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The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflections by a Primatologist
by Franz De Waal

ISBN 0465041760 (0-465-04176-0)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group

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To watch apes dressed in human clothing and mimicking human manners--an old standby in films and television shows--can make some human viewers uncomfortable, writes the noted primatologist Frans de Waal. Somehow, by doing so, the apes are crossing some line in the sand, a line that speaks to issues of culture, which humans alone are presumed to have. But culture, in de Waal's estimation, does not mean using an oyster fork properly or attending smart gallery openings. Instead, it "means that knowledge and habits are acquired from others--often, but not always, the older generation." Culture implies communication and social organization, and in this, he notes, humans by no means have a monopoly. A sushi chef learns by acquiring knowledge and habits from more accomplished masters, but so do chimpanzees learn to wash bananas in jungle streams, and so do birds learn to break open mollusks on the rocks below them.
Closely examining anthropocentric theories of culture, de Waal counterposes the notion of anthropodenial, "the a priori rejection of shared characteristics between humans and animals when in fact they may exist." He takes issue with "selfish gene" theories of behavior, arguing spiritedly that there are better models for explaining why animals--and humans--do what they do. And, against Aristotle, he argues that humans are not the only political animals, if by politics we mean a social process "determining who gets what, when, and how." What animals and humans clearly share, he concludes, are societies in which stability is an impossibility--an observation that may disappoint utopians, but one that helps explain some of the world's peculiarities.
Perhaps no human alive knows more about the great apes than does Frans de Waal. With this book, he ably shows that he knows a great deal about humans, too. Students of biology, culture, and communication will find much food for thought in his pages. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Apes
by John Wexo

ISBN 1888153504 (1-888153-50-4)
Hardcover, Zoobooks/Wildlife Education

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Picture a massive gorilla-a 350-pound chest-beater as strong as six men-tolerating all kinds of playful torment from his impish baby. Apes hug and kiss and shed tears just like people do. Discover other little-known human similarities-and important differences.
Zoobooks, the 59-book animal series - the "everything you wanted to know but didn't know who to ask" guide to the world's most fascinating creatures. Each exciting edition of Zoobooks is packed with current scientific facts, striking photography, beautiful illustrations and unique activities that teach children about animals and the habitats in which they live. With innovative publications and products, Wildlife Education, Ltd. has enriched the lives of children, parents, and educators nationwide for 20 years. All titles are offered in library-bound hardcover and soft-cover styles. Zoobooks, ideal for the knowledge-hungry 4-11 year old! [via]
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Apes and Monkeys
by John Grassy

ISBN 1561565989 (1-56156-598-9)
Hardcover, Kidsbooks

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Arthur's Prize Reader
by Lillian Hoban

ISBN 0808535455 (0-8085-3545-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound

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Baby Chimpanzee: My First Animal Library
by Patricia Pingry, Chris Sharp

ISBN 0824965302 (0-8249-6530-2)
Hardcover, Candy Cane Pr

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Battle for the Planet of the Apes
by Larry Niven, Gerrold D.

ISBN 0891901639 (0-89190-163-9)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd

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The Beasts of Tarzan
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

ISBN 159605512X (1-59605-512-X)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc

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Beasts of Tarzan
by J. Allen St. John, Edgar Burroughs Rice

ISBN 1576466418 (1-57646-641-8)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub

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Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape
by Frans Lanting, F. B. M. De Waal

ISBN 0520205359 (0-520-20535-9)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr

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For Frans de Waal, man is not the only moral entity, as he made clear in his last book--Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals. The author has long been intrigued by chimpanzee politics and mores, and now he has turned his human heart and scientific mind to a species science has tended to celebrate solely for its sex drive. Bonobos may look like chimps, but they are actually even closer to us--far more upright, physically, for a start. Furthermore, where chimpanzees hunt, fight, and politic like mad, bonobos are peaceful, often ambisexual, and matriarchal. (Of course, hyenas are matriarchal too, but that's another story ...) De Waal's collaborator, Frans Lanting, has been photographing these gentle creatures for some years and augments the primatologist's explorations and interviews with hundreds of superb color shots. The penultimate picture is of bonobos crossing a road while schoolchildren stand watching, a short distance away. If, as the truism goes, all books about animal behavior are ultimately about us, this exploration of the bonobo may be a step in the right direction. [via]
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Bonobo: The Forgotton Ape
by F. B. M. De Waal, Frans Lanting

ISBN 0520216512 (0-520-21651-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr

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The bonobo, least known of the great apes, is a female-centered, egalitarian species that has been dubbed the 'make-love-not-war' primate by specialists. This book compares the bonobo with its better-known relative, the chimpanzee. It is suitable for those who are interested in primates, gender issues, and evolutionary psychology. [via]
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Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes
by Frans De Waal

