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The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary

A True Story of Resilience and Recovery

de Andrew Westoll ...

The "moving" true story of a woman fighting to give a group of chimpanzees a second chance at life ( People).In 1997, Gloria Grow started a sanctuary for chimps retired from biomedical research on her farm outside Montreal. For the indomitable Gloria, caring for thirteen great apes is like presiding over a maximum-security prison, a Zen sanctuary, an old folks' home, and a New York deli during the ... Leer más

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The "moving" true story of a woman fighting to give a group of chimpanzees a second chance at life ( People).In 1997, Gloria Grow started a sanctuary for chimps retired from biomedical research on her farm outside Montreal. For the indomitable Gloria, caring for thirteen great apes is like presiding over a maximum-security prison, a Zen sanctuary, an old folks' home, and a New York deli during the
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Among the Great Apes

Adventures on the Trail of Our Closest Relatives

de Paul Raffaele ...

"Raffaele spins riveting tales of his mission to visit every species and subspecies of great ape in its natural habitat." — Discover magazineAward winning adventure journalist Paul Raffaele's Among the Great Apes is the first book in over a decade—and possibly the last ever—to take its readers into the lives of our charismatic cousins in their native habitats. Humans have long felt a deep ... Leer más

$11.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

"Raffaele spins riveting tales of his mission to visit every species and subspecies of great ape in its natural habitat." — Discover magazineAward winning adventure journalist Paul Raffaele's Among the Great Apes is the first book in over a decade—and possibly the last ever—to take its readers into the lives of our charismatic cousins in their native habitats. Humans have long felt a deep
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Monkeys!

Cute pictures of monkeys, chimps, and other primates!

de Gina Jarvis ...

Series series Pictures of Cute Animals
Cute pictures of monkeys, nothing more!Full color photographs of cute monkeys, chimps, and other primates!These pictures look great on color tablets and other devices! ... Leer más

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Cute pictures of monkeys, nothing more!Full color photographs of cute monkeys, chimps, and other primates!These pictures look great on color tablets and other devices!
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Walking with the Great Apes

Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Biruté Galdikas

de Sy Montgomery ...

The author of The Soul of an Octopus explores the science, wisdom, and lives of 3 legendary 20th-century female primatologists: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas.Three astounding women scientists have penetrated the jungles of Africa and Borneo to observe, nurture, and defend humanity’s closest cousins. Jane Goodall has worked with the chimpanzees of Gombe for nearly 50 years; Diane ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

The author of The Soul of an Octopus explores the science, wisdom, and lives of 3 legendary 20th-century female primatologists: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas.Three astounding women scientists have penetrated the jungles of Africa and Borneo to observe, nurture, and defend humanity’s closest cousins. Jane Goodall has worked with the chimpanzees of Gombe for nearly 50 years; Diane
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Behemoth

The History of the Elephant in America

de Ronald B. Tobias ...

In the two hundred years since their arrival in America, elephants have worked on farms, mills, mines, and railroads, in Hollywood, and in professional baseball. They've contributed to the national discourse on civil rights, immigration, politics, and capitalism. They became so deeply ingrained in the American way that they were once accorded the rights of American citizenship, including the right ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

In the two hundred years since their arrival in America, elephants have worked on farms, mills, mines, and railroads, in Hollywood, and in professional baseball. They've contributed to the national discourse on civil rights, immigration, politics, and capitalism. They became so deeply ingrained in the American way that they were once accorded the rights of American citizenship, including the right
... Leer más
Nim Chimpsky

The Chimp Who Would Be Human

de Elizabeth Hess ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNow 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 from James Marsh and Simon Chinn is an author’s dream. Project Nim is nothing short of amazing.”**Could an ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNow 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 from James Marsh and Simon Chinn is an author’s dream. Project Nim is nothing short of amazing.”**Could an
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Jane Goodall: 50 Years at Gombe

A Tribute to the Five Decades of Wildlife Research, Education, and Conservation

de Jane Goodall ...

