Search for the Golden Moon Bear: Science and Adventure in Pursuit of a New Species by Sy MontgomeryRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2.3 MbOverview: In recounting this eco-odyssey through Southeast Asia, Sy Montgomery combines a poet’s keen eye for observation with the intrepid spirit of a Victorian-era explorer. She travels through Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand with an […]
Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish Are Saving the World’s Largest Rainforest by Sy Montgomery (Author), Keith Ellenbogen (Photographer)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 125.5 MBOverview: Considered the “lungs of the world,” the Amazon provides a full fifth of the world’s oxygen, and every year unsustainable human practices destroy 2.7 million acres. What can be done to help? That’s […]
How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy MontgomeryRequirements: .ePUB reader, 45.4 MBOverview: National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals—her friends—who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green. Understanding someone who belongs to […]
The Hyena Scientist by Sy Montgomery, Nic BishopRequirements: .ePUB reader, 287.7 mbOverview: The Hyena Scientist sets the record straight about one of history’s most hated and misunderstood mammals, while featuring the groundbreaking, pioneering research of a female scientist in a predominately male field. As a scientist studying one of the only mammalian societies led entirely […]
The Curious Naturalist: Nature’s Everyday Mysteries by Sy Montgomery Requirements: .ePUB Reader | 571 kbOverview: Boston Globe nature columnist discusses the lovelorn messages sent by singing insects on autumn evenings, the messages contained in spiderwebs, the effects of winter snow on the way sound travels, the way all life depends on the unusual structure of […]