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🦍 Zoos And Captivity

Ethical and scientific examinations of keeping wild animals in confinement, weighing conservation benefits against the psychological toll on creatures evolved for freedom.
The Human Zoo
by Desmond Morris • 1969
Urban anxiety, status obsession, and self-destruction: a zoologist traces them back to captivity.
4.00
3k+
🏙️ Urban Anthropology🐒 Human Ethology🦒 Captivity Analogy
The Human Zoo Summary
The Human Zoo 89%
Urban anxiety, status obsession, and self-destruction: a zoologist traces them back to captivity.
by Desmond Morris 1969
4.00
3k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Anthropology🐒 Human Ethology🦒 Captivity Analogy
On Animals
by Susan Orlean • 2021
Pigeon racing, taxidermy, lion hugging: Susan Orlean on the animal obsessions that fill our lives.
3.83
6k+
🦁 Animal Essays🐾 Human-Animal Bond🌍 Wildlife Conservation
On Animals Summary
On Animals 89%
Pigeon racing, taxidermy, lion hugging: Susan Orlean on the animal obsessions that fill our lives.
by Susan Orlean 2021
3.83
6k+ ratings
🦁 Animal Essays🐾 Human-Animal Bond🌍 Wildlife Conservation
The One and Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate • 2012
A captive gorilla paints a rescue for the baby elephant who arrives at his run-down mall.
4.27
212k+
🔒 Animals In Captivity🐘 Cross-Species Bonds💔 Poignant Animal Story
The One and Only Ivan Summary
The One and Only Ivan 88%
A captive gorilla paints a rescue for the baby elephant who arrives at his run-down mall.
by Katherine Applegate 2012
4.27
212k+ ratings
🔒 Animals In Captivity🐘 Cross-Species Bonds💔 Poignant Animal Story
Animal Madness
by Laurel Braitman • 2014
Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.
3.85
1k+
🧠 Animal Cognition🏥 Animal Mental Illness🔗 Captive Animal Welfare
Animal Madness Summary
Animal Madness 88%
Dogs get panic attacks. Parrots self-harm. What animal mental illness reveals about our own.
by Laurel Braitman 2014
3.85
1k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🏥 Animal Mental Illness🔗 Captive Animal Welfare
The Emotional Lives of Animals
by Marc Bekoff • 2007
Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.
4.05
2k+
🐒 Animal Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology
The Emotional Lives of Animals Summary
The Emotional Lives of Animals 88%
Elephants mourn, dolphins laugh. Animal emotions are real, and the science demands a moral answer.
by Marc Bekoff 2007
4.05
2k+ ratings
🐒 Animal Behavior🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology
Animal Wise
by Virginia Morell • 2013
Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.
4.13
3k+
🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology🐾 Cognitive Ethology
Animal Wise Summary
Animal Wise 88%
Ants that teach, rats that laugh: inside the labs rewriting the science of animal minds.
by Virginia Morell 2013
4.13
3k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🔬 Comparative Psychology🐾 Cognitive Ethology
Run, Spot, Run
by Jessica Pierce • 2016
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
3.81
236
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond
Run, Spot, Run Summary
Run, Spot, Run 88%
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
by Jessica Pierce 2016
3.81
236 ratings
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond
Animals in Translation
by Temple Grandin • 2004
An animal scientist argues that autism unlocks how animals think, feel, and fear.
4.15
10k+
🧠 Animal Cognition👁️ Sensory Perception♾️ Neurodiversity
Animals in Translation Summary
Animals in Translation 87%
An animal scientist argues that autism unlocks how animals think, feel, and fear.
by Temple Grandin 2004
4.15
10k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition👁️ Sensory Perception♾️ Neurodiversity
Search for the Golden Moon Bear
by Sy Montgomery • 2002
One golden bear, unknown to science. The search for the first new bear species in a century.
