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Author of La vida secreta de los árboles (DB 84982) provides his observations of animal behavior. Examines the emotions perceived…
in mammals, birds, insects, and other creatures. Translated from the original 2016 German-language edition. Spanish language. 2017
El chef hispano-estadounidense José Andrés reflexiona sobre sus esfuerzos de socorro en Puerto Rico después del huracán María en 2017.…
Acreditado con la mitigación de una crisis humanitaria, Andrés y su organización benéfica supervisaron la preparación de 100,000 comidas diarias para el pueblo puertorriqueño. Prólogo por Lin-Manuel Miranda y Luis A. Miranda, Jr. Traducido del inglés
Forester shares his observations as well as research by others into the networked nature of trees and forests. Discusses communication…
between trees, the life cycle of an organic forest versus one planted, and the interaction of trees with their greater environment. Translated from the original German edition. Spanish language. 2016
Conservationist presents evidence that humans are responsible for climate change through increasing fossil-fuel use and other environmentally unsound activities. Flannery…
points to phenomena such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and frequent extremes of weather, and predicts their future effects on global climate. Spanish language. 2006
El autor es ministro bautista de Texas que en 1989 murió en un accidente de tránsito. Durante noventa minutos conoció…
las glorias del cielo, reuniéndose con familiares antes fallecidos. Entonces volvió milagrosamente a la vida mientras otro ministro oraba por él. Y a partir de ese momento, se enfrentó con una penosa recuperación física, y habla de sus experiencias y su deseo incial de regresar al paraiso
Explains the Chinese art of living in harmony with the earth. Describes activating the energies of the chi to improve…
one's environment and gain success and happiness in life. Discusses the application of feng shui in ordering personal lives and structuring living spaces. Spanish language. 2000
Author recalls an encounter from her teenage years when a baby gray whale followed her during a long-distance training swim…
along the California coast. Describes communicating with the calf she called Grayson and battling fatigue, fifty-five-degree water, and dehydration to protect him until he was reunited with his mother. Spanish language. 2007
La novelista Allende escribió este libro para lograr que su hija Paula, de veintiocho años y en estado de coma,…
volviera en sí. En caso de que Paula haya perdido sus recuerdos al despertar, Allende le cuenta la historia de su familia. Después de muchos esfuerzos, Paula finalmente aparece en un sueño de Allende pidiéndole que la deje morir
The British naturalist undertook an eight-month-long expedition to Argentina to search out rare animal species. He describes with humor and…
insight the curious animals and interesting people he encountered along the way. Spanish language
Essays on issues in evolution theory. Includes such controversial topics as the size of women's brains, the Piltdown Man hoax,…
the theory of mongolism, and a defense of marsupial equality with placental mammals. Spanish language
Introduction to the life sciences. Discusses what life is, biological development, the fight against disease and aging, sexuality, animal and…
human behavior, and man against the environmental crisis. For adult and young adult readers. Spanish language
While exploring the woods one night, a Wisconsin farm boy, his dog, and a friend capture a baby raccoon. The…
author retells the true story of their friendship and comic adventures. Spanish language
Harvard astronomer presents controversial theory regarding possible evidence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. Describes the 2017 discovery of…
an object flying through our inner solar system, but not conforming to any traits of known interstellar and interplanetary objects such as comets or asteroids. Spanish language. 2021
Ecologist presents trees as part of the cycle of life and their participation in the social communication network of forests.…
Topics include tree evolution, perception of other trees, announcing warnings and providing defense, and the concept of Mother Trees. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2021
A rhythmic story that explores the food chain in the South Sea. Who will be at the top? The swarms…
of krill? Or maybe the barracuda? Or will it be the big shark? Includes activities for children. For preschool-grade 2. Spanish language. 2015
"In Vesper Flights Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics…
ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing songbirds from the Empire State Building as they migrate through the Tribute of Light, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, seeking the last golden orioles in Suffolk's poplar forests. She writes with heart-tugging clarity about wild boar, swifts, mushroom hunting, migraines, the strangeness of birds' nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find when watching wildlife. By one of this century's most important and insightful nature writers, Vesper Flights is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love and loss and how we make sense of the world around us." -- Goodreads
"Just as the 20th century was the era of the "oil/gas wars" that were part of the superpowers' geostrategic games,…
the 21st century is oriented towards the "global water wars" that have already begun in some areas of the planet, full of sea water and, paradoxically, where most humans are thirsty." -- Translation provided by NLS
"Twin fourteen-year-old basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court, as their father…
ignores his declining health. Told in hip-hop style verse." -- Provided by NLS
"Cambridge lecturer describes the year she spent training a goshawk, a decision she came to after the sudden death of…
her father in 2007. Discusses the field of falconry, which her father avidly practiced, the grieving process, and author T.H. White's book The Goshawk." -- Provided by NLS
"The wife of a Kenya game warden recounts the couple's unique relationship with the lioness Elsa. Recalls raising the orphaned…
cub for three years and ingeniously training her to fend for herself. Describes how Elsa recognized her human friends even after she returned to the wild." -- Provided by NLS