The astonishing story of a baby's first two years. Renowned zoologist and scholar of human behavior Desmond Morris (The Naked Ape) reveals a baby's incredible powers of development and extraordinar
A well-illustrated visual reference to the first 2 years of a baby's life: It looks at a baby's incredible development and growth, surveys the latest science and utilized overlays to illustrate intri
How does city life change the way we act? What accounts for the increasing prevalence of violence and anxiety in our world? In this new edition of his controversial 1969 bestseller, The Human Zoo, r
Twenty-five years after it first caused a splash in the scientific and literary worlds, Intimate Behavior is still one of the best chronicles of human intimacy. With a masterful and entertaining eye
Examining the body language displayed in works of art is a whole new way of looking at art. The gestures portrayed can reflect the mores of a particular period in history, the customs of a certain cul
Surrealism did not begin as an art movement but as a philosophical strategy, a way of life, and a rebellion against the establishment that gave rise to the First World War. In Lives of the Surrealists
From Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussycat” to David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, owls have been woven into the fabric of popular culture. At times they are depicted as dignified, wise old scholars and at ot
Monkeys populate our culture, from the adorable hijinks of Curious George and the loyal friendship between Aladdin and Abu to the menacing gait of the winged ones in The Wizard of Oz. We visit them in
The leopard is the ultimate cat. It makes the lion and the tiger appear overblown and all the other members of the cat family look puny. Where lions hunt in the open and then share their kill, the leo
Bison once ranged across the Great Plains of North America in vast herds—early 18th-century explorers described them as “innumerable”—and at the beginning of the 19th century they numbered in the tens
The cat—that most graceful, stubborn, and agile of animals—has been a favorite subject of artists the world over from prehistory to the modern day. A spectacular 7,000-year-old engraving i
From ancient Babylon and the Greek goddess Athena to Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat; from Harry Potter’s Hedwig and the grandiloquent, absent-minded Wol from Winnie the Pooh to Dav
