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1. The Birds of America: The Bien Chromolithographic Edition

   John James Audubon, Joel Oppenheimer

   A never-before-published edition of the rare chromolithographic Audubon prints of American birds.More

2. The Animal Connection: A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human

   Pat Shipman

   A bold, illuminating new take on the love of animals that drove human evolution.More

3. The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct

   Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson

   From the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants comes this dynamic and visually spectacular portrait of Earth's ultimate superorganism.More

4. Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day

   Diane Ackerman

   "It's easy to live in the moment when you're immersed in Ackerman's glorious prose."—Washington PostMore

5. Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time: My Life Doing Dumb Stuff with Animals

   Richard Conniff

   “Hilariously informative. . . . This book will remind you why you always wanted to be a naturalist.”—OutsideMore

6. Waterbirds

   Theodore Cross

   The book John James Audubon would have made if he had used a camera.More

7. Across the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation

   Robert L. Fleming, Jr., Dorje Tsering, Liu Wulin, Et Al.

   Remarkable photographs celebrate the wild places and the exquisite animals of the country called “the roof of the world.”More

8. The Beast in the Garden: The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America

   David Baron

   "Reads like a crime novel . . . each chapter ends on a cliff-hanging note."—Seattle TimesMore

9. Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind

   David Quammen

   "Rich detail and vivid anecdotes of adventure....A treasure trove of exotic fact and hard thinking."—The New York Times Book Review, front pageMore

10. Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephant

    Lyall Watson

    A scientific safari and personal memoir celebrating the enigmatic dignity of the world's largest land animal.More

11. Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals

    Brenda Peterson

    "Peterson writes of nature with an intimacy that tugs at the reader's deep memory."—OrionMore

12. Tinkering with Eden: A Natural History of Exotic Species in America

    Kim Todd

    A bewitching look at nonnative species in American ecosystems, by the heir apparent to McKibben and Quammen.More

13. Dark Horses and Black Beauties: Animals, Women, a Passion

    Melissa Holbrook Pierson

    "Thought-provoking.... A lovely testament to horses and women from all walks of life."—Karen Stone, Chicago TribuneMore

14. In the Shadow of a Rainbow: The True Story of a Friendship Between Man and Wolf

    Robert Franklin Leslie

    First published in 1974, this classic tale of friendship, courage, and the wild has captured hearts of all ages.More

15. A Stillness in the Pines: The Ecology of the Red Cockaded Woodpecker

    Robert W. McFarlane, Ellen Mabry

    "A wonderful book . . . will be enjoyed by anyone with interest in either birds or the impact that humanity is having on its fellow travelers on spaceship earth." —Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population BombMore