Apes Monkeys category: 42 books

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Gorillas in the Wild

A Visual Essay

by Joe McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018

In this beautifully illustrated book, author Joe McDonald presents a wealth of knowledge pertaining to the natural history of mountain gorillas, one of the world’s most endangered great apes. The volume includes over 170 photos from Joe, his wife, Mary Ann, and a third contributor—plus interesting,...
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Bigfoot!

The True Story of Apes in America

by Loren Coleman
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009

For years, scientists and researchers have studied, speculated about, and searched for an enigmatic creature that is legendary in the annals of American folklore. Now, learn the truth about... BIGFOOT! In this fascinating and comprehensive look at the fact, fiction, and fable of the North American...
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The Last Great Ape

A Journey Through Africa and a Fight for the Heart of the Continent

by Ofir Drori, David McDannald
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012

The true story of an adventurer-turned-warrior fighting poachers and traffickers to protect animals from extinction. Staging heart-pounding, espionage-style raids, Ofir Drori and his organization, The Last Great Ape (LAGA), have put countless poachers and traffickers of endangered species behind...
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Of Bonobos and Men

A Journey to the Heart of the Congo

by Deni Ellis Bechard
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

Bonobos have captured the public imagination in recent years, due not least to their famously active sex lives. Less well known is the fact that these great apes don’t kill their own kind, and that they share nearly 99% of our DNA. Their approach to building peaceful coalitions and sharing resources...
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On Atheists and Bonobos

A Conversation with Frans de Waal

by Howard Burton
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013

Everyday we are confronted with choices; most are relatively mundane, but occasionally we must carefully weigh different options and struggle to determine “good” from “bad”, and “right” from “wrong”. These notions emanate from, and are influenced by a system of values, a system of...
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The Impenetrable Forest

My Gorilla Years in Uganda

by Thor Hanson
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014

Lying in the remote hills of southwest Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest harbors elephants, chimpanzees, monkeys, and half the world’s population of endangered mountain gorillas.  For two years, Thor Hanson called that forest home, working with local guides and trackers to develop an ecotourism...
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A Primate's Memoir

A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons

by Robert M. Sapolsky
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007

In the tradition of Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Robert Sapolsky, a foremost science writer and recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, tells the mesmerizing story of his twenty-one years in remote Kenya with a troop of Savannah baboons. “I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when...
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Nim Chimpsky

The Chimp Who Would Be Human

by Elizabeth Hess
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2008

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now Elizabeth Hess’s unforgettable biography is the inspiration for Project Nim, a riveting new documentary directed by James Marsh and produced by Simon Chinn, the Oscar-winning team known for Man on Wire. Hess, a consultant on the film, says, “Getting a call...
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by George Dean Turner
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2012

Burlington County, New Jersey is hardly a place where one might expect to find North American's scary great ape, the sasquatch. The county is directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, and 70 miles from New York City. By contrast, most of the thousands of Internet reports of encounters with...
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Through a Window

My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe

by Jane Goodall
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010

The renowned British primatologist continues the “engrossing account” of her time among the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania (Publishers Weekly). In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote of her first ten years at Gombe. In Through a Window she continues the story, painting...
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by Shawn Thompson, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010

Kusasi is a three-hundred-pound male who could rip your arms and legs off like daisy petals if he wanted. Princess was taught sign language by a researcher and had a limited ability to combine vocabulary. . .. For centuries the shaggy red orangutan lived in peaceful seclusion in the jungles...
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by Big Book of Photos
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013

This is a wonderful collection of 99 high-quality color images produced by a series of today's professional photographers.
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by Ted Gott, Kathryn Weir
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013

Since coming to international prominence in the mid-nineteenth century when English, French, and American scientists first encountered them, the gorilla’s physical resemblance to humans has struck a deep chord. Gorillas quickly came to dominate evolutionary debates and grew prevalent in literature,...
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Wildlife Rescue

As America's #1 Wildlife Techniques Manual You'll Be Surprise To Discover Must Read Information About Wildlife Heroes, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Art, Wildlife Science Connecting Research With Management and Wildlife Rehabilitation

by Sonia Teller
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013

With this top-rated wildlife resue guide you'll will learn about wildlife heroes, wildlife management, wildlife art, wildlife science connecting research with management, wildlife management, wildlife rehabilitation and more.
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