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Scrapes with snakes!: true stories of adventures with animals (National geographic kids. Chapters)
By Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Brady Barr. 2017
Join National Geographic expert and TV personality Brady Barr on some wild adventures with snakes! Readers won't believe their eyes…
as they read Barr's hilarious--and completely true!--accounts of his interactions with some of the biggest, weirdest, and craziest snakes on Earth. Grades 2-4. 2017.Soul of a dog: reflections on the spirits of the animals of Bedlam Farm
By Jon Katz. 2009
Katz illuminates the interaction between humans and animals. Although he features his ever-faithful border collie Rose, Katz also includes revealing…
observations about Mother the murderous barn cat, Elvis the doughnut-loving steer, and his other dogs - Izzy, Lenore, and Pearl. 2009.Spirit of the horse: a celebration in fact and fable
By William Shatner. 2017
From his first time riding at age ten, William Shatner has felt a deep love for horses. Whether riding them,…
communicating with them, or simply appreciating their beauty, he has been enthralled by horses ever since he was a child. And for decades, he has sought to bring that joy to others -- children, veterans, and those with disabilities, among others -- through his annual Hollywood Charity Horse Show. In this book, Shatner speaks from the heart about the remarkable effect horses have had on his life, and on the lives of others. Drawing not just from his own decades of experience but also from a wealth of classic horse stories, this book captures the unique connection between humans and horses -- and the power, courage, mindfulness, and healing that they can inspire in us. 2017.Starting out in the afternoon: a mid-life journey into wild land
By Jill Frayne. 2002
After Jill Frayne's long-term relationship with her lover ended and her daughter left home, she packed up her life and…
headed for the Yukon. Sleeping in her car or pitching a tent by the road, she became a solitary traveller and lived close to the natural world. What started out as a three-month trip became a personal journey that lasted several years. 2002.Stars come out within
By Jean Little. 1990
Renowned author Jean Little describes her childhood with a visual impairment, the early death of her father, the shock of…
losing her remaining sight to glaucoma, and her battle with depression. A talking computer and her guide dog, Zephyr, brought her independence and freedom. Sequel to "Little by Little".A Los Angeles family, weary of city living, found a satisfactory alternative in northern British Columbia. The years in the…
wilderness, highlighted by the discovery of an important jade deposit, are humourously described. c1977.Some more horse tradin'
By Ben K Green. 1972
This 1972 sequel to Green's "Horse Tradin'" offers more of the same type of anecdotal stories about raising and selling…
horses. Green was a veterinarian in Texas, and he came across a number of colourful characters - some four-legged - throughout his career. Some descriptions of violence. 2000, c1972.Sound-shadows of the New World (Continents of exile. #5.)
By Ved Mehta. 1986
In 1949, 15-year-old Ved went to America to attend the Arkansas School for the Blind. In the three years there…
he fell afoul of two members of staff: the PE teacher who believed only the combative could survive in a sighted world and an Evangelical Baptist musician who told him he was damned because he was a Hindu. Girls too were a problem... but he learnt to get around Little Rock himself by perceiving objects and terrain by means of "sound-shadows". Sequel to "The ledge between the streams" (DC28718). 1986. (Continents of exile ; 5).Slackjaw: You Better Start Learning Braille Now
By Jim Knipfel. 1999
At age twelve, Knipfel's uncle told him he "better start learning braille," but it was years before he knew he…
had retinitis pigmentosa. Then a brain lesion began causing erratic behaviour. With humour and honesty, Knipfel recalls his reluctance to accept his condition and how he has coped. Strong language. 1999.Silence of the songbirds: how we are losing the world's songbirds and what we can do to save them
By Bridget Joan Stutchbury. 2007
Migratory songbirds are disappearing at an alarming rate; by some estimates we have already lost half the songbirds that filled…
the skies 40 years ago. Stutchbury demonstrates why this decline should concern us all by arguing that songbirds truly are the canaries in the coal mine. Examines the most threatening factors to this vital element in our ecosystem: pesticides, the destruction of vital habitat, coffee plantations, bright lights and structures of our cities, the notorious cowbird, and global warming. 2007.Sight unseen
By Georgina Kleege. 1999
Kleege was diagnosed with macular degeneration at the age of eleven and learned coping mechanisms. In eight essays she describes…
her experiences as well as the cultural aspects of blindness in language, film, and literature. As an author and professor, Kleege outlines the reading process and her delight in learning braille later in life. 1999.Sea Island yankee (American places of the heart)
By Clyde Bresee. 1986
Memoir of the author's early years, 1920-1929, on James Island off Charleston, South Carolina. Dwells on boyhood adventures: crabbing in…
the river, exploring the woods, and learning in a two-room school. 1986. (American places of the heart)Seasons at Eagle Pond
By Donald Hall. 1987
Sea of slaughter
By Farley Mowat. 1984
Mowat examines the extermination and mass reduction of wildlife in North America, from the 16th century to the present. He…
reserves most of his wrath for the federal government which takes so long to act against the slaughter.Second sight: the true story of Britain's most remarkable medium
By Sharon Neill. 2007
Born prematurely and blinded by the oxygen in her incubator, it was clear that Sharon Neill would lead anything but…
a conventional life. In her autobiography, Sharon describes her journey to become one of the most revered mediums in the psychic world. 2007.Scarlett saves her family: the heart-warming true story of a homeless mother cat who rescued her kittens from a raging fire
By Jean-Claude Suares, Jane R Martin. 1997
When a fire in an abandoned garage threatened the lives of her newborn kittens, Scarlett courageously went in the burning…
building to retrieve them one by one. The story of this cat's devotion made headlines in 1996. 1997.Secrets of the savanna: twenty-three years in the African wilderness unraveling the mysteries of elephants and people
By Delia Owens, Mark Owens. 2006
The Owenses recount their efforts from the early 1990s to 2005 to conserve wildlife in and around North Luangwa National…
Park in Zambia by offering villagers alternatives to poaching ivory. They describe befriending an orphan elephant, encounters with lions and other African animals, and dangers from poachers. 2006.Second sight
By Robert V Hine. 1993
As a young man, Hine was informed that his eye condition, uveitis, would eventually lead to blindness. After graduate school…
and marriage, and well into his career as a history professor, Hine did gradually lose his sight to cataracts, which the uveitis made inoperable. Hine used braille, talking computers, and readers to continue teaching and writing for the next fifteen years, and then underwent an operation that restored sight in one eye. c1993.Self-healing: my life and vision (Arkana Ser.)
By Meir Schneider. 1989
A remarkable Russian Israeli who has gone some way to understanding the latent power of self-healing which is locked inside…
human beings. In this book Meir Schneider relates the experiences of his own life and his later work with people affected by chronic headaches, polio and muscular dystrophy. Meir was born blind, the son of a deaf father, yet he has insisted upon living a regular life making no concessions to himself for his lack of sight, and offering hope to others. 1989.See it my way
By Peter White. 1999
Unsentimental and humorous autobiography by the BBC's disability affairs correspondent, the second blind son born to sighted parents. The text…
covers Peter White's childhood, his experiences at special schools, the shock of `real life' - of the problems of coping with seemingly ordinary, everyday living away from home or a special school, his career with the BBC, marriage and parenthood, his love of sport, his occasional rage at the attitudes of `normal' people, and his sometimes volatile relationship with his father. 1999.