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Our wild calling : how connecting with animals can transform our lives--and save theirs / Richard Louv.

by Louv, Richard.

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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2019.

615.85158 L894o

Human-animal relationships.

Human-animal communication.

Animals -- Therapeutic use.

9781616205607 (hc.)

308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: A mystery -- 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 -- 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 others -- 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 -- The age of connectedness: creating a home for all creatures. New ways to live together ; The betweens ; Welcome to Symbiocene City ; The new Noahs -- Wild souls: love, humility, and the principle of reciprocity. Dreaming animals ; The peaceable kingdom ; Learning and teaching in a school of animals ; The bear.

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