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Natural History
Rat Island
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, Japan and the United States fought over Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.…
The Tree
THE ENGLISH NOVELIST John Fowles had a father who was a fine pruner; the apple and pear trees on his…
The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary
THIS IS A BOOK with a great cast of characters: There’s Yoko, small in stature but tough and…
The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle
ALBEDO IS A CURIOUS WORD, long unfamiliar to even the most informed. But it is soon to become…
Cricket Radio
IT IS SURPRISING how few books there are on the songs of insects, since people have been listening…
The Moral Lives of Animals
IN MARCH 2006, I had dinner with Dale Peterson. Dale was eager to tell me about his ideas for a new…
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
JOHN VAILLANT’S TALE of a beast that methodically stalked, killed, and devoured a post-perestroika…
Atlantic
HAVING DECIDED to write a book about the Atlantic, Simon Winchester found himself with a problem that…
Mariposa Road
ROBERT MICHAEL PYLE’S expansive knowledge of the natural history of North America shines through…
A California Bestiary
HOW IMPOVERISHED is a mind unhaunted by hedgehogs. Medieval bestiaries presented, for haunting purposes,…
