Animal Rights

Shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award Red kites were once Britain’s most common bird of prey. By the early 1900s they'd been wiped out in Scotland and England following centuries of ruthless persecution. When some reintroduced...

OVER 1 MILLION BOSH! BOOKS SOLD As seen on ITV's Living on the Veg 'The Vegan Jamie Olivers' The TimesOver 140 unmissable plant-based recipes. Do you want a quick...

How should we treat non-human animals? In this immensely powerful and influential book (now with a new introduction by Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari), the renowned moral philosopher Peter Singer addresses this simple question with trenchant,...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Most people think I save dogs, but really they saved me. Niall Harbison is a dog hero based in Thailand. He spends his days feeding, caring for and rescuing the many street...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524744069Author Hannah ShawFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781577319542Author Marc BekoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

Every year many thousands of racing greyhounds retire from the racetrack and are successfully re-homed through dedicated greyhound charities. Written in association with Greyhound Rescue West of England, Retired Greyhounds - A Guide to Care and...

Mark Rowlands presents a novel analysis of three epoch-defining environmental problems: climate, extinction, and pestilence. Our climate is changing at a rate that is unprecedented and, if unchecked, disastrous. Species are disappearing hundreds or...

A fascinating look at the history and grandeur of bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is also a deeper contemplation on the nature of cowardice and bravery, sport and tragedy, and is enlivened throughout by Hemingway's pungent commentary on life and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498291958Author Andrew LinzeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

"A fascinating, thoughtful, and thoroughly enjoyable exploration of a major dimension of human experience."- Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works A maverick scientist reveals the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways humans think, feel, and...

'My favourite book about the wilderness' Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild In this shimmering masterpiece of American nature writing, Edward Abbey ventures alone into the canyonlands of Moab, Utah, to work...

Now fully rewritten and entirely updated to reflect the pressing problems of today, Animal Liberation Now presents the definitive case for radically rethinking humanity's relationship with other animals'Probably the single most influential document in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250787613Author Carl SafinaFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 135mm * 20mm

An Inspiring Memoir, for Fans of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Frans De Waal. In her enchanting memoir, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda's first wildlife veterinarian, tells the remarkable story from her animal-loving childhood to her career...

In the heart-warming Lost and Found, discover tales from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home that celebrate the power of animals to transform people's lives.We hear from the young boy whose Battersea dog helped him to deal with a serious autoimmune disease, and...

In the heart-warming Lost and Found, discover tales from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home that celebrate the power of animals to transform people's lives.We hear from the young boy whose Battersea dog helped him to deal with a serious autoimmune disease, and...

Woodpeckers are among the most remarkable birds in the avian world, having evolved a unique anatomy that enables them to peck and bore into solid timber both to find food and to create nesting cavities. They have been considered symbols of fertility,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626196025Author Sandra PollardFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

'Wild and wonderful ... I doubt anyone will ever match Strandings for its sheer bravura, its wry insight, and its absolute, engulfing, and brilliantly enlivening whaleheadedness' PHILIP HOARE, ALBERT AND THE WHALE 'Addictive and scandalously...

A Times Bestseller Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing 2020 'Remarkable, and so profoundly enjoyable to read ... Its importance is huge, setting down a vital marker in the 21st century debate about how we use and abuse the...

Cass Sunstein and Martha Nussbaum bring together an all-star cast of contributors to explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it. Addressing ethical questions about ownership, protection...

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Having an awareness of the law is an invaluable resource, especially for those in the veterinary field. Ethics, Law, and the Veterinary Nurse addresses the...

WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Out on the road, no one speaks, everything talks. Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed grandma Jean has never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her granddaughter, Kimberly...

'So the only question is: do animals other than man suffer?'One of the great moral philosophers of the modern age, Peter Singer asks unflinching questions about how we should live our lives. The ideas collected in these writings, arguing that human...

To reduce risk of pandemics for ourselves, our gaze needs to turn to the health of animals. Discover Jonathan Safran Foer's eye-opening and life-changing account of the meat we eat.'Should be compulsory reading. A genuine masterwork. Read this book. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781930051997Author Charles PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Black Beauty is a novel that changed our world. Intended to 'induce kindness' in a Victorian audience who relied on horses for transport, travel and power, it remains a dearly loved children's classic. Writing Black Beauty is the story of the remarkable...

This book celebrates the special relationship between beloved British dogs and their devoted owners. Architects, fashion designers, florists, entrepreneurs - these and the other famous, creative and hyper-successful people have one thing in common when...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902636399Author Wendy E. CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Clairview BooksPublisher Temple Lodge Publishing

Spanning several decades and three continents, Modoc is one of the most amazing true animal stories ever told. Raised together in a small German circus town, a boy and an elephant formed a bond that would last their entire lives, and would be tested time...

Is anthropomorphism a scientific sin? Scientists and animal researchers routinely warn against "animal stories," and contrast rigorous explanations and observation to facile and even fanciful projections about animals. Yet many of us, scientists and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681885377Author Jane GoodallFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Weldon OwenPublisher Weldon Owen

'A must read for all wildlife lovers' Dominic Dyer Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, kites - Britain and Ireland's predators are impressive and diverse and they capture our collective imagination. But many consider...

Do animals have moral rights? If so, what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we understand welfare? By presenting models for understanding animals' moral status and rights, and examining their mental lives and...

'In my darkest hour, I reached for a hand and found your paw'When Nicola found Buddy, abandoned and broken, she vowed to do all she could to help save him. What she didn't know at the time was that this little dog would in turn save her.This is the story...

For many people, the name 'Huntingdon Life Sciences' will live forever in infamy. In the early 2000s, Europe's largest animal testing laboratory provoked public outrage, and sparked a resistance movement like no other. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty...

A political scientist goes undercover in a modern industrial slaughterhouse for this twenty-first-century update of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle This is an account of industrialized killing from a participant's point of view. The author, political...

**A new edition of How to Go Vegan -- updated for Veganuary 2022**GOING VEGAN IS EASY!Whether you're already a full-time vegan, considering making the switch to help fight climate change or know someone who is, this book will give you all the tools you...

A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 'Bracing and enlightening' Science Culture is something exclusive to human beings, isn't it? Not so, says intrepid researcher Carl Safina. Becoming Wild reveals the rich cultures that survive in some of...