India: Kingdom of the Tiger  •  Bruce Neibaur NATURAL HISTORY •  2002 •  DVD This dazzling film, originally presented in IMAX theaters and filmed on location at Bhandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, interweaves footage of tigers in the wild with the story of early conservationist Jim Corbett. Corbett (Man-Eaters of Kumaon) was a tiger hunter turned conservationist. 43 minutes. With additional commentary by director Bruce Neibaur and director of photography Matt Williams, a 22-minute making-of documentary and a bonus 46-minute film produced by National Wildlife Federation shot in Ranthambhore National Park. With music by Michael Brook. (IDA248, $19.99)
Of Tigers and Men  •  Richard Ives NATURAL HISTORY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE A haunting tale of a man's quest to encounter tigers in the wild, and to understand the meaning of the threat of the tiger's extinction. Ives visits the forests of India, Thailand, and Sumatra, and many of the "tiger-men" who have devoted their lives to saving tigers. His quest entails a growing realization that the tiger may be doomed. It is a beautifully written story, providing not only a sense of the life of tigers and those who care about them, but also describing an unusual and moving personal journey. (IDA30, $12.50)
Soul of the Tiger, Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia  •  Jeffrey A. McNeely  •  Paul Spencer Sochaczewski NATURAL HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 432 PAGES A wide-ranging meditation on the role of animals and nature in the complex human societies of Southeast Asia, originally published in 1988. The authors wax philosophical -- and sometimes blackly humorous -- about conservation issues throughout the region. They argue for effective community-based conservation building on traditional relationships between people and the environment (SEA02, $18.95)
Through the Tiger's Eyes, A Chronicle of India's Wildlife  •  Stanley Breeden  •  Belinda Wright NATURAL HISTORY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 193 PAGES This handsomely illustrated book chronicles India's noblest endangered species and the ever-present threat of their extinction. (IDA272, $24.95)
Tiger Moon, Tracking the Great Cats in Nepal  •  Mel Sunquist  •  Fiona Sunquist TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES An account, rich in anecdote and natural history, of a two-year investigation of tigers, leaopards and their prey in Royal Chitwan National Park. With black-and-whote photographs throughout. Originally published in 1988. (NPL46, $18.00)
Tiger, The Ultimate Guide  •  Valmik Thapar NATURAL HISTORY •  2004 •  HARD COVER  • 352 PAGES This oversized, lavishly illustrated tribute features hundreds of color photographs, wide-ranging samples of tiger art from pre-history through modern times, and essays by tiger wallah's including Thapar, who has spent thirty years observing tigers in the wild. (IDA246, $39.95)
Tigers and Tigerwallahs  •  Geoffrey C. Ward  •  Jim Corbett  •  Valmik Thapar  •  Billy Arjan Singh TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2002 •  HARD COVER  • 860 PAGES A omnibus edition of four books by leading conservationsists, from the early Jim Corbett to Thapar and Ward. Taken together, the book is a chronicle of the struggle to understand and save the tiger. With contributiuons by Jim Corbett (Man-Eaters of Kumaon), Billy Arjan Singh (Tiger Haven), Valmik Thapar (The Secret Life of Tigers), and Geoffrey Ward (Tiger-Wallahs: Saving the Greatest of the Great Cats). (IDA247, $29.95)
Tigers in Red Weather, A Quest to See the Last Wild Tigers  •  Ruth Padel NATURAL HISTORY •  2006 •  HARD COVER  • 448 PAGES A lyrical exploration the world of the tiger. Padel is the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin. (IDA331, $26.95)
Tigers in the Snow  •  Peter Matthiessen  •  Maurice Hornocker NATURAL HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 185 PAGES A lyrical tribute to the Siberian Tiger by Peter Matthiessen. He writes movingly of tigers, their dwindling habitat and the people devoted to studying them. With color photographs, line drawings and an introduction by Hornocker (Track of the Tiger, BST19), founder of the Siberian Tiger Project. (SIB10, $15.00)