Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
by:
David Quammen (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009AM4NSY
Publish date: March 30th 2009
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Science,
Environment,
Nature,
Natural History,
Biology,
Ecology,
Science Nature
David Quammen has a way with words – his writing uses just the perfect words to enliven the reading experience without burdening it. The essays in this book do not have any thrillingly huge new ideas, just a constant stream of small ones illuminated by Quammen’s point of view. The chapter on Arctic ...
Memorable Scene:- Dinner scene > foreplay from start to finish, HOT! Quick & Dirty-review:Hero:His name is Tom and that’s all I can tell you without spoiling the story. Heroine:Beth Martin. A capable and professional woman who has a passionate side to her that’s waiting to be sparked by the right ma...
Octopus-wrestling, vampire moths, and disaffected crows - oh my! I like David Quammen. More to the point, I want to be David Quammen. Back in the early 1980's, with neither scientific nor journalistic background, he stumbled into a sweet gig writing about the natural world for Outside Magazine, and ...
15 years ago
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