Dr. Steven Amstrup, polar bear researcher and a voice calling for action on climate change. One of the twenty conservationists in WILD LIVES.
Dr. Jane Goodall calls Wild Lives inspiring and fascinating.
Today we are faced with the alarming possibility that as many as 50 percent of species alive will become extinct within this century. This statistic is so staggering that scientists have begun to refer to the twenty-first century as the “sixth extinction.” But while this is alarming, all hope is not lost; conservation experts across the globe are working tirelessly to preserve our planet for future generations. In Wild Lives, twenty of these pioneers share their stories via exclusive interviews. Coming from different countries, diverse cultures, and a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds and specializing in different species, all of these conservationists have an important characteristic in common: they have committed their lives to saving our planet and the majestic species that call it home. These esteemed contributors include:
Paul Hilton, Investigative Photojournalist of the Illegal Wildlife Trade, one of the 20 conservationists in Wild Lives
- Beverly and Dereck Joubert, National Geographic filmmakers and big cat experts
- Ric O’Barry, dolphin advocate and trainer of Flipper
- George Schaller, famed field biologist and author
- Yossi Leshem, Israeli ornithologist
- Dominique Bikaba, gorilla activist
- Paul Hilton, award-winning wildlife photographer
Passionate and inspiring, Wild Lives is an important and timely reminder of the beauty and fragility of our world and the obligation that every person has towards preserving it.
Now in many local bookstores.
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Death Spiral: A Faith Flores Science Mystery (Faith Flores Science Mysteries, 1)
Death Spiral, the first release from The Poisoned Pencil, is an edgy tale introducing sixteen year old Faith Flores. Faith Flores is a work in progress. She wants to go to college and study science, but she’s not exactly college material. Thanks to her junkie mom, Faith has never known a stable life. But when her mom drops dead, Faith is the only one who cries. The cops say it was an overdose, but Faith doesn’t buy it. Her search for the truth leads Faith from the drug houses and methadone clinics of North Philly to the million-dollar science labs of the pharmaceutical industry.
Available in many local bookstores.
First Place Winner of the National Federation of Press Women Fiction Award 2014
First Place Winner of the New Mexico Federation of Press Women Fiction Award 2014
Honorable Mention in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards for young-adult fiction 2014
Code Red (Faith Flores Science Mysteries, 2)
After nailing the murderer of her addict mom and proving that her detractors are full of it, seventeen-year- old Faith Flores is back for another kick-ass science mystery. She’s proud to be chosen for a summer internship at a research lab in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but once she arrives, complications abound. For one thing, Santa Fe is the birthplace of the father she’s never met, and for another, she clashes with a local environmentalist trying to pull the plug on the genetically modified chiles her new boss is engineering. She and violin prodigy, Clem, learn of a new teen drug called liquid gold while discreetly researching the family angle. The chip on Faith’s shoulder is still there, but so is her determination to uncover the truth when a girl she meets at a party dies from an overdose of liquid gold.
Now in many local bookstores.
Winner of the 2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for young-adult fiction
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