If Animals Could Talk

If Animals Could Talk
Author: Frank Hopkinson
Publisher: Ivy Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2024-10-22
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1836001010

Get Dad chuckling this Christmas! If Animals Could Talk is a side-splitting gift book packed full of animal dads doing their thing. Because even in the animal kingdom, dads make us all groan! This is a charming celebration of the universal qualities of ‘Dadness’: telling terrible jokes, ignoring instruction manuals, failing to spot things in clear view, and more classic, comical capers. Included in this book: A collection of 40 so-bad-they’re-good dad antics Hilarious, high-definition animal photos Relatable qualities that will have you nodding along as you recognise your own dad! Whether it’s a grumpy beaver losing his car keys, a penguin getting lost or a brown bear impersonating Winnie the Pooh, prepare to see Dad cracking up, shaking his head and calling loved ones as he flicks through the pages.

Beyond Words

Beyond Words
Author: Carl Safina
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0805098887

Hailed conservationist Carl Safina examines animal personhood as told through the inspired narrative portraits of elephants, wolves, and dolphins

Saving Wild

Saving Wild
Author: Lori Robinson
Publisher: New Insights Press
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2016-02-12
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780996548649

An Anthology of readings from 50 leading conservationists discussing "what motivates them" to keep working at saving some of the most endangered species and threatened areas of the planet.

Animal Speak

Animal Speak
Author: Ted Andrews
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2010-09-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738717630

Open your heart and mind to the wisdom of the animal world. Animal Speak provides techniques for recognizing and interpreting the signs and omens of nature. Meet and work with animals as totems and spirit guides by learning the language of their behaviors within the physical world. Animal Speak shows you how to: Identify, meet, and attune to your spirit animals Discover the power and spiritual significance of more than 100 different animals, birds, insects, and reptiles Call upon the protective powers of your animal totem Create and use five magical animal rites, including shapeshifting and sacred dance This beloved, bestselling guide has become a classic reference for anyone wishing to forge a spiritual connection with the majesty and mystery of the animal world.

Chasing Doctor Dolittle

Chasing Doctor Dolittle
Author: C. N. Slobodchikoff
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2012-11-27
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 031261179X

Discusses how animals are capable of interacting intelligently through vocal and physical methods, drawing on work with prairie dogs to present evidence of animal communication methods and how they can be imitated by human researchers.

Animal Talk

Animal Talk
Author: Penelope Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2008-06-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1439123195

A straightforward, easy-to-understand book that teaches you how to directly communicate with animals. Animal Talk teaches you how to open the door to your animal friends’ hearts and minds without resorting to magic tricks or wishful thinking. Every creature can be reached through telepathic communication—from your tabby cat or cockatiel to the wasps that build nests in the eaves of your home or even the common flea—you just have to be open to the idea, and mind-to-mind communication will be in your grasp. In addition to an entire chapter devoted to teaching people how to develop mind-to-mind communication with animals, Animal Talk includes a discussion of freedom, control, and obedience, understanding behaviors from the animal’s point of view, how to handle upsets between animals, tips on nutrition for healthier pets, and the special relationship between animals and children.

Feline Philosophy

Feline Philosophy
Author: John Gray
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2020-11-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0374718792

The author of Straw Dogs, famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusions of progress and humanism, turns his attention to cats—and what they reveal about humans' torturous relationship to the world and to themselves. The history of philosophy has been a predictably tragic or comical succession of palliatives for human disquiet. Thinkers from Spinoza to Berdyaev have pursued the perennial questions of how to be happy, how to be good, how to be loved, and how to live in a world of change and loss. But perhaps we can learn more from cats--the animal that has most captured our imagination--than from the great thinkers of the world. In Feline Philosophy, the philosopher John Gray discovers in cats a way of living that is unburdened by anxiety and self-consciousness, showing how they embody answers to the big questions of love and attachment, mortality, morality, and the Self: Montaigne's house cat, whose un-examined life may have been the one worth living; Meo, the Vietnam War survivor with an unshakable capacity for "fearless joy"; and Colette's Saha, the feline heroine of her subversive short story "The Cat", a parable about the pitfalls of human jealousy. Exploring the nature of cats, and what we can learn from it, Gray offers a profound, thought-provoking meditation on the follies of human exceptionalism and our fundamentally vulnerable and lonely condition. He charts a path toward a life without illusions and delusions, revealing how we can endure both crisis and transformation, and adapt to a changed scene, as cats have always done.

When Animals Speak

When Animals Speak
Author: Penelope Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Extrasensory perception in animals
ISBN: 9781571781505

When Animals Speak reveals the aspects of animals as our teachers, healers, and guides through deep, life-changing revelations, communicated directly from the animals. Discover who animals and others forms of life really are; how they understand themselves and others; how they feel about humans and life on earth; how they choose their paths in life and death; the depth of their spiritual understanding, and much more.

If Animals Could Speak

If Animals Could Speak
Author: Don LoCicero
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2005-03
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 059534478X

IF ANIMALS COULD SPEAK is a fantasy that examines the human condition and our relationship to the animal kingdom. Inspired by 9/11/2001, the central themes of the novel are betrayal, terror, loss, heroism and love. Unlike that infamous September day, however, the primary victims and heroes of LoCicero's work are not human, but a band of farm animals. Faced with the destruction of their farm after its sale to developers, they valiantly but vainly battle the construction workers and their cruel, scar-faced boss. Exiled and pursued, their numbers grow as they recruit a dog, a bear, a colony of bats, a band of raccoons, an eagle, and ultimately a human who was an eyewitness to the terrorist attack on New York's Twin Towers. The latter, a stage actor nicknamed Shake, is also a fugitive, suspected by overzealous government agents of being a terrorist. Horse ultimately takes the unprecedented action of revealing the animals' most guarded secret to Shake. The latter repays their trust after making a remarkable discovery in the far recesses of a mountain cave, a find that has the potential of securing them lasting peace and freedom. In order to do this, however, they must locate Farmer and enlist him to their cause.

If Animals Could Speak

If Animals Could Speak
Author: Chris Chris Gray
Publisher: If Animals Could Speak
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-12-19
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 9780980718720

This is the second book in the series If Animals Could Speak and relates the events of the six years following the end of book one. These tales continue to explore the loyal friendship of the many animal companions whose company I've enjoyed. As mentioned in the first book, many of the stories I share here are humorous since animals of all species and ages can be truly comical. But life doesn't always go according to plan, so some reminiscences are quite sad. However, most tales just tell the story of animals being themselves and displaying their own brand of intelligence and wisdom, patience and compassion, curiosity and sense of adventure. Having spent the previous 11 years observing, experiencing and enjoying the antics of my companions I still felt the best way to learn about them was to stop, to watch and to think about the actions and reactions I witnessed. If you've already read my first collection of stories, you'll know I believe animals aren't dumb. And after that first decade I also realised that I'd only just started to understand their language and translate it into human-speak. My menagerie over this current period included six dogs, seven cats, four horses, but still no 'partridge in a pear tree'. As you read these stories you'll notice I've again included the mistakes I made and the lessons I learned. All my life I've treated animals with dignity and respect. I also mention attitudes that slowly changed during this time. Once again, I sincerely hope that those who read this book will enjoy my companions' adventures in their own right. And if you gain a little more insight into how your own animal friends relate, either with you or with each other, then I have achieved my goal.