Animals Rights category: 355 books
Tigers of the World
The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Tigers of the World, Second Edition explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible. In 1988, when the first edition was published, tiger conservation was still in its infancy, and two decades later there has been a revolution not...
Simple Recipes for Joy
More Than 200 Delicious Vegan Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
More than 200 delicious vegan recipes from the world-renowned founder of the Jivamukti yoga method and the New York City Jivamuktea Café
Since 1984, Jivamukti yoga has been synonymous with a new way of living: peacefully, healthfully, and consciously. Jivamukti’s dedicated instructors and...
The Dusky Dolphin
Master Acrobat Off Different Shores
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2009
The Dusky Dolphin: Master Acrobat Off Different Shores covers various topics about the dusky dolphin, including its taxonomy, history and demography, ecology, and behavior. After introducing the dusky dolphin as a member of the genus Lagenorhynchus under the family Delphinidae, the book continues...
by Tim Zimmermann
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2016
On February 24, 2010, Tilikum, the largest killer whale at SeaWorld, suddenly dragged Dawn Brancheau, his trainer, into the pool and killed her. Journalist Tim Zimmermann set out to find out why. His riveting account of Tilikum's life and the history of killer whale entertainment at marine parks dives...
Bayou Country Bloodsport
The Culture of Cockfighting in Southern Louisiana
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Cockfighting has had a long history in the United States. Now outlawed in all 50 states, the violent sport serves as a springboard to discuss controversial leisure activities. The author’s fieldwork, beginning before the ban of cockfighting and conducted mainly in South Louisiana, provides the basis...
Hunt for Justice
The True Story of an Undercover Wildlife Agent
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
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"A true story that reads like a mystery."—Tony Hillerman
“A suspenseful page-turner and a tale of true courage.”
—Ted Kerasote, author of Bloodties
“Schroeder illuminates an unusual, insular world with unflinching grit.”—Publishers Weekly
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by Chris Bellenot, Arthur Pendragon
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
A percentage of the proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to wildlife conservation dedicated to save the rhinos.
On a warm African night, an adult rhino collapses in the grass and breathes its last. Minutes earlier, poachers had brutally hacked off its horn and fled with their...
by J. G. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
In the following pages will be found short and simple descriptions of some of the numerous objects that are to be found in our fields, woods, and waters.
As this little work is not intended for scientific readers, but simply as a guide to those who are desirous of learning something of natural...
by Magnus Vinding
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Sentient beings should be granted moral consideration based on their sentience and nothing else. Fortunately, most of us now seem to realize this when it comes to humans: the sentience of human individuals alone implies that they should be granted full moral consideration. Neither their intelligence,...
Stalking the Subject
Modernism and the Animal
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2008
Human and animal subjectivity converge in a historically unprecedented way within modernism, as evolutionary theory, imperialism, antirationalism, and psychoanalysis all grapple with the place of the human in relation to the animal. Drawing on the thought of Jacques Derrida and Georges Bataille, Carrie...
My Life With Bigfoot
A true story of Sasquatch and the Man who knew him.
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
The supposedly true story of a man who lived in the forest with a Sasquatch family.
The Social Dog
Behavior and Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Dogs have become the subject of increasing scientific study over the past two decades, chiefly due to their development of specialized social skills, seemingly a result of selection pressures during domestication to help them adapt to the human environment. The Social Dog: Behaviour and Cognition...
Nature's Music
The Science of Birdsong
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2004
The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. Nature’s Music brings together some of the world’s experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our understanding of how and why birds sing, what their songs and calls mean, and how they have evolved. All contributors...