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The Life Story of a Black Bear

A captivating journey through the wild world of black bears

by Harry Perry Robinson ...

In "The Life Story of a Black Bear," Harry Perry Robinson crafts a poignant narrative that anthropomorphizes the trials and triumphs of a black bear navigating the complexities of its natural habitat. Through vivid descriptions and rich, evocative imagery, Robinson employs a blend of realistic and fantastical elements, inviting readers to immerse themselves in a world that reflects both the beauty ... Read more

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In "The Life Story of a Black Bear," Harry Perry Robinson crafts a poignant narrative that anthropomorphizes the trials and triumphs of a black bear navigating the complexities of its natural habitat. Through vivid descriptions and rich, evocative imagery, Robinson employs a blend of realistic and fantastical elements, inviting readers to immerse themselves in a world that reflects both the beauty
... Read more
Black Bear

A Story of Siblinghood and Survival

by Trina Moyles ...

A dazzling memoir about one woman's coexistence with bears in the boreal forest and a singular meditation on sibling loss.When Trina Moyles was five years old, her father, a wildlife biologist known in Peace River as "the bear guy," brought home an orphaned black bear cub for a night before sending it to the Calgary Zoo. This brief but unforgettable encounter spurred Trina’s lifelong fascination ... Read more

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A dazzling memoir about one woman's coexistence with bears in the boreal forest and a singular meditation on sibling loss.When Trina Moyles was five years old, her father, a wildlife biologist known in Peace River as "the bear guy," brought home an orphaned black bear cub for a night before sending it to the Calgary Zoo. This brief but unforgettable encounter spurred Trina’s lifelong fascination
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Grizzly Heart

Living Without Fear Among the Brown Bears of Kamchatka

by Charlie Russell ...

An absorbing first-hand account of living with bears, from the acclaimed author of The Spirit Bear.To many people, grizzlies are symbols of power and ferocity -- creatures to be feared and, too often, killed. But Charlie Russell, who has had a forty-year relationship with bears, holds the controversial belief that it is possible to live with and truly understand bears in the wild. And for five ... Read more

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An absorbing first-hand account of living with bears, from the acclaimed author of The Spirit Bear.To many people, grizzlies are symbols of power and ferocity -- creatures to be feared and, too often, killed. But Charlie Russell, who has had a forty-year relationship with bears, holds the controversial belief that it is possible to live with and truly understand bears in the wild. And for five
... Read more
Black Bruin: The Biography of a Bear

A Wild Tale of Nature's Majesty

by Clarence Hawkes ...

In "Black Bruin: The Biography of a Bear," Clarence Hawkes presents a poignant and immersive account of the life of a bear, skillfully blending anthropomorphism with naturalistic detail. Written in the early 20th century, the book embodies the era's fascination with wildlife and the interplay between humanity and nature. Hawkes employs a lyrical prose style that not only captures the essence of ... Read more

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In "Black Bruin: The Biography of a Bear," Clarence Hawkes presents a poignant and immersive account of the life of a bear, skillfully blending anthropomorphism with naturalistic detail. Written in the early 20th century, the book embodies the era's fascination with wildlife and the interplay between humanity and nature. Hawkes employs a lyrical prose style that not only captures the essence of
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Talking with Bears

Conversations with Charlie Russell

by G. A. Bradshaw ...

"Extraordinary . . . [this] series of true stories about the authentic nature of bears reveals them as the sensitive and intelligent beings they are." ―Carl Safina, New York Times– bestselling author of Becoming Wild and Beyond WordsGrizzly bears have long been feared as unpredictable and dangerous. But one man, Charlie Russell, was key in breaking do... ... Read more

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"Extraordinary . . . [this] series of true stories about the authentic nature of bears reveals them as the sensitive and intelligent beings they are." ―Carl Safina, New York Times– bestselling author of Becoming Wild and Beyond WordsGrizzly bears have long been feared as unpredictable and dangerous. But one man, Charlie Russell, was key in breaking do...
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Down From The Mountain

The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear

by Bryce Andrews ...

The story of a grizzly bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing character of the American West.An "ode to wildness and wilderness" (Outside Magazine), Down from the Mountain tells the story of one grizzly in the changing Montana landscape.Millie was cunning, a fiercely protective mother to her cubs. But raising those cubs in the mountains was hard, as ... Read more

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The story of a grizzly bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing character of the American West.An "ode to wildness and wilderness" (Outside Magazine), Down from the Mountain tells the story of one grizzly in the changing Montana landscape.Millie was cunning, a fiercely protective mother to her cubs. But raising those cubs in the mountains was hard, as
... Read more
Hunting the Tiger, Bear, and Rhinoceros in Colonial India, the Big Game Hunting Experiences of Colonel Fitzwilliam

by Fitzwilliam Thomas Pollok ...

