A great ego is not an indicator of great intelligence. Very often, it is quite the opposite. And very often, it is the greatest egos who take control of government, business, and most aspects of life. With great egos often comes aggressiveness, and those not inflicted often step aside when the aggressive take over. Those who serve out of a sense of duty and a need to help others seem to be in the minority, and to them, conflict is something to be avoided, when possible.
This collection of true stories about grizzly and black bears in the greater southwest from the 1820s to present day demonstrates changing attitudes toward bears and the preservation of the animals and their habitats
This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear. A natural disaster leaves the young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly—she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland; but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza’s way of healing, most come to accept her. But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become their next leader sees her differences as a threat to his authority. He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge.
A WWII Nazi experiment with extinct life reconstitution is duplicated and perfected in the year 2000 with horrific results. In their attempt to play God they create a monster possessing a savage fury and a purpose of its own. The Beast threatens a small mountain community in Switzerland. Chief Detective Paul Soria and The Swiss Federal Police are faced with the urgency containing, eradicating and discovering the culprits behind the threat. Don't read this story alone at night, or if you decide to go hiking in the forest. "Rivetting, scary and a Pleistocene Park in its own right."
This is James Bateman's classic account of the history of animal traps which has become the standard work on the history of animal trapping. Animals of all kinds are covered, including mammals, birds, insects, fish and crustaceans.
Reading the West Longlist for Nonfiction No animal shakes the human consciousness quite like a bear, and few compare to the giant short-faced bears that stalked North America during the Pleistocene. Even among the mammoths and saber-toothed cats, they were a staggering sight: on all fours, the biggest would stare a six-foot person in the face and weigh close to a ton. On hind legs they towered more than ten feet, with jaws powerful enough to crush skulls and snap bones like twigs. The bears weren't invincible, however. Despite their size, they were swept off the planet in a mysterious wave of Ice Age extinctions more than ten thousand years ago, then mostly forgotten. Chasing the Ghost Bear is Mike Stark's journey into the bear's enigmatic story--its life, disappearance, and rediscovery--and those trying to piece it together today. An engaging guide through his intrepid search, Stark's story leads us from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles to a cornfield in Indiana, the far ends of the Arctic, the plains of Texas, and the swamps of Florida. Part natural history, part travelogue, and part meditation on extinction and loss, Chasing the Ghost Bear returns these magnificent beasts to their rightful place in our understanding of the world just an epoch past.
This discounted bundle contains the first four books in the Shadow For Hire LitRPG series, the first four books in the Kingdom LitRPG series and the first book in the Bitch Berserker series. Shadow For Hire series: Vivian is addicted to the largest, and most immersive, MMO on the market. All she wants to do is quest and loot. But things go wrong when she's inadvertently sucked into the 'meta' story line of the game, and she is no longer just a nameless player among billions - she's now a server champion in the making. The problem? She wants nothing to do with it. Book 1 - Shadow Gambit An impossible quest for a legendary item. Book 2 - Shadow Hunting The most powerful player in the gaming universe wants me dead. Book 3 - Shadow Wars I'm a loot-hunting adventurer, not a general. Book 4 - Shadow Blade A hallowed weapon hidden in a jungle hell. Kingdom Series: Robert was content with his life as a night-shift janitor. No stress, no worries, and no responsibilities. But this idyllic existence is turned upside down when he suddenly finds himself trapped inside a fantasy Role Playing Game. Confused and alone he must find a way to escape back to his own world and, more importantly, to his daughter. But to do that he must take up the biggest responsibility of all: To rule a kingdom. Book 1 - Kingdom Level One A broken kingdom for a reluctant king. Book 2 - Kingdom Level Two A baptism of fire for a neophyte king. Book 3 - Kingdom Level Three What is a king without a kingdom? Book 4 - Kingdom Level Four Kingdom Building 101 Bitch Berserker Trapped in a savage new reality I'm a kind and gentle person. Or should I say, I was... As an interstellar surveyor, my job is to find and explore new star systems at the very fringes of humankind's reach. There are no conflicts, or even stress – it's simply a career which allows me to quietly drift through the cosmos, enjoying its endless beauty. Then I found myself trapped on a world like no other. Dark, bloody and brutal, I had to adapt quickly to this new reality, or me and my crew would never get a chance to escape. My life quickly morphed from one of peace, to one of pure savagery. And as I carved a blood-soaked path across this realm of carnage, there was one horrifying fact about myself I needed to confront: Learning to kill was easy, but learning not to love it so much... now that's hard. litrpg, gamelit, cyberpunk, fantasy, science fiction, action, adventure, series, collection, bundle, omnibus, anthology
This bundle contains the first four books in the ongoing Shadow For Hire series. Book 1 - Shadow Gambit An impossible quest for a legendary item. I love questing for loot. And the more difficult the quest, the greater the reward. So when I'm offered a chance to retrieve the ultimate treasure of all, I signed up. Yet no one warned me the task would be impossible. Against overwhelming odds I'm also expected to defeat an ancient evil - one with the power of a god. But you know what? Some loot is worth risking it all. Book 2 - Shadow Hunting The most powerful player in the gaming universe wants me dead. Now I have a price on my head with tens of thousands of bounty hunters out to kill me. But I can only run for so long. I need to put an end to this madness once and for all. If I'm going to die, it will be on my own terms. The tables must be turned. Time to go hunting. Book 3 - Shadow Wars I'm a loot-hunting adventurer, not a general. I play online MMOs for exciting quests, to level my character and find cool loot. Not to lead armies. But now I have to fight a battle to get the quest item I desperately need. I've never commanded troops or built bases or strategized an attack more complex than a dungeon raid. When it comes to war, I'm a complete noob. Yet, defeat isn't an option. I've got to win or everything I've worked so hard for will be lost. So, they want a war? I'll give them one. Book 4 - Shadow Blade A hallowed weapon hidden in a jungle hell. Forced to prove my worthiness to an elite group of players, I must earn the right to enter one of the most notorious locations in the game. The Emerald Caldera has a fearsome reputation for chewing up would-be adventurers and quickly sending them back to the newbie zone. Filled with dungeon temples, monstrous beasts and dark-magic cults, the jungles of this mysterious island are deserving of respect. And I must plunge headlong into them because it is here where I can find the next elusive item in my Legendary Armor Set: The Shadow Blade litrpg, gamelit, fantasy, science fiction, cyberpunk, series, bundle, collection, action, adventure, female mc, anthology, omnibus, rpg, mmo, role playing game
