Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish

Karen Dawn

Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals

"An Inconvenient Truth" meets animal rights in this smart, hip, and accessible primer from one of the most respected members of the activist community. Full-color photos and cartoons throughout.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

The Hidden Life of Deer: Lessons from the Natural World

In The Hidden Life of Deer, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Dogs, turns her attention to wild deer, and the many lessons we can learn by observing nature. A narrative masterpiece and a naturalist's delight, The Hidden Life of Deer is based on the twelve months Thomas, a renowned anthropologist, spent studying the local deer population near her home in New Hampshire.

Peter Singer

Animal Liberation: The Definitive Classic of the Animal Movement

"A most important book that will change the way many of us look at animals--and, ultimately, at ourselves." -- Chicago Tribune Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of people to the existence of "speciesism"--our systematic disregard of nonhuman animals--inspiring a worldwide movement to transform our attitudes to animals and eliminate the cruelty we inflict on them. In Animal Liberation , author Peter Singer exposes the chilling realities of today's "factory farms" and product-testing procedures--destroying the spurious justifications behind them, and offering alternatives to what has become a profound environmental and social as well as moral issue. An important and persuasive appeal to conscience, fairness, decency, and justice, it is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.