Sy Montgomery

Broschiertes Buch

Birdology

Adventures with Hip Hop Parrots, Cantankerous Cassowaries, Crabby Crows, Peripatetic Pigeons, Hens, Hawks, and Hummingbirds

Beschreibung

By way of her adventures with seven birds--wild, tame, exotic, and common--the beloved author of "The Good Good Pig" weaves new scientific insights and narrative to reveal seven kernels of bird wisdom.

Autor

Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, adventurer, and author of more than thirty acclaimed books of nonfiction for adults and children, including The Hummingbirds’ Gift, The Hawk’s Way, the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus, and most recently, Of Time and Turtles, which was a  New York Times bestseller. The recipient of numerous honors, including lifetime achievement awards from the Humane Society and the New England Booksellers Association, she lives in New Hampshire with her husband, writer Howard Mansfield, and a border collie.

Produktdetails

• A Gift for Bird Lovers
• Verlag: Atria Books
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 139mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781416569855
• ISBN-10: 1416569855
• Artikelnr.: 30966191