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1) Tarsiers
Author
Series
Publisher
Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Tarsiers are animals unlike any other, and curious and reluctant readers alike will be captivated by these exceptional creatures' life cycle, habitats, diet, and threats to survival through carefully leveled text, detailed infographics that emphasize visual literacy, and engaging, colorful photography"--
4) Smithy
Author
Series
Smithy novels volume 1
Publisher
Inkshares
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the tumultuous summer of 1974, in the shadowy rooms of a rundown mansion in Rhode Island, renowned psychologist Dr. Piers Preis-Herald brings together a group of seven collegiate researchers to study the inner lives of man's closest relative--the primate. They set out to teach their subject, who would eventually be known to the world as Smithy, American Sign Language. But as the summer deepens and the history of the mansion manifests, the messages...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story about the origins of Ebola, a highly infectious and deadly virus from the central African rainforest and its arrival on U.S. soil in 1989. When this killer suddenly appeared in monkeys in a scientific research lab in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., there was no known cure.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Like an urban Dian Fossey, Wednesday Martin decodes the primate social behaviors of Upper East Side mothers in a brilliantly original and witty memoir about her adventures assimilating into that most secretive and elite tribe. After marrying a man from the Upper East Side and moving to the neighborhood, Wednesday Martin struggled to fit in. Drawing on her background in anthropology and primatology, she tried looking at her new world through that...
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