"The next moment a tiger sprang clean off the ground, and seized hold of the lower bar of it with both teeth and claws. There was a crash, the elephant fell on to its side ..."Col. Fitzwilliam Thomas Pollok (1832 – 1909) served in the British military in India from the mid-1850s, stationed in Burma for 13 years and Assam for 7. He was an avid big game hunter, travelled extensively in the ... Read more

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"The next moment a tiger sprang clean off the ground, and seized hold of the lower bar of it with both teeth and claws. There was a crash, the elephant fell on to its side ..."Col. Fitzwilliam Thomas Pollok (1832 – 1909) served in the British military in India from the mid-1850s, stationed in Burma for 13 years and Assam for 7. He was an avid big game hunter, travelled extensively in the
... Read more
In the Eye of the Wild

by Nastassja Martin ...

Translated by Sophie R. Lewis ...

After enduring a vicious bear attack in the Russian Far East's Kamchatka Peninsula, a French anthropologist undergoes a physical and spiritual transformation that forces her to confront the tenuous distinction between animal and human.In the Eye of the Wild begins with an account of the French anthropologist Nastassja Martin’s near fatal run-in with a Kamchatka bear in the mountains of Siberia. ... Read more

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After enduring a vicious bear attack in the Russian Far East's Kamchatka Peninsula, a French anthropologist undergoes a physical and spiritual transformation that forces her to confront the tenuous distinction between animal and human.In the Eye of the Wild begins with an account of the French anthropologist Nastassja Martin’s near fatal run-in with a Kamchatka bear in the mountains of Siberia.
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The Twenty-Ninth Day

Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra

by Alex Messenger ...

A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure, but after he is mauled by a grizzly bear, it’s all about staying alive.This true-life wilderness survival epic recounts seventeen-year-old Alex Messenger’s near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra. The story follows Alex and his five companions as they ... Read more

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A six-hundred-mile canoe trip in the Canadian wilderness is a seventeen-year-old’s dream adventure, but after he is mauled by a grizzly bear, it’s all about staying alive.This true-life wilderness survival epic recounts seventeen-year-old Alex Messenger’s near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra. The story follows Alex and his five companions as they
... Read more
Modoc

True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived

by Ralph Helfer ...

"Once I started this incomparable story, I couldn't put it down, and I cannot get it out of my mind—nor will I ever. The message of what can be accomplished by training through affection and joy will thrill all animal lovers." —Betty WhiteA captivating true story of loyalty, friendship, and high adventure that spans several decades and three continents, Modoc is an unforgettable piece of ... Read more

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"Once I started this incomparable story, I couldn't put it down, and I cannot get it out of my mind—nor will I ever. The message of what can be accomplished by training through affection and joy will thrill all animal lovers." —Betty WhiteA captivating true story of loyalty, friendship, and high adventure that spans several decades and three continents, Modoc is an unforgettable piece of
... Read more
How to Survive a Bear Attack

A Memoir

by Claire Cameron ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2025 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTION • Named a Best Book of 2025 by The Globe and Mail • CBC • Spotify • The Hill TimesIn this debut memoir from the bestselling author of The Bear and The Last Neanderthal, Claire Cameron confronts the rare genetic mutation that gave her cancer by investigating an equally rare and terrifying event—a predatory ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE 2025 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTION • Named a Best Book of 2025 by The Globe and Mail • CBC • Spotify • The Hill TimesIn this debut memoir from the bestselling author of The Bear and The Last Neanderthal, Claire Cameron confronts the rare genetic mutation that gave her cancer by investigating an equally rare and terrifying event—a predatory
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In the Company of Bears

What Black Bears Have Taught Me about Intelligence and Intuition

by Benjamin Kilham ...

**WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF BLACK BEARS.“Surely the most insightful book about animals written in the last 100 years. His observation of black bears is the best ever done.” —Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs“Like Jane Goodall’s studies of chimps, Ben Kilham’s work with black bears . . . will transform our understanding of how animals live—and how science should be done.” ... Read more

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**WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF BLACK BEARS.“Surely the most insightful book about animals written in the last 100 years. His observation of black bears is the best ever done.” —Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs“Like Jane Goodall’s studies of chimps, Ben Kilham’s work with black bears . . . will transform our understanding of how animals live—and how science should be done.”
... Read more
Smiling Bears

A Zookeeper Explores the Behavior and Emotional Life of Bears

by Else Poulsen ...

