{"product_id":"bitch-a-revolutionary-guide-to-sex-evolution-the-female-animal","title":"Bitch A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution \u0026 the Female Animal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A dazzling, funny and elegantly angry demolition of our preconceptions about female behaviour and sex in the animal kingdom ...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitch\u003c\/i\u003e is a blast. I read it, my jaw sagging in astonishment, jotting down favourite pa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erts to send to friends and reading out snippets gleefully...' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A book that is tearing down the stereotypes and the biases.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbsolutely fascinating.' BBC R4 Woman's Hour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eFrom the heir to Attenborough. 5*' - \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Glorious ...\u003c\/i\u003e A bold and gripping takedown of the sexist mythology baked into biology ... Full of marvellous surprises. \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Colourful, committed and deeply informed.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Gloriously original' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA 'sparkling attack on scientific sexism' \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Humorous, absorbing, sometimes shocking (for a variety of reasons), and bound to be a conversation starter' \u003ci\u003eBBC Wildlife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Brilliant ... Cooke is a superb science writer' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Zoologist Lucy Cooke's hilarious and enlightening book reclaims evolutionary biology for females of all species.' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Introduces us to a marvelous zoetrope of animals.' \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'[An] effervescent expos\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eé ... [A] playful, enlightening tour of the vanguard of evolutionary biology.' \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Selected for the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e's 'best books for summer 2022' and as one of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's '50 hottest new books for a great escape'.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e_________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e______________________________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again.\u003cbr\u003e In the last few decades a revolution has been brewing in zoology and evolutionary biology. Lucy Cooke introduces us to a riotous cast of animals, and the scientists studying them, that are redefining the female of the species.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Meet the female lemurs of Madagascar, our ancient primate cousins that dominate the males of their species physically and politically.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Or female albatross couples, hooking up together to raise their chicks in Hawaii.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Or the meerkat mothers of the Kalahari Desert - the most murderous mammals on the planet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The bitches in \u003ci\u003eBITCH\u003c\/i\u003e overturn outdated binary expectations of bodies, brains, biology and behaviour. Lucy Cooke's brilliant new book will change how you think - about sex, sexual identity and sexuality in animals and also the very forces that shape evolution.\u003cbr\u003e __________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for Lucy's previous book\u003c\/i\u003e THE UNEXPECTED TRUTH ABOUT ANIMALS\u003cbr\u003e 'Endlessly fascinating' - Bill Bryson\u003cbr\u003e 'I cannot remember when I enjoyed a non-fiction book so much' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A joy from beginning to end' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Best science pick: deeply researched, sassily written' - \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43585341391045,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Bitch.jpg?v=1716711401","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/bitch-a-revolutionary-guide-to-sex-evolution-the-female-animal","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}