All Decent Animals

Author : Oonya Kempadoo
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466826335

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All Decent Animals by Oonya Kempadoo Pdf

Oonya Kempadoo's moving third novel, All Decent Animals, looks at the personal and aesthetic choices of a multifaceted cast of characters on the Caribbean island of Trinidad—a country still developing economically but rich culturally, aiming at "world-class" status amid its poor island cousins. It is a novel about relationships, examined through the distinct rhythms of the city of Port of Spain. Loyalties, love, conflicting cultures, and creativity come into play as Ata, a young woman working in carnival design but curious about writing, and her European boyfriend, Pierre, negotiate the care of their friend Fraser, a closeted gay man dying from AIDS. The contradictory Trinidadian setting becomes a parallel character to Fraser's Cambridge-derived artistic sensibility and an antagonist to Ata's creative journey. All Decent Animals is a forthright inquiry into the complexity of character, social issues, and island society, with all the island's humor, mysticism, and tragedy.

Author : Becky Mandelbaum
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982112998

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The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals by Becky Mandelbaum Pdf

2016. The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals is in trouble. Ariel discovers that her mother Mona's animal sanctuary in Western Kansas has not only been the target of anti-Semitic hate crimes, it is also for sale, due to hidden financial ruin. Ariel, living a new life in progressive Lawrence, and estranged from her mother for six years, returns to her childhood home - and finds her first love, a ranch hand named Gideon, still working at the Bright Side. Back in Lawrence, Ariel's fiancé, Dex, sets out to confront Ariel and finds her questioning the meaning of her life in Lawrence--and whether she belongs with Dex or with someone else, somewhere else.

Author : Matthew Scully
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781429980432

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Dominion by Matthew Scully Pdf

"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." --Genesis 1:24-26 In this crucial passage from the Old Testament, God grants mankind power over animals. But with this privilege comes the grave responsibility to respect life, to treat animals with simple dignity and compassion. Somewhere along the way, something has gone wrong. In Dominion, we witness the annual convention of Safari Club International, an organization whose wealthier members will pay up to $20,000 to hunt an elephant, a lion or another animal, either abroad or in American "safari ranches," where the animals are fenced in pens. We attend the annual International Whaling Commission conference, where the skewed politics of the whaling industry come to light, and the focus is on developing more lethal, but not more merciful, methods of harvesting "living marine resources." And we visit a gargantuan American "factory farm," where animals are treated as mere product and raised in conditions of mass confinement, bred for passivity and bulk, inseminated and fed with machines, kept in tightly confined stalls for the entirety of their lives, and slaughtered in a way that maximizes profits and minimizes decency. Throughout Dominion, Scully counters the hypocritical arguments that attempt to excuse animal abuse: from those who argue that the Bible's message permits mankind to use animals as it pleases, to the hunter's argument that through hunting animal populations are controlled, to the popular and "scientifically proven" notions that animals cannot feel pain, experience no emotions, and are not conscious of their own lives. The result is eye opening, painful and infuriating, insightful and rewarding. Dominion is a plea for human benevolence and mercy, a scathing attack on those who would dismiss animal activists as mere sentimentalists, and a demand for reform from the government down to the individual. Matthew Scully has created a groundbreaking work, a book of lasting power and importance for all of us.

Author : Walter Rollin Brooks
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066368272

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Freddy the Detective by Walter Rollin Brooks Pdf

Freddy the Pig, an adored character on Mr. Bean's farm, embarks on a captivating detective journey alongside other animal companions. Inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Freddy discovers his own talent for unraveling mysteries. It all begins with the disappearance of Farmer Bean's son's toy train. With his newfound skills, Freddy becomes remarkably adept at catching criminals.

Author : John Skipp,Craig Spector
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Animals by John Skipp,Craig Spector Pdf

Wild Things... They've been with us forever - prowling the smoky roadhouse dives that are their watering holes and hunting grounds. Predators, lurking amidst the human herd. Changing shape at will. Lusting for blood and meat they are gods in the wild. Gods in disguise. And they feed on the spark inside each of us. Syd was just another lonely working class guy singing the steel-town blues. Then he met Nora. She's sensual. Erotic. Amoral. A creature of the night and she's luring Syd across the line that few can cross--and fewer survive: the line that separates man from beast.

Author : Bob Fischer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000497267

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The Ethics of Eating Animals by Bob Fischer Pdf

Intensive animal agriculture wrongs many, many animals. Philosophers have argued, on this basis, that most people in wealthy Western contexts are morally obligated to avoid animal products. This book explains why the author thinks that’s mistaken. He reaches this negative conclusion by contending that the major arguments for veganism fail: they don’t establish the right sort of connection between producing and eating animal-based foods. Moreover, if they didn’t have this problem, then they would have other ones: we wouldn’t be obliged to abstain from all animal products, but to eat strange things instead—e.g., roadkill, insects, and things left in dumpsters. On his view, although we have a collective obligation not to farm animals, there is no specific diet that most individuals ought to have. Nevertheless, he does think that some people are obligated to be vegans, but that’s because they’ve joined a movement, or formed a practical identity, that requires that sacrifice. This book argues that there are good reasons to make such a move, albeit not ones strong enough to show that everyone must do likewise.

