Gray Wolf Island

Author : Tracey Neithercott
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781524715328

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Gray Wolf Island by Tracey Neithercott Pdf

Five friends. Five secrets. One chance to find the treasure of a lifetime. Ruby’s sister had one dying wish: that Ruby explore the infamous Gray Wolf Island and find its legendary treasure. But when you take from Gray Wolf Island, the island demands something in return. Along with an eclectic group of friends —each with a mysterious past — Ruby sets off on a dangerous journey. Together, the group must face their own demons and give their secrets to the island in order to reach their goal. For fans of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer comes a compelling thriller with shades of magical realism, romance, and the ultimate test of friendship. “The complex characters are perfectly matched to the moving, magical, mysterious plot. Combine this with hypnotically beautiful prose, and you have a perfect novel.” —April Genevieve Tucholke, author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and Wink Poppy Midnight

Author : L. David Mech
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781452962092

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Wolf Island by L. David Mech Pdf

The world’s leading wolf expert describes the first years of a major study that transformed our understanding of one of nature’s most iconic creatures In the late 1940s, a small pack of wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect “laboratory” for a long-term study of predators and prey. As the wolves hunted and killed the island’s moose, a young graduate student named Dave Mech began research that would unlock the mystery of one of nature’s most revered (and reviled) animals—and eventually became an internationally renowned and respected wolf expert. This is the story of those early years. Wolf Island recounts three extraordinary summers and winters Mech spent on the isolated outpost of Isle Royale National Park, tracking and observing wolves and moose on foot and by airplane—and upending the common misperception of wolves as destructive killers of insatiable appetite. Mech sets the scene with one of his most thrilling encounters: witnessing an aerial view of a spectacular hunt, then venturing by snowshoe (against the pilot’s warning) to photograph the pack of hungry wolves at their kill. Wolf Island owes as much to the spirit of adventure as to the impetus of scientific curiosity. Written with science and outdoor writer Greg Breining, who recorded hours of interviews with Mech and had access to his journals and field notes from those years, the book captures the immediacy of scientific fieldwork in all its triumphs and frustrations. It takes us back to the beginning of a classic environmental study that continues today, spanning nearly sixty years—research and experiences that would transform one of the most despised creatures on Earth into an icon of wilderness and ecological health.

Author : Nicholas Read
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459812666

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Wolf Island by Nicholas Read Pdf

"The story is really told by the big, bright pictures—which glow with the rhythms and beauties of this remote habitat...Enthralling fare for budding naturalists." —Kirkus Reviews The Great Bear Rainforest is a majestic place full of tall trees, huge bears and endless schools of salmon. Award-winning photographer and author Ian McAllister's luminous photographs illustrate the story of a lone wolf who swims to one of the small islands that dot the rainforest's coast. The island provides him with everything he needs—deer, salmon, fresh water—everything, that is, but a mate. When a female wolf arrives on the island's rocky shores, she and he start a family and introduce their pups to the island's bounty. Wolf Island is part of the My Great Bear Rainforest series, which includes The Seal Garden, A Bear's Life and A Whale's World.

Author : Kevin Barry
Publisher : Random House
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407086149

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Dark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry Pdf

Winner of the Sunday Times short story prize Winner of the Edge Hill short story prize A kiss that just won't happen. A disco at the end of the world. A teenage goth on a terror mission. And OAP kiddie-snatchers, and scouse real-ale enthusiasts, and occult weirdness in the backwoods... Dark Lies the Island is a collection of unpredictable stories about love and cruelty, crimes, desperation, and hope from the man Irvine Welsh has described as 'the most arresting and original writer to emerge from these islands in years'. Every page is shot through with the riotous humour, sympathy and blistering language that mark Kevin Barry as a pure entertainer and a unique teller of tales.

Author : Bobbie Holaday
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015057010277

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The Return of the Mexican Gray Wolf by Bobbie Holaday Pdf

"Inspired by the plight of the Mexican gray wolf, retiree Bobbie Holaday formed the citizens advocacy group Preserve Arizona's Wolves (P.A. WS.) in 1987 and embarked on a crusade to raise public awareness. She soon found herself in the center of a firestorm of controversy, with environmentalists taking sides against ranchers and neighbors against neighbors. This book tells her story for the first time, documenting her eleven-year effort to bring the gray wolf back to the Blue."--Jacket.

Author : Lucy Treloar
Publisher : Picador Australia
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781760787905

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Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar Pdf

WINNER OF THE BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD 2020 'Atmospheric...evocative...important.' Tom Keneally Kitty Hawke, the last inhabitant of a dying island sinking into the wind-lashed Chesapeake Bay, has resigned herself to annihilation... Until one night her granddaughter blows ashore in the midst of a storm, desperate, begging for sanctuary. For years, Kitty has kept herself to herself - with only the company of her wolfdog, Girl - unconcerned by the world outside, or perhaps avoiding its worst excesses. But blood cannot be turned away in times like these. And when trouble comes following her granddaughter, no one is more surprised than Kitty to find she will fight to save her as fiercely as her name suggests... A richly imagined and mythic parable of home and kin that cements Lucy Treloar's place as one of our most acclaimed novelists. SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR ABIA LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE VOSS LITERARY AWARD 2020 PRAISE FOR LUCY TRELOAR 'A capacious talent' The Australian 'Deeply moving' The Age 'This lovely, atmospheric book sings of the inherent human drama, rising fragility of home-country and the recurrent need to flee and to protect. The journey told in this book is so evocative it will stay with the reader as an important literary fable of our period of history, in which a fraught world threatens all of us with flight, exile and bewilderment.' Tom Keneally, bestselling author of Schindler's Ark 'A work that is more than powerful: it's transformative.' Australian Book Review 'Disturbing but beautiful' Susan Wyndham