A photo-filled account of a half century working with chimpanzees in East Africa by the renowned primatologist.Produced in honor of the field site's fiftieth anniversary, Jane Goodall: fifty Years at Gombe is a compelling pictorial tribute to Dr. Goodall's life, her studies of chimpanzee behavior, and her unflagging efforts to motivate people to make this world a better place. With photographs and ... Leer más

$19.43 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

A photo-filled account of a half century working with chimpanzees in East Africa by the renowned primatologist.Produced in honor of the field site's fiftieth anniversary, Jane Goodall: fifty Years at Gombe is a compelling pictorial tribute to Dr. Goodall's life, her studies of chimpanzee behavior, and her unflagging efforts to motivate people to make this world a better place. With photographs and
... Leer más
Walking With Gorillas

The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet

de Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka ...

An Inspiring Memoir, for Fans of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Frans De WaalIn her enchanting memoir, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s first wildlife veterinarian, tells the remarkable story from her animal-loving childhood to her career protecting endangered mountain gorillas and other wild animals. She is also the defender of people as a groundbreaking promoter of human public health and an ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

An Inspiring Memoir, for Fans of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Frans De WaalIn her enchanting memoir, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s first wildlife veterinarian, tells the remarkable story from her animal-loving childhood to her career protecting endangered mountain gorillas and other wild animals. She is also the defender of people as a groundbreaking promoter of human public health and an
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The Impenetrable Forest

My Gorilla Years in Uganda

de Thor Hanson ...

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 program for the newly-formed Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Thoroughly researched and beautifully ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

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 program for the newly-formed Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Thoroughly researched and beautifully
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Thanking the Monkey

Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals

de Karen Dawn ...

The animal rights movement has reached a tipping point. No longer a fringe extremist cause, it has become a social concern that leading members of society endorse and young people embrace. From Michael Vick's dog fighting scandal to CNN’s airing of the eye-opening film Blackfish, animal rights issues have hit the headlines—and are being championed by students and senators, pop stars and producers, ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

The animal rights movement has reached a tipping point. No longer a fringe extremist cause, it has become a social concern that leading members of society endorse and young people embrace. From Michael Vick's dog fighting scandal to CNN’s airing of the eye-opening film Blackfish, animal rights issues have hit the headlines—and are being championed by students and senators, pop stars and producers,
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Planet Without Apes

de Craig Stanford ...

Planet Without Apes demands that we consider whether we can live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth. Leading primatologist Craig Stanford warns that extinction of the great apes—chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans—threatens to become a reality within just a few human generations. We are on the verge of losing the last links to our ... Leer más

$20.78 USD

Planet Without Apes demands that we consider whether we can live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth. Leading primatologist Craig Stanford warns that extinction of the great apes—chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans—threatens to become a reality within just a few human generations. We are on the verge of losing the last links to our
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Almost Us: Portraits Of The Apes

de William H. Calvin ...

Apes look and act far more like humans than other animals. Apes are super apes, just as apes are super monkeys. Portraits of the apes provide some glimpses into our closest cousins. ... Leer más

$4.85 USD

Apes look and act far more like humans than other animals. Apes are super apes, just as apes are super monkeys. Portraits of the apes provide some glimpses into our closest cousins.
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30-Second Zoology

The 50 most fundamental categories and concepts from the study of animal life

de Mark Fellowes ...

Series series 30-Second
Learn all you need to know about the ecosystems, animals and environments which make up life on Earth in this simple, handy, and informative guide!Endowed with abundant water, extraordinary ecoystems, varied climates and biomes, our planet is teeming with creatures, great and small.What produced this rich diversity? How have so many species formed, evolved and adapted? What effects are huma... ... Leer más

$12.95 USD

Learn all you need to know about the ecosystems, animals and environments which make up life on Earth in this simple, handy, and informative guide!Endowed with abundant water, extraordinary ecoystems, varied climates and biomes, our planet is teeming with creatures, great and small.What produced this rich diversity? How have so many species formed, evolved and adapted? What effects are huma...
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Saving Chimpanzees - A Man On A Rescue Mission

de Eugene Cussons ...

Genetically, the chimpanzee is humankind's closest relative in the animal kingdom. Yet in recent times humans have shown scant regard for the welfare of their intelligent cousin. Conflicts and endemic poverty across their range have decimated wild chimpanzee populations and they are today a seriously endangered species. Destruction of their habitat and the bush meat trade have disrupted their ... Leer más

$8.90 USD

Genetically, the chimpanzee is humankind's closest relative in the animal kingdom. Yet in recent times humans have shown scant regard for the welfare of their intelligent cousin. Conflicts and endemic poverty across their range have decimated wild chimpanzee populations and they are today a seriously endangered species. Destruction of their habitat and the bush meat trade have disrupted their
... Leer más
De reis van onze genen

Onze geschiedenis en die van onze voorouders

Traducido por Ronnie Boley ...

de Johannes Krause, Thomas Trappe ...

