African
Elephants: A Celebration of Majesty
by Daryl Balfour (Photographer), et al.
Hardcover: 168 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.87 x 12.08 x 10.75
Publisher: Abbeville Press, Inc.;
ISBN: 0789203898
African
Elephants
by Reinhard Kunkel (Author)
Elephants, writes German wildlife photographer Reinhard Künkel,
are strange creatures. "Despite their size," he writes, "elephants by no
means claim undisputed precedence in all their dealings with other animals.
The privileges they might derive from their awesomeness and strength they
are often too gentle and peaceable to claim." Yet an elephant that makes
room for an annoyingly chiding pair of crested cranes one minute will defend
its territory against a curious human the next, and, as Künkel
relates, some of the images in this fine suite of photographs were the
result of hair-raising negotiations with elephants on their native turf.
Few wildlife photographers have worked in such close proximity with their
subjects, as he notes in some of the wry autobiographical vignettes that
open his book, and Künkel's 120-plus color plates capture
elephants in all aspects of their daily lives: eating, bathing, traveling,
playing, fighting, and, well, making other elephants. Künkel
has spent many years among elephants throughout East Africa, and his familiarity
with their ways affords his readers an exceptionally fine experience in
armchair nature travel. --Gregory McNamee - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 224 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.16 x 13.33 x 10.05
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams; Revised edition (April 1, )
ISBN: 0810919842
The
Asian Elephant : Ecology and Management
by Raman Sukumar
Paperback from Cambridge University Press
1993
The
Asian Elephant : An Action Plan for Its Conservation
Elephant Days & Elephant Nights
by Raman Sukumar
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Elephants2012 Calendar
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Calendars
The Asiatic Elephant (Wildlife, Habits & Habitat)
by William R. Sanford, Carl R. Green, Howard Schroeder
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Among
the Elephants
by Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Oria Douglas-Hamilton
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The
African Elephant: Twilight In Eden
by Roger L. DiSilvestro (Author)
Elephant
Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family
by Cynthia Moss
Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd);
Bonjour Babar!: The 6 Unabridged Classics by the Creator of Babar
by Jean De Brunhoff, Kevin Henkes (Introduction)
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for Children
Elephant
Destiny: Biography of an Endangered Species
by Martin Meredith
Hardcover from PublicAffairs
African
Elephants
by Reinhard Kunkel
from Harry N Abrams
African
Elephants: A Celebration of Majesty
by Daryl Balfour, Sharna Balfour, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, John Hanks,
Daphne Sheldrick
from Abbeville Press, Inc.
Why
Elephants Have Big Ears: Understanding Patterns of Life on Earth
by Chris Lavers
from St. Martin's Press
When
Elephants Paint: The Quest of Two Russian Artists to Save the Elephants
of Thailand
by Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid
Once revered as semidivine beings and collaborators in the hard work
of transporting goods and materials, Thailand's elephants have fallen on
hard times. With the destruction of their forested habitats, a consequent
nationwide ban on hardwood logging, and the decline of traditional agriculture
in the rapidly urbanizing country, their numbers have declined from tens
of thousands just a decade ago to only a few thousand today. Many of the
surviving elephants have been put to work in traveling circuses or used
for black-market labor, subject to overwork and all manner of abuse.
Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, Russian expatriates who have been
working together for more than 30 years, have a knack, writes art curator
Mia Fineman, for "transforming the solemn rituals of high art into high
comedy." It was with the utmost seriousness, however, that the two, on
reading of the elephants' plight, traveled to Thailand and established
the Thai Elephant Art School, through whose offices elephants create pop-art
masterpieces with palette, brush, and trunk. (Elephants, it seems, have
a well-known gift for the visual arts and, in the Thai case, adore the
work of Vasily Kandinsky.) Sold to collectors on the world market, pachyderm-painted
pieces generated $75,000 at a single early auction, the proceeds of which
were used to establish and maintain sanctuaries throughout Thailand.
Illustrated with elephantine artwork and more than 100 photographs documenting
Komar and Melamid's project, this book makes a wonderfully offbeat gift,
and one of a very good cause. --Gregory McNamee - Amazon.com
Paperback: 112 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.35 x
10.49 x 10.01
Publisher: Perennial; (November 7, )
ISBN: 0060953527
Elephant
Quest
by Ted Lewin, Betsy Lewin
Hardcover from HarperCollins
Elephants:
Majestic Creatures of the Wild (Mighty Creature Series)
by Jeheskel Shoshani (Editor), Frank Knight (Editor)
Elephants
: A Cultural and Natural History
Echo
Of The Elephants
Elephants
& Other Land Giants
The
Elephant Foot: Prevention and Care of Foot Conditions in Captive Asian
and African Elephants
by Blair A. Csuti (Editor) et al.
Elephants
Elephant
Crossing
The
Love Of Elephants
Mango
Elephants In The Sun: How Life In An African Village Let Me Be In My Skin
by Susana Herrera
A peaceworker's sojourn in Northern Cameroon
The
Eye of the Elephant : An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
by Mark James Owens, Cordelia Dykes Owens
Paperback from Mariner Books
1993
Silent Thunder : In the Presence of Elephants
by Katy Payne
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Elephants
(World Life Library)
by Joyce Poole
Paperback from Voyageur Press
Elephants
of Thailand in Myth, Art, and Reality
by Rita Ringis
Coming Of Age With Elephants: A Memoir
by Joyce Poole
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When
Elephants Weep
by Susan McCarthy, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Paperback: 291 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.73 x
8.03 x 5.28
Publisher: Delta;
ISBN: 0385314280
African Elephants: Giants of the Land
by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, Oria Douglas-Hamilton (Illustrator)
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Elephant Days & Elephant Nights: Ten Years With The Indian Elephant
by Raman Sukumar, George B. Schaller (Introduction)
Hardcover: 236 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.10 x
10.00 x 6.50
Publisher: Oxford University Press;
ISBN: 0195633482
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To The Elephant Graveyard
by Tarquin Hall
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The Astonishing Elephant
by Shana Alexander
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The Fate of the Elephant
by Douglas H. Chadwick
It's no longer news that animals are being driven to extinction at
an astonishing rate, with some scientists now estimating that 1,000 species
disappear each year. What is news is that the species are increasingly
familiar to us: lions, grizzly bears, gorillas, whales, black terns--and
elephants. In the 19th century, writes Douglas Chadwick in this superb
journalistic study, Africa boasted more than 10 million of the giant pachyderms;
there are fewer than half a million today, a situation mirrored in Asia.
The slaughter is largely the result of the illegal ivory trade, conducted
through such nations as Japan and Singapore, which ignore international
conventions to keep the barbarous supply rolling. Sanctions on those nations
are needed, says Chadwick--but so is much more. This sobering book offers
an encyclopedic look at the life history of the African and Asian elephants,
which, unless something is done now, may not be long for the world. Amazon.com
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Managing Elephants : An Introduction to Their Training and Management
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