Narwhals: Arctic Whales in a Melting World

7 best books like Narwhals: Arctic Whales in a Melting World (Todd McLeish): The Boat People, China Dolls, Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks, Swimming with Orca: My Life with New Zealand's Killer Whales, Whitethorn Woods, Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love, and Language from the Insect World, Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons

The Boat People

Author

Sharon Bala

When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches Vancouver's shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can finally start a new life. Instead, the group is thrown into a detention processing center, with government...

China Dolls

Author

Lisa See

An exciting new novel set in the "Chop Suey Circuit" of San Francisco right before World War II, from the beloved bestselling author of Snowflower and the Secret Fan and Shanghai Girls.

In 1938, Ruby, Helen and Grace, three girls from very different backgrounds, find themselves competing...

Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks

Author	Juliet Eilperin
ISBN	0375425128

A group of traders huddles around a pile of dried shark fins on a gleaming white floor in Hong Kong. A Papua New Guinean elder shoves off in his hand-carved canoe, ready to summon a shark with ancient magic. A scientist finds a rare shark in Indonesia and forges a deal with villagers so it and other species...

Swimming with Orca: My Life with New Zealand's Killer Whales

Author

Ingrid Visser

The inspiring stories of Dr Ingrid Visser's encounters with orca. Called orca by some, and killer whales by others, these mysterious animals have become part of Ingrid's life. She has got to know many orca by sight and calls them her friends. Her experiences with orca challenge their fearsome reputation:...

Whitethorn Woods

Author	Maeve Binchy
ISBN	0307265781

Maeve Binchy once again brings us an enchanting book full of the wit, warmth, and wisdom that have made her one of the most beloved and widely read writers at work today.
When a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods, everyone has a passionate opinion...

Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love, and Language from the Insect World

Author

Marlene Zuk

Insects have inspired fear, fascination, and enlightenment for centuries. They are capable of incredibly complex behavior, even with brains often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activity— personality, language, childcare—with completely different...

Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons

Author	Gerald Durrell
ISBN	0671507575

On this speck of volcanic soil in the middle of a vast sea, a complete, unique and peaceful world was created slowly and carefully. It waited there for hundreds of thousands of years for an annihilating invasion of voracious animals for which it was totally unprepared, a cohort of rapacious beasts led...