The Whole Hog: Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigs
10 best books like The Whole Hog: Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigs (Lyall Watson): High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America, Fowl Weather, Skin: A Natural History, Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures, How the Dog Became the Dog: From Wolves to Our Best Friends, Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest, Poseidon's Steed The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality, Bats Sing, Mice Giggle: The Surprising Science of Animals' Inner Lives, An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect, The Dangerous World of Butterflies: The Startling Subculture of Criminals, Collectors, and Conservationists
| Author | Jessica B. Harris |
| ISBN | 1596913959 |
Acclaimed cookbook author Jessica B. Harris has spent much of her life researching the food and foodways of the African Diaspora. High on the Hog is the culmination of years of her work, and the result is a most engaging history of African American cuisine. Harris takes the reader on a harrowing journey...
| Author | Bob Tarte |
| ISBN | 1565125029 |
In Bob Tarte's home, pandemonium is the order of the day, and animals literally rule the roost—thirty-nine of them at last count. Whether it's the knot-tying African grey parrot, or the overweight cat who's trained Bob to hold her water bowl just above the floor, or the nightmarish duck who challenges...
| Author | Nina G. Jablonski |
| ISBN | 0520242815 |
We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This dazzling synthetic overview, written with a poetic touch and taking many intriguing side excursions,...
| Author | Bill Schutt |
| ISBN | 0307381129 |
For centuries, blood feeders have inhabited our nightmares and horror stories, as well as the shadowy realms of scientific knowledge. In Dark Banquet, zoologist Bill Schutt takes readers on an entertaining voyage into the world of some of nature’s strangest creatures—the sanguivores. Using...
| Author | Mark Derr |
| ISBN | 1590207009 |
How the Dog Became the Dog posits that dog was an evolutionary inevitability in the nature of the wolf and its human soul mate.
The natural temperament and social structure of humans and wolves are so similar that as soon as they met on the trail they recognized themselves in each other. Both...
| Author | Sy Montgomery |
| ISBN | 0743200268 |
Scientists call them "Inia geoffrensis," an ancient species of toothed whale whose origin dates back about 15 million years. To the local people of the Amazon, pink river dolphins are "botos," shape shifters that, in the guise of human desire, can claim your soul and take you to the Encante, an enchanted...
A fascinating journey with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years
Poseidon's Steed trails the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe in a kaleidoscopic history that mirrors man?s centuries-old fascination with the animal, sweeping from...
| Author | Karen Shanor |
| ISBN | 1848311974 |
"Amazing, moving and enlightening. Bats Sing, Mice Giggle presents the latest findings on the intimate lives of animals with great elegance. I recommend it wholeheartedly."—Larry King
"Did you know that spiders taste with their feet, that a decapitated cockroach can live for...
| Author | Sharman Apt Russell |
| ISBN | 0465071600 |
Butterflies have always served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation, but as Sharman Apt Russell points out in this lyrical meditation, butterflies are above all objects of obsession. She reveals the logic behind our endless fascination with butterflies and introduces us to the legendary...
| Author | Peter Laufer |
| ISBN | 1599215551 |
The whole time I was reading this book I kept thinking that the author was looking for a story that wasn't there. He didn't necessarily invent anything to write this book, but I think his own ignorance and his entitled sense of poetic license meshed to create a sense of suspense and danger where it really...
| Author | Elizabeth Marshall Thomas |
| ISBN | 0061792101 |
In The Hidden Life of Deer, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Dogs, turns her attention to wild deer, and the many lessons we can learn by observing nature. A narrative masterpiece and a naturalist’s delight, The Hidden Life of Deer is based...
The Character of Cats: The Origins, Intelligence, Behavior, and Stratagems of Felis Silvestris Catus
Simultaneously affectionate and suspicious, adaptive and intractable, dependent and aloof, cats are the least tamed and yet the most successful domestic species. Drawing upon new research into cat genetics, brain chemistry, evolution, social behavior, and interaction with humans and fellow...
