Aelian, I, On the Characteristics of Animals, I
Aelian
Translated by A. F. Scholfield
Aelian's Characteristics of Animals is an appealing collection of facts and fables about the animal kingdom that invites the reader to ponder contrasts between human and animal behavior.
Hardcover 1958
Aelian, II, On the Characteristics of Animals, II
Aelian
Translated by A. F. Scholfield
Hardcover
Aelian, III, On the Characteristics of Animals, III
Aelian
Translated by A. F. Scholfield
Hardcover
Dogs
Catherine Johns
The juxtaposition and explanation of images as diverse as Greek pottery, Victorian jewelry, Assyrian sculpture, and Japanese netsuke, illuminates our understanding of the place of dogs in human society around the world. This book explores these cultural expressions and reflections of our deep and long-standing interest in dogs.
Hardcover 2008
Vibrational Communication in Animals
Peggy S. M. Hill
In creatures as different as crickets and scorpions, mole rats and elephants, there exists an overlooked channel of communication: signals transmitted as vibrations through a solid substrate. In this book, Hill summarizes a generation of groundbreaking work by scientists around the world on this long understudied form of animal communication.
Hardcover 2008