Beyond Words by Carl Safina
Long before his work as an ocean conservationist, Carl Safina's childhood by the long island shore launched a life-long passion for animals. Since then, his collected work has sought to inspire respect and improved understanding for wildlife. In his wise and passionate new book, Safina delves deeply into the lives of animals, witnessing their profound capacity for perception, thought, and emotion. Weaving observation with new understanding of brain functioning, his narrative erases many previously held distinctions between humans and other animals. Who we are as individuals depends on who we are to others, and on who others are to us. Relationships define us. Certain non-humans, too, live lives focused around rich social relationships. If tragedy befalls key individuals, survivors confront lasting repercussions. Like us, these animals know who they are. In Beyond Words, readers travel from Kenya to visit the Sheldrake elephant orphanage, to Yellowstone National Park to observe free-living wolves sorting out the aftermath of their personal tragedy, to the whales of Hero Strait off of Vancouver. Safina delivers a graceful examination of how animals truly think and feel, which calls to question what really does -and should- make us human.Carl Safina's work has received MacArthur, Pew, and Guggenheim Fellowships, as well as Orion, Lannan, and National Academies literary honors, as well as the John Burroughs, James Beard, and George Rabb medals for his writing. Rutgers University awarded him a doctorate in ecology. Safina is the first holder of the endowed chair for nature and humanity at Stony Brook University, where he also co-chairs the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science's steering committee and is the founding president of the non-profit Safina Center. He was the host of the PBS series Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina, which lasted ten episodes. His work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, National Geographic, Audubon, Orion, and others, as well as on the Internet at National Geographic News and Views, Huffington Post, and CNN.com.
His seventh novel is Beyond Words. He currently resides on Long Island, New York.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780805098884 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805098887 |
| Title | Beyond Words |
| Author | Carl Safina |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Henry Holt & Company Inc |
| Year published | 2015-07-14 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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