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When a family of bonobo apes who know American Sign Language are kidnapped from a language laboratory, their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show propels scientist Isabel Duncan, together with reporter John Thigpen, on a personal mission to rescue them. An entertaining book that calls into question our assumptions about these animals who share 99.4% of our DNA.
2) Whiteout
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When a canister of a deadly virus disappears and a lab technician starts bleeding from the eyes, Toni Gallo, the security director of a Scottish medical research firm, knows she has problems. When a Christmas Eve blizzard whips out of the north, a group meets in a remote family house: Stanley Oxenford, the research company's director, who has developed a drug to fight the virus; his children who have their eyes on the money it will bring; Toni Gallo...
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Mike Bowditch novels volume 4
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Minotaur Books
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First edition.
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English
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Investigating the senseless slaughter of five moose found on the estate of a wealthy animal rights activist, Game Warden Mike Bowditch finds the controversial case turning more sinister when the activist's daughter is killed in a suspicious accident, a situation that compels Bowditch to risk everything he cares about.
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Berkley Books
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"There is a "Dark Hunger" ... Juliette is a beautiful activist devoted to the liberation of animals from the foul and humid confines of a secret jungle lab. But what she has stumbled upon is an unexpected prisoner like none she has ever seen. Or touched. His name is Riordan De La Cruz, immortal Carpathian male, trapped and caged, his honor compromised, his desire for revenge only beginning. She will release him from his bonds. He will release her...
6) River run
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Delia Chavez Mystery volume 1
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Crooked Lane Books
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First edition.
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English
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"This waterfowl season, the hunters become the hunted... Newly promoted sheriff's deputy Delia Chavez has worked hard to get where she is. Without any family to speak of, law enforcement is all she has. But just a few days into her new job, Delia finds the body of a hunter washed up on the bank of the Willamette River missing his trigger finger. Soon, more bodies are found - all hunters without their trigger fingers. Waterfowl season often means clashes...
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Once an animal rights activist, now an amnesiac drifter, Andi Oliver wanders from one small Western town to the next. She takes a job at Klavan's pig farming facility and learns the gruesome truth about modern livestock management. As she begins to uncover darker secrets about Klavan's sister facility, BigSun, a stranger from her past comes to the surface, demanding information about which Andi has no memory.
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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First edition.
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English
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Amara loves bats, so when she learns there are none near her new home due to habitat loss, she overcomes her feelings of helplessness and inspires her community to take action. Includes facts about bats and bat houses.
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