An award-winning zookeeper, author, and bear expert shares the insights she has gleaned from a career spent working with the majestic animals.Few people have known bears as intimately as Else Poulsen has. This remarkable book reveals the many insights about bears and their emotional lives that she has gained through her years of work with them. Always approaching each bear with the same two ... Read more

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An award-winning zookeeper, author, and bear expert shares the insights she has gleaned from a career spent working with the majestic animals.Few people have known bears as intimately as Else Poulsen has. This remarkable book reveals the many insights about bears and their emotional lives that she has gained through her years of work with them. Always approaching each bear with the same two
... Read more
Milk & Mocha Comics Collection

Our Little Happiness

by Melani Sie ...

Celebrate life’s smallest, sweetest moments with Milk, Mocha, and their tiny dinosaur companion, Matcha. This full-color collection is a treasury of the internet’s favorite bears, adored by millions around the world.Fall in love all over again with Milk and Mocha, the charming bears with opposite personalities whose tender moments and silly antics have made them an international sensation.This ... Read more

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Celebrate life’s smallest, sweetest moments with Milk, Mocha, and their tiny dinosaur companion, Matcha. This full-color collection is a treasury of the internet’s favorite bears, adored by millions around the world.Fall in love all over again with Milk and Mocha, the charming bears with opposite personalities whose tender moments and silly antics have made them an international sensation.This
... Read more
Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye

A Family Field Trip to the Arctic's Edge in Search of Adventure, Truth, and Mini-Marshmallows

by Zac Unger ...

In this humorous mix of travelogue and memoir, a writer temporarily moves his California family north to Canada's Polar Bear Capital of the World.Welcome to Churchill, Manitoba. Year-round human population: 943. Yet despite the isolation and the searing cold here at the arctic's edge, visitors from around the globe flock to the town every fall, driven by a single purpose: to see polar bears in the ... Read more

$13.67 USD

In this humorous mix of travelogue and memoir, a writer temporarily moves his California family north to Canada's Polar Bear Capital of the World.Welcome to Churchill, Manitoba. Year-round human population: 943. Yet despite the isolation and the searing cold here at the arctic's edge, visitors from around the globe flock to the town every fall, driven by a single purpose: to see polar bears in the
... Read more
Mauled

Lessons Learned from a Grizzly Bear Attack

by Crosbie Cotton ...

An inspiring true-life survival story set in the remote backcountry of the Canadian Rockies.In August 2017, 32-year-old Jeremy Evans endured multiple ferocious attacks by a protective female grizzly bear while hunting in the Alberta wilderness.Jeremy’s injuries were massive, his scalp and face destroyed, an eye and his jaw dangling down. The tendons on one leg had been fully severed during the ... Read more

$8.90 USD

An inspiring true-life survival story set in the remote backcountry of the Canadian Rockies.In August 2017, 32-year-old Jeremy Evans endured multiple ferocious attacks by a protective female grizzly bear while hunting in the Alberta wilderness.Jeremy’s injuries were massive, his scalp and face destroyed, an eye and his jaw dangling down. The tendons on one leg had been fully severed during the
... Read more
Buddhism For Bears

by Chris Riddell ...

Bears are seriously underestimated creatures when it comes to spirituality and religious feeling. For the first time, this book recognises their huge potential and offers ursine students of Buddhism everywhere the opportunity to focus their skills and follow the path to enlightenment. From the meditation to the essential concepts of Zen, all the fundamentals are set out here in a series of concise ... Read more

$6.56 USD

Bears are seriously underestimated creatures when it comes to spirituality and religious feeling. For the first time, this book recognises their huge potential and offers ursine students of Buddhism everywhere the opportunity to focus their skills and follow the path to enlightenment. From the meditation to the essential concepts of Zen, all the fundamentals are set out here in a series of concise
... Read more
Wojtek the Bear

Polish War Hero

by Aileen Orr ...

