Animal & Comparative Psychology
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Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death
$17.95 Add to cartHow animals conceive of death and dying–and what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortality
When the opossum feels threatened, she becomes paralyzed. Her body temperature plummets, he- Author: Monsó, Susana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 069126077X
- Language: English
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Your Dog Can Talk: A Step-By-Step Guide to Button Training
$16.99 Add to cartA definitive guide and workbook for training your dog to talk using button communication, from the New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Learned to Talk.
It’s a question that has crossed ev- Author: Hunger, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 0593835794
- Language: English
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Being A (Good) Dog In The Human’s World: Understanding the Psychology of Misbehaving Dogs and Why Yours Cowers, Growls and Bites
$22.99 Add to cartWinner of the 2025 Best Independent Book Award (BIBA(R)) in the category of Non-Fiction: Dog Care & Training and recognized as “A Must Read”
“Vivian Zottola’s book is an excellent guide to giving dogs
- Author: Zottola Msc, Vivian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9798822966185
- Language: English
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On Aggression
$17.99 Add to cartThis work has had significant impact on the social and biological sciences and is now a classic point of reference for investigations of behavioral patterns. Lorenz presents his findings on the mechan… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book, Hb 291
- Author: Lorenz, Konrad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: October 23 1974
- ISBN10: 0156687410
- Language: English
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Animal Behavior: Stories of Instinct, Intelligence, and Adaptation
$50.00 Add to cartA thrilling face-to-face encounter with animals in their own environment–their elaborate displays, intimate lives, and extraordinary behavior.
Did you know that elephants give each other names, oran- Series: DK Definitive Visual Encyclopedias
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 593966732
- Language: English
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Kingdom of Play: What Ball-Bouncing Octopuses, Belly-Flopping Monkeys, and Mud-Sliding Elephants Reveal about Life Itself
$19.00 Add to cartThis “delightful…compelling” (Scientific American) and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play “will fill you with joy and wonder” (Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus).
A- Author: Toomey, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1982154470
- Language: English
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Being Your Cat: What’s Really Going on in Your Feline’s Mind
$16.99 Read moreRenowned cat expert Celia Haddon puts the reader inside the mind of their cat, to show them how they think, feel and experience the world.
Ever wondered why your cat won’t sit on your lap? Why she wo- Author: Haddon, Celia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 178840405X
- Language: English
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The Cat Purrsonality Test: What Our Feline Friends Are Really Thinking
$14.00 Read moreBecome a moggy mastermind with nine fun and easy-to-score personality tests. From cat speak to curious quirks, discover your feline’s true nature to better nurture your bond.
It begins with a simple- Author: Davies, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0711263000
- Language: English
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Aesop’s Animals: The Science Behind the Fables
$20.99 Add to cartDespite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop’s Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned f
- Author: Wimpenny, Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1472966929
- Language: English
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How to Train Your Dog with Love + Science: A Dog Lover’s Guide to Animal Behavior and Positive Reinforcement Training
$17.99 Add to cartFinally: A dog training book that makes sense–for both dogs and humans–using positive reinforcement techniques based on animal behavioral science.
For generations, celebrity trainers have preached th
- Author: Grossman, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1728272793
- Language: English
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The Story of Your Dog: From Renowned Expert Dog Trainer and Host of Lucky Dog: Reunions
$18.99 Add to cartGET TO KNOW YOUR DOG. Renowned expert dog trainer and bestselling author of Lucky Dog Lessons Brandon McMillan unpacks the unique and often misunderstood 15,000-year evolutionary history governing a d
- Author: McMillan, Brandon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0063040654
- Language: English
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The Handbook for a Happy Cat: Speak Their Language, Decode Their Quirks, and Meet Their Needs – So They’ll Love You Back!
$16.95 Read moreOne reason we’re wild for cats is that our cats are still wild at heart. On our laps, they’re purring lovebugs, but on the prowl, they’re fearsome hunters–with territorial instincts to match.
The Hand… [more below]
- Author: Puts, Liesbeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1615197109
- Language: English
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Demonic Males
$18.99 Add to cart“Remarkable and utterly fascinating” (Jane Goodall), author Dale Peterson and Harvard University biological anthropology professor Richard Wrangham’s Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Viole… [more below]
- Author: Peterson, Dale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0395877431
- Language: English
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Being a Human: Adventures in Forty Thousand Years of Consciousness
$19.99 Add to cartNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ATLANTIC, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND NEW STATESMAN
A radically immersive exploration of three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness, asking what kinds- Author: Foster, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1250855403
- Language: English
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What’s My Dog Thinking?: Understand Your Dog to Give Them a Happy Life
$17.99 Read moreDiscover the true meaning of dog behavior to form the deepest bond with your canine companion.
What does it really mean when a dog rolls over and shows their tummy? They’re not always looking for a be- Author: Molloy, Hannah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1465499423
- Language: English
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What’s My Cat Thinking?: Understand Your Cat to Give Them a Happy Life
$17.99 Read moreHave you ever wondered why your cats behave the way they do? This authoritative guide has all the answers!
Cats are weird, and sometimes their behavior can leave you scratching your head. Discover wha… [more below]- Author: Lewis, Jo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0744039851
- Language: English
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Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
$16.95 Add to cartMama’s Last Hug is a fascinating exploration of the rich emotional lives of animals, beginning with Mama, a chimpanzee matriarch who formed a deep bond with biologist Jan van Hooff. Her story and oth
- Author: de Waal, Frans
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 039335783X
- Language: English
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The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World
$19.00 Add to cart“Enriching” —Publisher’s Weekly
In the tradition of Richard Dawkins’s The Selfish Gene, Nichola Raihani’s The Social Instinct is a profound and engagi
“Excellent and illuminating”–Wall Street Journal- Author: Raihani, Nichola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1250262836
- Language: English
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Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You
$16.99 Add to cartA pioneering canine behaviorist draws on cutting-edge research to show that a single, simple trait–the capacity to love–is what makes dogs such perfect companions for humans, and explains how we can… [more below]
- Author: Wynne, Clive D. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0358414237
- Language: English
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Kingdom of Play: What Ball-Bouncing Octopuses, Belly-Flopping Monkeys, and Mud-Sliding Elephants Reveal about Life Itself
$29.00 Add to cartFor readers of Inside of a Dog and The Soul of an Octopus, a fascinating, charming, and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play that shows how life–at its most fundamental level–is pl… [more below]
- Author: Toomey, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1982154462
- Language: English
