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Poignée de main bonobo : A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo, Woods, Vanessa,
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- ISBN
- 9781592405466
- Book Title
- Bonobo Handshake : a Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Nature, Science, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Environmental Conservation & Protection, Personal Memoirs, Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology
- Item Weight
- 15.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1592405460
ISBN-13
9781592405466
eBay Product ID (ePID)
78716287
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bonobo Handshake : a Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Personal Memoirs, Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-040721
Reviews
"Funny, adventurous, and heartbreaking, Woods takes us with her to darkest Africa to meet our nearest relative, the nearly extinct bonobo. This must-read book illuminates extraordinary courage in both people and animals." -Sara Gruen, bestselling author of Water for Elephants "Gain insights into both the darkness and altruistic sides of our own emotions by getting to know chimpanzees and bonobos in an African sanctuary. This book is both shocking and hilarious." -Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human "Don't think that this is just a book about apes. It's a love story, an adventure story, and a political education about a country that has seen more tragedy and inhumanity than you can imagine. Above all, it's an introduction to creatures who have every claim to being more human, in the best sense of the word, than we are." -Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost "This is a startling book. Page after page astonished me. A beautifully written journey into the tangled jungle of the human mind, it also brings us movingly into intimate, loving contact with our extraordinary cousins. This is a compelling story, told with striking honesty, humor, and intelligence." -Alan Alda, author of New York Times bestsellers Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself and Never Have Your Dog Stuffed "This is a thoughtful, eloquent memoir, well written and well researched, alternately charming and horrific." - Minneapolis Star Tribune "Woods' account of her time with the Bonobo apes is a story to savor." - People "[Woods'] book about her work in the Congo is exciting, informative and personal. It is hard to come away without a soft spot for these frisky cousins of ours." - St Louis Post Dispatch "A page turner that journeys into the deepest jungle to tell a story of war, a peaceful primate cousin of man, and love - between woman and man and woman and ape." - The Durham News "A late-in-life coming-of-age story, Bonobo Handshake touches on redemption, the war and history of the Congo, anthropological science, research and its ethics, sex, and, principally, bonobos - one of humanity's closest living relatives. Dense, thoughtful, and at once playful and terribly harsh, Bonobo Handshake tells us a story we need to know." -CSMonitor.com "It is indeed a window into the emotions and psychology of our nearest primate relatives, bonobos and chimps. But more than that it's a revealing look into the mind and heart of a young woman finding her way as a scientist and a conservationist." -NOVA blog/PBS.org, "Funny, adventurous, and heartbreaking, Woods takes us with her to darkest Africa to meet our nearest relative, the nearly extinct bonobo. This must-read book illuminates extraordinary courage in both people and animals." -Sara Gruen, bestselling author of Water for Elephants "Gain insights into both the darkness and altruistic sides of our own emotions by getting to know chimpanzees and bonobos in an African sanctuary. This book is both shocking and hilarious." ,BR>-Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translationand Animals Make Us Human "Don't think that this is just a book about apes. It's a love story, an adventure story, and a political education about a country that has seen more tragedy and inhumanity than you can imagine. Above all, it's an introduction to creatures who have every claim to being more human, in the best sense of the word, than we are." -Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost,BR> "This is a startling book. Page after page astonished me. A beautifully written journey into the tangled jungle of the human mind, it also brings us movingly into intimate, loving contact with our extraordinary cousins. This is a compelling story, told with striking honesty, humor, and intelligence." -Alan Alda, author of New York Timesbestsellers Things I Overheard While Talking to Myselfand Never Have Your Dog Stuffed
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
599.884096751
Synopsis
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
LC Classification Number
QL737.P96W655 2010
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