In the Shadow of Man
by Jane Goodall | 
Through a Window
by Jane Goodall | 
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande | 
The Octopus and the Orangutan
by Eugene Linden | 
Far From the Tree
by Andrew Solomon | 
The Shallows
by Nicholas Carr | 
The Red Queen
by Matt Ridley |
How Not to Be Wrong
by Jordan Ellenberg | 
The Human Brain Book
by Rita Carter | 
Last Child in the Woods
by Richard Louv | 
The Future of the Mind
by Michio Kaku | 
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
by Robert M. Sapolsky | 
The Runaway Species
by David Eagleman | 
The Mind's Eye
by Oliver Sacks | 
How Emotions Are Made
by Lisa Barrett | 
Proust and the Squid
by Maryanne Wolf |
Sperm Wars
by Robin Baker | 
The Forgetting
by David Shenk | 
The Agile Gene
by Matt Ridley | 
Everything Bad is Good for You
by Steven Johnson |
For 30 years Roger Fouts has pioneered communication with chimpanzees through sign language--beginning with a mischievous baby chimp named Washoe. This remarkable book describes Fout's odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist to impassioned crusader for the rights of animals. Living and conversing with these sensitive creatures has given him a profound appreciation of what they can teach us about ourselves. It has also made Fouts an outspoken opponent of biomedical experimentation on chimpanzees. A voyage of scientific discovery and interspecies communication, this is a stirring tale of friendship, courage, and compassion that will change forever the way we view our biological--and spritual--next of kin.