The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World - Hardcover

Wohlleben, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1771643013 ISBN 13: 9781771643016

Publisher: Greystone Books, 2017

Synopsis

The second book in The Mysteries of Nature Trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Peter Wohlleben. Book one, The Hidden Life of Trees, and the third book, The Secret Wisdom of Nature, are available now.

"Like The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben's The Inner Life of Animals will rock your world. Surprising, humbling, and filled with delight, this book shows us that animals think, feel and know in much the same way as we do--and that their lives are, to them, as precious as ours are to us."
--Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus

Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of Animals weaves the latest scientific research into how animals interact with the world with Peter Wohlleben's personal experiences in forests and fields.

Horses feel shame, deer grieve, and goats discipline their kids. Ravens call their friends by name, rats regret bad choices, and butterflies choose the very best places for their children to grow up.

In this, his latest book, Peter Wohlleben follows the hugely successful The Hidden Life of Trees with insightful stories into the emotions, feelings, and intelligence of animals around us. Animals are different from us in ways that amaze us--and they are also much closer to us than we ever would have thought.

Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.

About this title

Review:

"Always fascinating... Wry, avuncular, careful and kind, Wohlleben guides us from one creature to the next" (Richard Kerridge Guardian)

"Wohlleben presents short chapter in bite-sized portions, so the reader has a constant sense of learning something new almost with every page ... The formula is provably winning. I still felt I was on a robust learning curve as subjects as diverse as motherly love, gratitude, deception, desire, shame and knowledge of good and evil were explored one by one ... fascinating" (Katharine Norbury Observer)

"Wohlleben is connecting with something big here... He truffles up some wonderful animal facts, too... Wohlleben’s empathy with animals can be touching and illuminating" (James McConnachie Sunday Times)

"Entertaining and enthusiastic" (Tim Smith-Laing Daily Telegraph)

"The Inner Life of Animals will rock your world. Surprising, humbling, and filled with delight, this book shows us that animals think, feel, and know in much the same way as we do -- and that their lives are, to them, as precious as ours are to us." (Sy Montgomery, author of THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS)

Book Description:

The mysteries and emotional richness of the animal world revealed as never before, from the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1771643013
• ISBN 13: 9781771643016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 277