A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons (Sapolsky Robert M.)(Paperback)

A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons (Sapolsky Robert M.)(Paperback)

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 I grew

Primate's Memoir - Love, Death and Baboons (Sapolsky Robert M.)(Paperback / softback)

Monkeyluv - And Other Lessons in Our Lives as Animals (Sapolsky Robert M)(Paperback / softback)

Described by Oliver Sacks as 'one of the best scientist-writers of our time', Robert M. Sapolsky here presents the human animal in all its quirkiness and diversity. In these remarkable essays, Sapolsky once again deploys his compassion and insights into the human condition to tell us who, why and

Behave - The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Sapolsky Robert M)(Paperback / softback)

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (Sapolsky Robert M.)(Paperback)

Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with over 225,000 copies in print Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Sapolsky Robert M.)(Pevná vazba)

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (Sapolsky Robert M.)(Paperback)

The New York Times Bestseller'It's no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read.' --David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal 'It has my vote for science book of the year.' --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times 'Hands-down one of the best books I've read in

Fairy Tales: Dramolettes (Walser Robert)(Paperback)

Fairy Tales gathers the unconventional verse dramolettes of the Swiss writer Robert Walser. Narrated in Walser's inimitable, playful language, these theatrical pieces overturn traditional notions of the fairy tale, transforming the Brothers Grimm into metatheater, even metareflections.Snow White

Milkshakes and Morphine - A Memoir of Love and Life (Fox Genevieve (Author))(Paperback / softback)

Honest, heartrending and full of humour, this is an extraordinary memoir about an unconventional childhood and the absurdities of the cancer

The Mixtape of My Life: A Do-It-Yourself Music Memoir (Elder Robert K.)(Paperback)

The perfect gift for music lovers, The Mixtape of My Life is a guided journal that offers prompts and questions to get everyone recalling the pivotal songs that have shaped our lives. No matter which musical generation you belong to, or whether your musical tastes range from doo-wop to Daft Punk,

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life (Simler Kevin)(Paperback)

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. Theless

The Trouble with Testosterone: And Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament (Sapolsky Robert M.)(Paperback)

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize From the man who Oliver Sacks hailed as 'one of the best scientist/writers of our time,' a collection of sharply observed, uproariously funny essays on the biology of human culture and behavior. In the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould and Oliver Sacks,

The Walking Dead Volume 12: Life Among Them (Kirkman Robert)(Paperback)

The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled: no

Kurds - my friends in the north (Cookson John)(Paperback / softback)

A memoir about the author's travels among the

Eagle Trail (Rigby Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Who is the traitor among

Life Among the Savages (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

The Film Club (Gilmour David)(Paperback)

At the start of this brilliantly unconventional family memoir, David Gilmour is an unemployed movie critic trying to convince his fifteen-year-old son Jesse to do his homework. When he realizes Jesse is beginning to view learning as a loathsome chore, he offers his son an unconventional deal: Jesse

Boy in the Green Suit - a memoir (Hillman Robert)(Paperback / softback)

My Horsy Life - An Unconventional Equine Memoir (Rising Janet)(Paperback / softback)

Janet Rising has written sixteen pony books for young readers including, with Carl Hester MBE, FBHS, the life story of Valegro, the greatest dressage horse that has ever lived. Although no stranger to writing fiction for adults, this is her first book for that

Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life: A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity Are Revolutionizing Our View of Human Natur (Kenrick Douglas T.)(Paperback)

'Kenrick writes like a dream.'--Robert Sapolsky, Professor of Biology and Neurology, Stanford University; author of A Primate's Memoir and Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers What do sex and murder have to do with the meaning of life? Everything.In Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life, social psychologist

The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates (de Waal Frans)(Paperback)

For many years, de Waal has observed chimpanzees soothe distressed neighbors and bonobos share their food. Now he delivers fascinating fresh evidence for the seeds of ethical behavior in primate societies that further cements the case for the biological origins of human fairness. Interweaving vivid

My Life with Things: The Consumer Diaries (Chin Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Unconventional and provocative, My Life with Things is Elizabeth Chin's meditation on her relationship with consumer goods and a critical statement on the politics and method of anthropology. Chin centers the book on diary entries that focus on everyday items--kitchen cabinet knobs, shoes, a

Sexual Life of Catherine M. (Millet Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

The sensational erotic memoir that shocked the world, now a Serpent's Tail

Running Toward Mystery: The Adventure of an Unconventional Life (Priyadarshi Tenzin)(Paperback)

A revered Buddhist monk tells the bracing and beautiful story of a singular life compelled to contemplation, sharing lessons about the power of mentorship and an open mind 'A necessary and captivating narrative of spiritual courage and truth seeking far beyond the veil of our contemporary