{"product_id":"the-exultant-ark-jonathan-peter-balcombe-9780520260245","title":"The Exultant Ark: A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure","description":"Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival, but this visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom. In more than one hundred thirty striking images, \u003ci\u003eThe Exultant Ark \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates the full range of animal experience with dramatic portraits of animal pleasure ranging from the charismatic and familiar to the obscure and bizarre. These photographs, windows onto the inner lives of pleasure seekers, show two polar bears engaged in a bout of wrestling, hoary marmots taking time for a friendly chase, Japanese macaques enjoying a soak in a hot spring, a young bull elk sticking out his tongue to catch snowflakes, and many other rewarding moments. Biologist and best-selling author Jonathan Balcombe is our guide, interpreting the images within the scientific context of what is known about animal behavior. In the end, old attitudes fall away as we gain a heightened sense of animal individuality and of the pleasures that make life worth living for all sentient beings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Peter Balcombe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520260244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520260245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.27h x 8.75w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2011","brand":"Jonathan Peter Balcombe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43919947923711,"sku":"9780520260245","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9d706deb-117e-4e65-9b80-20ab526bd96b.jpg?v=1680812794","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-exultant-ark-jonathan-peter-balcombe-9780520260245","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}