Studying this means:
- reading thematic essays;
- reading historical essays;
- reading theoretical essays.
- Konrad Lorenz, Er redete mit dem Vieh, den Vögeln und den Fischen [King Solomon’s Ring], 1949, German. VƐ: pets, ethology.
- Konrad Lorenz, So kam der Mensch auf den Hund [Man Meets Dog], 1950, German. VƐ: dogs, ethology.
- A. Bazzi and P. Vezzoni, Biotecnologie della vita quotidiana, 2000, Italian. Ʃ8: Biotechnology (Journalism).
- Xenophon, Περὶ ἱππικῆς [On Horsemanship], ~355 BC, Ancient Greek.
- Xenophon, Κυνηγετικός [Cynegeticus], ~390 BC, Ancient Greek.
- Arrian, Κυνηγετικός [Cynegeticus], ~120, Greek.
- Cato the Elder, De agri cultura, ~160 BC, Latin.
- Marcus Terentius Varro, De re rustica, ~37 BC, Latin.
- Columella, De re rustica, ~60, Latin.
- Columella, De arboribus, ~50, Latin.
- Γεωπονικά [Geoponica], ~950, Ancient Greek.
- Frederick II, De arte venandi cum avibus, ~1240, Latin.
- Giovanni Vittorio Soderini, Trattato della coltivazione delle viti [Treatise on the Cultivation of the Vineyard], ~1590, Italian.
- Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie, Instruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers [Instruction for fruit and vegetable gardens], ~1680, French.
- ตำราแมว [Treatise on Cats], ~1750, Thai.
- Aldo Leopold, Game Management, 1933, English.
- Fabio Marzano, I racconti delle piante. Viaggio curioso nel mondo vegetale italiano, 2022, Italian.
- Éric Baratay, Biographies animales. Des vies retrouvés, 2017, French.
- Éric Baratay, Bêtes de tranchées. Des vécus oubliés, 2013, French.
- Damien Baldin, Histoire des animaux domestiques. XIXᵉ-XXᵉ siècle, 2014, French.
- Massimiliano Paganini, L’allevamento del bovino da carne, 2006, Italian.
- Elaine E. Ostrander and others (eds.), The Dog and its Genome, 2007, English.
- Maria Lucia Galli, Il cavallo e l’uomo. Psicologia, simbolo e mito, 2008, Italian.
- Antonio Sestili, Cavalli e cavalieri nel mondo antico. Il cavallo e l’uomo dalla preistoria al Medioevo, 2004, Italian.
- Antonio Saltini, Storia delle scienze agrarie, 7 vols., 2013, Italian.
- Noah Wilson-Rich, The Bee. A Natural History, 2014, English.
- Richard Lutwyche, The Pig. A Natural History, 2019, English.
- Sarah Brown, The Cat. A Natural and Cultural History, 2020, English.
- Laurence Bobis, Une histoire du chat. De l’Antiquité à nos jours, 2006, French.
- Sue Weaver, The Goat. A Natural and Cultural History, 2021, English.
- Catrin Rutland, The Cow. A Natural and Cultural History, 2021, English.
- Laurie Winn Carlson, Cattle: An Informal Social History, 2001, English.
- José Ortega y Gasset, Sobre la caza [Meditations on Hunting], 1942, Spanish.
- Paul Shepard, The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game, 1973, English.
- Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals, 2009, English.