3.83
127
🐾 Wildlife Conservation🔬 Field Biology👣 Cryptozoology
Search for the Golden Moon Bear Summary
Search for the Golden Moon Bear 87%
One golden bear, unknown to science. The search for the first new bear species in a century.
by Sy Montgomery 2002
3.83
127 ratings
🐾 Wildlife Conservation🔬 Field Biology👣 Cryptozoology
Vanishing Treasures
by Katherine Rundell • 2024
Swifts that never land, sharks that outlive empires. What we're losing, and the hope we owe.
4.15
5k+
🦏 Endangered Species📖 Natural History🧠 Animal Intelligence
Vanishing Treasures Summary
Vanishing Treasures 87%
Swifts that never land, sharks that outlive empires. What we're losing, and the hope we owe.
by Katherine Rundell 2024
4.15
5k+ ratings
🦏 Endangered Species📖 Natural History🧠 Animal Intelligence
Listening to Whales
by Alexandra Morton • 2002
A marine biologist lost her husband, then fought the salmon farms killing the orcas she studied.
4.51
1k+
🐋 Marine Biology🐆 Wildlife Conservation🐋 Orca Societies
Listening to Whales Summary
Listening to Whales 87%
A marine biologist lost her husband, then fought the salmon farms killing the orcas she studied.
by Alexandra Morton 2002
4.51
1k+ ratings
🐋 Marine Biology🐆 Wildlife Conservation🐋 Orca Societies
Mama's Last Hug
by Frans de Waal • 2019
Before humans felt, animals did. A primatologist on grief, empathy, and justice in the wild.
4.21
6k+
🧠 Animal Cognition📊 Comparative Psychology💕 Animal Emotions
Mama's Last Hug Summary
Mama's Last Hug 87%
Before humans felt, animals did. A primatologist on grief, empathy, and justice in the wild.
by Frans de Waal 2019
4.21
6k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition📊 Comparative Psychology💕 Animal Emotions
The Taken
by Inbali Iserles • 2015
Her brother disappeared, a young fox ventures into a perilous city to bring him home.
4.09
4k+
🦊 Talking Animals🔮 Animal Magic🔎 Search For Family
The Taken Summary
The Taken 87%
Her brother disappeared, a young fox ventures into a perilous city to bring him home.
by Inbali Iserles 2015
4.09
4k+ ratings
🦊 Talking Animals🔮 Animal Magic🔎 Search For Family
A Primate's Memoir
by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2001
A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.
4.39
9k+
🦍 Primatology🐘 Wildlife Conservation🔬 Science Memoir
A Primate's Memoir Summary
A Primate's Memoir 87%
A young scientist joins a baboon troop expecting gorillas and finds violence, humor, and himself.
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2001
4.39
9k+ ratings
🦍 Primatology🐘 Wildlife Conservation🔬 Science Memoir
The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves
by Jack Douglas • 1972
The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.
3.27
205
🎤 Comic Memoir🐺 Exotic Pets💍 Marital Comedy
The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves Summary
The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves 87%
The title promised sex and cooking. The book delivered wolves, vacuums, and a marriage under siege.
by Jack Douglas 1972
3.27
205 ratings
🎤 Comic Memoir🐺 Exotic Pets💍 Marital Comedy
What the Chicken Knows
by Sy Montgomery • 2024
Chickens know faces, navigate by landmarks, and form bonds you'd never expect from a bird.
3.82
3k+
🐔 Single-Species Study🧠 Avian Intelligence❤️ Human-Animal Bond
What the Chicken Knows Summary
What the Chicken Knows 87%
Chickens know faces, navigate by landmarks, and form bonds you'd never expect from a bird.
by Sy Montgomery 2024
3.82
3k+ ratings
🐔 Single-Species Study🧠 Avian Intelligence❤️ Human-Animal Bond
The Philosopher and the Wolf
by Mark Rowlands • 2008
A philosopher's decade with a wolf revealed that humans misunderstand love, happiness, and death.
