Animals category: 23627 books
Forget Me Not: The World's Archaic Animals
Extinct Animals Books
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
There are animals that no longer live but have contributed greatly to the evolution of the world. It is not right to just forget about them. That is why this picture book is dedicated to some of the world's archaic animals. It's going to be blast to the past so get a copy of this book now!
Beasts
What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Bestselling author Jeffrey Masson shows us what the animals at the top of the food chain-orca whales, big cats, etc.-can teach us about the origins of good and evil in ourselves.
In his previous bestsellers, Masson has showed us that animals can teach us much about our own emotions-love (dogs),...
Valley Animals
True Stories about the Animals and People of California’s Santa Ynez Valley
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The animals of Santa Barbara County’s Santa Ynez Valley are plentiful and varied. Some fly, some swim, some slither; others gallop, or trot, or ride in the back of pickup trucks. Some are wild and others domestic; some are workers while others are pets; there are prize winners and there are bandits;...
by Gary Steiner
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
In Animals and the Limits of Postmodernism, Gary Steiner illuminates postmodernism's inability to produce viable ethical and political principles. Ethics requires notions of self, agency, and value that are not available to postmodernists. Thus, much of what is published under the rubric of postmodernist...
by Cindy Traisi
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2009
Cindy Traisi has done it again. She has brought me joy with her storytelling abilities and brought this self-perceived, tattooed tough guy to tears with her accounts of the injured wild animals passing through the Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Southern California.
Cindy's first book,...
A Plea for the Animals
The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings with Compassion
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Every cow just wants to be happy. Every chicken just wants to be free. Every bear, dog, or mouse experiences sorrow and feels pain as intensely as any of us humans do. In a compelling appeal to reason and human kindness, Matthieu Ricard here takes the arguments from his best-sellers Altruism and Happiness...
Secret Language of Animals
A Guide to Remarkable Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Unlock the secrets behind the behavior of the world's most fascinating creatures? from the Adélie penguin to the plains zebra to the giant panda?in this wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated book.
In The Secret Language of Animals, biologist Janine Benyus takes us inside the animal...
Mousy Cats and Sheepish Coyotes
The Science of Animal Personalities
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
A wildlife expert explores what science tells us about animals as unique individuals and why animal personality matters for the human-animal bond and for adaptation in nature.
Why are some cats cuddly and others standoffish? Why are some dogs adventuresome, others homebodies? As any pet owner...
The Secret Lives of Animals
1,001 Tidbits, Oddities, and Amazing Facts about North America's Coolest Animals
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The Secret Lives of Animals is the perfect mix of field guide know-how and armchair entertainment. In addition to the standard field guide notes and range maps, the meat of the book will offer up “spark moments” in nature—something fascinating or memorable that catches your attention and sets...
Astonishing Animals
Extraordinary Creatures and the Fantastic Worlds They Inhabit
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
From the authors of A Gap in Nature, a breathtaking visual adventure showcasing ninety of the world’s most astounding creatures.
Sumptuous birds of paradise, amazing soft-shell turtles, frogs that look like tomatoes, and terrifying fish (including the deep-water angler fish from Finding Nemo)...
For the Prevention of Cruelty
The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2006
Animal rights. Those two words conjure diverse but powerful images and reactions. Some nod in agreement, while others roll their eyes in contempt. Most people fall somewhat uncomfortably in the middle, between endorsement and rejection, as they struggle with the profound moral, philosophical, and...
Making A Killing
The Political Economy of Animal Rights
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Suggest to the average leftist that animals should be part of broader liberation struggles and—once they stop laughing—you'll find yourself casually dismissed. With a focus on labor, property, and the life of commodities, Making a Killing contains key insights into the broad nature of domination,...
The Modern Savage
Our Unthinking Decision to Eat Animals
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Just Food author James McWilliams's exploration of the "compassionate carnivore" movement and the paradox of humanity's relationship with animals.
In the last four decades, food reformers have revealed the ecological and ethical problems of eating animals raised in industrial settings,...
Starting Of My Life: Animals
Starting Of My Life, #2
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
In this book I visually show animals to children. I want them to be friendly to animals, to understand it. Children need to empathize with animals. Children, Animals are required to recognize.