The Wild Within

Author: Andrew Brogan
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813940958
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Established in 1836, the Bristol Zoo is the world’s oldest surviving zoo outside of a capital city and has frequently been at the vanguard of zoo innovation. In The Wild Within, Andrew Flack uses the experiences of the Bristol Zoo to explore the complex and ever-changing relationship between human and beast, which in many cases has altered radically over time. Flack recounts a history in which categories and identities combined, converged, and came into conflict, as the animals at Bristol proved to be extremely adaptive. He also reveals aspects of the human-animal bond, however, that have remained remarkably consistent not only throughout the zoo’s existence but for centuries, including the ways in which even the captive animals with the most distinct qualities and characteristics are misunderstood when viewed through an anthropocentric lens. Flack strips back the layers of the human-animal relationship from those rooted in objectification and homogenization to those rooted in the recognition of consciousness and individual experience. The multifaceted beasts and protean people in The Wild Within challenge a host of assumptions--both within and outside the zoo--about what it means to be human or animal in the modern world.

The Wild Within

Author: Sergio Rijo
Publisher: SERGIO RIJO
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 155

Book Description
"The Wild Within: Embracing Discomfort for Health, Growth, and Happiness" takes readers on a transformative journey through the power of embracing discomfort. In this thought-provoking book, readers will delve into the evolutionary clues that explain why discomfort is an integral part of human nature. From our ancestors' ability to thrive amidst challenges in the wild to the adaptability of the human mind, this book offers deep insights into the adaptive nature of discomfort. Explore how embracing discomfort can lead to remarkable personal growth and foster mental and physical well-being. Uncover the hidden costs of a sheltered life and the untapped potential of discomfort in unleashing resilience and creativity. Learn from Japanese practices for building champion athletes and the connection between mortality and fulfillment, gaining valuable wisdom from different cultures and belief systems. Throughout the book, readers will be inspired by the stories of courageous individuals who have embraced discomfort to achieve extraordinary feats and break through their limits. Discover the science behind the brain's response to challenges and how to rewire it for resilience and well-being. Embrace alternative healing practices and explore how discomfort can lead to transformative healing experiences. "The Wild Within" goes beyond the individual level, showcasing the ripple effect of personal growth on society. Readers will learn how embracing discomfort can create positive change in institutions, promote environmental stewardship, and lead to a more compassionate and empathetic world. The book calls readers to action, encouraging them to integrate discomfort as a catalyst for a thriving and fulfilling future. By cultivating a growth mindset, reconnecting with nature, and honoring their intuition, readers can embrace the wild within and unlock their full potential for health, growth, and happiness. "The Wild Within: Embracing Discomfort for Health, Growth, and Happiness" is a must-read for anyone seeking personal transformation, a deeper connection to the natural world, and a more meaningful and fulfilling life. Whether you're looking to overcome challenges, find inspiration, or create positive change in the world, this book will guide you on a transformative journey of embracing discomfort and unleashing your untamed potential.

The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival

Author: Steven Rinella
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593129709
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 465

Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An indispensable guide to surviving everything from an extended wilderness exploration to a day-long boat trip, with hard-earned advice from the host of Netflix’s MeatEater For anyone planning to spend time outside, The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival is the perfect antidote to the sensationalism of the modern survival genre. Informed by the real-life experiences of renowned outdoorsman Steven Rinella, its pages are packed with tried-and-true tips, techniques, and gear recommendations. Among other skills, readers will learn about old-school navigation and essential satellite tools, how to build a basic first-aid kit and apply tourniquets, and how to effectively purify water using everything from ancient methods to cutting-edge technologies. This essential guide delivers hard-won insights and know-how garnered from Rinella’s own experiences and mistakes and from his trusted crew of expert hunters, anglers, emergency-room doctors, climbers, paddlers, and wilderness guides—with the goal of making any reader feel comfortable and competent while out in the wild.

The Wild Land Within

Author: Lisa ColÑn DeLay
Publisher: Broadleaf Books
ISBN: 1506465099
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
The wilderness of the heart may be untamed, but you don't need to go there alone. In The Wild Land Within, spiritual companion and podcast host Lisa Colón DeLay offers a map to our often-bewildering inner terrain, inviting us to deepen and expand our encounters with God. Through specific spiritual practices from early desert monastics, as well as Latinx, Black, and Indigenous contemplatives, she guides us in cultivating lives of devotion. In opening ourselves up to God's healing, we will inevitably come across wounds we didn't even know we had. Colón DeLay uses theology and neuroscience to help us work through buried fear or pain and find embodied spiritual healing from trauma. A contemplative map to the wilderness of the heart, The Wild Land Within guides us through intimate geography in which God dwells.

