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Thor Hanson
Dr. Thor Hanson is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Switzer Environmental Fellow, and an award winning author and biologist. His book FEATHERS won the John Burroughs Medal and was nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize. It also won the 2012 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize, as well as a Pacific Northwest... show more



Dr. Thor Hanson is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Switzer Environmental Fellow, and an award winning author and biologist. His book FEATHERS won the John Burroughs Medal and was nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize. It also won the 2012 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize, as well as a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award. His first book, THE IMPENETRABLE FOREST, received the 2008 USA Book News Award for nature writing. Hanson's most recent book is THE TRIUMPH OF SEEDS. He lives with his wife and son on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Visit his website at www.thorhanson.net. (Author photo by Kathleen Ballard Photography.)

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Thor Hanson's Books
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History - Thor Hanson The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda, Revised Edition - Thor Hanson Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees - Thor Hanson How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and P... How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human The Triumph of Seeds (Hardback) - Common - Thor Hanson The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, ... The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History (Chinese Edition) - Thor Hanson Warfare Ecology: A New Synthesis for Peace and Security - Gary E. Machlis, Thor Hanson, Zdravko Spiric, Jean E. McKendry The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, ... The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History by Thor Hanson (2016-03-08) - Thor Hanson
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Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees - Thor Hanson
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees - Thor Hanson
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History - Thor Hanson
The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda, Revised Edition - Thor Hanson
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Tannat
Tannat rated it 6 years ago
text Buzz by Thor Hanson
I liked this book about bees, but I should point out that I know basically nothing about bees so all of the information that was new to me in this book may be old hat to those of you who actually have an interest in them. I suspect that if you've been inclined to open more scholarly tomes about bees...
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Elentarri's Book Blog
Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 7 years ago
text BUZZ by THOR HANSON
TITLE: Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees AUTHOR: Thor Hanson PUBLICATION DATE: 10 July 2018 FORMAT: ARC ebook ISBN-13: 9780465052615 _________________________________ NOTE: I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book from NetGalley. This review is my honest opinion of the b...
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Elentarri's Book Blog
Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 7 years ago
text The Triumph of Seeds by Thor Hanson
TITLE: The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History AUTHOR: Thor Hanson DATE PUBLISHED: 2015 FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-465-09740-1 _______________________________ In this book, Thor Hanson explores "how ...
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miscellaneous debris
miscellaneous debris rated it 16 years ago
text The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda
10/15 : I've enjoyed the first few chapters even though there are no gorillas yet. So far I've had a good intro to the history of 20th century Uganda and basic social situations there as the author arrives and has his peace corps orientation.
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Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it 16 years ago
text The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda, Revised Edition
I saw Hanson at Powell's and really enjoyed his talk. He was warm, charismatic and funny. He's a better speaker than he is a writer, I think. The book is interesting but it drags in many places. The plight of the gorillas is juxtaposed with the lives of the people around them in a very moving fashio...
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