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When Candace Savage and her partner buy a house near the Saskatchewan-Montana border, her naturalist's instinct propels her to explore the area. She takes pleasure in the Wild West setting, discovering hidden back roads, dinosaur skeletons at the discovery center, and fossils in the dust-dry hills. She also revels in her encounters with the land's wild inhabitants -- wolves, cougars and howling coyotes. But as Savage explores further, she uncovers a darker reality -- the little-known history of the Native people who were displaced from their homes, forced onto reserves, and deliberately starved -- and finds that she must reassess her own family's history as prairie sodbusters. Beautifully written and impeccably researched, A Geography of Blood offers both a shocking new version of Western history and an unforgettable portrait of the windswept, shining country of Cypress Hills, a holy place that helps us remember.
Crows
Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World {10th anniversary edition}
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
153 kr
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This revised and expanded edition of Candace Savage’s best-selling book about ravens and crows is enhanced by additional paintings, drawings, and photos, as well as a fascinating selection of first-person stories and poems about remarkable encounters with crows. In one story, a pack of crows brilliantly thwarts an attack by a Golden Eagle; in another, a mischievous crow rescues the author from grief. And in a third piece, after nursing a battered baby crow back to health until it flies off with other crows, Louise Erdrich hauntingly describes her altered awareness as she listens for the dark laugh” of crows while she works.Based on two decades of audacious research by scientists around the world, the book also provides an unprecedented, evidence-based glimpse into corvids’ intellectual, social, and emotional lives. But whether viewed through the lens of science, myth, or everyday experience, the result is always the same. These birds are so smartand so mysteriousthey take your breath away.
219 kr
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A renowned author investigates the dark and shocking history of her prairie house.When researching the first occupant of her Saskatoon home, Candace Savage discovers a family more fascinating and heartbreaking than she expectedNapoléon Sureau dit Blondin built the house in the 1920s, an era when French-speakers like him were deemed “undesirable” by the political and social elite, who sought to populate the Canadian prairies with WASPs only. In an atmosphere poisoned first by the Orange Order and then by the Ku Klux Klan, Napoléon and his young family adopted anglicized names and did their best to disguise their “foreignness.”In Strangers in the House, Savage scours public records and historical accounts and interviews several of Napoléon’s descendants, including his youngest son, to reveal a family story marked by challenge and resilience. In the process, she examines a troubling episode in Canadian history, one with surprising relevance today.Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute
216 kr
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Internationally celebrated nature writer Candace Savage presents the Corvid family— surprisingly bright, brassy, and colorful birds—in a remarkable collection of full-color, close-up photographs by some of the world’s best wildlife photographers.Birds have long been viewed as the archetypal featherbrains—beautiful but dumb. But according to naturalist Candace Savage, “bird brain,” as a pejorative expression, should be rendered obsolete by new research on the family of corvids: crows and their close relations.The ancients who regarded these remarkable birds as oracles, bringers of wisdom, or agents of vengeance were on the right track, for corvids appear to have powers of abstraction, memory, and creativity that put them on a par with many mammals, even higher primates. Bird Brains presents these bright, brassy, and surprisingly colorful birds in a remarkable collection of full-color, close-up photographs by some two dozen of the world’s best wildlife photographers.Savage’s lively, authoritative text describes the life and behavior of sixteen representative corvid species that inhabit North America and Europe. Drawing on recent research, she describes birds that recognize each other as individuals, call one another by “name,” remember and relocate thousands of hidden food caches, engage in true teamwork and purposeful play, and generally exhibit an extraordinary degree of sophistication.
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“A wonderful way to introduce young readers to the natural world that lurks just outside their windows.”—Globe BooksWill Franny ever prove to her dad that crows and kids can be friends?Franny has a new friend—a crow who brings her presents in its beak. Like a red button! And a silver heart! Franny’s dad doesn’t believe her. He says crows and kids can’t be friends. But Franny knows better. How will Franny prove her new playmate is real? And what will the crafty crow bring next?Award-winning author Candace Savage, whose crow expertise is lauded in popular books such as Bird Brains, motivates families to be present when exploring parks, backyards, balconies, city streets, beaches, and skies.Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute
185 kr
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Candace Savage’s acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated.Praise for the previous edition of Prairie: “Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature.”—Globe and MailThis revised edition of Prairie features a new preface along with updated research on the effects of climate change on an increasingly vulnerable landscape.It also offers new information on: · conservation of threatened species, including the black-tailed prairie dog and farmland birds; · grassland loss and conservation; · the health of rivers and the water table; · the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on prairie wetlands; · the benefits of regenerative agriculture. Illustrated with elegant black-and-white line drawings and maps, this award-winning tome continues to be a highly readable guide to understanding the ecology, geological history, biodiversity, and resilience of the prairies.