ISBN 0801863368 (0-8018-6336-8)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

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The great apes, like humans, can recognize themselves in mirrors. They communicate by sound and gesture, form bands along what can only be called political lines, and sometimes engage in what is very clearly organized warfare. (Less frequently, too, they practice cannibalism.) In Chimpanzee Politics Frans de Waal, a longtime student of simian behavior, analyzes the behavior of a captive tribe of chimpanzees, comparing its actions with those of ape societies in the wild. What he finds is often not pleasant: chimps seem capable of astonishing deviousness and savagery, which has obvious implications for the behavior their human cousins sometimes exhibit. [via]
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Congo
by Michael Crichton

ISBN 1568491263 (1-56849-126-3)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books

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If you saw the 1995 film adaptation of this Crichton thriller, somebody owes you an apology. While you're waiting for that to happen, try reading the vastly more intelligent novel on which the movie was based. The broad lines of the plot remain the same: A research team deep in the jungle disappears after a mysterious and grisly gorilla attack. A subsequent team, including a sign-language-speaking simian named Amy, follows the original team's tracks only to be subjected to more mysterious and grisly gorilla attacks. If you can look past the breathless treatment of '80s technology, like voice-recognition software and 256K RAM modules (the book was written in 1980), you'll find the same smart use of science and edge-of-your-seat suspense shared by Crichton's other work. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Cousins: Our Primate Relatives
by R. I. M. Dunbar, Louise Barrett

ISBN 0789471558 (0-7894-7155-8)
Hardcover, Dk Pub

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Cyclopedia Anatomicae: More Than 1,000 Illustrations of the Human and Animal Figure for the Artist
by Gyorgy Feher, Andras Szunyoghy

ISBN 1579125913 (1-57912-591-3)
Softcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub

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Cyclopedia Anatomicae: More Than 1,500 Illustrations of the Human and Animal Figure for the Artist
by Gyorgy Feher, Andras Szunyoghy

ISBN 1884822878 (1-884822-87-8)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub

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More than 1,500 fine pencil illustrations of the human and over 100 animal species instruct the artist in mastering anatomical drawing. Complete musculature and skeletal sketches, technical tips, and detailed drawings make this over-size volume the most valuable book available for the student and working artist. Text summary of each animal species characteristics includes the history of the species and average sizes and weights of each animal. Specifics are also described, from the number of teeth and vertebrae to the development of the musculature and hair. Drawings for each animal include full-on and side views of skeleton and musculature. Full-page close-ups focus on specific areas of interest such as the head, feet, and hindquarters. All drawings are annotated, with complete labels noting specific bones, muscles, joints, limbs, etc. [via]
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Escape of Marvin the Ape
by Mark Buehner, Caralyn Buehner

ISBN 0803711247 (0-8037-1124-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

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Gordon's Got A Snookie
by Lisa Shanahan, Wayne Harris

ISBN 1865086908 (1-86508-690-8)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin

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Gorillas
by John Wexo

ISBN 0937934283 (0-937934-28-3)
Softcover, Zoobooks/Wildlife Education

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Gorillas in the Mist
by Dian Fossey

ISBN 061808360X (0-618-08360-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin

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In 1963, an occupational therapist from Kentucky, in uncertain health and spirits, traveled to central Africa in the quixotic hope of seeing a mountain gorilla in its natural habitat. Dian Fossey had read everything she could about the reclusive and much-feared animal, and she returned from her trip convinced that most of the books were wrong.
During her seven-week stay in Africa, Fossey had a chance encounter with the famed primatologists Mary and Louis Leakey, who encouraged her to follow her dream of living among the mountain gorillas and learning their ways. In 1967 she did just that, setting up a camp on the slopes of the 14,000-foot Virunga Volcanoes of Rwanda and studying four gorilla families there. Although it took them some time to accept Fossey's presence among them, she was immediately impressed by their peaceful nature and by their generous, guileless behavior--so unlike the images found in popular culture.
But, Fossey discovered, despite their peaceable way of life, the gorillas had many enemies in the form of poachers who hunted them for their hands, skins, and heads--ghastly remains sold to the tourist market. Much of Fossey's thoughtful but often rightly angry memoir Gorillas in the Mist is a well-reasoned plea for the protection of the gorillas and the suppression of the poachers' black market. That argument found a wide audience when her book was published in 1983, but Fossey's work remains unfinished: she was murdered, probably by those very poachers, in 1985, and today there are fewer than 650 mountain gorillas in the wild. To read Gorillas in the Mist is a first step for anyone concerned with their preservation, and that of other wild species everywhere. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Great Apes
by Will Self

