Of Wolves and Men

Of Wolves and Men
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 344
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780743249362
ISBN-13 : 0743249364
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Of Wolves and Men by : Barry Holstun Lopez

Vicious

Vicious
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9780300133370
ISBN-13 : 0300133375
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Vicious by : Jon T. Coleman

Over a continent and three centuries, American livestock owners destroyed wolves to protect the beasts that supplied them with food, clothing, mobility, and wealth. The brutality of the campaign soon exceeded wolves’ misdeeds. Wolves menaced property, not people, but storytellers often depicted the animals as ravenous threats to human safety. Subjects of nightmares and legends, wolves fell prey not only to Americans’ thirst for land and resources but also to their deeper anxieties about the untamed frontier. Now Americans study and protect wolves and jail hunters who shoot them without authorization. Wolves have become the poster beasts of the great American wilderness, and the federal government has paid millions of dollars to reintroduce them to scenic habitats like Yellowstone National Park. Why did Americans hate wolves for centuries? And, given the ferocity of this loathing, why are Americans now so protective of the animals? In this ambitious history of wolves in America—and of the humans who have hated and then loved them—Jon Coleman investigates a fraught relationship between two species and uncovers striking similarities, deadly differences, and, all too frequently, tragic misunderstanding.

A Companion to Wolves

A Companion to Wolves
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 076535778X
ISBN-13 : 9780765357786
Rating : 4/5 (8X Downloads)

Synopsis A Companion to Wolves by : Sarah Monette

Two of fantasy's hottest new talents deliver the story of Isolfr, a young nobleman, who is chosen to become a wolfcarl--a warrior who is bonded to a fighting wolf. Isolfr is deeply drawn to the wolves, and though as his father's heir he can refuse the call, he chooses to accept it.

The Rise of Wolves

The Rise of Wolves
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Publisher : Chicken House
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9781911077992
ISBN-13 : 1911077996
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis The Rise of Wolves by : Kerr Thomson

Innis Munro is walking home across the bleak wilderness of Nin Island when he hears the chilling howl of a wolf. But there are no wolves on the island - not since they were hunted to extinction, centuries ago. As long-buried secrets resurface, Innis's adventure truly begins ...

Of Wolves and Men

Of Wolves and Men
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 336
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780684163222
ISBN-13 : 0684163225
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Of Wolves and Men by : Barry Lopez

Describes the wolf and its mythology.

The Tenderness of Wolves

The Tenderness of Wolves
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 9781416571308
ISBN-13 : 1416571302
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis The Tenderness of Wolves by : Stef Penney

When her teenage son disappears in the aftermath of a brutal murder, a determined mother sets out from her snow-covered nineteenth-century settlement to find him, an effort that is hampered by vigilante groups and the harrowing forces of nature. A first novel.

History of Wolves

History of Wolves
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Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9780802189776
ISBN-13 : 0802189776
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis History of Wolves by : Emily Fridlund

A teenage girl comes of age amid hidden dangers and family secrets in the Minnesota woods in this “beautiful, icy [and] electrifying debut” novel (NPR). Teenage Linda lives with her parents in the austere woods of northern Minnesota, where their nearly abandoned commune stands as a last vestige of a counter-culture world. Isolated at home and an outsider at school, Linda is drawn to the new history teacher Mr. Grierson. But his shocking arrested for child pornography leaves Linda adrift as she wrestles with her own fledgling desires. When the young Gardner family moves in across the lake, Linda finds herself welcomed into their home as a babysitter for their little boy. But this new sense of belonging comes with secrets and expectations she doesn’t understand. Over the course of a summer, Linda will have to make choices that reverberate throughout her life. Finalist for the Man Booker Award One of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2017

Light Action in the Caribbean

Light Action in the Caribbean
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 157
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ISBN-10 : 9780307806512
ISBN-13 : 0307806510
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Light Action in the Caribbean by : Barry Lopez

Moving from fable and historical fiction to contemporary realism, this book of stories from Barry Lopez is erotic and wise, full of irresistible characters doing things they shouldn't do for reasons that are mysterious and irreducible. In "The Letters of Heaven," a packet of recently discovered 17th-century Peruvian love letters presents a 20th-century man with the paralyzing choice of either protecting or exposing their stunning secret. When some young boys on the lookout for easy money get caught with a truckload of stolen horses, thievery quickly turns into redemption. For a group of convicts, a gathering of birds in the prison yard may be the key to transcendence, both figurative and literal. And, with the title story, Lopez enters a territory of unmitigated evil reminiscent of Conrad. Here are saints who shouldn't touch, but do; sinners who insist on the life of the spirit; a postcard paradise that turns into nightmare. Light Action in the Caribbean has already been hailed by Russell Banks as "tough-minded, emotionally turbulent, and always intelligent." E. Annie Proulx describes these stories as "subtle and mysterious" and says that a reader "cannot leave Lopez's fictional territory unchanged." This is a book that breaks exciting new ground for Barry Lopez.

The Hidden Life of Wolves

The Hidden Life of Wolves
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 220
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781426210129
ISBN-13 : 1426210124
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hidden Life of Wolves by : Jim Dutcher

A photographic tribute to the authors' work as wolf caregivers and advocates documents their efforts with the Sawtooth Pack in Idaho and features a passionate argument for reintroducing and protecting wild wolves.

The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 403
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ISBN-10 : 9780307798480
ISBN-13 : 0307798488
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis The Company of Wolves by : Peter Steinhart

As wolves return to their old territory in Yellowstone National Park, their presence is reawakening passions as ancient as their tangled relations with human beings. This authoritative and eloquent book coaxes the wolf out from its camouflage of myth and reveals the depth of its kinship with humanity, which shares this animal's complex complex social organization, intense family ties, and predatory streak.