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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in twentieth-century science have provoked as much wonder, controversy, and admiration as Konrad Lorenz — the Austrian naturalist whose patient observation of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLegend holds that King Solomon wore a magic ring that allowed him to speak with animals — Konrad...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work in the field of ethology and behavioural science, On...

Author: Konrad Z. LorenzBinding: SoftbackPublished: Time-Life Books Inc., 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents groundbreaking observations on animal behavior. It offers insights into the intricate...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedAt the intersection of instinct and intelligence lies one of the most ambitious scientific undertakings of the twentieth century —...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat drives animals — and humans — to fight, dominate, and destroy? In On Aggression, Nobel Prize-winning ethologist...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of genetics and ethology stands one of the twentieth century's most provocative scientific arguments: that the rigid...

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work in the field of ethology, King Solomon's Ring presents Nobel Prize-winning...

Author: Konrad LorenzBinding: HardbackPublished: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work of ethology, The Year of the Greylag Goose, chronicles the intricate social lives...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of biology, psychology, and evolutionary science stands a monumental work that forever changed how humanity understands animal behaviour. The Foundations of Ethology...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom one of the twentieth century's most celebrated naturalists comes a landmark work that forever changed the scientific understanding of...

Konrad Lorenz, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1973, was an important 20th-century pioneer of ethology, the investigation of animal behavior in the wild. Here Am I--Where Are...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat compels a predator to hunt, a human to love, or an animal to flee? Motivation of Human and Animal Behavior: An Ethological View...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of neuroscience, ethology, and cognitive psychology, On the Biology of Learning presents a landmark collection...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Staining to DJ.What does a lovebird's courtship display share with a human marriage ritual? In The Sexual Code: The Social...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFirst published in 1872, Charles Darwin's The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals stands as one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Light chipping - jacket still bright.What compels a human being to bond, to fight, to nurture, or to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodWhat drives the behavior of all living creatures — from the territorial displays of a silverback gorilla to the tender embrace of two human lovers? Ethology:...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat drives humanity to both extraordinary acts of cooperation and catastrophic violence? The Biology of Peace and War: Men, Animals, and Aggression by renowned...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedSet against the turbulent backdrop of the Mexican-American War and the mid-nineteenth century American Southwest, The Wine...

Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible. A landmark work of literary biography, Joseph Conrad:...

The operatic life of the librettist for Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro. In 1805, Lorenzo Da Ponte was the proprietor of a small grocery store in New York....

Author: Richard Krautheimer, Trude Krautheimer-HessBinding: PaperbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor markings to end-pages.Richard Krautheimer, in collaboration with Trude Krautheimer-Hess, presents a...

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Author: Hugh Ross WilliamsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography Lorenzo The Magnificent chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the Renaissance's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhat drives the courtship rituals of a stickleback fish, the aggression of a fighting cichlid, or the tender embrace of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the relentless theatre of nature, survival hinges on deception — and no book captures this truth more...

Author: Judith HookBinding: HardbackPublished: HAMISH HAMILTON, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA compelling historical biography, Lorenzo De' Medici: An Historical Biography chronicles the life and profound influence of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Some moisture damageCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the tidal mudflats of the North Sea to the sun-scorched dunes of the Dutch coast,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat drives human beings to love, fight, bond, and communicate across every culture on Earth? Human Ethology presents a sweeping scientific investigation into the biological...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat separates humanity from the rest of the animal kingdom — and what, startlingly, does not? The Human Animal: The Mystery of Man's Behaviour...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIs humanity's capacity for violence an immutable biological destiny, or a dangerous myth perpetuated by popular...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of behavioural science and zoology, W. H. Thorpe's landmark work Learning and Instinct in Animals presents a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhat compels human beings to wage war, commit acts of cruelty, and turn violence upon one another — even in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhat separates humanity from the animal kingdom — and what, in truth, do we share? Animal Nature and Human Nature...

The first part of a detailed study of one of the longest, and most brutal, tactical operations of World War II. In September 1944, the Allied High Command continued to...