Waar komen we vandaan? Wie zijn wij? Wat onderscheidt ons van anderen? Sinds zijn ontstaan trok de mens vanuit Afrika over de hele wereld, ook naar Europa. Tot voor kort was de geschiedenis van de oermens nog in nevelen gehuld, maar met nieuwe methodes uit de archeogenetica komen tal van nieuwe inzichten boven tafel. Johannes Krause en Thomas Trappe nemen je mee terug in de tijd, over ... Leer más

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Waar komen we vandaan? Wie zijn wij? Wat onderscheidt ons van anderen? Sinds zijn ontstaan trok de mens vanuit Afrika over de hele wereld, ook naar Europa. Tot voor kort was de geschiedenis van de oermens nog in nevelen gehuld, maar met nieuwe methodes uit de archeogenetica komen tal van nieuwe inzichten boven tafel. Johannes Krause en Thomas Trappe nemen je mee terug in de tijd, over
... Leer más
99 Pictures: Just Primate Photos! Big Book of Monkey, Ape, Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Orangutan, Baboon, and Lemur Photographs, Vol. 1

de Big Book of Photos ...

This is a wonderful collection of 99 high-quality color images produced by a series of today's professional photographers. ... Leer más

$2.69 USD

This is a wonderful collection of 99 high-quality color images produced by a series of today's professional photographers.
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Der Bigfoot-Jäger

Auf Spurensuche nach dem Wilden Mann Nordamerikas

de Michael Schneider ...

Der Bigfoot (engl. Großfuß) ist ein Wesen der nordamerikanischen Folklore mit gewaltigen Füßen, erheblicher Größe und starker Fellbehaarung, der in fast allen Gebirgen der USA und Kanadas, insbesondere in den Rocky Mountains und den Appalachen, gesichtet wurde. Bigfoot wird in Kanada auch Sasquatch genannt, was in der Sprache dort ansässiger Ureinwohner für „stark behaarter Mensch“ steht ... Leer más

$4.23 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Der Bigfoot (engl. Großfuß) ist ein Wesen der nordamerikanischen Folklore mit gewaltigen Füßen, erheblicher Größe und starker Fellbehaarung, der in fast allen Gebirgen der USA und Kanadas, insbesondere in den Rocky Mountains und den Appalachen, gesichtet wurde. Bigfoot wird in Kanada auch Sasquatch genannt, was in der Sprache dort ansässiger Ureinwohner für „stark behaarter Mensch“ steht
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Que diriam os animais?

de Vinciane Despret ...

Os macacos sabem mesmo macaquear? Os animais podem se revoltar? Qual o interesse dos ratos nos experimentos? Por que dizem que as vacas não fazem nada? Neste livro, a filósofa da ciência Vinciane Despret propõe vinte e seis perguntas que procuram responder o que os animais teriam a dizer se os humanos fizessem as perguntas certas.Com humor particular, a autora reúne uma série de situações que ... Leer más

$11.69 USD

Os macacos sabem mesmo macaquear? Os animais podem se revoltar? Qual o interesse dos ratos nos experimentos? Por que dizem que as vacas não fazem nada? Neste livro, a filósofa da ciência Vinciane Despret propõe vinte e seis perguntas que procuram responder o que os animais teriam a dizer se os humanos fizessem as perguntas certas.Com humor particular, a autora reúne uma série de situações que
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Among Chimpanzees

Field Notes from the Race to Save Our Endangered Relatives

de Nancy J. Merrick ...