4.13
3k+
📖 Philosophical Memoir⚖️ Moral Philosophy🐺 Animal Consciousness
The Philosopher and the Wolf Summary
The Philosopher and the Wolf 87%
A philosopher's decade with a wolf revealed that humans misunderstand love, happiness, and death.
by Mark Rowlands 2008
4.13
3k+ ratings
📖 Philosophical Memoir⚖️ Moral Philosophy🐺 Animal Consciousness
Prisoner
by Jason Rezaian • 2019
544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.
3.88
2k+
✋ Political Imprisonment📰 International Journalism🧱 Solitary Confinement
Prisoner Summary
Prisoner 87%
544 days inside Iran's most feared prison. The crime: journalism. The lifeline: his wife.
by Jason Rezaian 2019
3.88
2k+ ratings
✋ Political Imprisonment📰 International Journalism🧱 Solitary Confinement
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft
by Aph Ko • 2019
Racism is a ritual of consumption that devours animal and human bodies. Here's the exit strategy.
4.48
301
⚖️ Critical Race Theory🐾 Animal Studies🧬 Human Animal Binary
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft Summary
Racism as Zoological Witchcraft 87%
Racism is a ritual of consumption that devours animal and human bodies. Here's the exit strategy.
by Aph Ko 2019
4.48
301 ratings
⚖️ Critical Race Theory🐾 Animal Studies🧬 Human Animal Binary
Beyond Words
by Carl Safina • 2015
Science called animal minds unknowable. Elephants, wolves, and whales are proving otherwise.
4.41
5k+
🧠 Animal Consciousness💔 Animal Emotion🐘 Animal Societies
Beyond Words Summary
Beyond Words 86%
Science called animal minds unknowable. Elephants, wolves, and whales are proving otherwise.
by Carl Safina 2015
4.41
5k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Consciousness💔 Animal Emotion🐘 Animal Societies
What the Bears Know
by Steve Searles • 2023
Hired to kill sixteen bears, a small-town trapper became their protector by learning their language.
4.18
401
🐾 Wildlife Management🏡 Wildlife Coexistence🧠 Animal Intelligence
What the Bears Know Summary
What the Bears Know 86%
Hired to kill sixteen bears, a small-town trapper became their protector by learning their language.
by Steve Searles 2023
4.18
401 ratings
🐾 Wildlife Management🏡 Wildlife Coexistence🧠 Animal Intelligence
Raising Hare
by Chloe Dalton • 2025
She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.
4.28
43k+
🏥 Wildlife Rescue🐾 Human Animal Bond🌳 English Countryside
Raising Hare Summary
Raising Hare 86%
She rescued a palm-sized leveret. It rewilded her life and was never once tame.
by Chloe Dalton 2025
4.28
43k+ ratings
🏥 Wildlife Rescue🐾 Human Animal Bond🌳 English Countryside
The Soul of All Living Creatures
by Vint Virga • 2013
A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.
3.55
666
🐾 Human-Animal Bond🐵 Animal Behavior🧘 Mindfulness Practice
The Soul of All Living Creatures Summary
The Soul of All Living Creatures 86%
A vet learns life's biggest lessons from his patients: presence, responsiveness, and forgiveness.
by Vint Virga 2013
3.55
666 ratings
🐾 Human-Animal Bond🐵 Animal Behavior🧘 Mindfulness Practice
Animal Architecture
by Karl von Frisch • 1974
Termites air-condition, beavers dam, spiders weave: animal engineering that never needed a plan.
4.31
54
🐾 Animal Behavior🏗️ Natural Architecture🔬 Ethology
Animal Architecture Summary
Animal Architecture 86%
Termites air-condition, beavers dam, spiders weave: animal engineering that never needed a plan.
by Karl von Frisch 1974
4.31
54 ratings
🐾 Animal Behavior🏗️ Natural Architecture🔬 Ethology
Animal Liberation
by Peter Singer • 1975
Sentience, not species, determines who matters morally. The book that changed how we treat animals.
