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The Puma Years

Author : Laura Coleman
Publisher : Little A
ISBN 13 : 9781542022187
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book The Puma Years written by Laura Coleman and published by Little A. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rapturous memoir, writer and activist Laura Coleman shares the story of her liberating journey in the Amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent cat who changed her life. Laura was in her early twenties and directionless when she quit her job to backpack in Bolivia. Fate landed her at a wildlife sanctuary on the edge of the Amazon jungle where she was assigned to a beautiful and complex puma named Wayra. Wide-eyed, inexperienced, and comically terrified, Laura made the scrappy, make-do camp her home. And in Wayra, she made a friend for life. They weren't alone, not with over a hundred quirky animals to care for, each lost and hurt in their own way: a pair of suicidal, bra-stealing monkeys, a frustrated parrot desperate to fly, and a pig with a wicked sense of humor. The humans, too, were cause for laughter and tears. There were animal whisperers, committed staff, wildly devoted volunteers, handsome heartbreakers, and a machete-wielding prom queen who carried Laura through. Most of all, there was the jungle--lyrical and alive--and there was Wayra, who would ultimately teach Laura so much about love, healing, and the person she was capable of becoming. Set against a turbulent and poignant backdrop of deforestation, the illegal pet trade, and forest fires, The Puma Years explores what happens when two desperate creatures in need of rescue find one another.

The Path of the Puma

Author : Jim Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781938340727
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Path of the Puma written by Jim Williams and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Expert's View of the Big Cat's Fight to Find Its Wild

Desert Puma

Author : Kenneth A. Logan
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610910583
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Desert Puma written by Kenneth A. Logan and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists and conservationists are beginning to understand the importance of top carnivores to the health and integrity of fully functioning ecosystems. As burgeoning human populations continue to impinge on natural landscapes, the need for understanding carnivore populations and how we affect them is becoming increasingly acute.Desert Puma represents one of the most detailed assessments ever produced of the biology and ecology of a top carnivore. The husband-and-wife team of Kenneth Logan and Linda Sweanor set forth extensive data gathered from their ten-year field study of pumas in the Chihuahua Desert of New Mexico, also drawing on other reliable scientific data gathered throughout the puma's geographic range. Chapters examine: the evolutionary and modern history of pumas, their taxonomy, and physical description a detailed description and history of the study area in the Chihuahua Desert field techniques that were used in the research puma population dynamics and life history strategies the implications of puma behavior and social organization the relationships of pumas and their preyThe authors provide important new information about both the biology of pumas and their evolutionary ecology -- not only what pumas do, but why they do it. Logan and Sweanor explain how an understanding of puma evolutionary ecology can, and must, inform long-term conservation strategies. They end the book with their ideas regarding strategies for puma management and conservation, along with a consideration of the future of pumas and humans. Desert Puma makes a significant and original contribution to the science not only of pumas in desert ecosystems but of the role of top predators in all environments. It is an essential contribution to the bookshelf of any wildlife biologist or conservationist involved in large-scale land management or wildlife management.

The Puma Blues

Author : Stephen Murphy
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486798135
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Puma Blues written by Stephen Murphy and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in the 1980s as comic books, these interrelated stories visualize life at the turn of the 21st century, when a lone government agent investigates the truth behind environmental degradation. Hardcover edition with new ending and more bonus material. Suggested for mature readers.

Puma Dreams

Author : Tony Johnston
Publisher : Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN 13 : 1534429794
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Puma Dreams written by Tony Johnston and published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A lovely, beautifully illustrated story of a child's dream fulfilled.” —Kirkus Reviews “Beautifully illustrated with a strong conservation message.” —School Library Journal “A lyrical panoramic beauty of a book.” —BookPage From award-winning duo Tony Johnston and Jim LaMarche comes a stunning, lyrical picture book about a girl’s desire to see an elusive California puma in the wild that includes interesting facts about this beautiful and threatened animal. A girl visiting her grandmother longs for a glimpse of the solitary and rarely seen puma. Her grandmother tells her that if she’s patient, one day her wish will come true. But patience is hard, the girl thinks. So, the girl and her grandmother stand watch each day, and then finally, without warning, she sees the beautiful animal from afar. Knowing she may never see a puma again, she now knows it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect these increasingly threatened animals.

