Djur & samhälle

Polishästen UTTER från början till slut Den här boken handlar om Sveriges mest kända polishäst och om vår långa och unika resa tillsammans. En fantastisk upplevelse som varade i 26 år som innehöll både spänning, glädje och sorg. Från patrulleringa...

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Vintern 2010 var iskall och James framtidsutsikter såg dystra ut. Julen, en helg han alltid bävat för, stod för dörren. Hälsan var klen och han hade varken pengar till att värma upp lägenheten eller julmat åt Bob och sig själv. Han var helt enkelt...

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Having shown us how to master monsters in Edward's Crochet Imaginarium and capture our friends and family in Edward's Crochet Doll Emporium, Kerry Lord is back with patterns for everyone's favourite pups in her new book Edward's Menagerie: Dogs.In...

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'Evocative and beautifully written, it's a deeply immersive read' Observer 'Enchanting and emotional...personifies its characters as they navigate the new wild and its trials.' Chris Packham 'Charles Foster is the most original voice in nature wri...

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'A must read for anyone interested in the emerging ethics of robotics' Irene M. Pepperberg A bold, optimistic exploration of the relationship between robots and humans based on our history with animals, from a renowned MIT researcher The robots ar...

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Efter fjolårets succébok om psykisk ohälsa är Therése Lindgren tillbaka med en uppmaning till oss alla att börja bry oss - om oss själva, hur vi lever, vad vi äter, och inte minst: om djuren. Djurrätt är en hjärtefråga för veganen Therése och hon ...

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I maj 2011 tar två dussin Navy SEAL-soldater sig in i Usama bin Ladins hemliga bostad i Pakistan. Efter den dramatiska operationen var det endast ett namn som offentliggjordes: Cairo, en belgisk malinois och militär tjänstehund. Det här är berätte...

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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, di...

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Learn to improve your crochet techniques, working your way up from beginner projects through to more challenging later patterns. Each animal uses only basic stitches and there's step-by-step instructions that mean this is the perfect book to learn...

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" Rapport från ett slakteri är det mest angelägna, uppriktiga och intelligenta jag har läst på länge." Helsingborgs Dagblad Veterinären Lina Gustafsson börjar arbeta på ett slakteri. Hennes uppgift är att kontrollera att djuren är friska och att l...

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This book provides a reimagining of how Western law and legal theory structures the human-earth relationship. As a complement to contemporary efforts to establish rights of nature and non-human legal personhood, this book focuses on the other subj...

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DJURET Vid mitten av 1990-talet blev djurrättsrörelsen samhällets fiende nummer ett. Mjölkbilar brann, minkar släpptes ut, ungdomar köttvägrade och vuxenvärlden rasade. I mellanmjölkens land blev varje tallrik plötsligt ett ideologiskt slagfält. I...

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According to the latest figures, the number of vegans in the UK has more than quadrupled since 2014, now representing over 1 per cent of the total population. With the rise in plant-based foods and cruelty-free products showing no sign of stopping...

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Considering that much of human society is structured through its interaction with non-human animals, and since human society relies heavily on the exploitation of animals to serve human needs, human-animal studies has become a rapidly expanding fi...

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Jared Diamond and other leading scholars have argued that the domestication of animals for food, labor, and tools of war has advanced the development of human society. But by comparing practices of animal exploitation for food and resources in dif...

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Explores the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry - particularly industry consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation - have had on workers, animals, and consumers. This work describes the efforts by the Humane ...

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2018 American Book Award Winner A beautifully written, deeply provocative inquiry into the intersection of animal and disability liberation-and the debut of an important new social critic How much of what we understand of ourselves as "human" depe...

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In myths and legends squids are portrayed as fearsome sea-monsters, lurking in the watery deeps waiting to devour humans. Even as modern science has tried to turn those monsters of the deep into unremarkable calamari, squids continue to dominate t...

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Det här är den fantastiska berättelsen om Arthur - gatuhunden som lämnade djungeln och hittade hem. Hem till elitidrottaren Mikael Lindnord i Örnsköldsvik. De utmattade svenska multisportarna befann sig mitt i regnskogen i Ecuador under VM. De sku...

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In their own words, this is the very personal story of the ups and downs of the Nicholson family at Cannon Hall farm spanning almost 70 years. From the death of Roger's beloved dad Charlie to the daily struggle for survival amid farming's rapidly ...

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An empowering and deeply informative book - Moby Challenge their beliefs; change the world If you are a vegan, you'll know all too well how provocative it can be - you never know when you'll be challenged or how. But being able to face down and re...

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"A gripping and vital portrait of wolf repopulation. It is impossible not to root for Diane, or for the wolves."-ERICA BERRY, AUTHOR OF WOLFISH "This is a book about a courageous woman. Often alone in wild country, she endures hardships and faces ...

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Cat Body Language looks at all the postures cats are likely to adopt in and around the home, both with other cats and with their owners. Using the psychology of cat behaviour, it explains how a cat is likely to react in stressful situations, such ...

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"This book is fabulous and takes you close inside the wild world, where you feel the creatures whispering your old name."-Craig Foster, My Octopus Teacher Learn how to decode the secret conversations of wild animals all around you. From a Yellowst...

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BBC R4 Book of the Week 'Brilliant' Guardian 'Fascinating and often delightful' The Times What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn fro...

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WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2018 WINNER OF THE JEFFERIES AWARD FOR NATURE WRITING 2017 The full story of seabirds from one of the greatest nature writers. The book looks at the pattern of their lives, their habitats, the threats they face and t...

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The Sexual Politics of Meat is Carol Adams inspiring and controversial exploration of the interplay between contemporary societys ingrained cultural misogyny and its obsession with meat and masculinity. First published in 1990, the book has contin...

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