The Urban Bestiary witch & wizard

The Urban Bestiary witch & wizardFrom the bestselling author of Crow Planet, a compelling journey into the secret lives of the wild animals at our back door. In The Urban Bestiary, acclaimed nature writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt journeys into the heart of the everyday wild, where coyotes, raccoons, chickens, hawks, and humans live in closer proximity than ever before. Haupt's observations bring compelling new questions to light: Whose "home" is this? Where does the wild end and the city

on nearly every possible continent

in spite of occasional cattle stealing raids

the other is a wallflower who buries herself in books and shies away from her privileged world

From snapping shrimp

and a keyboard-less handheld computer

Cataloging the complexities and frustrations of our carbon-intensive society with a dry sense of humor

Beloved #1 bestselling author James Patterson's debut middle-grade novel addresses some of middle schoolers' biggest issues: bullies

Peter has to buy time and do whatever it takes to keep his patients

compelling narratives in The Animal Dialogs focuses on the author's own encounter with a particular species and is replete with astonishing facts about the species' behavior

who wants to commit the "crime of the century

but all of that changes when he is brought to a small southern town to help uncover the mysteries behind a local woman's death—only to discover corruption and lies

In these eighteen stories discovered by one of L'Engle's granddaughters