What could be better than watching the natural world out your window or on your television? Going out and experiencing it firsthand. In these fifty essays, acclaimed nature and science writer Sy Montgomery takes her readers on a season-by-season tour of the wilderness that is often as close as the backyard. Sy invites -- almost dares -- readers to follow her and form hands-on relationships with the plants, animals, birds, and even the insects that share space with people. These essays, most of which originally appeared in Sy's Boston Globe column Nature Journal, are by turns enlightening,...
What could be better than watching the natural world out your window or on your television? Going out and experiencing it firsthand. In these fifty es...
From the author of the National Book Award Finalist The Soul of an Octopus. Meet the ladies: a flock of smart, affectionate, highly individualistic chickens who visit their favorite neighbors, devise different ways to hide from foxes, and mob the author like she's a rock star. In these pages you'll also meet Maya and Zuni, two orphaned baby hummingbirds who hatched from eggs the size of navy beans, and who are little more than air bubbles fringed with feathers. Their lives hang precariously in the balance--but with human help, they may one day conquer the sky. Snowball...
From the author of the National Book Award Finalist The Soul of an Octopus. Meet the ladies: a flock of smart, affectionate, highly ...
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism. Temple's doctor recommended institutionalizing her, but her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin, a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University, is an autism advocate and her world-changing career revolutionized the livestock industry. This compelling biography and Temple's personal photos take us inside her extraordinary mind and open the door to a broader understanding of autism.
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism. Temple's doctor recommended institutio...
Finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for NonfictionNew York Times Bestseller"Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk did for raptors." --New Statesman, UKStarred Booklist and Library Journal Editors' Spring Pick"One of the best science books of the year" --Science Friday, NPRA Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the YearOne of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads...
Finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for NonfictionNew York Times Bestseller"Sy Montgomery's The Soul...
Finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for NonfictionNew York Times Bestseller"Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk did for raptors." --New Statesman, UKStarred Booklist and Library Journal Editors' Spring Pick"One of the best science books of the year" --Science Friday, NPRA Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the YearOne of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads...
Finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for NonfictionNew York Times Bestseller"Sy Montgomery's The Soul...
Extraordinary new insights into the minds and lives of our fellow creatures from two of the world's top animal authors, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Sy Montgomery.
"In their writing and in their lives and in their remarkable friendship, Liz and Sy break down false barriers and carry us closer to our fellow creatures."--from the foreword by Vicki Constantine Croke, author of Elephant Company
Tamed and Untamed―a collection of essays penned by two of the world's most celebrated animal writers, Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall...
Extraordinary new insights into the minds and lives of our fellow creatures from two of the world's top animal authors, Elizabeth Marshall ...
This myth-busting new addition to the critically acclaimed Scientists in the Field series by Sibert medal winning team Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop is perfect for nonfiction readers looking for more female scientist narratives, or a fresh perspective on an underrepresented animal--Hyenas
This myth-busting new addition to the critically acclaimed Scientists in the Field series by Sibert medal winning team Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop is...
Er ist der heimliche Star der Meere: der Oktopus. Mit acht
Armen, drei Gehirnen und etwa 300 Millionen Neuronen
verfügt das Ausnahmetier über körperliche Superkräfte, vor
allem aber ist es schlau. Kraken können lernen, tricksen, spielen, und wenn sie etwas nicht können, ist es: Langeweile aushalten. Mit Witz, Sachkenntnis und Empathie erzählt Sy Montgomery von ihren Begegnungen mit diesen außergewöhnlichen Tieren und nimmt den Leser mit auf eine unvergessliche Reise.
"Fantastische Tiere. Fantastisches Buch." Donna Leon
Er ist der heimliche Star der Meere: der Oktopus. Mit acht
Armen, drei Gehirnen und etwa 300 Millionen Neuronen