Ninety-seven color images by outstanding wildlife photographers and a thoroughly researched, illuminating text explore the history, life cycle, and true nature of wolves worldwide.Author Candace Savage traces the global history of wolves and then focuses specifically on the North American wolf, exploring the mythology and negative stereotypes of wolves, as well as equally erroneous "Disneyfied" images. Describing their true behaviors, she tells us why wolves have become symbols of vitality and wilderness and alerts us to the perils they face in North America.The extraordinary gallery of images - by such outstanding North American wildlife photographers as Art Wolfe, Jim Brandenburg, Peter J. McLeod, Rolf O. Peterson, Erwin and Peggy Bauer, and Karen Hollet - includes dramatic shots of wolves hunting musk oxen and deer, interacting within the hierarchy of the pack, and rearing their young.With extraordinary photographs and an authoritative text, Wolves captures the wildness and grace of these magnificent creatures.

Wolves

Science & Math

Candace Savage

Biological Sciences

Robert Hale, Ltd.

Witch the Wild Ride from Wicked to Wicca

History

The British Museum Press

Althouth the Western frontier has been tirelessly represented as "Man's Country", women were there from the beginning. Candace Savage traces the cowgirl back to her origins among the cattle queens, lady bandits and ranchwomen of the mid-to-late 19th century. While proper Victorian ladies sat in their parlours, these female adventurers unlaced their corsets, exchanged their skirts for scandalous "divided" garments, and swung astride ponies. Working as ranch wives, range daughters and ranch owners; they roped cattle, shot rustlers and broke colts. In their spare time they made clothes, boiled laundry, scrubbed floors, baked pies, gave birth and cared for their children. From the 1880s on, this tough life was exhibited to the rest of the world through Wild West shows and circuses. One of the "curious creatures of the west" was Annie Oakley, whose dainty build, pretty face - and the ability to blast a hole through a playing card from a distance of 90 feet - made her a star. The image continued to be projected in films, music, theatre, fashion and advertising. The changing depiction of the cowgirl provides a visual record, including: a rangewoman pitching hay in a Victorian full skirt and high collar; a comic strip showing a heroic Dale Evans single-handedly resucing a runaway wagon; a mini-skirted cowgirl in a 1950s advert for potatoes; and Western Barbie, complete with silver glitter. Gathered from archives and private collections in North America and Europe, they highlight the text that celebrates this cultural phenomenon. Candace Savage is the author of "Aurora: The Mysterious Northern Lights", which was shortlisted for the Science in Society Book Award.

Cowgirls

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

"Wolves", featuring 97 outstanding full-colour photographs by some of North America's most renowned wildlife photographers, reveals the animals as we rarely see them. The extraordinary gallery of images includes close-ups and dramatic shots of wolves hunting muskoxen and deer, interacting within the hierarchy of the pack and rearing their young. The cameras capture the wildness and grace of these magnificent creatures. Together, the dramatic photographs, maps and sensitive text create a celebration of wolves and serve as a reminder that the reality of nature is infinitely more fascinating than myth. The wolf, once the most widely distributed land mammal in the wood, has vanished over much of its natural range in the northern hemisphere. Nobody knows how many wolves are left. From Scandinavia to Portugal, Italy to Israel and Iran to Nepal, the story is the same - only small, scattered populations of wolves can be found. Significant numbers remain only in Greece, Spain Northern Eurasia and the wilderness area of northern North America. In the southern half of North America, the species has all but disappeared. For centuries, the wolf was depicted in folklore and mythology as a shadowy, half-demonic beast and cunning predator. As a result, it was mercilessly hunted in an attempt to wipe out the species. Fortunately, public attitudes have changed dramatically over the years. Wolves, which for centuries were burdened with all that was bestial and dangerous in nature and ourselves, suddenly have become the symbols of vitality and wilderness.

Literature & Fiction

Peter Smith Pub Inc

Throughout the ages, The sheer magnificence and eerie grandeur of the aurora have evoked both fear and wonder. In this beautifully illustrated book, candace savage explores the myth and the science behind these amazing lights.
"These rays of light permanently affixed above the poles and only occasionally glimpsed in between are at the center of a great deal of folklore and scientific awe. Savage unravels much of the mystery surrounding the lights and accompanies her text with beautiful photographs." -- Science News
"A beautifully illustrated history of the ways people in various cultures have explained the aurora." -- Chicago Tribune

Aurora: The Mysterious Northern Lights

Sierra Club Books

One hundred color photographs shot by the best-selling author of Wolves pays tribute to the grace and beauty of the peregrine falcon, discussing the bird's recent history, its near extinction in the 1950s, and more.

Peregrine Falcons

Nature & Ecology

The 1996 Miss Universe telecast was seen by an estimated 600 million people in 60 countries around the world. Beauty Queens: A Playful History traces the evolution of the beauty pageant from its early days as a slightly scandalous display of feminine self-confidence to a much-mocked sexist spectacle to its recent return to tremendous international popularity. 
How did this quirky custom manage to become such a major cultural institution? When and where did the idea originate? (P. T. Barnum seems at least partly responsible.) And why have so many women eagerly participated as both spectators and contestants? Emphasizing the glory years between 1920 and 1970, Candace Savage offers entertaining yet thought-provoking answer to these questions while having great fun exploring every aspect of the pageant's curious history. Anyone who has ever sniffled as the winner wept tears of joy will thoroughly enjoy this lighthearted tribute.

Beauty Queens: A Playful History

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. (Canada)

Sports & Outdoors

Field Guides

Douglas & McIntyre / Not Applicable

Wild Cats: Lynx - Bobcats - Mountain Lions

Wild Cats: Lynx, Bobcats, Mountain Lions

Sterling

Hardback book with dust jacket. 64 pages. Lots of great photographs.

Born to be a cowgirl: A spirited ride through the old west

Douglas & McIntyre / Not Appli

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