Author: Rabbi Pinchus Presworsky © 2002
Format: Hardback. Plain white endpapers. Size: about 16.2cm W x 23.7cm H x 1.6cm T. Pages: x + 101 + 32 pages illustrating kosher and non-kosher birds.
Distributor Israel Book Shop, 501 Prospect Street, Lakewood, New Jersey, U.S.A. E-mail: isrbkshp@aol.com.
ISBN: 1-931681-22-8

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Author: Robert M. Sapolsky
Format: Paperback. Plain white endpapers. Size: about 12.7cm W x 19.9cm H x 2.0cm T. Pages: 304.
Publisher: Vintage UK - Random House
ISBN: 0-099-28577-0
Status: New.

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Cover notes about this book and its author:
 
FRONT COVER:
 
One of the most engrossing, exhilarating and irreverent books on Africa and its wildlife ever published. Financial Times
 
REAR COVER:
 
"Smart, stylish, distincitve ... A magnificent tale of morality among the hamfisted Machiavellians."Independent
 
"Book-smart and more than a little naive, Robert Sapolsky left the comforts of college in the US for a research project studying a troop of baboons in Kenya. Whether he's relating his adventures with his neighbours, Masai tribesmen, or his experiences learning how to sneak up and dart suspicious baboons, Sapolsky combines irreverence and humour with the best credentials in his field.
 
A Primate's Memoir is the culmination of over two decades of experience and research - an exhilarating, hilarious and daring memoir, and an astonishing masterpiece of the people and nature of Africa."
 
"Splendidly-written and entertaining ... as a writer he's an ace. Buy his book now." The Scotsman
 
"This engrossing account of Robert Sapolsky's life in science ... is brilliantly informative ... and heartbreakingly acute." Norman Rush, author of Mating.
 
"One of the best science writers of our time" Oliver Sacks

About the author:
 
Robert M. Sapolsky is Professor of Biology and Neurology at Stanford University, and a research associate with the Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya. He lives in San Francisco.

Other books by the author:

• The Trouble With Testosterone - and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament.
• Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: A Guide to Stress, Stress-related Diseases, and Coping.
• Stress, the Aging Brain, and the Mechanisms of Neuron Death.