Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
by Goodall, Jane
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0395500818
- ISBN 13
- 9780395500811
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, United States
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About This Item
First edition. Very little wear to book or unclipped dust jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Six sets of photograph plates, one in color.
Synopsis
Through aWindow is the dramatic saga of thirty years in the life of an intimately intertwined communityone that reads like a novel, but is one of the most important scientific works ever published.The community is Gombe, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, where the principal residents are chimpanzees and one extraordinary woman who is their student, protector, and historian. In her classic In the Shadow of Man , Jane Goodall wrote of her first ten years at Gombe. In Through a Window she brings the story up to the present, painting a more complete and vivid portrait of our closest relatives.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. In short, we see every emotion known to humans stripped to its essence. In the mirror of chimpanzee life, we see ourselves reflected.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turtleman Used Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST05111
- Title
- Through a Window
- Author
- Goodall, Jane
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395500818
- ISBN 13
- 9780395500811
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 268
- Size
- 16 cm x 24 cm x 2.7 cm
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Natural History; Zoology; Biology; Biography;
Terms of Sale
Turtleman Used Books
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About the Seller
Turtleman Used Books
About Turtleman Used Books
Opened August 1st of 2022, Turtleman Used Books in Olympia, WA. Address is 108 22nd Ave SW, Olympia, WA 98501. Suite #4. This is a small shop, so some books may only be displayed online, others only displayed in the store. Come on by if you are in town. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Many of my books are oversized. Rather than ask for shipping adjustments at the time of purchase, the list price for heavier books includes the excess shipping cost. All of my photographs are of the actual product, taken by my trusty little Kindle Fire. Currently we have about 2900 books offered for sale online, with more being added daily. Check back frequently to see what's new. -----