Marc Bekoff: 17 books
Das Gefühlsleben der Tiere
Ein führender Wissenschaftler untersucht Freude, Kummer und Empathie bei Tieren
Language: German
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Marc Bekoff schreibt wie kein anderer über die Gefühle der Tiere, denn er argumentiert wissenschaftlich korrekt und emotional engagiert. Wer glaubt, dies widerspreche sich in sich, der lese dieses Buch und lasse sich vom Gegenteil überzeugen. Bekoff zögert dabei auch nicht, die ethischen Folgerungen...
Minding Animals
Awareness, Emotions, and Heart
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2002
Thinking bees, ice-skating buffaloes, dreaming rats, happy foxes, ecstatic elephants, despondent dolphins--in Minding Animals, Marc Bekoff takes us on an exhilarating tour of the emotional and mental world of animals, where we meet creatures who do amazing things and whose lives are filled with mysteries....
The Emotional Lives of Animals
A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Based on award-winning scientist Marc Bekoff’s years studying social communication in a wide range of species, this important book shows that animals have rich emotional lives. Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love with the latest...
Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed
The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
In 2009, Marc Bekoff was asked to write on animal emotions for Psychology Today. Some 500 popular, jargon-free essays later, the field of anthrozoology — the study of human-animal relationships — has grown exponentially, as have scientific data showing how smart and emotional nonhuman animals...
Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues
Reflections on Redecorating Nature
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2005
What is it really like to be a dog? Do animals experience emotions like pleasure, joy, and grief? Marc Bekoff's work draws world-wide attention for its originality and its probing into what animals think about and know as well as what they feel, what physical and mental skills they use to live successfully...
The Ten Trusts
What We Must Do to Care for The Animals We Love
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
World-renowned behavioral scientists Jane Goodall and Marc Bekoff have set forth ten trusts that we must honor as custodians of the planet. They argue passionately and persuasively that if we put these trusts to work in our lives, the earth and all its inhabitants will be able to live together harmoniously....
The Animal Manifesto
Six Reasons for Expanding Our Compassion Footprint
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
In this inspirational call to action, Marc Bekoff, the world’s leading expert on animal emotions, gently shows that improving our treatment of animals is a matter of rethinking our many daily decisions and “expanding our compassion footprint.” He demonstrates that animals experience a rich range...
Animals Matter
A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
Nonhuman animals have many of the same feelings we do. They get hurt, they suffer, they are happy, and they take care of each other. Marc Bekoff, a renowned biologist specializing in animal minds and emotions, guides readers from high school age up—including older adults who want a basic introduction...
The Animals' Agenda
Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
A compelling argument that the time has come to use what we know about the fascinating and diverse inner lives of other animals on their behalf
Every day we are learning new and surprising facts about just how intelligent and emotional animals are—did you know rats like to play and laugh,...
Canine Confidential
Why Dogs Do What They Do
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
For all the love and attention we give dogs, much of what they do remains mysterious. Just think about different behaviors you see at a dog park: We have a good understanding of what it means when dogs wag their tails—but what about when they sniff and roll on a stinky spot? Why do they play tug-of-war...
by Marc Bekoff, Jessica Pierce
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Gli etologi hanno a lungo biasimato le interpretazioni del comportamento animale in termini di emozioni umane, avvertendo che l'antropomorfizzazione limita la nostra capacità di comprendere gli animali nella loro vera natura. Cosa dobbiamo pensare, però, di fronte a una femmina di gorilla che piange...
How Animals Talk
And Other Pleasant Studies of Birds and Beasts
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2005
The classic and original text that first explored the telepathic methods of communication of wild animals
• Based on years of detailed field observations, first published in 1919
• Written by the famous American naturalist who was the first to study telepathy in the wild
•...
Rewilding Our Hearts
Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
In wildlife conservation, rewilding refers to restoring habitats and creating corridors between preserved lands to allow declining populations to rebound. Marc Bekoff, one of the world’s leading animal experts and activists, here applies rewilding to human attitudes. Rewilding Our Hearts invites...
Unleashing Your Dog
A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
No matter how cushy their lives, dogs live on our terms. They compromise their freedom and instinctual pleasure, as well as their innate strategies for coping with stress and anxiety, in exchange for the love, comfort, and care they get from us. But it is possible to let dogs be dogs without wreaking...
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