Collector’s Item: Signed by Author, Softback

Irene Pepperberg, Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence — and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process
(Scribe Publications, 2008)

Irene Pepperberg worked with Alex, a parrot, for over 30 years. They became two pioneers who opened an unprecedented window into the hidden world of the thinking, conscious creatures; Pepperberg learned that Alex could add, sound out words, talk and understand concepts.