Desmond Morris, Author . Little Books $35 (654p) ISBN 978-1-904435-54-9
American readers will most likely remember zoologist Morris as author of 1967's The Naked Ape,
a pop science bestseller highlighting the similarities between human behavior and that of other members of the animal kingdom. But his voluminous...
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Desmond Morris, Author . St. Martin’s/Dunne $25.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-38530-9
This follow-up to Morris’s 2005 The Naked Woman
rambles aimlessly around each part of the male body, beginning with hair and working down to the feet, jumping from evolutionary matters to strange, tangentially related social ones. Discussing...
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Desmond Morris, Author Firefly Books $40 (192p) ISBN 978-1-55407-419-8
The author of the bestselling 1967 book, The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal, Morris here presents a beautiful and useful guide to the first two years of a baby's development. With full-sized, gorgeous photos, the book begins with
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Desmond Morris, Author Random House Value Publishing $9.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-55814-0
At any one time, 90% of the hairs on your head are growing while 10% are inactive, with each hair obeying its own independent life cycle. Shakespeare wore a single earring in one ear, following popular custom. The nose is a voice resonator and bony...
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Desmond Morris, Author, Steve Parker, With Firefly Books $49.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-55407-566-9
40 years after British zoo curator Morris published The Naked Ape, a controversial 1967 bestseller (primatology's first), field researchers have generated thousands of hours of observations regarding gorillas, chimps, bonobos, gibbons and...
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Desmond Morris, Author, Howard Morris, Author Crown Publishers $15 (160p) ISBN 978-0-517-57267-2
Compared to The Naked Ape, the . . . Watching books (previous titles examined cats and dogs) are a step backwards for Morris. The title in hand offers questions and answers about the physiology and behavior of horses plus horse lore. Morris tells us
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Desmond Morris, Author, Peter Barrett, Illustrator Viking Children's Books $22.5 (128p) ISBN 978-0-670-85184-3
The value of this book lies in its pleasing proportions and Morris's ( The Naked Ape ) engaging, personable writing style. For example, the platypus ``looks as though it has been put together using spare parts from other animals.'' Giraffe mothers...
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Desmond Morris. Reaktion, $40 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78023-833-3
Zoologist Morris (The Boats of Malta) emphasizes the rich variety of cat images in art history, from a 7,000-year-old Libyan carving of cats fighting to Ronald Searle’s cartoon cats. Featuring 130 reproductions, the book explores the various...
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Desmond Morris. Thames & Hudson, $39.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-500-02136-1
Morris (The Naked Ape), the last surviving member of the first-generation Surrealists, offers an intimate tour of the personal lives of the artists in his inner circle. The motley assortment ranges from textbook staples (Salvador Dalí) to those on...
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Desmond Morris. Thames & Hudson, $39.95 (248p) ISBN 978-0-500-02488-1
Contending that Surrealists “dislike having their work analysed,” painter Morris (The Artistic Ape) presents instead a delightful series of chatty “pen portraits” that highlights the lives of 34 prominent British artists working “in the period...
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