Firefly Books imprint: 65 books
Captain Paul Watson
Interview With a Pirate
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
The behind-the-scenes true story of Paul Watson, the world's most famous eco-pirate and marine animal rights activist.
Paul Watson became an animal rights activist at the young age of eleven, in 1962. When trappers killed a beaver that Paul had befriended, he systematically and efficiently...
My Ambulance Education
Life and Death on the Streets of the City
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
The brutally honest story of an emergency medical technician.
At 18, Joseph Clark started working as an ambulance attendant to pay his way through college. For the next seven years he worked New York City's most dangerous neighborhoods as an emergency medical technician (EMT), dealing with...
Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse
Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
"Trauma Junkie gives us a view over the flight nurse's shoulder from liftoff until the patient is delivered to the hospital and the agonizing minutes in between. These fascinating true stories are impossible to put down." -- James M. Betts, MD, Chief of Department of Surgery and Director...
Nobel
A Century of Prize Winners
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2010
The story of the winners of the world's most prestigious prize, now updated to include the 2009 recipients. The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive. The Prize is administered by the Nobel Foundation, and the award ceremonies receive extensive media coverage....
Speed Duel
The Inside Story of the Land Speed Record in the Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
The quest for the land speed record in the 1960s and the epic rivalry between two dynamic American drivers, Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove.
"Interesting and complex. . . .The best job I've seen done on the subject so far."
-- Craig Breedlove
Until the 1950s, the land speed...
Always Change a Losing Game
Winning Strategies for Work, Home and Health
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
If what you're doing now is not producing the results you want -- you are playing a losing game. If you want things to get better you've got to change that losing game. This book will show you how.
Now updated for our times, Always Change a Losing Game has been published on four continents...
Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Everything You Need To Know - The Complete Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
Dr. Saibil's [book] should be required reading for those individuals and families who live with the realities of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. It is a treasure trove for those who are new to the illnesses, and a wonderful reference even for those who have long experiences with them.
-- Bruce...
by David Posen
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
This interesting, easy to read, and useful book can make a great gift to a friend or colleague who leads a hectic and demanding life and who wants to 'get control.'
-- Journal of Family and Community Health (on the first edition)
Intense stress is an integral part of modern life and it seems...
by Robert Munsch
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
A young woman holds her newborn son
And looks at him lovingly.
Softly she sings to him:
"I'll love you forever
I'll like you for always
As long as I'm living
My baby you'll be."
So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. Since publication in 1986,...
Creatures of the Deep
In Search of the Sea's Monsters and the World They Live In
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Praise for the first edition: "More than a picture book ... Hoyt's elegant writing provides both the historical background for deep-sea exploration and an ecological perspective on life in the ocean's depths." -- American Scientist "A magnificent bestiary ... and a reminder of how...
How to Raise Monarch Butterflies
A Step-by-Step Guide for Kids
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
"The breezy and down-to-earth text ... nicely communicates the wonder ... Especially effective is the eight-pictured depiction of the development of the caterpillar into a chrysalis." --School Library Journal Observing a Monarch butterfly as it transforms itself from caterpillar to chrysalis...
Super Species
The Creatures That Will Dominate the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
A gripping examination of invasive species' impact.
Super species are the phenomenally successful invasive life-forms that are dominating ecosystems. These animals, plants and microbes have spread far from their native habitats, most often as a result of human activities.
The key to...
by Dan Liebman
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
The I Want to Be... series provides young readers with some exciting opportunities to think... an attractive choice for beginning readers ... Recommended.
-- Library Media Connection
The I Want to Be... series gives young children a realistic insight into the working day of adults. Easy-to-read...
Saving Turtles
A Kids' Guide to Helping Endangered Creatures
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
A behind-the-scenes look at a hospital for severely injured turtles. Turtles have been around for 220 million years -- longer than dinosaurs. But now their time might be running out. Of the roughly 300 species worldwide, more than half are threatened with extinction. Freshwater, marine and...