Best Selling Books by SY

Looks at the work of renowned octopus scientist Jennifer Mather and a team of researchers on the island of Moorea, where they work to learn more about octopuses and their behavior.

Dr. Robert Mason, the current recipient of the National Science Foundation''s Young Investigator Award, has been studying a mysterious phenomenon for over fifteen years - one of the most extraordinary events of the natural world - the reemergence from a winter spent in a state of suspended animation in subterranean caverns of tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes - the world''s largest concentration of snakes. The work of scientists can often seem mysterious and intimidating to the nonscientist. No longer! Introducing an exciting perspective on the important work of scientists in all areas of research and study. Scientists in the Field show people immersed in the unpredictable and dynamic natural world, making science more accessible, relevant, and exciting to young readers. Far from the research laboratory, these books show first-hand adventures in the great outdoors - adventures with a purpose. From climbing into a snake den with thousands of slithering snakes to tracking wolves

A splendid and luminous celebration of one of nature’s most perfect and mysterious creatures—the hawk—from the New York Times bestselling author of the “astoundingly beautiful” (NPR) The Soul of an Octopus. When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan’s farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey, it was the start of a deep love affair. Nancy allowed her to work with Jazz, a feisty, four-year-old, female Harris’s hawk with a wingspan of more than four feet. Not a pet, Jazz was a fierce predator with talons that could pierce skin and bone and yet, she was willing to work with a human to hunt. From the first moment Jazz swept down from a tree and landed on Sy’s leather gloved fist, Sy fell under the hawk’s magnetic spell. Over the next few years, Sy spent more time with these magnificent creatures, getting to know their extraordinary abilities and instincts. They are deeply emotional animals, quick to show anger and frustration, and can hold a grudge for years. But they are also loyal and intensely aware of their surroundings. In this mesmerizing account, featuring sixteen pages of gorgeous color photographs, Sy passionately and vividly reveals the wonderous world of hawks and what they can teach us about nature, life, and love.

Editorial Reviews According to Dr. Stacy L. Elliott, MD, the medical director at Vancouver Hospital''s BC Center for Sexual Medicine, Lasting Longer has been instrumental in sexual education and treating sexual dysfunction for many years. She says: He was before his time in his thinking and experience has proven him to be right. We have used Dr. Silverberg''s Lasting Longer faithfully for the twenty-five years of our history. His newer version is even easier to understand, has more directed exercises, and is even more positive and encouraging than his original version. We are very grateful for his assistance all these years. Dr. Elliott is also a professor at the UBC Department of Psychiatry''s Division of Sexual Medicine. She is a well-recognized expert in the field of male sexual dysfunction and has been the Chair of the Canadian Male Sexual Health Council. Lasting Longer was written by Dr. Sy Silverberg. an MD/Certified Sex Therapist with 40 years experience. It was first published in 1978. Since then it has been distributed only to professionals who have used it to help thousands of men, worldwide, to learn how to control ejaculation. It was revised in 2010 and rewritten so that any man can understand it without the support of a therapist. This was done in part to combat the professed online cures being offered to men at exorbitant prices. For the most part these solutions are useless and in some cases even harmful. And since the answer to controlling ejaculation lies in learning, these sprays, herbs, vitamins, dietary supplements and drugs will not help you learn to control premature ejaculation any more than they could help you learn to speak another language. Time has proven my belief that P.E. is so prevalent simply because young men have never been taught how to control ejaculation, he explains. Dr. Silverberg equates the learning process to learning bladder control. Lasting Longer leads men step-by-step through a series of exercises designed to teach them how to recognize the signals from their bodies that indicate they are approaching the point of no return . They, then learn how to control the reflex that triggers ejaculation. Exactly the same way they learned to control the reflex that triggers urination. He believes that any man who was toilet-trained can learn ejaculatory control. Lasting Longer stands out from other publications on the topic in that it does not present page after page of historical data, statistics, demographics, scientific jargon or entertaining clinical examples. Instead it uses clear and concise language to outline only the steps necessary to correct the problem. In addition it offers concrete suggestions for developing a satisfying long-term sexual relationship with a partner of either gender. Excerpts of the book may be viewed at: http: //sextherapy-prematureejaculation.com. Dr. Silverberg says: "I imagine that many of you have had the experience of spending hundreds of dollars on ''cures'' that have not worked. For your own sake please try this approach. If you are not able to learn how to control ejaculation to your satisfaction, I will refund the full purchase price to you."

