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Composers Austria Biography Human-animal relationships Humpback whale Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791 Mustang Training Starlings TRAVEL Special Interest Pets Video recordings for people with visual disabilities Video recordings for the hearing impaired Wild horse adoption IllinoisCox, Lynne
Summary: When Cox saw a video of a Newfoundland dog leaping from an airborne helicopter into Italian waters to save someone from drowning, she was captivated by the magnificence, physicality, and daring of the dog. She traveled to Italy's Lake Idroscalo, to witness the rigorous training of one of these spectacular dogs at SICS, the famed school that has taught hundreds of dog owners how to train their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 COXCox, Lynne
Summary: World-renowned swimmer and author Lynne Cox and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Brian Floca team up to bring us this inspiring story of an elephant seal who knew exactly where she belonged. Here is the incredible story of Elizabeth, a real-life elephant seal who made her home in the Avon River in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. When Elizabeth decides to stretch out across a two-lane...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COXCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE COXMichell, Tom.
Summary: "Whether as rugby team mascot or assistant swimming coach, the penguin known as Juan Salvador touches and transforms everyone he encounters, including Tom Michell, the young teacher who finds him and rescues him from an oil spill disaster. After a time, Juan Salvador (meaning "the saved one") receives a new name: Juan Salvado, or "the savior." Set against the turbulent world of political unrest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B MICHELL MICHaupt, Lyanda, Lynn
Summary: Explores the unlikely bond between the famous Austrian composer and his pet starling, providing an unexpected window into human-animal friendships, music, and the nature of creative inspiration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598 HAUSummary: A filmmaker investigates his traumatic encounter with a 30-ton humpback whale that breached and almost landed on him while he was kayaking. What he discovers raises far bigger questions about humans' relationship with whales and their future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WHABornstein, Mitchell.
Summary: Last Chance Mustang is the story of Samson, a formerly free-roaming, still wild-at-heart American mustang that was plucked from his mountainous Nevada home and thrown into the domestic horse world where he was brutalized and victimized. After years of abuse, Samson had evolved into a hateful and hated, maladjusted beast until the day he found his way to a rural Illinois farm, an ill-equipped...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2015