4.31
11k+
🐾 Animal Ethics🏭 Factory Farming✊ Animal Rights
Animal Liberation Summary
Animal Liberation 86%
Sentience, not species, determines who matters morally. The book that changed how we treat animals.
by Peter Singer 1975
4.31
11k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Ethics🏭 Factory Farming✊ Animal Rights
Animal Architects
by James L. Gould • 2007
From termite towers to bowerbird galleries, animal architecture is the fossil record of cognition.
3.90
89
🧠 Animal Cognition🐾 Ethology🏗️ Animal Architecture
Animal Architects Summary
Animal Architects 86%
From termite towers to bowerbird galleries, animal architecture is the fossil record of cognition.
by James L. Gould 2007
3.90
89 ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🐾 Ethology🏗️ Animal Architecture
What the Animals Taught Me
by Stephanie Marohn • 2012
She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.
3.75
155
🐾 Animal Sanctuaries💞 Human-Animal Bond🦉 Animal Wisdom
What the Animals Taught Me Summary
What the Animals Taught Me 86%
She built a sanctuary for broken animals and discovered they were mending her.
by Stephanie Marohn 2012
3.75
155 ratings
🐾 Animal Sanctuaries💞 Human-Animal Bond🦉 Animal Wisdom
Wildhood
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz • 2019
Adolescence is universal: four survival challenges link your teenager to every animal on the planet.
4.11
518
🐾 Animal Behavior🧑‍🎤 Adolescence🧬 Evolutionary Biology
Wildhood Summary
Wildhood 86%
Adolescence is universal: four survival challenges link your teenager to every animal on the planet.
by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz 2019
4.11
518 ratings
🐾 Animal Behavior🧑‍🎤 Adolescence🧬 Evolutionary Biology
Elephant Run
by Roland Smith • 2007
Occupied Burma: a boy escapes through hidden corridors and braves the jungle to rescue his father.
4.09
7k+
🐅 Jungle Adventure🌊 Pacific Theater🐘 Working Elephants
Elephant Run Summary
Elephant Run 86%
Occupied Burma: a boy escapes through hidden corridors and braves the jungle to rescue his father.
by Roland Smith 2007
4.09
7k+ ratings
🐅 Jungle Adventure🌊 Pacific Theater🐘 Working Elephants
The Sexual Politics of Meat
by Carol J. Adams • 1990
How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.
4.00
5k+
🍃 Ecofeminism📚 Feminist Theory🐾 Animal Ethics
The Sexual Politics of Meat Summary
The Sexual Politics of Meat 86%
How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.
by Carol J. Adams 1990
4.00
5k+ ratings
🍃 Ecofeminism📚 Feminist Theory🐾 Animal Ethics
The Underneath
by Kathi Appelt • 2008
A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.
3.99
12k+
🐾 Animal Point Of View🌿 Southern Gothic🐕 Animal Found Family
The Underneath Summary
The Underneath 86%
A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.
by Kathi Appelt 2008
3.99
12k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Point Of View🌿 Southern Gothic🐕 Animal Found Family
Orange Is the New Black
by Piper Kerman • 2010
A decade-old drug crime. A year in federal prison. The hidden world of women doing time.
3.72
207k+
🏛️ Mass Incarceration🔒 Prison Memoir⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform
Orange Is the New Black Summary
Orange Is the New Black 86%
A decade-old drug crime. A year in federal prison. The hidden world of women doing time.
by Piper Kerman 2010
3.72
207k+ ratings
🏛️ Mass Incarceration🔒 Prison Memoir⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform
Museum of Thieves
by Lian Tanner • 2010
A chained girl escapes into a living museum, where the wildness her city buried is waking.
