|
Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals
|
Home > Book Accessories > Animal Cards > Item 46
 |
|
 |
 |
Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals
|
by Karen Dawn
Sales Rank: 36142
|
List Price: $19.95
$13.57
At Amazon
on 10-28-2008
|
|
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks April 29, 2008
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061351857
ISBN-13: 978-0061351853
Product Dimensions:
8.9 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Animal rights activist Dawn is familiar to readers of her memorable opinion pieces for the Washington Post as well as her daily e-newsletter DawnWatch, but her first book should gain her a wider audience. This is a cogent and thoroughly researched overview of all the major issues in animal rights, past and present, She defines animal rights more loosely than some would like, focusing on the general movement to advance the interest of animals and discourage the use of animals as objects of commerce. Her goal is to tell you everything you wanted to know about animal rights—but were afraid to get into a fight about—and to let you weigh that information against your own values, and she succeeds admirably. Often supplying hilarious but pointed illustrations and quotes from well-known animal lovers such as Bill Maher and Natalie Portman, she illuminates the use of animals as pets, entertainment, food, in scientific testing and the Green movement. This has the potential to become a big hit for a general reading audience that wants to know what the fuss is about animal rights, as well as the many college students at the forefront of animal rights activism. (Feb. 26)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Review
"In an age, and in a medium, in which people seem to be content with quick clichés and approximations, Karen Dawn writes a lucid, restrained, and accurate prose that could be held up as a model to her profession. Her work treads that fine line between the provocative and the counterproductively undiplomatic assuredly." -- -- Disgrace author JM Coetzee, winner of 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature
"THANKING THE MONKEY is fun, and it will give people information they wish they had all their lives. I can't wait to give one to everybody I know. It is going to change the world." -- -- Rory Freedman, co-author of the New York Times number one bestseller Skinny Bitch
"Vegetarianism was a source of Gandhi's successful non-violence, and cruelty to animals is a predictor of everything from domestic violence to serial killing. With wisdom and insight, Karen Dawn introduces readers to the fact that animal rights are an organic part of social justice movements everywhere. Her book is a bridge between worlds for both the committed and the curious." -- -- Gloria Steinem
"Give this book to someone you know who doesn't know." -- -- David Duchovny
"I am sick of being ignorant! This book is education with a smile, information with a kiss from a dog who just drank out of a toilet, and should be required reading for all college students." -- -- Anthony Kiedis, Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Karen Dawn discusses how people from all standpoints on animal rights can find common ground -- REVIEW
"Sensitive and informative . . . Dawn’s view is not only uniquely free of overt sensationalism but factual . . . . Dawn manages, despite the seriousness of the subject matter, to intersperse bits of humor throughout, primarily through cartoons. A riveting text you’ll be sure to want to read." -- Library Journal
"Witty and well-researched . . . Despite the gravity of the subject, Dawn is mercifully un-didactic throughout, cutting grim facts with whimsical cartoons, celebrity cameos and feel-good stories. A-" -- Washington Post
"[A]n easily digested, sound-bite-laden primer to all sides and gradations of the crusade for animal rights . . . An excellent introduction." -- Booklist
"[C]ogent and thoroughly researched[Dawn’s] goal is ‘to tell you everything you wanted to know about animal rights—but were afraid to get into a fight about -- and to let you weigh that information against your own values,’ and she succeeds admirably." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
|
Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals
Available from Amazon
Price: $13.57
Updated on 10-28-2008
|
|
|
|
|
NOTICE: All product prices, availability, and specifications
are subject to verification by their respective retailers.
Copyright © 2008 Dominant Systems Corporation
info@bookdigger.com
Privacy Policy
Last Modified : 10-28-2008
|