ISBN 0802135765 (0-8021-3576-5)
Softcover, Grove Pr

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Like Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, Great Apes is a strange and twisted tale, a surreal satire on the human condition, and an omen for those who wander too far. After a long night of partying, Simon Dykes, a successful British painter, wakes up to find that his girlfriend has turned into a chimpanzee. In fact, the world Simon once knew has become a planet of apes. Convinced he is still human, Simon is confined to the emergency ward of a hospital and put under the care of Dr. Zack Busner, clinical psychologist, radical psychoanalyst, maverick drug researcher, and media personality. Written with the glittering satiric edge that is Self's hallmark, Great Apes is a hilarious, disturbing, and truly unforgettable novel.
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The Great Apes: Between Two Worlds
by Michael Nichols

ISBN 0870449486 (0-87044-948-6)
Hardcover, Natl Geographic Society

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In Praise of Primates
by Steve Bloom

ISBN 3829015569 (3-8290-1556-9)
Hardcover, Konemann

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Great picture book of various primate species [via]
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In the Shadow of Man
by Jane Goodall

ISBN 0618056769 (0-618-05676-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin

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World-renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian Dr. Jane Goodalls account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever written. Her adventure began when the famous anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey suggested that a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild might shed light on the behavior of our closest living relatives. Accompanied by only her mother and her African assistants, she set up camp in the remote Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania. For months the project seemed hopeless; out in the forest from dawn until dark, she had but fleeting glimpses of frightened animals. But gradually she won their trust and was able to record previously unknown behavior, such as the useand even the making of tools, until then believed to be an exclusive skill of man. As she came to know the chimps as individuals, she began to understand their complicated social hierarchy and observed many extraordinary behaviors, which have forever changed our understanding of the profound connection between humans and chimpanzees.

In the Shadow of Man is one of the Western worlds great scientific achievements (Stephen Jay Gould) and a vivid, essential journey of discovery for each new generation of readers.
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In the Shadow of Man
by Lawick-Goodall, Jane, Barones Van

ISBN 0395127262 (0-395-12726-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin

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Introduction to Primate Behavior
by Nancy E. Collinge

ISBN 0840385692 (0-8403-8569-2)
Softcover, Kendall Hunt Pub Co

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Jane Goodall, 40 Years at Gombe: A Tribute to Four Decades of Wildlife Research, Education, and Conservation
by Jennifer Lindsey

ISBN 1556709471 (1-55670-947-1)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc

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Jennie
by Douglas Preston

ISBN 0765315610 (0-7653-1561-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr

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Koko's Kitten
by Francine Patterson, Ronald H. Cohn

ISBN 0590444255 (0-590-44425-5)
Softcover, Scholastic

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The real life experience of Koko, a gorilla in California who uses sign language, with a young kitten whom she loved and grieved over when it died. [via]
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Koko's Kitten/Teachers Guide
by Francine Patterson

ISBN 0590413783 (0-590-41378-3)
Softcover, Scholastic

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Little Gorilla
by Ruth Bornstein

ISBN 0899194214 (0-89919-421-4)
Softcover, Clarion Books

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The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History
by Howard K. Bloom

ISBN 0871136643 (0-87113-664-3)
Softcover, Pgw

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Covering the entire span of the Earth's as well as mankind's history, this ambitious and revolutionary book explores the intricate relationships between genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that "evil" is a by-product of nature's strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most basic biological fabric. [via]
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Monkey Eats
by David Martin

ISBN 0763611867 (0-7636-1186-7)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr

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Monkey Flies
by David Martin

ISBN 0763611859 (0-7636-1185-9)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr

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Monkey Planet
by Pierre Boulle

ISBN 0140024018 (0-14-002401-8)
Hardcover, Penguin

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Monkey Portraits
by Jill Greenberg, Paul Weitz

ISBN 0821257552 (0-8212-5755-2)
Hardcover, Bulfinch Pr

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Monkey the Mommy
by David Martin

ISBN 0763611824 (0-7636-1182-4)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr

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Next of Kin: My Conversations With Chimpanzees
by Stephen Tukel Mills, Roger Routs

ISBN 0380728222 (0-380-72822-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Who We Are
by Roger Fouts, Stephen Tukel Mills, Jane Goodall

ISBN 068814862X (0-688-14862-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins

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Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
by Frans De Waal

