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Performance and Evolution in the Age of Darwin
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 41.95Performance and Evolution in the Age of Darwin reveals the ways in which the major themes of evolution were taken up in the performing arts during Darwin's adult lifetime and in the generation after his death. The period 1830-1900 was the formative period for evolutionary ideas. While scientists and theorists investigated the law and order of nature,... more...
Stage Presence
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 38.95Focusing on examples of live performance in drama, dance, opera and light entertainment, Jane Goodall explores a characteristic as compelling and enigmatic as the performers who demonstrate it. The mysterious quality of ?presence? in a performer has strong resonances with the uncanny. It is associated with primal, animal qualities in human individuals,... more...
Through A Window
Orion 2011; US$ 22.64Jane Goodall has spent most of her life observing the Chimpanzees of Gombe. This sequel to the bestselling "In The Shadow of Man" proves to be even more extraordinary and is as captivating a story of any human community. more...
In the Shadow of Man
Orion 2010; US$ 22.64Jane Goodall's classic account of primate research provides an impressively detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with, chimpanzees in Tanzania, Africa. It is a landmark for everyone to enjoy. 'Jane Goodall's work has already passed into the legends of culture...and represents one of the Western world's... more...
In the Shadow of Man
Orion 2010; Not AvailableJane Goodall's classic account of primate research provides an impressively detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with, chimpanzees in Tanzania, Africa. It is a landmark for everyone to enjoy. 'Jane Goodall's work has already passed into the legends of culture...and represents one of the Western world's... more...
Through A Window
Orion 2011; Not AvailableJane Goodall has spent most of her life observing the Chimpanzees of Gombe. This sequel to the bestselling "In The Shadow of Man" proves to be even more extraordinary and is as captivating a story of any human community. more...
Reason for Hope
Grand Central Publishing 1999; US$ 9.99Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve forever altered the very, definition of humanity.Now, in a poignant and insightful memoir, Jane Goodall explores her extraordinary life and personal spiritual odyssey, with observations as profound as the knowledge she has brought back from the forest. more...
Shooting in the Wild
Sierra Club Books 2010; US$ 24.95Wildlife and nature films are a hugely popular entertainment genre: networks such as Animal Planet and Discovery are stars in the cable television universe, viewers flock to IMAX theaters to see jaw-dropping footage from the wild, and the venerable BBC still scores triumphs with series such as Planet Earth . As cinematic technology brings ever more... more...
Pink Boots and a Machete
National Geographic Society 2011; US$ 26.00A quick examination of her roots, and one may never have guessed that Mireya Mayor would become the woman she is today. Yet, against all odds, this self-professed former "girly girl" daughter of overprotective Cuban immigrants blossomed from NFL cheerleader to Fulbright Scholar to field scientist and ultimately, quintessential adventurer. Now, with... more...
Harvest for Hope
Grand Central Publishing 2005; US$ 9.99The renowned scientist who fundamentally changed the way we view primates and our relationship with the animal kingdom now turns her attention to an incredibly important and deeply personal issue-taking a stand for a more sustainable world. In this provocative and encouraging book, Jane Goodall sounds a clarion call to Western society, urging us to... more...