The Wild Within

Author: Simon Yates
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN: 1906148430
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
All mountaineers develop differently. Some go higher, some try ever-steeper faces and others specialise in a particular range or region. I am increasingly drawn to remoteness - to places where few others have trod.' The Wild Within is the third book from Simon Yates, one of Britain's most accomplished and daring mountaineers. With his insatiable appetite for adventure and exploratory mountaineering, Yates leads unique expeditions to unclimbed peaks in the Cordillera Darwin in Tierra del Fuego, the Wrangell St-Elias ranges on the Alaskan-kon border, and Eastern Greenland. Laced with dry humour, he relates his own experience of the rapid commercialisation of mountain wilderness, while grappling with his new-found commitments as a family man. At the same time he must endure his role in the film adaptation of Joe Simpson's Touching The Void, having to relive the events of that trip to Peru for an award winning director. Yates' subsequent escape to the some of the world's most remote mountains isn't quite the experience it once was, as he witnesses first hand the advance of modern communications into the wilderness, signalled by the ubiquitous mobile phone masts appearing in once deserted mountain valleys. He is left to dwell on the remaining significance of mountain wilderness and begins a journey to rediscover his own notion of 'wild'.

Tracking & the Art of Seeing

Author: Paul Rezendes
Publisher: Camden House Publishing (Ontario, CA)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description
This book will help anyone who is interested to re-enter the ancient dialogue between animals and humans, a dialogue which is at the core of a nondestructive way of being in nature.

The Wild Book

Author: Juan Villoro
Publisher: Restless Books
ISBN: 1632061481
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
“We walked toward the part of the library where the air smelled as if it had been interred for years….. Finally, we got to the hallway where the wooden floor was the creakiest, and we sensed a strange whiff of excitement and fear. It smelled like a creature from a bygone time. It smelled like a dragon.” Thirteen-year-old Juan’s favorite things in the world are koalas, eating roast chicken, and the summer-time. This summer, though, is off to a terrible start. First, Juan’s parents separate and his dad goes to Paris. Then, as if that wasn’t horrible enough, Juan is sent away to his strange Uncle Tito’s house for the entire break! Uncle Tito is really odd: he has zigzag eyebrows; drinks ten cups of smoky tea a day; and lives inside a huge, mysterious library. One day, while Juan is exploring the library, he notices something inexplicable and rushes to tell Uncle Tito. “The books moved!” His uncle drinks all his tea in one gulp and, sputtering, lets his nephew in on a secret: Juan is a Princeps Reader––which means books respond magically to him––and he’s the only person capable of finding the elusive, never-before-read Wild Book. Juan teams up with his new friend Catalina and his little sister, and together they delve through books that scuttle from one shelf to the next, topple over unexpectedly, or even disappear altogether to find The Wild Book and discover its secret. But will they find it before the wicked, story-stealing Pirate Book does?

The Wild Within

Author: Paul Rezendes
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
ISBN: 9781439231043
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A dramatic, deeply spiritual book, The Wild Within is one of those rare books with the power to change the way we see ourselves-and make the natural world come alive.

The Wild Man Within

Author: Edward Dudley
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822975998
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Book Description
These essays trace the myth of the wild man from the Middle Ages to its disintegration into symbol in the periods following the discovery of America and encounter with real “wild men.” This is the first book to discuss the concept of wildness in the writings of the Enlightenment period in Western Europe and the first to attempt a broad, interdisciplinary approach to the subject of primitivism, not only from a strict “history of ideas” approach, but through discussions of individual works, both literary and political, and encompassing various subject matter from racism to the origins of language.Contributors: Richard Ashcraft; Ehrhard Bahr; John G. Burke; Earl Miner; Gary B. Nash; Stanley Robe; Geoffrey Symcox; Peter Thoralev; Hayden V. White, and the editors.

Rewild Or Die

Author: Urban Scout
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781621069720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Rewild or Die is a collection of essays written by Urban Scout exploring the philosophy of the emerging rewilding renaissance, in which civilized humans are thought to be "domesticated" through thousands of years of sedentary, agrarian life. This way of life is believed to be the root of all environmental destruction and social injustice. Rewilding is the process of un-doing this domestication, and restoring healthy, biologically diverse communities. Using thoughtful, humorously cynical and at times angry prose, Urban Scout explores how the ideology of civilization clashes with the wild and wild peoples, and how thinking, feeling and most importantly living wild is the only way to reach true sustainability.