Wildhood - the epic journey from adolescence to adulthood in humans and other animals (Natterson-Horowitz Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Wildhood - the epic journey from adolescence to adulthood in humans and other animals (Natterson-Horowitz Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Wildhood: The Astounding Connections Between Human and Animal Adolescents (Natterson-Horowitz Barbara)(Paperback)

A New York Times Editor's Pick ** People Best Books ** Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Books ** Chicago Tribune 28 Books You Need to Read Now ** 'It blew my mind to discover that adolescent animals and humans are so similar...I loved this book ' --Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human

Between Light and Storm - How We Live With Other Species (Woolfson Esther)(Pevná vazba)

A landmark new book about the fraught relationship between humans and animals that takes us from Genesis to climate

Fellow Creatures: Our Obligations to the Other Animals (Korsgaard Christine M.)(Pevná vazba)

Christine M. Korsgaard presents a compelling new view of humans' moral relationships to the other animals. She defends the claim that we are obligated to treat all sentient beings as what Kant called ends-in-themselves. Drawing on a theory of the good derived from Aristotle, she offers an

The Neuroscience of Emotion: A New Synthesis (Adolphs Ralph)(Pevná vazba)

A new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotions in humans and animals The Neuroscience of Emotion presents a new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotion across species. Written by Ralph Adolphs and David J. Anderson, two leading authorities on the study of emotion, this

Palmares (Jones Gayl)(Pevná vazba)

The epic rendering of a Black woman's journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil; the return of a major voice in American literature. First discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th

Big Freeze (Curnick Pippa)(Pevná vazba)

Shama and Bahama Llama are in a wild race with all the other animals to nab the perfect woolly jumpers, before The Big Freeze comes! Will they learn to work together when disaster

You Can't Fall Off the Floor: And Other Lessons from a Life in Hollywood (Katleman Harris)(Pevná vazba)

Before the Law: Humans and Other Animals in a Biopolitical Frame (Wolfe Cary)(Paperback)

Animal studies and biopolitics are two of the most dynamic areas of interdisciplinary scholarship, but until now, they have had little to say to each other. Bringing these two emergent areas of thought into direct conversation in Before the Law, Cary Wolfe fosters a new discussion about the status

Modeling Infectious Diseases in Humans and Animals (Keeling Matt J.)(Pevná vazba)

For epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, and health-care professionals, real-time and predictive modeling of infectious disease is of growing importance. This book provides a timely and comprehensive introduction to the modeling of infectious diseases in humans and animals, focusing on recent

Flight from Grace: A Cultural History of Humans and Birds (Pope Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Human animals are despoiling nature and causing a sixth extinction on Earth. Our natural environment is being compromised, and birds and other animals are disappearing at an alarming rate. Flight from Grace does not so much reveal the extent of the damage as ask and answer the perplexing question:

Between Light and Storm - How We Live With Other Species (Woolfson Esther)(Paperback / softback)

A landmark book about the fraught relationship between humans and animals that takes us from Genesis to climate

Aardman: An Epic Journey - Taken One Frame at a Time (Lord Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The fascinating and funny behind-the-scenes story of claymation experts Aardman Animations, from humble beginnings to Hollywood, told in their own words by Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Nick Park and Richard

Otherworlds - Visions of Our Solar System (Benson Michael)(Pevná vazba)

A visual journey of awe-inspiring beauty from planet Earth to the other planets in our Solar System. Michael Benson uses the black-and-white raw frames sent back by spacecraft to create groundbreaking artworks that capture planetary landscapes as they might look if humans could visit them and view

The Hollowmen (Reilly Jared Patrick)(Pevná vazba)

The punk scarecrow horror epic you've been waiting for... Humans are on the verge of extinction, and we are better for it... These are words that Pettick, the leader of the Scarecrows, gives to his people, members of a desolate agrarian colony where living breathing scarecrows have replaced humans

Little-Known Facts: Animals (. Cathin Diarmuid)(Pevná vazba)

From the mysteries and wonders of the natural world to man-made marvels in science, technology, and innovation, planet Earth is full of fun and fascinating things to discover at any age. Although most knowledge can be gleaned online today, there is nothing quite like the charm of learning from

Killing Commendatore (Murakami Haruki)(Pevná vazba)

The epic new novel from the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of 1Q84 In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously

Ask the Dust (Veillon Romain)(Pevná vazba)

Ask the Dust is an epic journey through ruins from the genteel parlours of long dead haute bourgeoisie families to the sparse industrial beauty of mid-century factories as they quietly rust away. Like a vivid daydream, you find yourself absorbed in wordless reveries from page to page. Ask the Dust

The Radiant Lives of Animals (Hogan Linda)(Pevná vazba)

From a celebrated Chickasaw writer, a spiritual meditation, in prose and poetry, on our relationship to the animal world, in an illustrated gift package. Concerned that human lives and the natural world are too often defined by people who are separated from the land and its inhabitants, Indigenous

The Libyan Novel: Humans, Animals and the Poetics of Vulnerability (Olszok Charis)(Pevná vazba)

Analysing prominent novelists such as Ibrahim al-Kuni and Hisham Matar, alongside lesser-known and emerging voices, this book introduces the themes and genres of the Libyan novel during the al-Qadhafi era. Exploring latent political protest and environmental lament in the writing of novelists in

Frog Crush (Worboys Ian)(Pevná vazba)

Frog Crush presents a scene from life in the African savannah and it follows the short journey of five animals in the midday sun, while they are trying to find something juicy and tasty to eat. The book opens with the sight of a Frog singing on a lily pad and who is feeling particularly hungry. An

The Transformation of American International Power in the 1970s (Zanchetta Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Barbara Zanchetta analyzes the evolution of American-Soviet relations during the 1970s, from the rise of d tente during the Nixon administration to the policy's crisis and fall during the final years of the Carter presidency. This study traces lines of continuity among the Nixon, Ford, and Carter

30 Animals That Made Us Smarter (Aryee Patrick)(Pevná vazba)

For many years, humans have been using the natural world as inspiration for everything from fashion to architecture, and medicine to transport, and it may come as a surprise to learn how many inventions have been motivated by animal design and

Balloon to the Moon (Arbuthnott Gill)(Pevná vazba)

A fascinating countdown of the technologies, innovations and stories that led humans from the hot air balloon to walking on the