鈥淚鈥檓 an eclectic reader,鈥� says Bekoff. Books around his house? William Long鈥檚 How Animals Talk is a 鈥渨onderful鈥�, beautifully written book about animal behaviour, published in 1921. 鈥淩upert Sheldrake and I are hoping to have it reissued. It is that good.鈥�
Tim Friend鈥檚 Animal Talk (Free Press) is a nice review of vocal communication in animals, he says, and Richard Adams鈥檚 鈥渨onderful story of rabbits鈥�, Watership Down (Penguin), is a 鈥渕ust read鈥� for anyone interested in animals and nature. Bekoff鈥檚 Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior is published this month (Greenwood). And on the human front? 鈥淎nything by Antonio Damasio is excellent: he really makes you think out of the box.鈥� Bekoff is reading Damasio鈥檚 latest, Looking for Spinoza (Harcourt, 2003).
Another 鈥渇antastic book鈥� is Mind Wide Open by Steven Johnson (Scribner). Relaxing? Henry David Thoreau鈥檚 Walden: 鈥淣eed I say more?鈥� And any of William Patterson鈥檚 mysteries: 鈥淚鈥檓 a mystery and spy novel fanatic,鈥� he says.
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