Explore the Amazing Bond Between Humans and Animals
#1 New Release in Biology of Reptiles & Amphibians and Taoism
Turtle lover and Daoist Monk Yun Roushares a beautiful depiction of the wonders of the world-and a powerful plea for preserving our planet-in this fictional philosophical tale.
Turtle Planet, a unique work of philosophical fact and fiction by ordained Daoist Monk Yun Rou, explores the wonders and suffering of the natural world through the eyes of eighteen exotic turtles. This beautifully written book deeply explores the intimate bond between humans and animalsthe wisdom they teach us, the wounds they can heal, and the role we play in their destruction.
A call for environmental conservation and political and social justice.Daoist Monk Yun Rou received his academic education at Yale, Cornell, and the University of California and was ordained a Daoist monk at the Chun Yang (Pure Yang) Taoist Temple in Guangzhou, China. Drawing on fifty years of loving and husbanding turtles, from the car-sized giant Leatherback turtle to the Central Asian tortoise, Monk Yun Rou sounds the alarm of what climate change, global extinction, human intervention, and environmental devastation really mean to their worlds and to ours.
See the world through the eyes of turtles. An informational glossary and description of each turtle at the end of the book is provided as a bonus gift to readers.
If you have read and learned from books such asH is for Hawk,The Soul of an Octopus, orIshmael; you will be moved byTurtle Planet, a must for any reader who loves nature, cherishes animals, and celebrates ideas. Also read Monk Yun Rou's Mad Monk Manifesto.
