by Jane Goodall

The authors inspirational and engaging account of the efforts of environmental researchers and conservationists from around the world to combat, against all odds, terrifying rates of species extinction. Presented as a collection of stories in five parts, she provides unique access to, and first hand aaccounts from men and women who have risked their lives to rescue and nuture endangered species, and who refuse to give up. This is the recollection of her personal journey engaging with these animals and their saviours, from the deserts of Australia, across the North American prairies, to the cold mountain streams of Taiwan and remote corners of Madagascar. B/w and colour photographs, 392pp. 2010