Jeffrey Masson: 22 books

The author of the adult best-sellers When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie About Love has reached into his treasure trove of stories about the emotional lives of animals to tell fifteen fascinating stories to young readers. Jeffrey Masson's graceful, accessible prose illuminates the capacity of both...

In 1896, Sigmund Freud presented his revolutionary seduction theory, arguing that acts of sexual abuse and violence inflicted on children are the direct cause of adult mental illness. Nine years later, Freud completely reversed his position, insisting that these sexual memories were actually fantasies...

Se ci impegnassimo in un confronto equo tra animali ed esseri umani, riusciremmo a capire meglio dove la nostra specie ha sbagliato. E, seppur in ritardo, a rimediare. Le orche sono uno dei superpredatori del pianeta. Insieme agli esseri umani, hanno il cervello più complesso mai studiato in natura....

In this sentimental, didactic fable, Masson imagines how the lone, nonsocial, domesticated animal came to share hearth and home. Billi, an Asian leopard cat, lives in a mango forest in ancient India. He enjoys his independence, but he feels pangs of loneliness and curiosity about the two-foots. He learns...

Here translated for the first time are a series of shocking texts from the 19th century German psychiatric literature, which, while almost completely unknown to modern readers, have had a devastating influence on attitudes toward women and children in the 20th century. The articles on the sexual "lies"...

Dalla A di Anatre alla Z di Zebre, un pratico e godibile dizionario per tutta la famiglia, che illustra le caratteristiche principali, fisiche ed emotive, dei nostri «coabitanti» e ci insegna a conoscerli e ad apprezzarli nella loro individualità. E scoprire così come cantano i polli e come danzano...

The New York Times–bestselling author of When Elephants Weep offers an A-to-Z compendium of creatures—with color photos included. From the elegant, lithe, and friendly cheetah to the diminutive and faithful seahorse, and from the gigantic and surprisingly warlike hippopotamus to the majestic...

When writer and director Joss Whedon created the character Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he could hardly have expected the resulting academic interest in his work. Yet almost six years after the end of Buffy on television, Buffy studies—and academic work on Whedon's expanding oeuvre—continue to grow....