A Rare Breed of Love: The True Story of Baby and the Mission She Inspired to Help Dogs Everywhere
| Author | Jana Kohl |
| ISBN | 1416564039 |
When you meet Baby, the first thing you notice is her limp. She only has three legs, you see -- she lost one following years of mistreatment at a puppy mill. But spend a little more time with Baby and her irrepressible "Ma," Jana Kohl, and you'll hear the story of how this gentle creature has gone from puppy-mill...
| Author | Andrew D. Blechman |
| ISBN | 0802118348 |
In the tradition of Robert Sullivan’s best-selling Rats comes a whimsical and intimate look into the fascinating world of pigeons and the people they collect. Pigeons have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and used as crucial communicators in war by every major historical superpower from...
| Author | Andrew Spielman |
| ISBN | 0786867817 |
From a world-renowned expert on mosquitoes and a prize-winning reporter comes a fascinating work of popular science -- a comprehensive study of the insect itself, its role in history, and its threat to mankind.From its irritating whine to the sting and itch of its bite, the mosquito ranks near the bottom...
| Author | Richard Ellis |
| ISBN | 0307267156 |
The author of The Book of Sharks, Imagining Atlantis, and Encyclopedia of the Sea turns his gaze to the tuna—one of the biggest, fastest, and most highly evolved marine animals and the source of some of the world’s most popular delicacies—now hovering on the brink of extinction. In recent years,...
House Rabbit Handbook: How to Live with an Urban Rabbit
| Author | Marinell Harriman |
| ISBN | 0940920123 |
This is a great book, rabbit care information interspersed with essays make it an informative and enjoyable read. I almost bought this one from the Humane Society when I adopted my rabbit after watching some rabbit care videos with Mary Cotter and Amy Sedaris, they recommended this book. I recommend...
Becoming a Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the Wild
| Author | Susan McCarthy |
| ISBN | 0066209242 |
It's a jungle out there. And survival is never a given. Somehow, a blind, defenseless tiger kitten must evolve into a deadly, efficient predator; a chimp must learn to distinguish edible plants from lethal poisons; a baby buffalo must be able to pick its mother out of a herd of hundreds. Contrary to common...
| Author | Boria Sax |
| ISBN | 1780238428 |
Though not generally perceived as graceful, crows are remarkably so—a single curve undulates from the tip of the bird’s beak to the end of its tail. They take flight almost without effort, flapping their wings easily and ascending into the air like spirits. Crow by Boria Sax is a celebration of the...
| Author | Desmond Morris |
| ISBN | 1861895259 |
In this small, elegant volume, Morris explores our paradoxical relationship with the owl, symbol of both wisdom and evil. He examines its depiction in mythology, literature and art and provides an overview of its fascinating biology. Beautiful photographs illustrate the allure of this mysterious...
Animals as Teachers and Healers: True Stories and Reflections
| Author | Susan Chernak McElroy |
| ISBN | 0345409906 |
"In their innocence and wisdom, in their connection to the earth and its most ancient rhythms, animals show us a way back to a home they have never left."
So says Susan Chernak McElroy, a cancer survivor who credits much of her triumph over terminal illness to the love of the animals in her life. From...
| Author | Rupert Sheldrake |
| ISBN | 0609805339 |
How do cats know when it's time to go to the vet, even before the cat carrier comes out? How do dogs know when their owners are returning home at unexpected times? How can horses find their way back to the stable over completely unfamiliar terrain
With a scientist's mind and an animal lover's compassion,...
A Natural History of Seeing: The Art and Science of Vision
"Novelist and science writer Simon Ings sets out to solve mysteries of seeing, taking us through the 600-million-year history of the eye. With the help of a beguiling mix of illustrated optical illusions and puzzles, anecdotes, mathematics, and philosophy, Ings reveals age-old mysteries from how...
| Author | Wendy Williams |
| ISBN | 0810984652 |
Kraken is the traditional name for gigantic sea monsters, and this book introduces one of the most charismatic, enigmatic, and curious inhabitants of the sea: the squid. The pages take the reader on a wild narrative ride through the world of squid science and adventure, along the way addressing some...
| Author | Allen M. Schoen |
| ISBN | 0767904311 |
Treating animals just as any healer would treat human beings, Allen Schoen has become one of America’s most celebrated veterinarians. Kindred Spirits shares the transformative power of his remarkable methods, explores how alternative healing is revolutionizing his profession, and, in the...