ISBN 1594481962 (1-59448-196-2)
Softcover, Riverhead Books

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Power, sex, violence and kindness: these four broad-spectrum categories encompass much of human behavior, so it's only fitting that they're also the primary subject material for Frans de Waal's (The Ape and The Sushi Master) book Our Inner Ape. The few (but deeply detailed) chapters are a mesmerizing read that spans biology, child psychology, postmodern theorists and fundamental morality, using tales of stern chimps, and sexy bonobos to examine humans' place between them. In the process, he examines why we need to know our place in the world, how our body language communicates feelings, and where the roots of empathy lie in mammalian life.
De Waal's respect for both his readers and his research subjects come shining through in the simple clarity he uses when describing both the endless sex of bonobo apes and the heartrending violence occasionally present in chimp hierarchal structure. By illustrating his points with a mixture of straight-from-research experiences and jokes at the expense of modern politicians, he keeps his ideas compelling for anyone with a basic understanding of evolutionary science without drifting towards the academic drone that could be expected of by a researcher of his experience.
You won't find specific conclusions concerning human nature, but instead a gentle, almost rambling look at two primate species with vastly different social networks and how, perhaps, humanity can learn from each to our benefit. A few of de Waal's lovely duotone photos (My Family Album: 30 Years of Primate Photography grace the end of the book, featuring close-up shots of the folks he's been writing about--chimps like Yeroen, Nikkie and Mama, and bonobo Kuif and adopted daughter Roosje are downright thrilling to see after reading such interesting stories about their lives. Jill Lightner [via]
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Planet of the Apes
by Pierre Boulle, Xan Fielding

ISBN 0345447980 (0-345-44798-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books

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If you've seen the progressively cheesier Planet of the Apes movies of 1968-1973, you may be shocked to learn the first movie was adapted from an intelligent, ironic, and literate novel. You'll be less surprised when you learn the original novel Planet of the Apes was written by Pierre Boulle, author of The Bridge over the River Kwai.
In the novel Planet of the Apes, the three Frenchmen making the first interstellar journey discover a remarkably Earth-like world orbiting Betelgeuse--Earth-like, with one crucial difference: The humans are dumb beasts, and the apes are intelligent. Captured during a terrifying manhunt, locked in a cage, and ignorant of the simian language, Ulysse Merou struggles to convince the apes that he possesses intelligence and reason. But if he proves he is not an animal, he may seal his own doom.
Like the first movie, the novel Planet of the Apes has a twist ending, but a twist of a different--yet equally shocking--sort. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Reason for Hope
by Phillip Berman, Jane Goodall

ISBN 078622343X (0-7862-2343-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr

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The Son of Tarzan
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

ISBN 1596055146 (1-59605-514-6)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc

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Edgar Rice Burroughs's fourth Tarzan novel. [via]
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The Son of Tarzan
by Edgar Burroughs Rice, J. John Allen

ISBN 1576466426 (1-57646-642-6)
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Tarzan
by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert Blaisdell, John Green

ISBN 0486295303 (0-486-29530-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns

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Imaginative and exciting tale recounts the remarkable exploits of young Lord Greystoke, who is raised by a family of apes in the African jungle and becomes the worthy opponent of the jungle's most feared predators. Large, easy-to-read type, accompanied by 18 striking illustrations. Abridged.
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Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Maura Spiegel

ISBN 1593082274 (1-59308-227-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale. When my convivial host discovered that he had told me so much, and that I was prone to doubtfulness, his foolish pride assumed the task the old vintage had commenced, and so he unearthed written evidence in the form of musty manuscript, and dry official records of the British Colonial Office to support many of the salient features of his remarkable narrative. [via]
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Through a Window: My Thirty Years With the Chimpanzees of Gombe
by Jane Goodall

ISBN 0618056777 (0-618-05677-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin

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The sequel to In the Shadow of Man, this book relates the story of Jane Goodall's thirty years with the chimpanzees of Gombe. [via]
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The Uplift War
by David Brin

ISBN 0932096441 (0-932096-44-1)
Hardcover, Phantasia Pr

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Billions of years ago, an alien race known as the Progenitors began the genetically engineered techniques by which non-intelligent creatures are given intelligence by one of the higher races in the galaxy. Once "Uplifted," these creature must serve their patron race before they, in turn, can Uplift other races. Human intelligence, which developed by itself (and brought about the Uplifting of chimpanzees and dolphins), is an affront to the aliens who plan an attack, threatening a human experiment aimed at producing the next Uplift. Such is the premise of this novel, which won the 1988 Hugo Award. [via]
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Chimpansee-Politiek: Macht En Seks Bij Mensapen
by F. B. M. De Waal

ISBN 9023004477 (90-230-0447-7)
Hardcover, Becht

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