice on survival skills and sustainable living. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1498003 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616376 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684521 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1527255 Describes the authors life-long obsession with dangerous animals that prompted his amateur studies with virtually all dangerous creatures, from sharks and bears to alligators and spiders. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657304