On Animals
Title | On Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Orlean |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2021-10-12 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1982181559 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Magnificent.” —The New York Times * “Beguiling, observant, and howlingly funny.” —San Francisco Chronicle * “Spectacular.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis) * “Full of astonishments.” —The Boston Globe Susan Orlean—the beloved New Yorker staff writer hailed as “a national treasure” by The Washington Post and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Library Book—gathers a lifetime of musings, meditations, and in-depth profiles about animals. “How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets, and naturalists for ages,” writes Susan Orlean. Since the age of six, when Orlean wrote and illustrated a book called Herbert the Near-Sighted Pigeon, she’s been drawn to stories about how we live with animals, and how they abide by us. Now, in On Animals, she examines animal-human relationships through the compelling tales she has written over the course of her celebrated career. These stories consider a range of creatures—the household pets we dote on, the animals we raise to end up as meat on our plates, the creatures who could eat us for dinner, the various tamed and untamed animals we share our planet with who are central to human life. In her own backyard, Orlean discovers the delights of keeping chickens. In a different backyard, in New Jersey, she meets a woman who has twenty-three pet tigers—something none of her neighbors knew about until one of the tigers escapes. In Iceland, the world’s most famous whale resists the efforts to set him free; in Morocco, the world’s hardest-working donkeys find respite at a special clinic. We meet a show dog and a lost dog and a pigeon who knows exactly how to get home. Equal parts delightful and profound, enriched by Orlean’s stylish prose and precise research, these stories celebrate the meaningful cross-species connections that grace our collective existence.
Animals Make Us Human
Title | Animals Make Us Human PDF eBook |
Author | Temple Grandin |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 355 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0151014892 |
The author of "Animals in Translation" employs her own experience with autism and her background as an animal scientist to show how to give animals the best and happiest life.
Animal Superstars
Title | Animal Superstars PDF eBook |
Author | Aline Alexander Newman |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | 116 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Animal behaviour |
ISBN | 1426310919 |
Presents the stories of three incredibly talented animals, including a motocross daredevil dog, a groundhog weather wonder, and a rock star cat.
Animals Through Chinese History
Title | Animals Through Chinese History PDF eBook |
Author | Roel Sterckx |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 293 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108428150 |
This innovative collection opens a door into the rich history of animals in China. This title is also available as Open Access.
The Waltham Book of Human-Animal Interaction
Title | The Waltham Book of Human-Animal Interaction PDF eBook |
Author | I. Robinson |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Total Pages | 163 |
Release | 2013-10-22 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1483280098 |
The Waltham Book of Human-Animal Interaction: Benefits and Responsibilities of Pet Ownership discusses the scientific study of the relationship between man and animals, focusing on the behavior of companion animals, and how humans and animals affect each other's behavior. This first half of this book discusses research on benefits that have been found to accumulate from associations with animals, and the role of animals in care and therapy program. The responsibilities toward the animals kept, and how to enhance their care and welfare are considered in the next chapters. The human response to pet loss is also elaborated. This publication is beneficial to veterinary students and individuals concerned with the study of human-animal interactions.
Making Animals Happy
Title | Making Animals Happy PDF eBook |
Author | Temple Grandin |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Animal behavior |
ISBN | 9781408800829 |
'The modern day Doctor Dolittle' (Guardian), bestselling author of Animals in Translation, investigates the secrets of mental health in animals.
Chapters on Animals
Title | Chapters on Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Gilbert Hamerton |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 294 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Animals |
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