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2011 Orion Book Award News

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Insectopedia: Winner of the 2011 Orion Book Award

Posted by Scott Gast | March 29, 2011

Insects fascinate, repulse, and transfix us all at once. Hugh Raffles’s Insectopedia…

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About a Mountain is a 2011 Orion Book Award Finalist

Posted by Scott Gast | March 25, 2011

John D’Agata’s exploration of Yucca Mountain—maybe the most studied rock on…

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The Tiger is a 2011 Orion Book Award Finalist

Posted by Scott Gast | March 23, 2011

Humans and large cats have circled one another for thousands of years. John Vaillant’s…

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Deep Blue Home is a 2011 Orion Book Award Finalist

Posted by Scott Gast | March 16, 2011

Equal parts ecology, memoir, and natural history, Julia Whitty’s Deep Blue Home: An Intimate…

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The 2011 Orion Book Award Selection Committee

Posted by Scott Walker | March 02, 2011

A tip of our winter caps to the hard-working selection committee for the

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