Books with author Peter Lourie

Follow scientists as they scan the Alaskan wilderness for these magnificent creatures. It is springtime on the North Slope of Alaska, and the U.S. Geological Survey team—the polar bear biologists Kristin Simac and Mike Lockhart—is gearing up for polar bear capturing. During a capture, all information is collected on the sea ice. The scientists locate bears from a helicopter, tranquilize them, give them tattoo ID numbers and tags, and collect data such as height, weight, and body fat measurements and samples such as blood, hair, feces, and even teeth. All this information goes into alarge database studied by scientists such as Drs. Steven Amstrup and George Durner, the former and current leaders of the Polar Bear Research Project. For more than forty years, scientists have been capturing bears in order to get information. What has this information been telling scientists about polar bears and global warming?

2011 Halloween Book Festival Runner-Up!!Are you brave enough? Have you got what it takes? Then order the first spine-tingling book in the Cyber Screams series, Numchuk’s Curse by Peter Furie. But be advised: Cyber Screams is not for the faint of heart. It’s a fast paced potboiler about teens trapped inside a virtual game that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat. But this tale of horror may stay with you long after you’ve finished-it may invade your very dreams. Blood drips from its pages and virtual reality becomes deadly real. You’ve been warned. Now take the plunge—if you dare. Numchuiks is dying to meet you. Have you gotten so carried away playing video games that you felt as though you were inside the game yourself, battling for your life? What if it actually happened? What if you couldn’t get out? Worse yet, what if there was a bloodthirsty maniac in there with you—his very future depending on your death? Step into Cyber Screams, where reality gets turned inside out and dreams become nightmares.