Children will find this easy-to-read guide perfect for identifying the three main classes of rocks (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic) and 12 different kinds of common rocks: granite, sandstone, limestone, marble, slate, obsidian, and six others. Each page contains a concise, fact-filled text about one of the rocks, with a blank space for a sticker illustration. As youngsters read and learn about each type of rock, they place one of the 12 accurate, realistic stickers provided in the appropriate blank space. A great hands-on way to learn about the rocks around us, this fact-filled little activity book will also appeal to parents and teachers looking for inexpensive learning aids.

The forest around the Bay of Bengal is home to more tigers than anywhere in the world. Readers can learn about their habitat and the myths that surround them.

A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year: A “fascinating” photo-filled book on these amazing arachnids! (Booklist) Yellow blood? Skeletons on the outside? These attributes don’t belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth’s biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. In this book you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he’s never been bitten), as he explores the dense rain forest of French Guiana, knocking on the doors of tarantula burrows, trying to get a closer look at these incredible creatures. You’ll also visit the largest comparative spider laboratory in America—where close to five hundred live tarantulas sit in towers of stacked shoeboxes and plastic containers, waiting for their turn to dazzle and astound the scientists who study them. “Superb color photos abound in this spectacular series addition…This is a vivid look at an enthusiastic scientist energetically and happily at work…A treat, even for arachnophobes.”—School Library Journal (starred review) A Sibert Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A John Burroughs Nature Book for Young Readers A Kirkus Reviews Editors Choice

Remarkable new discoveries affirm the octopus as one of nature’s most intelligent and complex animals. This new book—written by the beloved author of the international bestseller The Soul of an Octopus and enhanced with vivid National Geographic photography—brings us closer than ever to these elusive creatures. The companion to the highly-anticipated National Geographic television special, this beautifully illustrated book explores the alluring underwater world of the octopus—a creature that resembles an alien lifeform, but whose behavior has earned it a reputation as one of the most intelligent animals on the planet. This magical journey into the world of the octopus will reveal how the large and capable brain of these creatures occupies their whole body–not just their heads—and they can actually adjust their genetic makeup to respond to the demands of the environment. It will allow readers to watch them change shape and color in order to camouflage themselves more effectively than any other species. And it will divulge how octopus mothers give their all in order to bring forth a new generation. With this offering, acclaimed author Sy Montgomery—known, thanks to her bestselling book, as the “octopus whisperer”—returns to the species she knows and loves, offering current and compassionate stories about the scientists on the front lines of octopus research and conservation. For all animal lovers—and especially those drawn to this magical marine being—this will be a book to relish, for both its fascinating imagery and its charming storytelling.

A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from Sy Montgomery, “one of our finest chroniclers of the natural world” (The New York Times). For more than two decades, Sy Montgomery—whose The Soul of an Octopus was a National Book Award finalist—has kept a flock of chickens in her backyard. Each chicken has an individual personality (outgoing or shy, loud or quiet, reckless or cautious) and connects with Sy in her own way. In this short, delightful book, Sy takes us inside the flock and reveals all the things that make chickens such remarkable creatures: only hours after leaving the egg, they are able to walk, run, and peck; relationships are important to them and the average chicken can recognize more than one hundred other chickens; they remember the past and anticipate the future; and they communicate specific information through at least twenty-four distinct calls. Visitors to her home are astonished by all this, but for Sy what’s more astonishing is how little most people know about chickens, especially considering there are about twenty percent more chickens on earth than people. With a winning combination of personal narrative and science, What the Chicken Knows is exactly the kind of book that has made Sy Montgomery such a beloved and popular author.

Illustrates the award-winning song about each person''s responsibility to help bring about world peace. Includes a history of the song and biographical notes on the husband and wife songwriting team.

Follows a safari team led by Dr. Richard Estes as they track one of the largest land migrations--wildebeests crossing the Serengeti--with information on other animal migrations and the importance of protecting the African savanna ecosystem.