The "hilarious and moving" true story of one of the Second World War's most unusual combatants—a 500-pound cigarette-smoking, beer-drinking brown bear ( Scotsman).Purchased as an orphaned cub by a Polish solider in Iran in 1942, and eventually adopted as a mascot by the Polish Army, Wojtek the Bear took on a more practical role as he grew, carrying heavy mortar rounds for the troops and going on ... Read more

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The "hilarious and moving" true story of one of the Second World War's most unusual combatants—a 500-pound cigarette-smoking, beer-drinking brown bear ( Scotsman).Purchased as an orphaned cub by a Polish solider in Iran in 1942, and eventually adopted as a mascot by the Polish Army, Wojtek the Bear took on a more practical role as he grew, carrying heavy mortar rounds for the troops and going on
... Read more
Just Bear Photos! Big Book of Photographs & Pictures of Brown, Grizzly, Polar, and Black Bears, Vol. 1

by Big Book of Photos ...

This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired! ... Read more

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This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!
... Read more
100 Facts About Pandas

by David O'Doherty, Claudia O'Doherty, Mike Ahern ...

**Pandas are irresistible and people think they know a lot about them. But only the true panda expert knows:-The age of a panda can be determined by measuring the distance between its nipples-In Egyptian hieroglyphics, the panda symbol means "notwithstanding"-Prince's song "Purple Rain" was inspired by the mixed emotions he feels about pandas**Smart, funny, and chock-full of panda pictures, 100 ... Read more

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**Pandas are irresistible and people think they know a lot about them. But only the true panda expert knows:-The age of a panda can be determined by measuring the distance between its nipples-In Egyptian hieroglyphics, the panda symbol means "notwithstanding"-Prince's song "Purple Rain" was inspired by the mixed emotions he feels about pandas**Smart, funny, and chock-full of panda pictures, 100
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Through the Wilderness

My Journey of Redemption and Healing in the American Wild

by Brad Orsted ...

Award-winning Yellowstone photographer and documentary filmmaker Brad Orsted's seven-year search for refuge and redemption in America's greatest wilderness.When Brad Orsted's fifteen-month-old daughter, Marley, died mysteriously at the home of Brad's mother, he descended into madness. Blaming himself, he plunged into an abyss of grief, guilt, and self-recrimination, fueled by prescription drugs ... Read more

$11.69 USD

Award-winning Yellowstone photographer and documentary filmmaker Brad Orsted's seven-year search for refuge and redemption in America's greatest wilderness.When Brad Orsted's fifteen-month-old daughter, Marley, died mysteriously at the home of Brad's mother, he descended into madness. Blaming himself, he plunged into an abyss of grief, guilt, and self-recrimination, fueled by prescription drugs
... Read more
Black Bear Hunting: Part 3 - Hunting With Hounds

The Ultimate Reference

by Richard P Smith ...

Part 3 of 6 about Black Bear Hunting. Most of this book is about black bear hunting with hounds, but part of the chapter about the advantages of trail cameras also applies to hunting over bait. All aspects of dogging bears are covered, including training bear dogs, and there’s a chapter about a pioneer houndman who probably killed more bruins ahead of dogs than any other person when he worked for ... Read more

$3.56 USD

Part 3 of 6 about Black Bear Hunting. Most of this book is about black bear hunting with hounds, but part of the chapter about the advantages of trail cameras also applies to hunting over bait. All aspects of dogging bears are covered, including training bear dogs, and there’s a chapter about a pioneer houndman who probably killed more bruins ahead of dogs than any other person when he worked for
... Read more
A Journey Throughout Time: a Collection of Poems

by Melissa Sherry ...

The book takes you to the life of a poet and her experiences of past, present, and future. Step into the poet’s shoes and dive into her memories. ... Read more

$3.59 USD

The book takes you to the life of a poet and her experiences of past, present, and future. Step into the poet’s shoes and dive into her memories.
... Read more
Bear Witness

by Mandy Haggith ...

Moving, intelligent and quietly passionate.' - AL Kennedy. The brutal shooting of a bear cub galvanises ecologist Callis MacArthur into becoming an activist. Dreaming of bears roaming free - even in Scotland, a thousand years after their disappearance - she finds herself exploring Europe's remotest forests and meeting colourful characters who are as passionate about nature as she is. But as she ... Read more

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Moving, intelligent and quietly passionate.' - AL Kennedy. The brutal shooting of a bear cub galvanises ecologist Callis MacArthur into becoming an activist. Dreaming of bears roaming free - even in Scotland, a thousand years after their disappearance - she finds herself exploring Europe's remotest forests and meeting colourful characters who are as passionate about nature as she is. But as she
... Read more

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