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2) Zoo
Author
Series
Zoo novels volume 1
Description
As coordinated attacks by animals against humans increase and escalate, young biologist Jackson Oz and ecologist Chloe Tousignant warn world leaders that soon there will be nowhere left for humans.
3) The inner life of animals: love, grief, and compassion : surprising observations of a hidden world
Author
Series
Mysteries of nature trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Presents a revelatory exploration of the diverse emotional intelligence of animals as demonstrated in stories about loving pigs, cheating magpies, scheming roosters, and rats who regret bad choices.
4) Hype: how scammers, grifters, and con artists are taking over the internet--and why we're following
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
The former "Vice" journalist and producer of the Netflix documentary, "Fyre," presents a revelatory examination of the con-artists, grifters, and scammers of the digital age that outlines recommendations for protecting consumers.
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
6 CDs (7 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An evaluation of the sources of illogical decisions explores the reasons why irrational thought often overcomes level-headed practices, offering insight into the structural patterns that cause people to make the same mistakes repeatedly.
Author
Description
"...Told through three distinct narrators?Dawn Chapman, the mission?s pretty, young ecologist; Linda Ryu, her bitter, scheming best friend passed over for E2; and Ramsay Roothorp, E2?s sexually irrepressible Wildman?The Terranauts brings to life an electrifying, pressured world in which connected lives are uncontrollably pushed to the breaking point. With characteristic humor and acerbic wit, T.C. Boyle indelibly inhabits the perspectives of the various...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
p2009
Physical Desc
8 CDs (8 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Both individuals and companies suffer from collective self-deception and blind spots in their thinking about the environment and their impact upon it. Goleman explains the role of psychology in these decision making processes.
Author
Description
"In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus--a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature--and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Sy Montgomery's popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, "Deep Intellect," about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death,...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
8 CDs (9 hrs., 20 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Join "America's funniest science writer" Mary Roach on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A grizzly bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? As she discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology....
Author
Description
Everyone worries about the collapse of bee populations. But what about wasps? Deemed the gangsters of the insect world, wasps are winged assassins with formidable stings. Conduits of Biblical punishment, provokers of fear and loathing, inspiration for horror movies: wasps are perhaps the most maligned insect on our planet. But do wasps deserve this reputation? Endless Forms opens our eyes to the highly complex and diverse world of wasps. Wasps are...
11) Por un día más
Author
Series
Publisher
FonoLibro
Pub. Date
p2007
Physical Desc
3 CDs (ca. 4 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Charles "Chick" Benetto, grieving over the death of his mother, uses alcohol as a crutch to deal with his loneliness, isolation, and depression and the disintegration of his life, until an encounter with his mother's ghost brings him new awareness and leads him to attempt to put his life back together.
12) Necessary People
Author
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
9 CDs (10 hrs. 30 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Stella Bradley and Violet Trapp meet in college, they know their roles: Stella in the spotlight, and Violet behind the scenes. After graduation, Violet lands a job in cable news and to a life where she's finally free from Stella's shadow. Until Stella decides to use her connections, beauty and charisma to land a job at the same network. But Violet isn't giving up so easily. As she and Stella strive for success, they each reveal just how far they'll...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
2017, ©2017
Physical Desc
8 CDs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Grand Central, Penn Station, Radio City Music Hall?for almost two decades, no place was safe from the man who signed his anonymous letters “FP” and left his lethal devices in phone booths, storage lockers, even tucked into the plush seats of movie theaters. His victims were left cruelly maimed. Tabloids called him “the greatest individual menace New York City ever faced.” In desperation, Police Captain Howard Finney sought the help of a little...
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