| Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature Revised Edition Contributor(s): Quammen, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393058050 ISBN-13: 9780393058055 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: Most of the pieces found in this book appeared first as installments of thee 'Natural Acts' columns that Quammen wrote regularly for Outside magazine. In an upbeat and original way of thinking Quammen writes about beetles, bats, crows, snakes and other interesting animals. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Essays - Nature | Ecology |
| Dewey: 508 |
| LCCN: 2007027545 |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 5.81" W x 8.32" (1.12 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "Lively writing about science and nature depends less on the offering of good answers, I think, than on the offering of good questions," said David Quammen in the original introduction to Natural Acts. For more than two decades, he has stuck to that credo. In this updated version of his first essay collection, Quammen's lively curiosity leads him from New Mexico to Romania, from the Congo to the Amazon, asking questions about mosquitoes (what are their redeeming merits?), dinosaurs (how did they change the life of a dyslexic Vietnam vet?), and cloning (can it save endangered species?). This expanded edition returns to print Quammen's best-loved "Natural Acts" columns, which first appeared in Outside magazine in the early 1980s, and includes recent pieces such as "Planet of Weeds," an influential Harper's cover story. The new Natural Acts is an eye-opening journey that will please both Quammen fans and newcomers to his work. |
Contributor Bio(s): Quammen, David: - David Quammen is the author of The Song of the Dodo, among other books. He has been honored with the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing, an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an award in the art of the essay from PEN, and (three times) the National Magazine Award. Quammen is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He lives in Bozeman, Montana. |