3.92
6k+
🏛️ Living Museum🌪️ Wild Magic🗡️ Thief Training
Museum of Thieves Summary
Museum of Thieves 86%
A chained girl escapes into a living museum, where the wildness her city buried is waking.
by Lian Tanner 2010
3.92
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Living Museum🌪️ Wild Magic🗡️ Thief Training
An Immense World
by Ed Yong • 2022
Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.
4.46
37k+
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
An Immense World Summary
An Immense World 86%
Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.
by Ed Yong 2022
4.46
37k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
Wild Life
by Rae Wynn-Grant • 2024
She grew up watching white men host nature shows. Then she became the scientist tracking lions.
3.87
1k+
🦁 Wildlife Biology📖 Conservation Memoir👩‍🔬 Women In Science
Wild Life Summary
Wild Life 86%
She grew up watching white men host nature shows. Then she became the scientist tracking lions.
by Rae Wynn-Grant 2024
3.87
1k+ ratings
🦁 Wildlife Biology📖 Conservation Memoir👩‍🔬 Women In Science
Education of a Felon
by Edward Bunker • 1999
A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.
4.14
2k+
⛓️ Prison Memoir💰 Career Criminal🔪 Prison Survival
Education of a Felon Summary
Education of a Felon 86%
A career criminal's brutal education behind bars, and how literature gave him a way out.
by Edward Bunker 1999
4.14
2k+ ratings
⛓️ Prison Memoir💰 Career Criminal🔪 Prison Survival
Thinking in Pictures
by Temple Grandin • 1995
A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.
4.10
17k+
👁️ Visual Thinking🔊 Sensory Processing🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir
Thinking in Pictures Summary
Thinking in Pictures 86%
A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.
by Temple Grandin 1995
4.10
17k+ ratings
👁️ Visual Thinking🔊 Sensory Processing🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir
This Is Vegan Propaganda
by Ed Winters • 2022
How one diet shift cuts your climate impact, ends animal suffering, and prevents the next pandemic.
4.61
5k+
🏭 Factory Farming✊ Animal Liberation🌱 Veganism
This Is Vegan Propaganda Summary
This Is Vegan Propaganda 86%
How one diet shift cuts your climate impact, ends animal suffering, and prevents the next pandemic.
by Ed Winters 2022
4.61
5k+ ratings
🏭 Factory Farming✊ Animal Liberation🌱 Veganism
The Long Walk
by Slavomir Rawicz • 1956
Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.
4.24
22k+
🏚️ Soviet Gulags🔓 Prison Escapes🏕️ Survival Narratives
The Long Walk Summary
The Long Walk 86%
Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.
by Slavomir Rawicz 1956
4.24
22k+ ratings
🏚️ Soviet Gulags🔓 Prison Escapes🏕️ Survival Narratives
The Soul of an Octopus
by Sy Montgomery • 2015
An octopus looked her in the eye and held her hand. Everything she knew unraveled.
3.94
61k+
🐙 Cephalopods🧠 Animal Cognition💭 Animal Consciousness
The Soul of an Octopus Summary
The Soul of an Octopus 86%
An octopus looked her in the eye and held her hand. Everything she knew unraveled.
by Sy Montgomery 2015
3.94
61k+ ratings
🐙 Cephalopods🧠 Animal Cognition💭 Animal Consciousness
Papillon
by Henri Charrière • 1969
Framed for murder, he spent 14 years planning the one escape Devil's Island thought impossible.
4.23
76k+
🔓 Prison Escape🏝️ Devil'S Island🔇 Solitary Confinement
Papillon Summary
Papillon 86%
Framed for murder, he spent 14 years planning the one escape Devil's Island thought impossible.
by Henri Charrière 1969
4.23
76k+ ratings
🔓 Prison Escape🏝️ Devil'S Island🔇 Solitary Confinement
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal
by Justin Gregg • 2022
Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.
