The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder - Couverture souple

Quammen, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743200322 ISBN 13 : 9780743200325

Editeur : Scribner, 2001

Synopsis

The Boilerplate Rhino A selection of 26 essays about the relationship between humans and the natural world. David Quammen tackles topics such as rattlesnake handlers and rattlesnakes, eel mythology and living eels and archnophobia and spiders. Each essay comes from Quammen's "Outside" magazine column, "Natural Acts". Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From 1981 to 1996 David Quammen delighted readers of OUTSIDE magazine with his thoughtful ruminations on the world around us in his monthly column, NATURAL ACTS. This is a selection of twenty-six of his most durable and engaging essays from that column.
The Boilerplate Rhino presents Quammen's distinctive take on topics such as rattlesnake handlers and rattlesnakes, eel mythology and living eels and arachnaphobia and spiders. Each essay is written in the articulate and penetrating style for which Quammen is so renowned. Each touches upon the rich and sometimes horrifically fascinating tension between man and the natural world, in all its complexity and ambivalence. The result is another irrepressible assortment of ideas to explore, conundrums to contemplate, and wondrous creatures to behold. From the acclaimed author of WILD THOUGHTS FROM WILD PLACES and the award winning THE SONG OF THE DODO.

Revue de presse :

David Williams The Seattle Times One of the most fascinating and though-provoking writers of natural history.

Mike Weilbacher The Philadelphia Inquirer He is the only nature writer who makes you laugh out loud.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Scribner
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0743200322
• ISBN 13: 9780743200325
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288