**Foreword by Jane GoodallA former student and colleague of Jane Goodall shares stories of chimps and their heroes, and takes readers on a journey to save man’s closest relative.**Unbeknownst to much of the public, chimps are in trouble: censuses show them to be extinct in four African countries and nearly so in ten others. A large percentage of the remaining populations live in unprotected, ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

**Foreword by Jane GoodallA former student and colleague of Jane Goodall shares stories of chimps and their heroes, and takes readers on a journey to save man’s closest relative.**Unbeknownst to much of the public, chimps are in trouble: censuses show them to be extinct in four African countries and nearly so in ten others. A large percentage of the remaining populations live in unprotected,
... Leer más
Deadly Animals in the Wild

From Venomous Snakes, Man-Eaters to Poisonous Spiders

de Speedy Publishing ...

Series series Deadliest Animals on the Planet
Children learn to use their imagination when they read about things that are new to them and naturally intriguing. Learning about deadly animals sparks the minds of kids as they envision such animals out in the wild and how they hunt and capture prey as kids can create amazing scenarios simply through the use of their imagination once they know some basic information. Kids adore anything about ... Leer más

$3.59 USD

Children learn to use their imagination when they read about things that are new to them and naturally intriguing. Learning about deadly animals sparks the minds of kids as they envision such animals out in the wild and how they hunt and capture prey as kids can create amazing scenarios simply through the use of their imagination once they know some basic information. Kids adore anything about
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Biological Viability Analysis

Large Bipedal Primate Species Survival Requirements

de Dakota Frandsen ...

This comprehensive research report offers a rigorous, science-based framework for investigating the potential existence of a large bipedal primate species, such as Bigfoot or Yeti. Moving beyond anecdotal accounts, the analysis systematically applies established principles of comparative primatology, metabolic scaling, and conservation biology to determine the non-negotiable requirements for a ... Leer más

$1.79 USD

This comprehensive research report offers a rigorous, science-based framework for investigating the potential existence of a large bipedal primate species, such as Bigfoot or Yeti. Moving beyond anecdotal accounts, the analysis systematically applies established principles of comparative primatology, metabolic scaling, and conservation biology to determine the non-negotiable requirements for a
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The Soul of the Ape & My Friends the Baboons

de Eugene Marais ...

Eugene Marais spent three years living in the South African wilderness in close daily contact with a troop of baboons. He later described this as the happiest, most content time of his troubled life. This period produced two works which are testament to his research and conclusions; they have very different histories. Firstly, there was a series of articles written in Afrikaans for the newspaper ... Leer más

$5.66 USD

Eugene Marais spent three years living in the South African wilderness in close daily contact with a troop of baboons. He later described this as the happiest, most content time of his troubled life. This period produced two works which are testament to his research and conclusions; they have very different histories. Firstly, there was a series of articles written in Afrikaans for the newspaper
... Leer más
100 Contra 1 - O Desafio Agora É Real

de L. R. ...

A INTERNET PERGUNTOU. UMA ORGANIZAÇÃO SOMBRIA RESPONDEU. Tudo começou como um debate viral que incendiou as redes sociais: cem homens teriam chance contra a fúria de um gorila silverback? Para uma elite entediada e sedenta por entretenimento exclusivo, a pergunta hipotética transforma-se em um experimento macabro, televisionado clandestinamente. Cem homens de todos os cantos do mundo e de todas as ... Leer más

$5.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

A INTERNET PERGUNTOU. UMA ORGANIZAÇÃO SOMBRIA RESPONDEU. Tudo começou como um debate viral que incendiou as redes sociais: cem homens teriam chance contra a fúria de um gorila silverback? Para uma elite entediada e sedenta por entretenimento exclusivo, a pergunta hipotética transforma-se em um experimento macabro, televisionado clandestinamente. Cem homens de todos os cantos do mundo e de todas as
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Storytelling Apes

Primatology Narratives Past and Future

de Mary Sanders Pollock ...

Series series Animalibus
The annals of field primatology are filled with stories about charismatic animals native to some of the most challenging and remote areas on earth. There are, for example, the chimpanzees of Tanzania, whose social and family interactions Jane Goodall has studied for decades; the mountain gorillas of the Virungas, chronicled first by George Schaller and then later, more obsessively, by Dian Fossey; ... Leer más

$20.51 USD

The annals of field primatology are filled with stories about charismatic animals native to some of the most challenging and remote areas on earth. There are, for example, the chimpanzees of Tanzania, whose social and family interactions Jane Goodall has studied for decades; the mountain gorillas of the Virungas, chronicled first by George Schaller and then later, more obsessively, by Dian Fossey;
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