The Cougar Conundrum

Author : Mark Elbroch
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 161091998X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Cougar Conundrum written by Mark Elbroch and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between humans and mountain lions has always been uneasy. A century ago, mountain lions were vilified as a threat to livestock and hunted to the verge of extinction. In recent years, this keystone predator has made a remarkable comeback, but today humans and mountain lions appear destined for a collision course. Its recovery has led to an unexpected conundrum: Do more mountain lions mean they’re a threat to humans and domestic animals? Or, are mountain lions still in need of our help and protection as their habitat dwindles and they’re forced into the edges and crevices of communities to survive? Mountain lion biologist and expert Mark Elbroch welcomes these tough questions. He dismisses long-held myths about mountain lions and uses groundbreaking science to uncover important new information about their social habits. Elbroch argues that humans and mountain lions can peacefully coexist in close proximity if we ignore uninformed hype and instead arm ourselves with knowledge and common sense. He walks us through the realities of human safety in the presence of mountain lions, livestock safety, competition with hunters for deer and elk, and threats to rare species, dispelling the paranoia with facts and logic. In the last few chapters, he touches on human impacts on mountain lions and the need for a sensible management strategy. The result, he argues, is a win-win for humans, mountain lions, and the ecosystems that depend on keystone predators to keep them in healthy balance. The Cougar Conundrum delivers a clear-eyed assessment of a modern wildlife challenge, offering practical advice for wildlife managers, conservationists, hunters, and those in the wildland-urban interface who share their habitat with large predators.

ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine

Author : John La Puma
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0307394638
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine written by John La Puma and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2009 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating nutritional science with culinary expertise, a physician explains how to prevent disease, shed pounds, and promote overall health by using foods that tempt the palate while promoting the body's immunity.

How to Walk a Puma

Author : Peter Allison
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1857889851
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book How to Walk a Puma written by Peter Allison and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MORE THRILLING ADVENTURES WITH THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE SAFARI GUIDE Plans are usually only good for one thing - laughing at in hindsight. So, armed with rudimentary Spanish, dangerous levels of curiosity and a record of poor judgement, I set off to tackle whatever South America could throw at me. Not content with regular encounters with dangerous animals on one continent, Peter Allison decided to get up close and personal with some seriously scary animals on another. Unlike in Africa, where all Peter's experiences had been safari based, he planned to vary things up in South America, getting involved with conservation projects as well as seeking out "the wildest and rarest wildlife experiences on offer". From learning to walk - or rather be bitten and dragged along at speed by - a puma in Bolivia, to searching for elusive jaguars in Brazil, finding love in Patagonia, and hunting naked with the remote Huaorani people in Ecuador, How to Walk a Puma is Peter's fascinating and often hilarious account of his adventures and misadventures in South America.

Cougar

Author : Maurice Hornocker
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226353478
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Cougar written by Maurice Hornocker and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cougar is one of the most beautiful, enigmatic, and majestic animals in the Americas. Eliciting reverence for its grace and independent nature, it also triggers fear when it comes into contact with people, pets, and livestock or competes for hunters’ game. Mystery, myth, and misunderstanding surround this remarkable creature. The cougar’s range once extended from northern Canada to the tip of South America, and from the Pacific to the Atlantic, making it the most widespread animal in the western hemisphere. But overhunting and loss of habitat vastly reduced cougar numbers by the early twentieth century across much of its historical range, and today the cougar faces numerous threats as burgeoning human development encroaches on its remaining habitat. When Maurice Hornocker began the first long-term study of cougars in the Idaho wilderness in 1964, little was known about this large cat. Its secretive nature and rarity in the landscape made it difficult to study. But his groundbreaking research yielded major insights and was the prelude to further research on this controversial species. The capstone to Hornocker’s long career studying big cats, Cougar is a powerful and practical resource for scientists, conservationists, and anyone with an interest in large carnivores. He and conservationist Sharon Negri bring together the diverse perspectives of twenty-two distinguished scientists to provide the fullest account of the cougar’s ecology, behavior, and genetics, its role as a top predator, and its conservation needs. This compilation of recent findings, stunning photographs, and firsthand accounts of field research unravels the mysteries of this magnificent animal and emphasizes its importance in healthy ecosystem processes and in our lives.

