Author : Rose Mulready
Publisher : Seizure
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781925143256
The Bonobo's Dream
Rose Mulready
The Bonobo S Dream
The Bonobo S Dream Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of The Bonobo S Dream book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Empty Hands, Open Arms
Deni Ellis Béchard
Author : Deni Ellis Béchard
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781571318497
Empty Hands, Open Arms by Deni Ellis Béchard Pdf
“Absorbing . . . Béchard’s masterful, adventure-driven reporting delivers an inspiring account of an all-too-rare ecological success story.” —Booklist Bonobos have captured the public imagination, due not least to their famously active sex lives. Less well known is the fact that these great apes don’t kill their own kind, and that they share nearly 99% of our DNA. Their approach to building peaceful coalitions and sharing resources has much to teach us, particularly at a time when our violent ways have pushed them to the brink of extinction. Animated by a desire to understand bonobos and learn how to save them, Deni Ellis Béchard traveled into the Congo. Empty Hands, Open Arms is the account of this journey. Along the way, we see how partnerships between Congolese and Westerners, with few resources but a common purpose and respect for indigenous knowledge, have resulted in the protection of vast swaths of the rainforest. And we discover how small solutions—found through openness, humility, and the principle that poverty does not equal ignorance—are often most effective in tackling our biggest challenges. Combining elements of travelogue, journalism, and natural history, this incomparably rich book takes the reader not only deep into the Congo, but also into our past and future, revealing new ways to save the environment and ourselves. “Riveting [and] surprisingly uplifting.” —David Suzuki, author of The Sacred Balance “The embodiment of the type of reporting that we dream of reading, but all too rarely encounter—intelligent, engaged, and above all, astonishingly perceptive.” —Dinaw Mengestu, author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Also published as Of Bonobos and Men.
Bonobo Handshake
Vanessa Woods
Author : Vanessa Woods
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101528839
Bonobo Handshake by Vanessa Woods Pdf
A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes-who teach her a new truth about love and belonging. In 2005, Vanessa Woods accepted a marriage proposal from a man she barely knew and agreed to join him on a research trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country reeling from a brutal decade-long war that had claimed the lives of millions. Settling in at a bonobo sanctuary in Congo's capital, Vanessa and her fiancé entered the world of a rare ape with whom we share 98.7 percent of our DNA. She soon discovered that many of the inhabitants of the sanctuary-ape and human alike-are refugees from unspeakable violence, yet bonobos live in a peaceful society in which females are in charge, war is nonexistent, and sex is as common and friendly as a handshake. A fascinating memoir of hope and adventure, Bonobo Handshake traces Vanessa's self-discovery as she finds herself falling deeply in love with her husband, the apes, and her new surroundings while probing life's greatest question: What ultimately makes us human? Courageous and extraordinary, this true story of revelation and transformation in a fragile corner of Africa is about looking past the differences between animals and ourselves, and finding in them the same extraordinary courage and will to survive. For Vanessa, it is about finding her own path as a writer and scientist, falling in love, and finding a home. Watch a Video
Bonobo
Frans B. M. Waal,Frans Lanting
Author : Frans B. M. Waal,Frans Lanting
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520205359
Bonobo by Frans B. M. Waal,Frans Lanting Pdf
""Bonobo" provides a tantalizing introduction to the natural history of one of our closest living relatives and uniquely enhances our understanding of our own place in nature" (Donald Johanson). "How nice to have the peaceable, sexy bonobo added to the path of human evolution! Bonobos represent the silver lining in our ape heritage" (Meredith Small). 75 color plates. 9 photos. 9 maps & drawings.
Bonobo
Frans B. M. de Waal,Frans Lanting
Author : Frans B. M. de Waal,Frans Lanting
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520351288
Bonobo by Frans B. M. de Waal,Frans Lanting Pdf
This remarkable primate with the curious name is challenging established views on human evolution. The bonobo, least known of the great apes, is a female-centered, egalitarian species that has been dubbed the "make-love-not-war" primate by specialists. In bonobo society, females form alliances to intimidate males, sexual behavior (in virtually every partner combination) replaces aggression and serves many social functions, and unrelated groups mingle instead of fighting. The species's most striking achievement is not tool use or warfare but sensitivity to others. In the first book to combine and compare data from captivity and the field, Frans de Waal, a world-renowned primatologist, and Frans Lanting, an internationally acclaimed wildlife photographer, present the most up-to-date perspective available on the bonobo. Focusing on social organization, de Waal compares the bonobo with its better-known relative, the chimpanzee. The bonobo's relatively nonviolent behavior and the tendency for females to dominate males confront the evolutionary models derived from observing the chimpanzee's male power politics, cooperative hunting, and intergroup warfare. Further, the bonobo's frequent, imaginative sexual contacts, along with its low reproduction rate, belie any notion that the sole natural purpose of sex is procreation. Humans share over 98 percent of their genetic material with the bonobo and the chimpanzee. Is it possible that the peaceable bonobo has retained traits of our common ancestor that we find hard to recognize in ourselves? Eight superb full-color photo essays offer a rare view of the bonobo in its native habitat in the rain forests of Zaire as well as in zoos and research facilities. Additional photographs and highlighted interviews with leading bonobo experts complement the text. This book points the way to viable alternatives to male-based models of human evolution and will add considerably to debates on the origin of our species. Anyone interested in primates, gender issues, evolutionary psychology, and exceptional wildlife photography will find a fascinating companion in Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape.
