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81) Healing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After eighteen years in prison, Viktor Khadem is a man who has almost given up on life. He is sentenced to Won Wron, a low-security, rural prison where Senior Officer Matt Perry has established a unique program to rehabilitate broken men by giving them the responsibility for the rehabilitation of injured raptors; beautiful, proud eagles, falcons and owls. Against all odds, Matt takes on Viktor as his number one test case, introducing him to Yasmine,...
82) Stellaluna
Series
Reading rainbow volume 108
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
LeVar discovers a mysterious and fascinating world of nocturnal animals, and explores the not-so-silent world of slumber and dreams.
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"'Competive bird watching' may sound like an oxymoron to you, but it makes perfect sense to the participants of The World Series of Birding, who convene for one day each spring to see which of the more than 120 international teams can identify the most bird species in 24 hours. The contest goes from midnight to midnight. The playing field is the state of New Jersey. Any vehicle except aircraft may be used. All birds counted must be alive and unrestrained....
Series
Those darn squirrels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
All is calm in Old Man Fookwire's yard until new neighbors, Little Old Lady Hu and her cat, Muffins, move in next door. Muffins is one mean dude! He terrorizes the birds, interrupts Fookwire's painting, and ties the squirrels' tails together. Fookwire is upset, but not nearly as upset as the squirrels, who devise an ingenious plan to stop Muffins cold.
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"In this collection of his greatest programs Jack ventures into the wild to meet crocodiles, rhinos, giraffes, elephants, hippos, lions and more! Jack's unique sense of humor and flair for adventure make this a family journey that is both exciting and educational."--Container.
88) The wild life
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
From the over-exuberant parrot Mak to the snack-obsessed tapir Rosie, from the persnickety echidna Epi to the acrobatic pangolin Pango, from the ditzy goat Scrubby to the commonsensical kingfisher Kiki and the always-cool chameleon Carmello, things are larger-than-life on a tropical isle that is pure wild animal paradise. Then Robinson Crusoe, a marooned human, arrives in the midst of a furious storm, and their lives are forever changed by this bewildering...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In 2002, the discovery of a beautiful and bizarre fossil astonished scientists and reignited the debate over the origin of flight. With four wings and superbly preserved feathers, the 130 million-year-old creature was like nothing paleontologists had ever seen before. In this program, Nova travels to the Chinese stone quarry where the fossil was discovered - a famed fossil treasure-trove - and teams up with the world's leading figures in paleontology,...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Melanie Daniels is a beautiful blonde who arrives in Bodega Bay in pursuit of the handsome and eligible Mitch Brenner. But love is not the only thing in the air when thousands of birds descend upon the town, attacking and terrorizing its residents. Soon Melanie and Mitch are fighting for their lives against a deadly, unexplainable force in this spine-tingling portrait of nature at its most powerful and ruthless.
91) Field biologist
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
22-year-old New Jerseyian Tyler Christensen decides to travel to Costa Rica to conduct conservation-oriented research on birds of the tropics, despite having no college degree nor scientific credentials.
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Standard version.
Language
English
Description
Butter battle book: The Zooks and the Yooks are at war over butter and bread--on which side should one spread? Each side is convinced their way of buttering is the best way around and they're willing to fight to prove it. Daisy-head Mayzie: Young Mayzie McGrew becomes a worldwide sensation when a daisy grows out of the top of her head, and everyone attempts to get rid of it. Horton hatches the egg: Mayzie, a very lazy bird, talks Horton into sitting...
94) Audubon
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Naturalist and nineteenth century painter, John James Audubon was one of the most remarkable men of early America. The program brings to life his timeless paintings with dazzling footage of the living birds he immortalized, and celebrates visually the natural world he described in his writings. Interviews reveal the man, explore his art, and put his groundbreaking work in modern perspective.
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
Description
Naturalist David Attenborough describes the evolution of bird feathers as well as territorial behavior, courtship display, navigation, and migration of birds. At the end of the program he speculates on the extinction of the dinosaurs and why birds failed to inherit the earth.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Sid in motion: Sid is trying out his new dance on his hardwood floors when he discovers that friction prevents him from sliding. When he plays ball, he quickly learns that if a ball doesn't have enough elasticity, it won't bounce. This calls for some investigating; after pretending to be 'Super Sid' by kicking the ball with all his might, Sid and his friends take a trip to the Science Center to investigate how using lots of force makes things move...
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