Puma

Author : Ted L. Gragg
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9780979457210
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Puma written by Ted L. Gragg and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2006 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beast of Never, Cat of God

Author : Bob Butz
Publisher : Globe Pequot
ISBN 13 : 9781592284467
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Beast of Never, Cat of God written by Bob Butz and published by Globe Pequot. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somewhere between myth and reality, the truth behind America's last wild predator.

Sneaker Wars

Author : Barbara Smit
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061246581
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Sneaker Wars written by Barbara Smit and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sneaker Wars is the fascinating true story of the enemy brothers behind Adidas and Puma, two of the biggest global brands of athletic footwear. Adi and Rudi Dassler started their shoe business in their mother's laundry room and achieved almost instantaneous success. But by the end of World War II a vicious feud had torn the Dasslers apart, dividing their company and their family and launching them down separate, often contentious paths. Out of the fires of their animosity, two rival sneaker brands were born, brands that would revolutionize the world of professional sports, sparking astonishing behind-the-scenes deals, fabulous ad campaigns, and multimillion-dollar contracts for pro athletes, from Joe Namath to Muhammad Ali to David Beckham.

The Cougar

Author : Paula Wild
Publisher : D & M Publishers
ISBN 13 : 177162003X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book The Cougar written by Paula Wild and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cougar is a skillful blend of natural history, scientific research, First Nations stories and first person accounts. With her in-depth research, Wild explores the relationship between mountain lions and humans, and provides the most up-to-date information on cougar awareness and defense tactics for those living, working or travelling in cougar country.

Raised in Captivity

Author : Chuck Klosterman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735217939
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Raised in Captivity written by Chuck Klosterman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microdoses of the straight dope, stories so true they had to be wrapped in fiction for our own protection, from the best-selling author of But What if We're Wrong? A man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs an offense comprised of only one, very special, play. A man explains to the police why he told the employee of his local bodega that his colleague looked like the lead singer of Depeche Mode, a statement that may or may not have led in some way to a violent crime. A college professor discusses with his friend his difficulties with the new generation of students. An obscure power pop band wrestles with its new-found fame when its song "Blizzard of Summer" becomes an anthem for white supremacists. A couple considers getting a medical procedure that will transfer the pain of childbirth from the woman to her husband. A woman interviews a hit man about killing her husband but is shocked by the method he proposes. A man is recruited to join a secret government research team investigating why coin flips are no longer exactly 50/50. A man sees a whale struck by lightning, and knows that everything about his life has to change. A lawyer grapples with the unintended side effects of a veterinarian's rabies vaccination. Fair warning: Raised in Captivity does not slot into a smooth preexisting groove. If Saul Steinberg and Italo Calvino had adopted a child from a Romanian orphanage and raised him on Gary Larsen and Thomas Bernhard, he would still be nothing like Chuck Klosterman. They might be good company, though. Funny, wise and weird in equal measure, Raised in Captivity bids fair to be one of the most original and exciting story collections in recent memory, a fever graph of our deepest unvoiced hopes, fears and preoccupations. Ceaselessly inventive, hostile to corniness in all its forms, and mean only to the things that really deserve it, it marks a cosmic leap forward for one of our most consistently interesting writers.

The Wind on the Moon

Author : Eric Linklater
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 9781590171004
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Wind on the Moon written by Eric Linklater and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the English village of Midmeddlecum, sisters Dinah and Dorinda struggle to keep their promise to try to be good when their father goes off to war, but they soon get into a great deal of mischief.

Yellow Eyes

Author : Rutherford George Montgomery
Publisher : Caxton Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870044175
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Yellow Eyes written by Rutherford George Montgomery and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 2001-03-20 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far back in the wildest of the mountain country hides Yellow Eyes, the great mountain lion. Beautiful and cruel, like all big cats, Yellow Eyes and his mate, are tawny shadows lurking in the forest. In Rutherford Montgomery's stories animals are animals, not beasts playing the parts of human beings.

Mountain Lion

Author : Chris Bolgiano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780811728676
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Lion written by Chris Bolgiano and published by . This book was released on 2001-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of the mountain lion in myth and lore, and their status in today's wilderness.