The Seabird's Cry: The Lives and Loves of Puffins, Gannets and Other Ocean Voyagers
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (540 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0725CZMB5 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book of the year I cannot believe this is the first review of such amazing book. Possibly the best I have ever read, definitely the most beautifull I have ever read.The prose is mesmerising, the facts stunning, albeit at times sad. That is not the authors fault of course, it is the rather depressing way of the natural world these days. Do not let this deter from buying and reading this book, 95% oercent of the book is a pure joy, and 5 % sad parts are stil beautifully written.You dont need to be an avid bird watcher to enjoy this book. Although I have always
We use them and love them, nurture them and destroy them, revere them and make toys and hats and dinner out of them. We both took the birds and saw something magical in them. At each moment one part recognizes the otherness of the birds; one sees them as an aspect of who we are. They stand in for our relationship with nature as a whole. Through much of human time, and at a foundation level, the model has been one of predation and reverence. It is a pattern that has evolved over history, and our relationship with seabirds has moved through these phases like steps in a game of hopscotch. From the beginning our view of them has been double, as c