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  Grayson

  by Lynne Cox

  Grayson is Lynne Cox’s first book since Swimming to Antarctica (“Riveting”— Sports Illustrated ; “Pitch-perfect”— Outside ). In it she tells the story of a miraculous ocean encounter that happened to her when she was seventeen and in training for a big swim (she had already swum the English Channel, twice, and the Catalina Channel). It was the dark of early morning; Lynne was in 55-degree water as smooth as... (more)
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  The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood

  by Sy Montgomery

  “Christopher Hogwood came home on my lap in a shoebox. He was a creature who would prove in many ways to be more human than I am.” –from The Good Good Pig A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, Sy Montgomery had always felt more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly opened her heart to a sick piglet who had been crowded away from... (more)
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  Stories Rabbits Tell: A Natural and Cultural History of a Misunderstood Creature

  by Susan E. Davis

  Revered as a symbol of fertility, sexuality, purity and childhood, beloved as a children's pet and widely represented in the myths, art, and collectibles of almost every culture, the rabbit is one of the most popular animals known to humans. Ironically, it has also been one of the most misunderstood and abused. Indeed, the rabbit is the only animal that our culture adores as a pet, idolizes as a storybook hero,... (more)