Author : Anonim
Publisher : On The Mark Press
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781770722224

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Wolf Island Lit Link Gr. 1-3 by Anonim Pdf

Author : E.P. Clark
Publisher : Helia Press
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781952723278

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Wolf Island by E.P. Clark Pdf

Some wolves hunger for more than meat. When Urho Kivinieminen, unwilling Seumi tracker for the Rutsi army that has conquered his country, is sent to scout Wolf Island, he doesn’t have much choice. The Rutsi have captured his homeland, and now they want this deserted island as well. But as Urho discovers, the island isn’t so deserted as they’d thought. Its inhabitants just aren’t human. Once he finds the dark forces that hold the island in their power, Urho needs to escape and convince the Rutsi to leave as well. But they are determined to have its magic, whatever the cost. The island’s magic is stronger than they’d reckoned, though—and it has awakened against them. Set in a magical Finnish-inspired world, this epic fantasy novelette of approximately 12,000 words is a prequel to The Singing Shore trilogy, but can be enjoyed as a standalone.

Author : Paula Wild
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781771622073

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Return of the Wolf by Paula Wild Pdf

Wolves were once common throughout North America and Eurasia. But by the early twentieth century, bounties and organized hunts had drastically reduced their numbers. Today, the wolf is returning to its ancestral territories, and the “coywolf”—a smaller, bolder wolf-coyote hybrid—is becoming more common. In Return of the Wolf, author Paula Wild gathers first-hand accounts of encounters with wolves and consults with wildlife experts for suggestions on how minimize conflict, respond to aggressive wolves and coexist with the apex predator. Wild explores the latest theories on how wolves became dogs, the evolving strategies to prevent livestock predation, and why Eurasian wolves seem more aggressive toward humans than their North American cousins. She also addresses the many misconceptions about wolves: for example, that they howl when hungry, kill for pleasure and always live in packs. What is true is that a wolf possesses a howl as unique as a human fingerprint and can trot eight kilometres per hour for most of the day or night in search of prey while using earth’s magnetic field to find its way. Some scientists consider wolves’ complex social structures and family bonds closer to humans’ than those of primates. In a skillful blend of natural history, Indigenous stories and interviews with scientists and conservationists, Wild examines our evolving relationship with wolves and how society’s attitudes affect the populations, behaviour and conservation of wolves today. As a highly social, intelligent animal, the wolf is proving adept at navigating the challenges of an ever-changing landscape. But their fate remains uncertain. Wolves are adapting to humans; can humans adapt to wolves?

Author : Suzanne Slade
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : 9781404860209

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What If There Were No Gray Wolves? by Suzanne Slade Pdf

Discusses the temperate forest ecosystem and the role of the gray wolf in helping to maintain it, describing the wolf's place on the food chain and what would happen to the temperate forest if the gray wolf were to become extinct.

Author : Cheryl Alexander
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781771603744

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Takaya by Cheryl Alexander Pdf

An enchanting and evocative look at the unique relationship between a solitary, island-dwelling wolf and a renowned wildlife photographer. A lone wild wolf lives on a small group of uninhabited islands in British Columbia's Salish Sea, surrounded by freighter, oil tanker and other boat traffic and in close proximity to a large urban area. His name is Takaya, which is the Coast Salish First Nations people's word for wolf. Cheryl Alexander studied and documented this unique wolf for years, unravelling the many mysteries surrounding his life. Her documentation of Takaya's journey, his life on the islands and the development of their deep connection is presented alongside a stunning collection of her photography. Through journal entries, interviews, and a stunning collection of photography, Takaya: Lone Wolf addresses a number of profound questions and tells a story that is certain to inspire, enlighten, and touch the heart. It is the story of a wild animal, alone yet at peace.

Author : Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1994-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0395696275

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Gray Wolf, Red Wolf by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Pdf

A fascinating, fact-filled book on endangered gray and red wolves. "Amply illustrated with handsome photographs . . . It may never be possible to reconcile human greed with a harmonious natural ecology, but the respectful account of endangered wolves suggests that the effort is eminently worthwhile".--The Horn Book. Full-color photos.

Author : Ian McAllister,Nicholas Read
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459812710

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A Bear's Life by Ian McAllister,Nicholas Read Pdf

There are so many things for bear cubs to learn about in the Great Bear Rainforest.

Author : Tiphanie Yanique
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781555970536

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How to Escape from a Leper Colony by Tiphanie Yanique Pdf

An enthralling debut collection from a singular Caribbean voice For a leper, many things are impossible, and many other things are easily done. Babalao Chuck said he could fly to the other side of the island and peek at the nuns bathing. And when a man with no hands claims that he can fly, you listen. The inhabitants of an island walk into the sea. A man passes a jail cell's window, shouldering a wooden cross. And in the international shop of coffins, a story repeats itself, pointing toward an inevitable tragedy. If the facts of these stories are sometimes fantastical, the situations they describe are complex and all too real. Lyrical, lush, and haunting, the prose shimmers in this nuanced debut, set mostly in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Part oral history, part postcolonial narrative, How to Escape from a Leper Colony is ultimately a loving portrait of a wholly unique place. Like Gabriel García Márquez, Edwidge Danticat, and Maryse Condé before her, Tiphanie Yanique has crafted a book that is heartbreaking, hilarious, magical, and mesmerizing. An unforgettable collection.

Author : John A. Vucetich
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781421441559

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Restoring the Balance by John A. Vucetich Pdf

"A renowned scientist studies wolves on a wilderness island, searching for what it means to better relate to the natural world"--