{"product_id":"9781324086994","title":"Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Best Book of the Year in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eScience News\u003c\/em\u003e A \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e Best Staff Read Shortlisted for the Banff Centre Mountain Book Awards \"Vivid and engrossing.… [A] celebration of beardom.\" —Richard Adams Carey, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e A global exploration of the eight remaining species of bears—and the dangers they face.\u003c\/strong\u003e\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\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eEight Bears\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\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, \u003cem\u003eEight Bears\u003c\/em\u003e 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":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917927760112,"sku":"9781324086994","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781324086994_p0.jpg?v=1763707267","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781324086994","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}