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The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFour animal friends cheer up a very cranky bear.Nick Bland's expressive, adorable illustrations complement delightful, rhyming, read-aloud text in this lesson about the importance of sharing with others. Moose, Lion, Zebra, and Sheep take shelter in a cave on a cold and rainy day, only to realize that a bear is there. The bear roars loudly and says that he is trying to sleep... -
![Little Beaver and the Echo by Amy MacDonald]()
Little Beaver and the Echo by Amy MacDonald
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLittle Beaver s search for a friend he thinks he hears across a pond is perfect for every child who's ever felt lonely."Children old enough to long for friends of their own will nestle right into this appealing story....Ideal for reading aloud at the beginning of the school year of during camp sessions, when there's a little bit of Little Beaver in every kid... -
![The Little Butterfly That Could by Ross Burach]()
The Little Butterfly That Could by Ross Burach
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWHICH WAY TO THE FLOWERS?That way. 200 miles.HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TRAVEL THAT FAR?You fly.CAN I TAKE A PLANE?No.THEN I'LL NEVER MAKE IT!This comical companion to Ross Burach's 'The Very Impatient Caterpillar' pays loving homage to every child's struggle to persist through challenges while also delivering a lighthearted lesson on butterfly migration... -
![An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong]()
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive the world --from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes. The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields... -
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![Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky]()
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhy do we do the things we do?More than a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert Sapolsky's genre-shattering attempt to answer that question as fully as perhaps only he could, looking at it from every angle... -
![How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog by Christina Hunger]()
How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog by Christina Hunger
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn incredible, revolutionary true story and surprisingly simple guide to teaching your dog to talk from speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger, who has taught her dog, Stella, to communicate using simple paw-sized buttons associated with different words... -
![Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees by Roger Fouts]()
Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees by Roger Fouts
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor 30 years Roger Fouts has pioneered communication with chimpanzees through sign language--beginning with a mischievous baby chimp named Washoe. This remarkable book describes Fout's odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist to impassioned crusader for the rights of animals... -
![Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke]()
Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdomStudying zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like a sad freak. Not because she loved spiders or would root around in animal feces: all her friends shared the same curious kinks. The problem was her sex. Being female meant she was, by nature, a loser... -
![Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina]()
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWeaving decades of field observations with exciting new discoveries about the brain, Carl Safina offers an intimate view of animal behavior to challenge the fixed boundary between humans and nonhuman animals... -
![Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta]()
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrödinger’s cat.Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently?Sand Talk provides a template for living...Categorized as:
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![The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter by Joseph Henrich, Jonathan Yen]()
The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter by Joseph Henrich, Jonathan Yen
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHumans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators...Categorized as:
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![Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape by Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis]()
Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape by Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Brilliant - a must read' Tim SpectorYou may not be aware of this - not consciously, at least - but you do not control what you eat. Every mouthful you take is informed by the subtle tweaking and nudging of a vast, complex, global one so intimately woven into everyday life that you hardly even know it's there.The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance... -
![For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend by Patricia B. McConnell]()
For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend by Patricia B. McConnell
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe critically acclaimed author of The Other End of the Leash offers fascinating insights into the canine mind--critical tools for a healthy relationship with a well-trained dog... -
![Total Cat Mojo: The Ultimate Guide to Life with Your Cat by Jackson Galaxy]()
Total Cat Mojo: The Ultimate Guide to Life with Your Cat by Jackson Galaxy
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis comprehensive cat care guide from the star of the hit Animal Planet show "My Cat from Hell," Jackson Galaxy, shows us how to eliminate feline behavioral problems by understanding cats' instinctive behavior. Cat Mojo is the confidence that cats exhibit when they are at ease in their environment and in touch with their natural instincts--to hunt, catch, kill, eat, groom, and sleep... -
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![Animal Liberation by Peter Singer]()
Animal Liberation by Peter Singer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Book That Started A Revolution Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of concerned men and women to the shocking abuse of animals everywhere -- inspiring a worldwide movement to eliminate much of the cruel and unnecessary laboratory animal experimentation of years past... -
![How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach by Tobias Leenaert]()
How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach by Tobias Leenaert
