Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, whose books take up the cause of animals as sentient beings, now explores the world of farm animals, making a case for their humane treatment and an end to exploitation.
This is an investigation into the emotional lives of the animals that live in closest harmony with humans - dogs. To discover more about the complex but transparent nature of canine emotional responses, Masson acquired three large dogs to form a community with his own family and set about a close scrutiny of their feelings. Masson begins by asking ...
This is a collection of anecdotes about something that most animal owners and trainers accept at face value, but emotions like love, joy, sorrow, anger and embarrassment.
This is a collection of anecdotes about something that most animal owners and trainers accept at face value, but emotions like love, joy, sorrow, anger and embarrassment.
Masson writes about cats and their emotional reactions, admitting freely that they are mysterious creatures who can never be fully understood. He also makes a case for the notion that cats are not truly happy unless they are allowed to roam freely.
Astonishing and controversial--garnering front-page headlines when first published--this classic book examines why Freud concealed the truth about child sexual abuse. Filled with illuminating facts that call into question the very foundations of psychoanalysis, this is important reading for laymen and professionals in the field.
Jeffrey Masson, once the protege of Anna Freud and Kurt Eissler, here exposes the workings of the psychoanalyst's training. Describing his experiences in the Freud Archives he tells how he discovered, in Freud's work, the flaw that empowers the analyst to distort another person's reality.
The author shares true stories that prove her theory that animals are capable of making conscious decisions and moral choices. In a series of factual anecdotes, the author relates how animals--ranging from dogs to elephants--have displayed such "human" traits as compassion, loyalty, cooperation, and generosity. Illustrated with photographs.
From the bestselling author of "When Elephants Weep" and "Dogs Never Lie About Love" comes an illuminating look at the bond of fatherhood in the human and animal worlds. The controversial psychoanalyst explores ten of the world's "best dads" (including wolves, penguins, and seahorses) and the "worst dads" (lions, langurs, bears--and humans).
In this revelatory work, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson shows how food affects our moral selves, our health and the environment. He raises questions to make us conscious of the decisions behind every bite we take: like the effect eating animals has on our land, waters, even global warming; what the results of farming practices - de-beaking chickens and ...
These touching animal stories make a powerful statement about the intense love which animals have for their owners. From selfless gestures to grand, heroic displays of courage, these tales recount the exploits of dogs, cats, horses, pigs--even an iguana--who have warned and rescued peoples--some at great risk to themselves. Illustrations.
Masson has written the astonishing "prequel" to his autobiographical last book, Final Analysis: The Making and Unmaking of a Psychoanalyst. Masson tells of the guru Paul Brunton, who lived with Masson's family as he was growing up and who profoundly influenced Masson with claims to enormous spiritual power.
Kept in a dungeon for his entire childhood, Kaspar Hauser turned up in Nuremberg in 1828. He became a focus of interest throughout Europe, but was murdered in 1833. Who was he, and who killed him? Was he German royalty, as many have believed? These are among the questions addressed in this book.
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "When Elephants Weep" comes this chronicle of his simple experiment of raising seven animals together to learn essential ingredients of interspecies and even love.
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "When Elephants Weep" and "Dogs Never Lie About Love" comes a personal tribute to 100 fascinating animals. B&W photos throughout. Full-color insert.
Described by Jeffrey Masson as the single best introduction to animal rights ever written, this new book by Tom Regan dispels the negative image of animal rights advocates perpetrated by the mass media, unmasks the fraudulent rhetoric of humane treatment favored by animal exploiters, and explains why existing laws function to legitimize ...
The New York Times bestselling author of The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats and Dogs Never Lie About Love , Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson has given cat lovers a wonderful gift: a magical holiday story about a feline named Billi, who long ago, in ancient India, becomes the first cat to choose domestication. Cats relish independence and Billi is no ...
As a poet and essayist, I have been fascinated by the everyday world that I live in. I find it a world often touched by the spiritual if we are observant and if we take care to remember what we have observed and experienced. This book is my effort to save what I can from one man's observations and epiphanies. It is also an invitation to readers to ...
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are teaming up with old friends and new on a wacky mission to find the mystical Blue Diamond and keep it from falling into the evil clutches of the Acme Corporation. With Acme henchmen like Yosemite Sam, Marvin The Martian, and the Tasmanian Devil on their tail(s), count on chills, spills, and side-splitting thrills for ...
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