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Beyond Words

By Carl Safina

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Beyond Words

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The New York Times Bestseller Orion Book Award Winner Lannan Literary Award Winner "Dr. Safina is a terrific writer, majestic and puckish in equal measure, with a contagious enthusiasm...Dr. Safina draws out haunting resonances between animal lives and our own... " -Gregory Cowles, The New York Times "I wanted to know what they were experiencing, and why to us they feel so compelling, and so-close. This time I allowed myself to ask them the question that for a scientist was forbidden fruit: Who are you?" Weaving decades of field observations with exciting new discoveries about the brain, MacArthur Genius Carl Safina's landmark book offers an intimate view of animal behavior to challenge the fixed boundary between humans and nonhuman animals. In Beyond Words, readers travel to Amboseli National Park in the threatened landscape of Kenya and witness struggling elephant families work out how to survive poaching and drought, then to Yellowstone National Park to observe wolves sort out the aftermath of one pack's personal tragedy, and finally plunge into the astonishingly peaceful society of killer whales living in the crystalline waters of the Pacific Northwest. Beyond Words brings forth powerful and illuminating insight into the unique personalities of animals through extraordinary stories of animal joy, grief, jealousy, anger, and love. The similarity between human and nonhuman consciousness, self-awareness, and empathy calls us to re-evaluate how we interact with animals. Wise, passionate, and eye-opening at every turn, Beyond Words is ultimately a graceful examination of humanity's place in the world.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
480
Release Date:
2016-07-12
Publication Date:
2016-07-12
Publisher:
St. Martins Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1250094593
ISBN13:
9781250094599
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
390 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
208 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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