Bonobo Handshake A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
eAudio - 2010
In 2005, Vanessa Woods accepted a marriage proposal from a man she barely knew and agreed to join him on a research trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country reeling from a brutal decade-long war that had claimed the lives of millions. Settling in at a bonobo sanctuary in Congo's capital, Vanessa and her fiance entered the world of a rare ape with whom we share 98.7 percent of our DNA. She soon discovered that many of the inhabitants of the sanctuary-ape and human alike-are refugees from unspeakable violence, yet bonobos live in a peaceful society in which females are in charge, war is nonexistent, and sex is as common and friendly as a handshake. A fascinating memoir of hope and adventure, Bonobo Handshake traces Woods'...s self-discovery as she finds herself falling deeply in love with her husband, the apes, and her new surroundings while probing life's greatest question: What ultimately makes us human? Courageous and extraordinary, this true story of revelation and...
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Tantor Media, Inc.
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- English
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- Online Access
- Overdrive Resource Page
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- MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
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File Size | 237 GB |
Parts | 7 |
ISBN | 9781400197453 |
Release Date | 5/31/2010 |
OverDrive Listen audiobook | |
File Size | 236 GB |
ISBN | 9781400197453 |
Release Date | 5/31/2010 |