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The Resource Bonobo handshake : [a memoir of love and adventure in the Congo], Vanessa Woods, (electronic resource)
Bonobo handshake : [a memoir of love and adventure in the Congo], Vanessa Woods, (electronic resource)
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The item Bonobo handshake : [a memoir of love and adventure in the Congo], Vanessa Woods, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Bonobo handshake : [a memoir of love and adventure in the Congo], Vanessa Woods, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- 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 transformation in a fragile corner of Africa is about looking past the differences between animals and ourselves, and finding in them the same extraordinary courage and will to survive. For Vanessa, it is about finding her own path as a writer and scientist, falling in love, and finding a home
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 30 min.))
- Isbn
- 9781400197453
- Label
- Bonobo handshake : [a memoir of love and adventure in the Congo]
- Title
- Bonobo handshake
- Title remainder
- [a memoir of love and adventure in the Congo]
- Statement of responsibility
- Vanessa Woods
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 transformation in a fragile corner of Africa is about looking past the differences between animals and ourselves, and finding in them the same extraordinary courage and will to survive. For Vanessa, it is about finding her own path as a writer and scientist, falling in love, and finding a home
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
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- 1977-
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- Woods, Vanessa
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- Literary text for sound recordings
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- Read by Justine Eyre
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- Eyre, Justine
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- Bonobo
- Bonobo
- Wildlife rescue
- Target audience
- adult
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- Label
- Bonobo handshake : [a memoir of love and adventure in the Congo], Vanessa Woods, (electronic resource)
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- Antecedent source
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- digital storage
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- Configuration of playback channels
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- Control code
- MWT10755106
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- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 30 min.))
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- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
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- Isbn
- 9781400197453
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- (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
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- digital.
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- MWT10755106
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- Sound
- sound
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- digital recording
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- Label
- Bonobo handshake : [a memoir of love and adventure in the Congo], Vanessa Woods, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- MWT10755106
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 30 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781400197453
- Isbn Type
- (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- digital.
- Publisher number
- MWT10755106
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
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