The Last Bonobo
Deni Béchard
Author : Deni Béchard
Publisher : Biblioasis
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781771960335
The Last Bonobo by Deni Béchard Pdf
Part history, part travelogue, part environmental manifesto, The Last Bonobo forces us to reexamine established modes of conservation—while blazing a path toward new, sustainable solutions to our most urgent environmental issues.
Bonobos
Brian Hare,Shinya Yamamoto
Author : Brian Hare,Shinya Yamamoto
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191044205
Bonobos by Brian Hare,Shinya Yamamoto Pdf
The bonobo, along with the chimpanzee, is one of our two closest living relatives. Their relatively narrow geographic range (south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo) combined with the history of political instability in the region, has made their scientific study extremely difficult. In contrast, there are dozens of wild and captive sites where research has been conducted for decades with chimpanzees. Because data sets on bonobos have been so hard to obtain and so few large-scale studies have been published, the majority of researchers have treated chimpanzee data as being representative of both species. However, this misconception is now rapidly changing. With relative stability in the DRC for over a decade and a growing community of bonobos living in zoos and sanctuaries internationally, there has been an explosion of scientific interest in the bonobo with dozens of high impact publications focusing on this fascinating species. This research has revealed exactly how unique bonobos are in their brains and behavior, and reminds us why it is so important that we redouble our efforts to protect the few remaining wild populations of this iconic and highly endangered great ape species.
Cannibal Dreams
Hadena James
Author : Hadena James
Publisher : Hadena James
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Cannibal Dreams by Hadena James Pdf
Some family trees need trimming. When pairs of feet start turning up in Columbia, Missouri, it becomes apparent that a serial killer is prowling the streets. However, the feet are not giving away many secrets and without bodies, it is impossible to identify the victims. The investigation stalls and the killer is free to slaughter as many victims as he can find. When Aislinn Cain and the SCTU shows up, Aislinn realizes that this isn’t a new serial killer. He’s terrorized her hometown before. Her father worked the case the first time with only an exotic bite mark as a clue. Now, Aislinn will start the manhunt of her life as she becomes determined to catch the monster that eluded her father. As she sinks further into the hunt, she'll uncover a horrifying past that proves skeletons should stay locked in closets.
Vow of Darkness
Rodrigo Parra Sandoval
Author : Rodrigo Parra Sandoval
Publisher : eLibros Editorial
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789588732862
Vow of Darkness by Rodrigo Parra Sandoval Pdf
Originally published in Spanish as Voto de tinieblas, this is a translation by Kieran Tapsell. Among the stories and characters of Vow of Darkness it unfolds a reflection around the prohibitions and dangers that a nun living the confused and violent period of independence from Spain must face when she decides to be a writer in a world where writing is an exclusively male activity. Alongside these adventures is woven a reflection about personal and collective memory. It outlines how the indigenous population extinguishes destroyed by war, smallpox and shame. And yet, there are characters trying to give sense to their own lives through generosity, compassion, understanding the other, identifying with their memory, diluting cultural distances, changing the roles and transforming the victorious on defeated or trying to solve the antagonisms that the nun draws in the written geographies of her body throughout philanthropy.
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates
Frans de Waal
Author : Frans de Waal
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393089196
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates by Frans de Waal Pdf
In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution. 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 tales from the animal kingdom with thoughtful philosophical analysis, de Waal seeks a bottom-up explanation of morality that emphasizes our connection with animals. In doing so, de Waal explores for the first time the implications of his work for our understanding of modern religion. Whatever the role of religious moral imperatives, he sees it as a “Johnny-come-lately” role that emerged only as an addition to our natural instincts for cooperation and empathy. But unlike the dogmatic neo-atheist of his book’s title, de Waal does not scorn religion per se. Instead, he draws on the long tradition of humanism exemplified by the painter Hieronymus Bosch and asks reflective readers to consider these issues from a positive perspective: What role, if any, does religion play for a well-functioning society today? And where can believers and nonbelievers alike find the inspiration to lead a good life? Rich with cultural references and anecdotes of primate behavior, The Bonobo and the Atheist engagingly builds a unique argument grounded in evolutionary biology and moral philosophy. Ever a pioneering thinker, de Waal delivers a heartening and inclusive new perspective on human nature and our struggle to find purpose in our lives.
