The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

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Overview

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope?


Looking at the headlines—the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval—it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed.

In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist, and Douglas Abrams, the internationally bestselling co-author of The Book of Joy, explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. In The Book of Hope, Jane focuses on her "Four Reasons for Hope": The Amazing Human Intellect, The Resilience of Nature, The Power of Young People, and The Indomitable Human Spirit.

Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we all need to do to help build a better world, The Book of Hope touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope in our children? What is the relationship between hope and action? Filled with moving and inspirational stories and photographs from Jane’s remarkable career, The Book of Hope is a deeply personal conversation with one of the most beloved figures in the world today.

While discussing the experiences that shaped her discoveries and beliefs, Jane tells the story of how she became a messenger of hope, from living through World War II to her years in Gombe to realizing she had to leave the forest to travel the world in her role as an advocate for environmental justice. And for the first time, she shares her profound revelations about her next, and perhaps final, adventure.

The second book in the Global Icons Series—which launched with the instant classic The Book of Joy with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu—The Book of Hope is a rare and intimate look not only at the nature of hope but also into the heart and mind of a woman who revolutionized how we view the world around us and has spent a lifetime fighting for our future.

There is still hope, and this book will help guide us to it.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250784094
Publisher: Celadon Books
Publication date: 10/19/2021
Series: Global Icons Series
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 39,121
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Jane Goodall:
Dr. Jane Goodall DBE is an ethologist and environmentalist. From infancy she was fascinated by animal behavior, and in 1957 at 23 years old, she met the famous paleoanthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey while she was visiting a friend in Kenya. Impressed by her passion for animals, he offered her the chance to be the first person to study chimpanzees, our closest living relatives, in the wild. And so three years later Jane travelled from England to what is now Tanzania and, equipped with only a notebook, binoculars and determination to succeed, ventured into the then unknown world of wild chimpanzees.

Jane Goodall’s research at Gombe national park has given us an in-depth understanding of chimpanzee behavior. The research continues, but in 1986, realizing the threat to chimpanzees throughout Africa, Jane travelled to six study sites. She learned first-hand not only about the problems facing chimpanzees, but also about those facing so many Africans living in poverty. She realized that only by helping local communities find ways of making a living without destroying the environment could chimpanzees be saved. Since then Jane has travelled the world raising awareness and learning about the threats we all face today, especially climate change and loss of biodiversity. Author of many books for adults and children and featured in countless documentaries and articles, Jane has reached millions around the world with her lectures, podcasts and writings. She was appointed as a UN Messenger of Peace, is a Dame of the British Empire and has received countless honors from around the world.

Douglas Abrams:
Douglas Abrams is the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the first book in the Global Icons Series. Douglas is also the founder and president of Idea Architects, a literary agency and media development company helping visionaries to create a wiser, healthier, and more just world. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Table of Contents

An Invitation to Hope 11

I What is Hope?

Whisky and Swahili Bean Sauce 21

Is Hope Real? 28

Have You Ever Lost Hope? 32

Can Science Explain Hope? 54

How Do We Have Hope in Trying Times? 60

II Jane's Four Reasons for Hope

Reason 1 The Amazing Human

Intellect 73

From Prehistoric Ape to Master of the World 77

Half Sinner, Half Saint 83

A New Universal Moral Code 90

The Wise? Ape 97

Reason 2 The Resilience of Nature 105

Eco-Grief 116

The Will to Live 126

Adapt or Perish 132

Nurturing Mother Nature 135

Rescued from the Brink 141

The Tapestry of Life 148

Our Need for Nature 160

Reason 3 The Power of Young People 169

Love in a Hopeless Place 179

"I Don't Want Your Hope" 190

Millions of Drops Make an Ocean 196

Nurturing the Future 201

Reason 4 The Indomitable

Human Spirit 213

When I Decide to Climb Everest 217

The Spirit That Never Surrenders 225

Nurturing the Indomitable Spirit in Children 237

How the Indomitable Human Spirit Helps Us Heal 240

We Need Each Other 246

III Becoming a Messenger of Hope

A Lifelong Journey 257

Challenges in Africa 283

From Shy Young Woman to Global Public Speaker 286

"Let's Just Say It Was a Mission" 290

Was It Coincidence? 296

Spiritual Evolution 302

Jane's Next Great Adventure 310

Conclusion: A Message of Hope from Jane 323

Acknowledgments 339

Further Reading 349

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