The HUMAN-ANIMAL CONNECTION

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Suggested Reading List

Book List – Section A  -

            

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Lawrence Anthony                The Elephant Whisperer:  My Life with the Herd in the African Wild

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Lance Bacon                           Hero Dogs: Secret Missions and Selfless Service

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Johnathan Balcombe            Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and The Nature of Feeling Good

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Johnathan Balcombe            What a Fish Knows:  The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins

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Alan Beck                               Between Pets and People:  The Importance of Animal Companionship

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Marc Bekoff                           The Emotional Lives of Animals: 

                                                          A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy – and Why They Matter

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Gregory Berns                        How Dogs Love Us:  A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain

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Stanley Coren                         How to Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication

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Stanley Coren                        The Pawprints of History: Dogs and the Course of Human Events

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Charles Darwin                      The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals

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Christopher Defusco              Animal Consciousness

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Frans De Waal                        Mama's Last Hug - Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves

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Frans de Waal                        Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

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Frans de Waal                        The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates

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Frans de Waal                        The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society

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Jane Goodall                           In the Shadow of Man

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Temple Grandin                     Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior

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Temple Grandin                     Animals Make Us Human:  Creating the Best Life for Animals

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Donald Griffin                        Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness

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Brian Hare & V. Woods         The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think

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Alexandra Horowitz               Inside of a Dog:  What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

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Jocelyn Kessler                      The Secret Language of Dogs

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Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson    Dogs Never Lie About Love: Reflections on the Emotional Worlds of Dogs

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Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson    When Elephants Weep:  The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Patricia McConnell                For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend

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Patricia McConnell                The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs

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Virginia Morell                      Animal Wise: How We Know Animals Think and Feel

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Meg D. Olmert                       Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond

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Francine Patterson               The Education of Koko

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Irene Pepperberg                   The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots

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Carl Safina                             Beyond Words:  What Animals Think and Feel

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Carl Safina                             Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth’s Last Dinosaur

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James Serpell                        In the Company of Animals:  A Study of Human-Animal Relationships

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Rupert Sheldrake                  Dogs that Know When Their Owners are Coming Home

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Hal Whitehead                       The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins

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Reading List – Section B  (Personal Stories)

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Rebecca Asher-Walsh            Devoted:  38 Extraordinary Tales of Love, Loyalty, and Life with Dogs

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Ted Andrews                          Animal-Wise: Understanding the Language of Animal Messengers & Companions

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Betty Jean Craige                   Conversations with Cosmo – At Home with an African Grey Parrot

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Bronwen Dickey                    Pit Bull:  The Battle Over an American Icon

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Jane Goodall                          Reason for Hope

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Jane Goodall                          My Life with the Chimpanzees

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Carol Gurney                          The Language of Animals – 7 Steps to Communicating with Animals

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Vicki Hearne                          Bandit: Rescue from Death Row

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Ralph Helfer                           Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived

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Susan Chernak McElroy       Animals as Teachers and Healers: True Stories and Reflections

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Rachel McPherson                Every Dog Has a Gift:  True Stories of Dogs Who Bring Hope and Healing Into Our Lives

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Andy Merrifield                     The Wisdom of Donkeys: Finding Tranquility in a Chaotic World

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Luis Carlos Montalvan          Until Tuesday:  A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him

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Sy Montgomery                      The Soul of an Octopus: Explorations of Consciousness

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Sy Montgomery                      The Good Pig

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Jason Morgan                         A Dog Called Hope - A Wounded Warrior and the Service Dog Who Saved Him

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Carter Niemeyer                     Wolf Land

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Irene Pepperberg                    Alex and Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence

                                                          and Formed a Bond in the Process

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John Pilley                              Chaser: Unlocking the Genius of the Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words

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Kim Sheridan                         Animals and the Afterlife: True Stories of Our Best Friends’ Journey Beyond Death

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William Stolzenburg              The Heart of a Lion: A Lone Cat’s Walk Across America

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Tia Torres                               My Life Among the Underdogs

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Marta Williams                     Learning Their Language - Intuitive Communication with Animals and Nature