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Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology (Vintage) by David Abram Publisher Comments "This book is like a prehistoric cave. If you have the nerve to enter it and you get used to the dark, you'll discover things about storytelling which are startling, urgent and deeply true. Things each of us once knew, but forgot when we were born into... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology by David Abram Staff Pick In Becoming Animal, Abram suggests that our disconnection from the natural world is what enables us to damage it. To re-engage our "animal" senses is to make even a walk in the park an exquisite sensory experience, and to fully inhabit our bodies is to... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them by Wayne Pacelle Publisher Comments A landmark work, The Bond is the passionate, insightful, and comprehensive examination of our special connection to all creatures, written by one of America's most important champions of animal welfare. Wayne Pacelle, the president of the Humane Society... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Eating Animals (09 Edition) by Jonathan Safran Foer Publisher Comments Like many young Americans, Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. As he became a husband, and then a father, the moral dimensions of eating became... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment by David Kirby Publisher Comments Swine flu. Bird flu. Massive fish kills. Concentrations of cancer and other diseases. Recalls of contaminated meats, fruits, and vegetables. Recent public health crises raise urgent questions about how our animal-derived food is raised and brought to... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $7.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Animal Liberation ((Rev)02 Edition) by Peter Singer Publisher Comments The book that started a revolution. Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of concerned men and women to the shocking abuse of animals everywhere — inspiring a worldwide movement to eliminate much... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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For the Love of Animals: The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement by Kathryn Shevelow Publisher Comments “An exceptionally interesting history of the animal protection movement . . . For the Love of Animals is exemplary in every respect.”—The Washington Post Book World In eighteenth-century England—where the abuse of animals was routine&... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Face on Your Plate : Truth About Food (10 Edition) by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Publisher Comments In this revelatory work, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson shows how food affects our moral selves, our health, and our planet. Masson investigates how denial keeps us from recognizing the animal at the end of our fork and urges readers to consciously make... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety (Thinking Twice about the Meat We Eat) by Moby Publisher Comments An irresistible guide to the meat you eat by the world's most fun and famous vegan. "Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."—Albert Einstein Where's the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Very Short Introductions #57: Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction by David Degrazia Publisher Comments This volume provides a general overview of the basic ethical and philosophical issues of animal rights. It asks questions such as: Do animals have moral rights? If so, what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds about Animals and Food by Gene Baur Publisher Comments Leading animal rights activist Gene Baur examines the real cost of the meat on our plates — for both humans and animals alike — in this provocative and thorough examination of the modern farm industry. Many people picture cows, sheep, pigs,... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Primer on Animal Rights: Leading Experts Write about Animal Cruelty and Exploitation by Kim W. Stallwood Publisher Comments A comprehensive directory of over 500 animal rights and animal welfare organization throughout the United States and around the world.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $14.20 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble by Ingrid Newkirk Publisher Comments With more than two million members and supporters, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the world's largest animal-rights organization, and its founder and president, Ingrid Newkirk, is one of the most well-known and most effective... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Fate of the Wild: The Endangered Species Act and the Future of Biodiversity by Bonnie B Burgess Publisher Comments Given widespread concern over the worldwide loss of biodiversity and popular crusades to "save" endangered species and habitats, why has the Endangered Species Act remained unauthorized since October 1992? In Fate of the Wild Bonnie B. Burgess... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan Publisher Comments More than twenty years after its original publication, The Case for Animal Rights is an acknowledged classic of moral philosophy, and its author is recognized as the intellectual leader of the animal rights movement. In a new and fully considered preface,... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Animal Rights/Human Rights by George Wenzel Publisher Comments The campaign to ban seal hunting in Canada won international headlines and achieved its aims to a large extent. Most observers felt instinctively that the campaigners were right but little thought was given to the cataclysmic consequences the ban would... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Animal Research War by P Michael Conn Publisher Comments This thoughtful and surprising book analyzes the effect of animal extremism on the world's scientists, their institutions, and professional societies. It studies the changing way in which the public and legal system views animals. The Animal Research War... (read more) List Price $47.75 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fate of the Wild: The Endangered Species Act and the Future of Biodiversity by Bonnie B. Burgess Publisher Comments Given widespread concern over the worldwide loss of biodiversity and popular crusades to "save" endangered species and habitats, why has the Endangered Species Act remained unauthorized since October 1992? In Fate of the WildBonnie B. Burgess offers an... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $22.14 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Free the Animals: The Amazing True Story of the Animal Liberation Front by Ingrid Newkirk Publisher Comments Free the Animals is the story of Valerie, a 23-year-old police officer in Montgomery County, Maryland, whose world was turned upside down when she learned about the abuses of animals in laboratories. The book describes how this law-abiding woman came to... (read more) List Price $15.16 Your price: $13.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Thought to Exist in the Wild: Awakening from the Nightmare of Zoos by Derrick Jensen Publisher Comments Combining stunning photos with a deeply moving essay, this book presents a passionate and unflinching exploration of zoos and what they teach us about animals, ourselves, and our relationship to the wild. This compelling work paints an unforgettable... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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