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Of Bonobos and Men: A Journey to the Heart of the Congo
Deni Ellis Bechard
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Description for Of Bonobos and Men: A Journey to the Heart of the Congo
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 26 color photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; RNC; RNKH1; WNCF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Bonobos have captured the public imagination in recent years, due not least to their famously active sex lives. Less well known is the fact that these great apes don't kill their own kind, and that they share nearly 99% of our DNA. Their approach to building peaceful coalitions and sharing resources has much to teach us, particularly at a time when our violent ways have pushed them to the brink of extinction. Animated by a desire to understand bonobos and learn how to save them, acclaimed author Deni Ellis Bechard traveled into the Congo. Of Bonobos and Men is ... Read more
Bonobos have captured the public imagination in recent years, due not least to their famously active sex lives. Less well known is the fact that these great apes don't kill their own kind, and that they share nearly 99% of our DNA. Their approach to building peaceful coalitions and sharing resources has much to teach us, particularly at a time when our violent ways have pushed them to the brink of extinction. Animated by a desire to understand bonobos and learn how to save them, acclaimed author Deni Ellis Bechard traveled into the Congo. Of Bonobos and Men is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, United States
ISBN
9781571313454
SKU
V9781571313454
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About Deni Ellis Bechard
Deni Ellis Bechard is the author of the novel Vandal Love, winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, as well as Cures for Hunger, a memoir about growing up with a father who robbed banks. His work has appeared in the LA Times, Salon, and Foreign Policy, and he has reported from Afghanistan, India, Rwanda, and Iraq.
Reviews for Of Bonobos and Men: A Journey to the Heart of the Congo
"Intelligent, engaged, astonishingly perceptive."
Dinaw Mengestu "A seed of hope in our time's garden of despair."
Dale Peterson "This adventure reveals not a heart of darkness but a rich world of light, shade, and imperiled life, a connection between the human and the great circle of being."
James Engell
Dinaw Mengestu "A seed of hope in our time's garden of despair."
Dale Peterson "This adventure reveals not a heart of darkness but a rich world of light, shade, and imperiled life, a connection between the human and the great circle of being."
James Engell