3.89
3k+
🧠 Animal Cognition🧐 Human Exceptionalism🐬 Animal Consciousness
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal Summary
If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal 86%
Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.
by Justin Gregg 2022
3.89
3k+ ratings
🧠 Animal Cognition🧐 Human Exceptionalism🐬 Animal Consciousness
The Naked Ape
by Desmond Morris • 1967
A zoologist treats Homo sapiens as just another animal. The report still bites.
3.93
12k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Sociobiology🐒 Popular Ethology
The Naked Ape Summary
The Naked Ape 86%
A zoologist treats Homo sapiens as just another animal. The report still bites.
by Desmond Morris 1967
3.93
12k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Sociobiology🐒 Popular Ethology
The Desert and the Sea
by Michael Scott Moore • 2018
For 977 days, he was a bargaining chip: a journalist’s survival inside the Somali pirate economy.
3.98
3k+
🏴‍☠️ Somali Piracy⛓️ Long-Term Captivity💰 Pirate Economy
The Desert and the Sea Summary
The Desert and the Sea 86%
For 977 days, he was a bargaining chip: a journalist’s survival inside the Somali pirate economy.
by Michael Scott Moore 2018
3.98
3k+ ratings
🏴‍☠️ Somali Piracy⛓️ Long-Term Captivity💰 Pirate Economy
Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams • 1990
A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.
4.32
26k+
🤣 Comic Travelogues🦏 Endangered Species🐆 Wildlife Conservation
Last Chance to See Summary
Last Chance to See 86%
A flightless parrot, a blind dolphin, and the last-chance quest to see them before they vanish.
by Douglas Adams 1990
4.32
26k+ ratings
🤣 Comic Travelogues🦏 Endangered Species🐆 Wildlife Conservation
Two Dogs and a Parrot
by Joan D. Chittister • 2015
A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.
4.15
155
🐾 Pet Memoirs🌿 Animal Spirituality🐕 Animal Companionship
Two Dogs and a Parrot Summary
Two Dogs and a Parrot 86%
A Benedictine nun found her greatest spiritual teachers on four legs and two wings.
by Joan D. Chittister 2015
4.15
155 ratings
🐾 Pet Memoirs🌿 Animal Spirituality🐕 Animal Companionship
Insane
by Alisa Roth • 2018
Jails hold more people with mental illness than hospitals. Incarceration makes them sicker.
4.07
1k+
🏥 Mental Illness In Jails🔒 Mass Incarceration🏚️ Deinstitutionalization
Insane Summary
Insane 86%
Jails hold more people with mental illness than hospitals. Incarceration makes them sicker.
by Alisa Roth 2018
4.07
1k+ ratings
🏥 Mental Illness In Jails🔒 Mass Incarceration🏚️ Deinstitutionalization
A Life in Nature
by Marc Hamer • 2019
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
4.16
2k+
🌿 Nature Memoir🇬🇧 British Countryside🐾 Animal Ethics
A Life in Nature Summary
A Life in Nature 86%
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
by Marc Hamer 2019
4.16
2k+ ratings
🌿 Nature Memoir🇬🇧 British Countryside🐾 Animal Ethics
Room
by Emma Donoghue • 2010
Born in captivity, a boy must flee into a world he has only ever seen on television.
4.08
840k+
👶 Child Narrator🔒 Captivity Survival💕 Mother Son Bond
Room Summary
Room 86%
Born in captivity, a boy must flee into a world he has only ever seen on television.
by Emma Donoghue 2010
4.08
840k+ ratings
👶 Child Narrator🔒 Captivity Survival💕 Mother Son Bond
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
by Jim Corbett • 1944
One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.
4.31
6k+
🐅 Indian Wildlife🏔️ Adventure Memoir🎯 Hunting Ethics
Man-Eaters of Kumaon Summary
Man-Eaters of Kumaon 86%
One tigress, four hundred dead. A lone hunter tracked her on foot through the Indian jungle.
by Jim Corbett 1944
4.31
6k+ ratings
🐅 Indian Wildlife🏔️ Adventure Memoir🎯 Hunting Ethics
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