Overall, this was an interesting and insightful read.My big problem with the book was that it was less scientific than I was expecting. While Grandin does reference various studies, a lot of her ideas are based on anecdotal evidence about animals and people she knows or has heard of. While this make...
I was so excited when I saw this on NetGalley and got even more excited when they approved my request. This book is a compilation of different types of romance stories with the theme “love against the odds”. Some are original short stories written by Malorie Blakcman, David Levithan and James Daws...
I first became aware of Temple Grandin and her work through Monty Roberts; when I took his Join-up workshop, Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism was required reading. Grandin uses her unique ability as an autistic woman to see things from the perspective of animals. Her humor and knowledge shi...
The title of this book "Animals Make us Human" completely misrepresents the book. I was expecting something a little more philosophical, I guess with that kind of title. The subtitle - "Creating the Best Life for Animals" modifies it a bit, and if that were the title, alone, it would have been mor...
Grandin brings her prodigious insights to the domestic arena in the first couple of chapters of this book. I have to reconsider everything I thought I knew about my dog! She also touches on zoo animals, wildlife, and animals we eat. Her insights into slaughterhouses, and her reasons for advocating f...
In this book, Grandin offers up the latest research into animal behavior, giving advice on home to make pets happier and less troubled.So, there I am, reading the section on cats in my bed, waving the cat-fishing pole about, and Mao takes some sort of crazy course-correcting jump and scratches my no...
TOGS - G:AUDIO BOOKSNon FictionAnimals in TranslationTeh Blurbz : Temple Grandin's Animals in Translation speaks in the clear voice of a woman who emerged from the other side of autism, bringing with her an extraordinary message about how animals think and feel.Temple's professional training as an a...
Excellent followup to Animals in Translation. In this book, Temple Grandin writes on how we can better the lives of our domesticated animals by acknowledging their own uniqueness and studying their behavior in a natural environment. The authors categorizes the primary mental states for animals (yes,...
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