{"product_id":"b0bhpqt5b4","title":"Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Banff Centre Mountain Book Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by  The New Yorker ,  Economist , and  Science News  • A  Scientific American  Staff Favorite\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVivid and engrossing.…[A] celebration of beardom. —Richard Adams Carey,  Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA global exploration of the eight remaining species of bears—and the dangers they face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the eight remaining bear species are threatened with extinction. Some, such as the panda bear and the polar bear, are icons of the natural world; others, such as the spectacled bear and the sloth bear, are far less known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn  Eight Bears , journalist Gloria Dickie embarks on a globe-trotting journey to explore each bear’s story, whisking readers from the cloud forests of the Andes to the ice floes of the Arctic; from the jungles of India to the backwoods of the Rocky Mountain West. She meets with key figures on the frontlines of modern conservation efforts—the head of a rescue center for sun and moon bears freed from bile farms, a biologist known as Papa Panda, who has led China’s panda-breeding efforts for almost four decades, a conservationist retraining a military radar system to detect and track polar bears near towns—to reveal the unparalleled challenges bears face as they contend with a rapidly changing climate and encroaching human populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWeaving together ecology, history, mythology, and a captivating account of her travels and observations, Dickie offers a closer look at our volatile relationship with these magnificent mammals. Engrossing and deeply reported,  Eight Bears  delivers a clear warning for what we risk losing if we don’t learn to live alongside the animals that have shaped our cultures, geographies, and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52830738415832,"sku":"YSL49054","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/819_iol4JpL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793193055","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b0bhpqt5b4","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}