Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals Contributor(s): Grandin, Temple (Author), Johnson, Catherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547248237 ISBN-13: 9780547248233 Publisher: Mariner Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2010 Annotation: With the groundbreaking "Animals in Translation," Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her distinguished career as an animal scientist to deliver extraordinary insights into how animals think. Now she builds on those insights to show how to give animals the best and happiest life. (Animals/Pets) |
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BISAC Categories: - Pets | Dogs - General - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Mammals |
Dewey: 636.083 |
LCCN: 2008034892 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" L (0.60 lbs) 352 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: People Weekly 01/18/2010 pg. 55 New York Times Book Review 01/17/2010 pg. 20 New York Review of Books 04/29/2010 pg. 12 |
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Publisher Description: The best-selling animal advocate Temple Grandin offers the most exciting exploration of how animals feel since The Hidden Life of Dogs. In her groundbreaking and best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her distinguished career as an animal scientist to deliver extraordinary insights into how animals think, act, and feel. Now she builds on those insights to show us how to give our animals the best and happiest life--on their terms, not ours. It's usually easy to pinpoint the cause of physical pain in animals, but to know what is causing them emotional distress is much harder. Drawing on the latest research and her own work, Grandin identifies the core emotional needs of animals. Then she explains how to fulfill them for dogs and cats, horses, farm animals, and zoo animals. Whether it's how to make the healthiest environment for the dog you must leave alone most of the day, how to keep pigs from being bored, or how to know if the lion pacing in the zoo is miserable or just exercising, Grandin teaches us to challenge our assumptions about animal contentment and honor our bond with our fellow creatures. Animals Make Us Human is the culmination of almost thirty years of research, experimentation, and experience. This is essential reading for anyone who's ever owned, cared for, or simply cared about an animal. |
Contributor Bio(s): Grandin, Temple: - TEMPLE GRANDIN is one of the world's most accomplished and well-known adults with autism. She is a professor at Colorado State University and the author of several best-selling books, which have sold more than a million copies. The HBO movie based on her life, starring Claire Danes, received seven Emmy Awards.Johnson, Catherine: - CATHERINE JOHNSON, Ph.D., is a writer specializing in neuropsychiatry and the brain. She cowrote Animals in Translation and served as a trustee of the National Alliance for Autism Research for seven years. She lives with her husband and three sons--two of whom have autism--in New York. |
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