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  Monkey magic : the curse of Mukada

  by Grant S. Clark

  Are the orangutans of Mukada falling sick because there are just too many of them? Something doesn't sound right about the park wardenÆs explanation, and eleven-and-a-half-year-old Romy discovers she has been given mysterious powers to work out why. An encounter with a prank-loving family of apes leads her to realize that she alone can help break a curse that has brought suffering to generations of orangutans.
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  Shamanka

  by Jeanne Willis

  What is magic? What is illusion? What is real? Step into the extraordinary world of Sam Khaan, who has just discovered a witch doctor's notebook in her attic. Convinced that it belongs to her long-lost father - the son of a witch doctor - she sets out on a journey to discover the answers to these questions. In her encounters with diviners and healers, conjurers and mystics, Sam learns the truth about magic the... (more)
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  Life of Pi

  by Yann Martel

  Life of Pi is a fantasy novel about a boy stranded in a lifeboat with a 450-pound Bengal Tiger after a shipwreck. Pi Patel's father runs a zoo in Pondicherry - a former French colony in India - but decides to migrate to Canada along with his family and assorted zoo animals due to political tensions. However, their voyage is abruptly cut short when Tsimtsum - their Japanese cargo ship - sinks in the Pacific during... (more)
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  A Dark Place in the Jungle

  Science, Orangutans, and Human Nature

  by Linda Spalding

  Spalding travels to Borneo's threatened jungles on the trail of orangutan researcher Birute Galdikas. What she finds is an unholy mix of foreign scientists, government workers, tourists, loggers, descendants of Dayak headhunters, Javanese gold miners, and half-tame orangutans. In 1971, Galdikas went into the jungle to study orangutans and decades later emerged with a rundown empire crumbling around her. ... (more)
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  Underwear!

  by Mary Elise Monsell

  "Just a'struttin' and a'prancin' and bedecked to beat the band in heart-splattered drawers comes Bismark the Buffalo--but only after a remarkable metamorphosis . . . Munsinger's zany pen-and-ink perky-colored illustrations are a perfect foil for the text. . . . A great read-aloud choice."--Booklist.
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  The Red Ape: Orangutans and Human Origins

  by Jeffrey H. Schwartz

  We've all heard that chimpanzees are our closest relatives - that, in fact, they share 98% of their genes with us. But what evidence supports these often-repeated commonplaces? Very little, concludes physical anthropologist Jeffrey Schwartz. In his keenly insightful demolition of conventional wisdom on the family relationships between apes and humans, Schwartz provides a fresh examination of fossil evidence,... (more)
• Reflections of Eden My Years with the Orangutans of BorneoBirute M.F. Galdikas

  

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  Reflections of Eden My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo

  by Birute M.F. Galdikas

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  Thinkers of the Jungle

  by Gerd Schuster, Willie Smits, Jay Ullal

  We all recognize these highly intelligent and impressive animals - orangutans. But very few people know anything about their habits and how they live. Around 6,000 of these animals die every year; they are among the world's most endangered species. This book reveals the truth abouth the tragedy besetting the jungles of Borneo and Sumatra. The breathtaking and moving photographs cannot fail to trigger a strong... (more)
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  The Intimate Ape: Orangutans and the Secret Life of a Vanishing Species

  by Shawn Thompson

  "Kusasi is a three-hundred-pound male who could rip your arms and legs off like daisy petals if he wanted. Princess was taught sign language by a researcher and had a limited ability to combine vocabulary. . .." For centuries the shaggy red orangutan lived in peaceful seclusion in the jungles of Southeast Asia and kept the ancient secrets about its quiet, contemplative nature. But that time has come to an end,... (more)
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  Duckie Dan The Traveling Man

  by Penelope A. Riley

  Meet Duckie Dan, a cute furry little duck, who has a desire to travel and have lots of friends. Dan is mischievous and sometimes his curiosity gets him into trouble on his journeys. An unscheduled trip inside a candy factory leaves him a little gooey. Dan is an only-child and seeks out others to join him and enjoy his life with granny. Grandma Hattie made the mistake of saying, "There is always room for one... (more)
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  Borneo Tom: Stories and Sketches of Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia

  Science Teacher Tom McLaughlin battled a rare neurological disease to a stand still, packed up his life and moved to Malaysian Borneo from a Washington D.C. suburb. Landing in Kuching, he quickly learned the Malay language and involved himself in projects which includes orangutan rehabilitation and research about the famed naturalist, Alfred Wallace, whose thunder was stolen by Charles Darwin. These actions... (more)
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  Insane City

  by Dave Barry

  A dark comic masterpiece—the first solo adult novel in more than a decade from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times–bestselling author. Seth Weinstein knew Tina was way out of his league in pretty much any way you could imagine, which is why it continued to astonish him that he was on the plane now for their destination wedding in Florida. The Groom Posse had already sprung an airport prank on him, and... (more)
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  In Search of The Red Ape

  by John MacKinnon

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  The Misadventures of Ori-Tang

  by Sandy Stern

  Ori Tang is a young, mischievous orangutan who wants to explore every inch of his rain forest home. There are many hidden dangers in the jungle, and Ori s misadventures cause endless worry for his parents, Teena and King Tang. One day Ori disappears. Did he fall from a tree? Perhaps he was bitten by a poisonous snake. Or maybe he was caught by a mysterious tiger! How are the Tangs ever going to find and rescue... (more)