Author : Virginia Morell
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Animal behavior
ISBN : 9780307461445

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Animal Wise by Virginia Morell Pdf

Explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising examination into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals.

Author : Hal Herzog
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780063119291

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Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat [Second Edition] by Hal Herzog Pdf

A maverick scientist who co-founded the field of anthrozoology offers a controversial, thought-provoking, and unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways we think, feel, and behave towards animals. How do we reconcile our love for cats and dogs (and rabbits, snakes, hamsters, gerbils, and goldfish) with our appetite for hamburgers and chicken breast and our use of medications that have been tested on lab mice? Why do so many of us—as meat eaters, recreational hunters and fishermen, and visitors of zoos and circuses—take the moral high ground when it comes to condemning activities like cockfighting? And why are dogs considered pets in America but dinner in Korea? With Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, Hal Herzog offers a lively and deeply intelligent look inside our complex and often paradoxical relationships with animals. Drawing on over two decades of research in the interdisciplinary field of anthrozoology, the science of human-animal relations, Herzog examines the moral and ethical decisions we all face when it comes to the furry and feathered creatures with whom we share this planet. Alternately poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat takes readers on a highly entertaining and illuminating journey through the full spectrum of human-animal relations, relating Dr. Herzog’s groundbreaking research on animal rights activists, cockfighters, professional dog show handlers, veterinary students, biomedical researchers, and circus animal trainers. Through psychology, history, biology, sociology, cross-cultural analysis, current animal rights debates, and the morality and ethics surrounding the use and abuse of animals, Herzog carefully crafts a seamless narrative composed of real life anecdotes, academic and scientific research, cross-cultural examples, and his own sense of moral confusion. Combining the intellectual rigor of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma with the wry observation of Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods, Herzog offers a refreshing new perspective on our lives with animals—one that will forever change the way we look at our relationships with other creatures and, in so doing, will also change the way we look at ourselves.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Really Decent Bookcase
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1909090492

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My Big Animals Bookcase by Anonim Pdf

Introduces core first concepts and animals. Contains six chunky board book with rounded corners in a rigid suitcase with magnetic closure. Animals, Concepts, Town and World in series.

Author : Royal Agricultural Society of England
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1132 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UOM:39015073293964

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Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England Pdf

Vols. for 1933- include the societys Farmers' guide to agricultural research.

Author : JOHN MURRAY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1200 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND by JOHN MURRAY Pdf

Author : Ross Andrews
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781446177419

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a Load of Toss by Ross Andrews Pdf

Volume one of the comic writings of Toss, contains plays, musicals, and performance poetry that was the very rude comedy group Mr.Parrott.Includes the complete 'Gospels According to Parrott'Most definately not suitable for children

Author : John Gray
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141969022

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The Silence of Animals by John Gray Pdf

The powerful, beautiful and chilling sequel to the bestselling Straw Dogs John Gray draws on an extraordinary array of memoirs, poems, fiction and philosophy to make us re-imagine our place in the world. Writers as varied as Ballard, Borges, Freud and Conrad are mesmerised by forms of human extremity - experiences on the outer edge of the possible, or which tip into fantasy and myth. What happens to us when we starve, when we fight, when we are imprisoned? And how do our imaginations leap into worlds way beyond our real experience? The Silence of Animals is consistently fascinating, filled with unforgettable images and a delight in the conundrum of our existence - an existence which we decorate with countless myths and ideas, where we twist and turn to avoid acknowledging that we too are animals, separated from the others perhaps only by our self-conceit. In the Babel we have created for ourselves, it is the silence of animals that both reproaches and bewitches us. Reviews: 'The Silence of Animals is a new kind of book from Gray, a sort of poetic reverie on the human state, on the state, that is, of the human animal ... He blends lyricism with wisdom, humour with admonition, nay-saying with affirmation, making in the process a marvellous statement of what it is to be both an animal and a human in the strange, terrifying and exquisite world into which we straw dogs find ourselves thrown' John Banville, Guardian 'Interesting, original and memorable ... The Silence of Animals is a beautifully written book, the product of a strongly questioning mind. It is effectively an anthology with detailed commentary, setting out one rich and suggestive episode after another' Philip Hensher, Spectator About the author: John Gray has been Professor of Politics at Oxford University, Visiting Professor at Harvard and Yale and Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. He now writes full time. His books include False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals and The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death. His selected writings, Gray's Anatomy, was published in 2009.

Author : Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : HARVARD:HNJZBZ

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Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland by Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland Pdf

Author : Highland and agricultural society of Scotland, Edinburgh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : PSU:000019035529

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Prize Essays and Transactions by Highland and agricultural society of Scotland, Edinburgh Pdf