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" No turning back : "
written and illustrated by Richard Ellis
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BL
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| Record Number
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713723
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b535912
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| Main Entry
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Ellis, Richard,1938-
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| Title & Author
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No turning back : : the life and death of animal species /\ written and illustrated by Richard Ellis
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: HarperCollins,, c2004
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xx, 428 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0060558032
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: 9780060558031
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-402) and index
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| Contents
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Extinction (sort of) explained -- Mass extinctions -- OK, what really happened to the dinosaurs? -- The dinosaurs are not extinct after all -- Your extinct ancestors -- The Pleistocene extinctions -- Extinctions (and nonexinctions) in near time (the last 1,000 years) -- Death (and extinction) by disease -- Threatened species, or under the gun -- The anti-extinctions -- Rescuing animals from oblivion -- Mammals back from the brink -- The oceans -- Everybody off the train
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| Abstract
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Discusses the reasons why specific species have become extinct, providing additional coverage of species that have been rendered extinct more recently and species that have been saved from extinction
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| Subject
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Animal species
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Extinct animals
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| Dewey Classification
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576.8/4
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| LC Classification
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QL88.E49 2004
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QL88.E49 2004
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