Tigers: A Portrait of the Animal World by Lee Server
Description: As intriguing as they are beautiful, tigers are one of the most mysterious creatures on Earth. Rapidly becoming rare in the wild, tigers are increasingly being found in the protection of wildlife reservations. Tigers: A Portrait of the Animal World presents the full life cycle of these misunderstood animals, from young playful cubs to the solitary elder. Lavishly illustrated, this specially priced book provides a comprehensive look at the tiger in all its glory with 80 full colour photographs.
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Fight for the Tiger: One Man's Fight to Save the Wild Tiger from Extinction by Michael Day
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Tiger's Destiny by Valmik Thapar
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Big Cats by Kit Coppard
Description: Here's a book all about pussy cats. Great big, wild pussy cats that are as spectacularly beautiful as they are ferocious. Kit Coppard combines striking photography with informative text to tell the story of these fierce and intelligent creatures that have fascinated and terrified mankind for centuries. Big Cats invites you into the world of panthers, tigers, lions and leopards so you may watch them hunt, feast, lounge and play - and gain a better understanding of their behaviour, physicality, history and, for some, potential extinction. A big, beautiful book for a wonderfully low price.
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Tigers by John Seidensticker
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Riding the Tiger: Tiger Conservation in Human-Dominated Landscapes by John Seidensticker
Description: Tigers have come under increased threat in recent years because of poaching, destruction of natural habitat and human interference. Conservation efforts must be put in place if they are to survive and thrive in the next century. Riding the Tiger is an accessible scientific examination of this conservation movement. Contributors include leading scientists and conservationists working in Asia to protect this noble animal. More than 200 photographs, diagrams and charts illustrate the dangers faced by this species and the efforts to save it.
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Spell of the Tiger: The Man-Eaters of the Sundarbans by Sy Montgomery
Description: Spell of the tiger tells us all about the peculiar relationship between tigers and their human prey. Sy Montgomery tells us how it feels to know that as a human being you are, to the tiger, merely a source of meat.
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Tale about a Tiger by S. J. Rozan
Description: Private investigator Lydia Chin infiltrates New York's Chinatown to stop a dealer in valuable, and illegally obtained, animal parts--the sexual organ of the male tiger, to be exact--believed to have miraculous powers in the mysterious world of Chinese medicine. The tiger, in danger of becoming extinct, is revered by the Chinese people. And Lydia Chin will do her best to stop the criminals in question
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The Year of the Tiger by Geoffrey C Ward & Michael Nichols
Description: A companion volume to the international "Save the Tiger" campaign celebrates the magnificent tigers of the wild in a series of stunning full-color photographs that also document the threats to their natural habitat.
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Tigers in the Snow by Peter Matthiessen
Description: In many Asian cultures, the Siberian tiger is a prized creature -- so valued, in fact, that its life means less than its body parts to some human beings. Peter Matthiessen provides readers with a fascinating history of this rare species and informs us about the threat of extinction in Tigers in the Snow. Beautifully photographed by Maurice Hornocker -- the founder of the Siberian Tiger project -- this extraordinary reference discusses the myths surrounding these stunning cats and how human ignorance and greed are leading to their demise.
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