ISBN:

• 9781616205607
• 1616205601

Edition: First edition.

Description: 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• Part 1. Beautiful acts: life-changing encounters with species not our own
• In the family of animals
• The aching heart
• The mind-altering power of deep animal connection
• The octopus who stopped time
• Part 2. What the wild heart still knows: the art and science of communicating with other animals
• Becoming the grasshopper
• Intimacy is all around us
• Earth's oldest language
• How to talk with birds
• Playing well with the others
• Part 3. How we co-become: wonderdogs and werecats, therapy lizards and robot pets
• More than human
• The animal lover
• Reptiles and ambivalence
• The boy who said horse
• The replacements: do we really need animals?
• Part 4. The age of connectedness: creating a home for all creatures
• New ways to live together
• The betweens
• Welcome to Symbiocene City
• The new Noahs
• Part 5. Wild souls: love, humility, and the principle of reciprocity
• Dreaming animals
• The peaceable kingdom
• Learning and teaching in a school of animals
• The bear.

LCCN: 2019019787

Subjects:

• Animals -- Therapeutic use.
• Human-animal communication.
• Human-animal relationships.