The Mirror of N'de
L. K. Malone
Author : L. K. Malone
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780825489051
The Mirror of N'de by L. K. Malone Pdf
Thirteen-year-old Hadlay of the city of N'de rages against the poverty and mistreatment of the Ramash people, but when she is chosen for the honor of serving the Prince in the Tower, instead of finding a way to right her society's wrongs, she discovers that things are worse than she believed.
On Not Being Able to Sleep
Jacqueline Rose
Author : Jacqueline Rose
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780691225654
On Not Being Able to Sleep by Jacqueline Rose Pdf
In these powerful essays, Jacqueline Rose delves into the questions that keep us awake at night, into issues of privacy and writing, exposure and shame. Do women writers--Christina Rossetti, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath--have a special talent for self-revelation? Or are they simply more vulnerable to the invasions of biography? What ethical questions are raised by Ted Hughes's role in Plath's writing life? What do Adrienne Rich and Natalie Angier reveal about the destiny of feminism? In its affinity with modernist writing, what can psychoanalysis tell us about the limits of knowledge--both about the most intimate components of experience and the most hallucinatory reaches of the mind? Have psychoanalytic writers today and the very institution of psychoanalysis remained faithful to the most potent and disturbing aspects of Freud's vision? Finally Rose addresses some of the most dramatic public performances of our times--the cult of celebrity with its contrasting obsessions with Princess Diana and the child murderer Mary Bell; and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission which, in a stirring last essay, allows Rose to explore the ethical and political responsibilities of thought and speech in times of historical crisis. Moving deftly with style, force, and clarity between our public, political, and private, unconscious worlds, On Not Being Able to Sleep, forges a unique set of links between feminism, psychoanalysis, literature, and politics. The result is a book well worth staying up late to read--one that exposes the uncomfortable borderland between our desire to speak out and be silent, between the stage of the world and of the mind.
The Bonobos
Takeshi Furuichi,Jo Thompson
Author : Takeshi Furuichi,Jo Thompson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387747873
The Bonobos by Takeshi Furuichi,Jo Thompson Pdf
Once one of the least studied of the great apes, this new text covers the latest research into these fascinating creatures. Split into two parts, it covers scientific research, which has attempted to answer why bonobos have some unique characteristics such as high social status of females and flexible social relationships. Then, it moves on to conservation. Both the local and global aspects of the factors threatening the wild bonobo population are reviewed.
Theory of Bastards
Audrey Schulman
Author : Audrey Schulman
Publisher : Europa Editions
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781609454388
Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman Pdf
The Philip K. Dick Award–winning sci-fi novel: “A riveting page-turner” about the behavior of primates—human and otherwise—“in a very near and dire future” (The Washington Post). Winner of the 2019 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Speculative Fiction One of The Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of fiction in 2018 In a world where coastal cities flood, dust storms plague the Midwest, and implants connect humans directly to the Web, Dr. Francine Burk has broken new ground in the study of primate sexuality. While in recovery from a long-needed surgery—paid for with a portion of her McArthur “genius” award money—Frankie is offered placement at a prestigious research institute where she can verify her subversive scientific discovery: her Theory of Bastards. Leaving Manhattan for a research campus outside Kansas City, Frankie finds that the bonobos she’s studying are complex, with distinct personalities. She comes to know them with the help of her research partner, a man with a complicated past and perhaps a place in her future. But when the entire campus is caught in a sudden emergency, the lines between subject and scientist—and between colleague and companion―begin to blur. Audrey Schulman Award–winning novel explores the nuances of communication, the implications of unquestioned technological advancement, and the enduring power of love in a way that is essential and urgent in today’s world.
Bonobo Cognition and Behaviour
Brian Hare,Shinya Yamamoto
Author : Brian Hare,Shinya Yamamoto
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789004304178
Bonobo Cognition and Behaviour by Brian Hare,Shinya Yamamoto Pdf
This volume includes twelve novel empirical papers focusing on the behaviour and cognition of both captive and wild bonobos (Pan paniscus). Overall it demonstrates how anyone interested in understanding humans or chimpanzees must also know bonobos.