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Elephant Don
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Author : Caitlin O'Connell
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2016-07-20
Elephant Don written by Caitlin O'Connell and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-20 with Nature categories.
"O'Connell, one of the leading experts on elephant communication and social behavior, offers a rare inside look at the social world of African male elephants. [This book] tracks Greg and his group of bulls as [he] tries to understand the vicissitudes of male friendship, power struggles, and play. A frequently heart-wrenching portrayal of commitment, loyalty, and affection between individuals yearning for companionship, it ... captures [a] ... repertoire of elephant behavior and communication"--Publisher marketing.
Elephant Don
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Author : Caitlin O'Connell
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2015-04-06
Elephant Don written by Caitlin O'Connell and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-06 with Nature categories.
Meet Greg. He’s a stocky guy with an outsized swagger. He’s been the intimidating yet sociable don of his posse of friends—including Abe, Keith, Mike, Kevin, Torn Trunk, and Willie. But one arid summer the tide begins to shift and the third-ranking Kevin starts to get ambitious, seeking a higher position within this social club. But this is no ordinary tale of gangland betrayal—Greg and his entourage are bull elephants in Etosha National Park, Namibia, where, for the last twenty-three years, Caitlin O’Connell has been a keen observer of their complicated friendships. In Elephant Don, O’Connell, one of the leading experts on elephant communication and social behavior, offers a rare inside look at the social world of African male elephants. Elephant Don tracks Greg and his group of bulls as O’Connell tries to understand the vicissitudes of male friendship, power struggles, and play. A frequently heart-wrenching portrayal of commitment, loyalty, and affection between individuals yearning for companionship, it vividly captures an incredible repertoire of elephant behavior and communication. Greg, O’Connell shows, is sometimes a tyrant and other times a benevolent dictator as he attempts to hold onto his position at the top. Though Elephant Don is Greg’s story, it is also the story of O’Connell and the challenges and triumphs of field research in environs more hospitable to lions and snakes than scientists. Readers will be drawn into dramatic tales of an elephant society at once exotic and surprisingly familiar, as O’Connell’s decades of close research reveal extraordinary discoveries about a male society not wholly unlike our own. Surely we’ve all known a Greg or two, and through this book we may come to know them in a whole new light.
Don T Tickle The Monkey
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Author : Sam Taplin
language : en
Publisher: Touchy-Feely Sound Books
Release Date : 2023-11-28
Don T Tickle The Monkey written by Sam Taplin and has been published by Touchy-Feely Sound Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-28 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
You'd better not tickle the monkey, because it just might chatter if you do! Babies and toddlers won't be able to resist tickling the touchy-feely patches to hear the animal sounds in this unique and hilarious novelty book. As well as the monkey there's a warthog, a laughing hyena and an ostrich to be tickled, followed by a musical finale where you can hear all the animals being noisy at once.
Don T Think Of An Elephant
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Author : George Lakoff
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2005
Don T Think Of An Elephant written by George Lakoff and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Don't Think of An Elephant is the antidote to decades of conservative strategising and the right's stranglehold on political dialogue. More specifically, it is the definitive handbook for understanding and communicating effectively about key social and political issues. George Lakoff explains in detail exactly how the right has managed to co-opt traditional values in order to popularise its political agenda. He also provides examples of how the centre-left can address the community's core values and re-frame political debate to establish a civil discourse that reinforces progressive positions. Don't Think of An Elephant provides a compelling linguistic analysis of political campaigning. But, more importantly, it demonstrates that real political values and ideas must provide the foundation for political progress by the centre-left.
The Last Elephants
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2019-04-09
The Last Elephants written by and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-09 with Nature categories.
Amazing photographs of elephants accompany narratives from researchers, scientists, and conservationists celebrating elephants and calling for their preservation African savanna elephants--among the most magnificent and beloved of our fellow mammals--are an extraordinary, social, and intelligent species. The Last Elephants, an homage to these animals and a clarion call for their preservation, is based upon a shocking finding: savanna elephant populations across Africa are being decimated, with two to three murdered every hour for their ivory. Without action, these elephants soon will vanish from our world. They are a species in imminent danger of extinction, and it is up to us to save them. Featuring more than 250 full-color photos of the breathtaking animals by some of the world's top wildlife photographers, The Last Elephants was inspired by the devastating results of the continent-wide Great Elephant Census of 2016, undertaken by Elephants without Borders in tandem with the world's most prominent conservation groups. The book joins together the voices and vision of scientists, lawmakers, rangers, conservationists, and on-the-ground researchers to speak out against elephant killings, to close loopholes in international law that allow the ivory trade to continue, and to pay tribute to the thousands who work to protect the animals, including African communities who have elected to preserve and protect their elephant neighbors. Offering both profiles of preservation plans that work and hope for elephants' future, this is a must-read for everyone concerned for the future of one of Earth's most captivating species.
Elephant At The Door
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Author : Don Conroy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Elephant At The Door written by Don Conroy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Children's stories categories.
The Elephant Scientist
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Author : Caitlin O'Connell
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2011-07-11
The Elephant Scientist written by Caitlin O'Connell and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-11 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A 2012 Sibert Honor Book In the sprawling African scrub desert of Etosha National Park in Namibia, they call her "the mother of all elephants." Holding binoculars closely to her eyes, American scientist Caitlin O’Connell could not believe what she was seeing from these African elephants: as the mighty matriarch scanned the horizon, the other elephants followed suit, stopped midstride, and stood as still as statues. This observation would guide the scientist to a groundbreaking discovery about elephant communication: elephants actually listen with their limbs. The Elephant Scientist was named a 2012 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book.
I Wish I Had An Elephant
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Author : Don Spencer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-11-15
I Wish I Had An Elephant written by Don Spencer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-15 with categories.
One of Don Spencer's well-loved children's songs about a boy who dreams of owning an elephant.
Donkey Elephant And None Of The Above
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Author : Steve Kanigher
language : en
Publisher: Steven Kanigher
Release Date : 2018-02
Donkey Elephant And None Of The Above written by Steve Kanigher and has been published by Steven Kanigher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02 with Fiction categories.
If you believe the biggest threat to democracy comes from people who don't vote, think again. None, a nonvoter, gets into an Election Day confrontation with fellow shoppers Voter and Slot Player inside a grocery store in Las Vegas, Nevada. With store employee Sweeper joining in, None explains his aversion to voting by attempting to argue there is a wide gulf separating voters from the candidates they elect. The argument escalates when the partisan Donkey and Elephant rush into the store looking for nonvoters. The argument continues outside in the store parking lot, where None stands his ground, much to the chagrin of the Donkey and Elephant.
The Elephant In The Brain
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Author : Kevin Simler
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
The Elephant In The Brain written by Kevin Simler and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Psychology categories.
Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better - and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the extent of our selfishness. This is the elephant in the brain. Such an introspective taboo makes it hard for us to think clearly about our nature and the explanations for our behavior. The aim of this book, then, is to confront our hidden motives directly - to track down the darker, unexamined corners of our psyches and blast them with floodlights. Then, once everything is clearly visible, we can work to better understand ourselves: Why do we laugh? Why are artists sexy? Why do we brag about travel? Why do we prefer to speak rather than listen? Our unconscious motives drive more than just our private behavior; they also infect our venerated social institutions such as Art, School, Charity, Medicine, Politics, and Religion. In fact, these institutions are in many ways designed to accommodate our hidden motives, to serve covert agendas alongside their official ones. The existence of big hidden motives can upend the usual political debates, leading one to question the legitimacy of these social institutions, and of standard policies designed to favor or discourage them. You won't see yourself - or the world - the same after confronting the elephant in the brain.