{"product_id":"the-soul-of-an-octopus-a-surprising-exploration-into-the-wonder-of-consciousness","title":"The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller from the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Good Good Pig\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, this “fascinating...informative” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) book dives into the intelligence, behavior, and emotional world of the octopus—one of the ocean’s most complex and captivating creatures—and the extraordinary bonds it forms with humans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction *\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBestseller * A\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNotable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGoodreads * Library Journal\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBest Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Sy Montgomery’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Soul of an Octopus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edoes for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eH Is for Hawk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edid for raptors.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, UK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“One of the best science books of the year.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eScience Friday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, NPR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Soul of an Octopus\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45421543129148,"sku":"1TR23001","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0296\/3105\/3884\/files\/soul.jpg?v=1778870684","url":"https:\/\/shopthetrustees.org\/products\/the-soul-of-an-octopus-a-surprising-exploration-into-the-wonder-of-consciousness","provider":"The Trustees","version":"1.0","type":"link"}