Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson: 18 books

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"...

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...