From one of the nation''s richest garden spots: 27 excellent scenes of flora and fauna in their natural habitats. Features a fiddler crab at the Flax Pond Marine Laboratory, a great horned owl at the Sands Point Preserve, a tiger swallowtail in Old Westbury Gardens, orchids in the Planting Fields Arboretum, and much more. Captions.

Trials and Tribulations of Dirty Shame, Oklahoma beautifully showcases Comanche gothic literature, a new genre in Indigenous literature, at its creative best. In the tradition of The Iliad and Paradise Lost, this book is an epic poem of heroic and biblical proportions. Three Indigenous young people discover that the Holy Grail has been on the North American continent for centuries, and in Oklahoma for the last two. Battling both human and supernatural enemies, Velroy, Mia, and Stoney struggle to get the Holy Grail out of Indian Country to save their families and community and bring true peace back to their ordinary, Dirty Shame lives.

Symphony in Six Movements is a collection of sixty poems covering approximately fifty years of Sy Brandon''s life. The poems are divided into six movements; Nature, Youth, Self-awareness, Creativity, Viewpoints, and Love, where the ideas develop similar to the development of themes in a symphony. This collection includes over twenty-five photographs taken by Brandon, that reflect upon the meaning of the poems.

A pair of professional artists offers valuable suggestions for realistic portrayals of flowers, animals, and other natural subjects. Detailed, step-by-step demonstrations use watercolors, oils, pencil, and other media. Over 400 illustrations.

Fractured storytelling for a fractured world, Ancestral Demon of a Grieving Bride draws readers into a world that appears eerily familiar but unsettling as well. Fierce, visceral, sometimes funny, and wholly original, Hoahwah’s poems will linger in a reader’s dreams long after she’s closed the book.

Extraordinary new insights into the minds and lives of our fellow creatures from two of the world’s top animal authors, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Sy Montgomery. A Mail on Sunday “Critic’s Pick” Best Read of the Year “In their writing and in their lives and in their remarkable friendship, Liz and Sy break down false barriers and carry us closer to our fellow creatures.”—from the foreword by Vicki Constantine Croke, author of Elephant Company Tamed and Untamed―a collection of essays penned by two of the world’s most celebrated animal writers, Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas―explores the minds, lives, and mysteries of animals as diverse as snails, house cats, hawks, sharks, dogs, lions, and even octopuses. Drawing on stories of animals both wild and domestic, the two authors, also best friends, created this book to put humans back into the animal world. The more we learn about what other animals think and do, they explain, the more we understand ourselves as animals, too. Writes Montgomery, “The list of attributes once thought to be unique to our species―from using tools to waging war―is not only rapidly shrinking, but starting to sound less and less impressive when we compare them with other animals’ powers.” With humor, empathy, and introspection, Montgomery and Thomas look into the lives of all kinds of creatures―from man’s best friend to the great white shark―and examine the ways we connect with our fellow species. Both authors have devoted their lives to sharing the animal kingdom’s magic with others, and their combined wisdom is an indispensable contribution to the field of animal literature.

Youngsters learn about a badger, opossum, barn owl, raccoon, striped skunk, gray fox, and six other night creatures in a little book loaded with sticker fun and fact-filled text.

This entertaining and educational book introduces the Brazilian horned frog, giant toad, leopard frog, arrow-poison frog, green treefrog, and seven others. Includes full-color sticker illustrations of each amphibian.

From New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award Nominee Sy Montgomery comes the sweet, brightly illustrated true story of a seagull and a sea captain who became friends over the course of four summers. In a quiet harbor in New England, a sea captain named Ellis is visited by a seagull that lands on the back of his family’s passenger schooner one afternoon. Ellis feeds the seagull, and by the end of the week, it was eating crackers right out of his hand! Their friendship lasted the summer, and four years later, the wild seagull Polly still visits. This nonfiction story about an unlikely friendship is sure to charm young readers.

Come visit the zoo with poet Sy Brandon and illustrator Candace Schoonover. Sy''s poem "A Day at the Zoo"describes ten different scenes in a lighthearted humorous manner. Candace''s full-color illustrations leave the featured animal uncolored so that it can be colored in by the reader.

Jon Scieszka''s Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: True Stories is a mind-blowing collection of essays, biographies, how-to guides, and more, all proving that the truth is most definitely out there. Supports the Common Core State Standards