Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Chasser les chevaux à la fin du Paléolitique dans le Bassin parisien	Olivier Bignon	"The hunting of horses by Magdalenians and Early Aziliens in the Paris Basin has never before been the object of a detailed study. This work thus brings to light the interactions between these human …	OL11931452W
Cockroach	Marion W Copeland	200 p. : 19 cm	OL12057230W
The legend of the great horse	John Royce	Travel to a time when primitive man stalked horses as prey and witness the development of horsemanship in ancient and medieval cultures.	OL17650875W
The way of the panda	Henry Nicholls	Chronicles the scientific discovery, conservation, and current understandings of giant pandas to trace their story and reveal how the species reflects changing attitudes toward the natural world and …	OL18006511W
People and wildlife	Alan Rabinowitz,Rosie Woodroffe	"This book presents a variety of solutions to human-wildlife conflicts, including novel and traditional farming practices, offsetting the costs of wildlife damage through hunting and tourism, and the…	OL18468551W
Monkey	Desmond Morris	In this book, Desmond Morris explores our modern, more uneasy relationship with the monkey, which has come to represent the 'primitive', destructive aspects of our own nature.	OL19667455W
Hippopotamus	Edgar Mark Williams	"Hippos are well-loved, cumbersome, rotund mammals famous for lounging, semi-submerged in muddy pools. Gregarious herbivores, they emerge after dusk from the water into the cool night air to graze on…	OL19751743W
The mythical zoo	Boria Sax	"From Aesop's Fables to Mockingjay, animals have always played a pivotal role in human culture. Even today, animals wield symbolic powers as varied as the cultures that embrace them. Sacred cows, wil…	OL19980607W
Why did the chicken cross the world?	Andrew Lawler	"From ancient empires to modern economics, veteran journalist Andrew Lawler delivers a sweeping history of the animal that has been most crucial to the spread of civilization across the globe--the ch…	OL19999371W
Animal Heroes	Julia Moberg,Jeff Albrecht Studios	96 pages : 27 cm	OL21598605W
Lizard	Boria Sax	1 online resource	OL21607965W
Hao qi de Qiaozhi he huang mao zi	H. A. Rey	"In this, the original book about the curious monkey, George is taken from the jungle by the man in the yellow hat to live in a new home, but--oh, what happened! Though trying to be good, George is s…	OL29235148W
Lost wild worlds	Robert M. McClung	A survey of the past and present wildlife of Europe, Asia, Africa, Madagascar and the Islands of the Indian Ocean, the Malay Archipelago, Australia, and New Zealand. Includes a discussion on the futu…	OL3297851W
Insects, the creeping conquerors and human history	Carson I. A. Ritchie	Discusses the effects insects have had on history, art, and medicine.	OL4998258W
Animals that changed history	Joan Elma Rahn	Discusses the effects on history--for better or worse--made by the horse, rat, and beaver.	OL5257605W
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language	David W. Anthony	Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did t…	OL9561422W
Duck (Reaktion Books - Animal)	Victoria de Rijke	"In this introduction to a bird whose distinctive silhouette is known the world over, Victoria de Rijke both explores the natural history of the duck and reveals the striking universality of a bird t…	OL9823942W
Rhinoceros (Reaktion Books - Animal)	Kelly Enright	"The rhinoceros's fearsome appearance and powerful leathery frame belie its docile and solitary nature, causing the animal to be consistently perceived by humans as a short-tempered monster to be avo…	OL9823947W