Adam's Task (Record no. 58448)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781510704299
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name :Zafaa Books & Distributors
Distributor address :313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035
Bill Number :ZBD0567
Bill Date :11/09/2021
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 636.088 HEA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hearne, Vicki
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Adam's Task
Remainder of title : Calling Animals by Name
Statement of responsibility, etc / Vicki Hearne;
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc La Vergne
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Skyhorse Publishing,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2016.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xx 204p.
Dimensions 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 4420
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Contents note Front Cover; Half-Title Page; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword by Karen Joy Fowler; Introduction by Donald McCaig; Preface to the 1994 Edition; 1. By Way of Explanation; 2. A Walk with Washoe: How Far Can We Go?; 3. How to Say "Fetch!"; 4. Tracking Dogs, Sensitive Horses and the Traces of Speech; 5. Crazy Horses; 6. Horses in Partnership with Time; 7. Calling Animals by Name; 8. The Sound of Kindness; 9. Lo the American (Pit) Bull Terrier; 10. What It Is about Cats; 11. Rights, Autism and the Rougher Magics; Afterword.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A groundbreaking meditation on our human-animal relationships and the moral code that binds it. Adam's Task, Vicki Hearne's innovative masterpiece on animal training, brings our perennial discussion of the human-animal bond to a whole new metaphysical level. Based on studies of literary criticism, philosophy, and extensive hands-on experience in training, Hearne asserts, in boldly anthropomorphic terms, that animals (at least those that interact more with humans) are far more intelligent than we assume. In fact, they are capable of developing an understanding of ""the good, "" a moral code that.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agriculture
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Animal husbandry
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Human-animal communication.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Animal training.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Domestic animals -- Behavior.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hearne, Vicki,
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Personal name McCaig, Donald;
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Personal name Fowler, Karen Joy
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    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 16/09/2021 Zafaa Books & Distributors 4420.00   636.088 HEA 28084 16/09/2021 16/09/2021 Books
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