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this thought-provoking book, Tobias Leenaert leaves well-trodden animal advocacy paths and takes a fresh look at the strategies, objectives, and communication of the vegan and animal rights movement. He argues that, given our present situation, with entire societies dependent on using animals, we need a very pragmatic approach...Categorized as:
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![Over de planten der Goden by Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann]()
Over de planten der Goden by Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSacred hallucinogens, PLANTS OF THE GODS, are beautifully illustrated and characterized in this lexicon. The authors elaborate in vivid detail 91 plants, focusing on 14 that have had profound significance on human beings... -
![Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals by Karen Pryor]()
Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals by Karen Pryor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the founder of “clicker” training, the widely praised humane approach to shaping animal behavior, comes a fascinating book—part memoir, part insight into how animals and people think and behave... -
![Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small by Ted Andrews, Margaret K. Andrews]()
Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small by Ted Andrews, Margaret K. Andrews
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOpen your heart and mind to the wisdom of the animal world.Animal Speak provides techniques for recognizing and interpreting the signs and omens of nature. Meet and work with animals as totems and spirit guides by learning the language of their behaviors within the physical world... -
![The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams]()
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope?Looking at the headlines--a global pandemic, the worsening climate crisis, political upheaval--it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed...Categorized as:
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![Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane, Roy McMillan]()
Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane, Roy McMillan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLandmarks is Robert Macfarlane's joyous meditation on words, landscape and the relationship between the two.Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place... -
![A Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen]()
A Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAt once a beautifully poetic memoir and an exploration of the various ways we live in the world, A Language Older Than Words explains violence as a pathology that touches every aspect of our lives and indeed affects all aspects of life on Earth... -
![The Culture Clash: A Revolutionary New Way to Understanding the Relationship Between Humans and Domestic Dogs by Jean Donaldson]()
The Culture Clash: A Revolutionary New Way to Understanding the Relationship Between Humans and Domestic Dogs by Jean Donaldson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings*The Culture Clash is special. Written in Jean's inimitably informal yet precise lecture style, the book races along on par with a good thriller. *The Culture Clash depicts dogs as they really are - stripped of their Hollywood fluff, with their loveable 'can I eat it, chew it, urinate on it, what's in it for me' philosophy... -
![The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions by Greta Thunberg]()
The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions by Greta Thunberg
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen.You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds. There is hope - but only if we listen to the science before it's too late... -
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![Steps to an Ecology of Mind by Gregory Bateson]()
Steps to an Ecology of Mind by Gregory Bateson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. With a new foreword by his daughter Mary Katherine Bateson, this classic anthology of his major work will continue to delight and inform generations of readers. "This collection amounts to a retrospective exhibition of a working life. . .Categorized as:
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![Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes by Frans de Waal]()
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes by Frans de Waal
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe first edition of Frans de Waal's Chimpanzee Politics was acclaimed not only by primatologists for its scientific achievement but also by politicians, business leaders, and social psychologists for its remarkable insights into the most basic human needs and behaviors. Twenty-five years later, this book is considered a classic... -
![Sociobiology: The New Synthesis by Edward O. Wilson]()
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis by Edward O. Wilson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsView a collection of videos on Professor Wilson entitled "On the Relation of Science and the Humanities"Harvard University Press is proud to announce the re-release of the complete original version of Sociobiology: The New Synthesis--now available in paperback for the first time... -
![Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals by Robert M. Sapolsky]()
Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals by Robert M. Sapolsky
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow do imperceptibly small differences in the environment change one's behavior? What is the anatomy of a bad mood? Does stress shrink our brains? What does People magazine's list of America's "50 Most Beautiful People" teach us about nature and nurture? What makes one organism sexy to another? What makes one orgasm different from another? Who will be the winner in the genetic war between the... -
![The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen]()
The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDerrick Jensen takes no prisoners in The Culture of Make Believe, his brilliant and eagerly awaited follow-up to his powerful and lyrical A Language Older Than Words...Categorized as:
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![Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships with Dogs by Suzanne Clothier]()
Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships with Dogs by Suzanne Clothier
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAkin to Monty Roberts's The Man Who Listens to Horses and going light-years beyond The Hidden Life of Dogs, this extraordinary book takes a radical new direction in understanding our life with canines and offers us astonishing new lessons about our pets...
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