170 kr
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For kids with big questions comes a mesmerizing celebration of the universe and our place in it, perfect for STEM learning.The story of the universe is enough to send our minds spinning with wonder! This awe-inspiring picture book explores the science behind the start of our universe and how we came to be a part of it, from the Big Bang and the beginning of life on Earth all the way up until today.Designed for readers 4-8, Always Beginning includes:Science-based information on how the world was created, and how life on Earth startedFacts about our solar system and the Big Bang.Backmatter explaining the science, including a timeline of the origins of the universe through the ages of fish, reptiles, mammals, and humans.Told with reassuring warmth and mesmerizing art, Always Beginning captures the immensity and strangeness of our galaxy.
182 kr
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‘An inspiring book for potential biologists or young readers who want a lovely story about crows, beautifully illustrated.’—Armadillo Magazine‘A unique and interesting adventure with crows’—The Picture Book BuzzFor readers 9-12, get up close and personal with a clever corvid and discover the fascinating world of crows.Crows are all around us, shouting from lamp posts, poking around on lawns, and generally taking a bright-eyed interest in everything that moves. But most of us don’t know much about their lives. In How to Know a Crow, award-winning author Candace Savage invites us into the fascinating world of these big, brash, and surprisingly brainy birds.From the moment baby crow Oki pokes her egg tooth through her shell and emerges into her nest, we are her constant companions. As we follow her through the seasons of her life, we explore how crows see and sense the world.With How to Know a Crow, uncover the answers to questions such as:Do crows have families?How do crows communicate with one another?Do crows play?How can we interact with them?Featuring gorgeous illustrations from Rachel Hudson, How to Know a Crow is a memorable journey of discovery.Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute
185 kr
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A renowned author investigates the dark and shocking history of her prairie house.When researching the first occupant of her Saskatoon home, Candace Savage discovers a family more fascinating and heartbreaking than she expectedNapoléon Sureau dit Blondin built the house in the 1920s, an era when French-speakers like him were deemed “undesirable” by the political and social elite, who sought to populate the Canadian prairies with WASPs only. In an atmosphere poisoned first by the Orange Order and then by the Ku Klux Klan, Napoléon and his young family adopted anglicized names and did their best to disguise their “foreignness.”In Strangers in the House, Savage scours public records and historical accounts and interviews several of Napoléon’s descendants, including his youngest son, to reveal a family story marked by challenge and resilience. In the process, she examines a troubling episode in Canadian history, one with surprising relevance today.Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute
132 kr
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‘An inspiring book for potential biologists or young readers who want a lovely story about crows, beautifully illustrated.’—Armadillo Magazine‘A unique and interesting adventure with crows’—The Picture Book BuzzFor readers 9-12, get up close and personal with a clever corvid and discover the fascinating world of crows.Crows are all around us, shouting from lamp posts, poking around on lawns, and generally taking a bright-eyed interest in everything that moves. But most of us don’t know much about their lives. In How to Know a Crow, award-winning author Candace Savage invites us into the fascinating world of these big, brash, and surprisingly brainy birds.From the moment baby crow Oki pokes her egg tooth through her shell and emerges into her nest, we are her constant companions. As we follow her through the seasons of her life, we explore how crows see and sense the world.With How to Know a Crow, uncover the answers to questions such as:Do crows have families?How do crows communicate with one another?Do crows play?How can we interact with them?Featuring gorgeous illustrations from Rachel Hudson, How to Know a Crow is a memorable journey of discovery.Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute
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Winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for NonfictionA Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the YearBestselling author Candace Savage embarks on a profound and dramatic journey through the eloquent landscape of the northern Great Plains to reveal the haunting untold history of the land.When Candace Savage and her partner buy a house in the romantic little town of Eastend, Saskatchewan, she has no idea what awaits her. From their home on the edge of Eastend, they look out over the tawny sweep of the Frenchman River valley, watch swallows skim the water and deer graze at dusk, and wander among dinosaur bones. The prairie, which once seemed empty, begins to reveal itself as a living archive of history and fragile life.As Savage explores further, she uncovers a darker reality. Archaeological shards, old police forts, and Métis wintering sites lead her into the buried history of the northern plains: the deliberate slaughter of the buffalo, the Cypress Hills Massacre, whiskey forts and starvation camps, the forced herding of Indigenous Peoples onto reserves. Listening to Blackfoot and Assiniboine elders, Métis descendants, and the Nekaneet people who still claim the hills as home, she is compelled to confront the violence that made her own homesteading ancestry possible—and to rethink everything she thought she knew about “pioneer” courage and prairie progress.Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and imbued with Savage's passion for this place, A Geography of Blood braids memoir, natural history, and Indigenous testimony. Savage’s unforgettable portrait of the Cypress Hills and the surrounding plains offers both a shocking retelling of western Canadian history and an invitation to see the prairies with new eyes.