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Through a Window
- Author
- Jane Goodall
- Narrator
- Pearl Hewitt
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 24 July 2018
- Run Time
- 11 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Biography: general, Wildlife: general interest, Gender studies: women and girls, Memoirs, Science: general issues, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Psychology, Sociology and anthropology, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, Zoology: primates (primatology), Biology, life sciences, Zoology and animal sciences, Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)
What to expect
On the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Gombe is a community where the principal residents are chimpanzees. Through Goodall's eyes we watch young Figan's relentless rise to power and old Mike's crushing defeat. We learn how one mother rears her children to succeed and another dooms hers to failure. We witness horrifying murders, touching moments of affection, joyous births, and wrenching deaths.
As Goodall compellingly tells the story of this intimately intertwined community, we are shown human emotions stripped to their essence. In the mirror of chimpanzee life, we see ourselves reflected.
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- Author
- Jane Goodall
- Narrator
- Pearl Hewitt
- Duration
- 11 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 July 2018
- ISBN
- 9781977382160
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Biography: general, Wildlife: general interest, Gender studies: women and girls, Memoirs, Science: general issues, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Psychology, Sociology and anthropology, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, Zoology: primates (primatology), Biology, life sciences, Zoology and animal sciences, Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)
Synopsis
In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote of her first ten years at Gombe. In Through a Window she continues the story, painting a more complete and vivid portrait of our closest relatives. On the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Gombe is a community where the principal residents are chimpanzees. Through Goodall's eyes we watch young Figan's relentless rise to power and old Mike's crushing defeat. We learn how one mother rears her children to succeed and another dooms hers to failure. We witness horrifying murders, touching moments of affection, joyous births, and wrenching deaths. As Goodall compellingly tells the story of this intimately intertwined community, we are shown human emotions stripped to their essence. In the mirror of chimpanzee life, we see ourselves reflected.
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