SILENT THUNDER : In the Presence of Elephants

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Summary: Happy
Review: FANTASTIC book. Can't believe it's on sale when I bought it for full-price! Definitely the thing for anyone who likes non-fiction. It's totally poignant and fascinating - not an easy combination.

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Summary: something is missing
Review: I have not read the book yet, but I am very disappointed that she has not photos! Having read Joye Poole's book that lots of tremendous photos and Cynthia Moss's book that at least some black & white photos, I thought this book would have some also. As a photographer and elephant lover, I expected them.

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Summary: something is missing
Review: I have not read the book yet, but I am very disappointed that she has not photos! Having read Joye Poole's book that lots of tremendous photos and Cynthia Moss's book that at least some black & white photos, I thought this book would have some also. As a photographer and elephant lover, I expected them.

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Summary: A Wonderful Writer with Tremendous Talent
Review: Katy Payne is a wonderful writer with a tremendous talent for integrating life with her research. This book is about elephants, about Katy, about the men and women and societies that she meets in a wonderful pilgrimage. You experience her joys, her sorrows, her love for elephants, her research breakthroughs and the distress of the wildlife situation, especially within Zimbabwe. Katy also has a beautiful talent for gracefully understanding how other societies function and for developing a culturally sensitive learning posture. This is a great book. For those reviewers who want "more pictures," there are thousands in this book that Katy brings to your mind when you READ it. I learned a tremendous amount about elephant behavior/communication, wildlife biology and the lifestyle of a wildlife biologist in this book. Wonderful, wonderful work! Thank you Katy!

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Summary: Happy
Review: Katy Payne's Silent Thunder is a giant of a book about the giant of land animals. These salient creatures were here long, long before us. (Remember learning about the hairy mammoth?) They survived ice ages, plate technonics, fire, draught, meteors and more. But can they survive us? Does it matter? Once you read Ms. Payne's sensitive account of the elephants of Africa and the people who study them, the survival of these giants will matter as never before.