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Blood Line explores the complicated liaisons between fathers and sons. Though using traditional masculine backdrops, the three stories in the collection go beyond a portrayal of physical and emotional endurance to evoke the blending of guilt, rebellion, patricide, and the transcending power of kinsh... More

Drawing from Charles Darwins secret "transmutation" notebooks and his personal letters, acclaimed science journalist Quammen has sketched a vivid life portrait of the man whose work never ceases to be controversial."Quammen brilliantly and powerfully re-creates the 19th century naturalist's intellec... More

Interweaving personal observation, scientific theory, and history, this beautifully written book takes the reader on a globe-spanning tour of wild places and ideas. "An epic adventure of the mind and spirit".--Robert Kanigel, "The New York Times Book Review". Maps.David Quammen's book, "The Song of ... More

A two-time winner of the "National Magazine" Award takes readers from the central Amazon to the streets of New York to explore scientific facts, ideas, and wonders.In "Wild Thoughts from Wild Places," award-winning journalist David Quammen reminds us why he has become one of our most beloved science... More

The editors have assembled selections from a remarkable group of writers--from John McPhee to Oliver Sacks to Wendell Berry--whose work have appeared in such periodicals as "National Geographic, Science", and "The New Yorker".With The Best American Science and Nature Writing, Houghton Mifflin expand... More

Influential American architect Philip Johnson once mused, "All architecture is shelter; all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space." But with just a small swap of a key word, Johnson could well have been describing animal nes... More

From 1981 to 1996, Quammen recounted personal tales of adventure and wry observations in his popular "Natural Acts" column in "Outside" magazine. "The Boilerplate Rhino" brings together 25 of his best pieces, offering readers the opportunity to behold the quirks of both human and nature through the ... More

Drawing from Charles Darwins secret "transmutation" notebooks and his personal letters, acclaimed science journalist Quammen has sketched a vivid life portrait of the man whose work never ceases to be controversial.A fresh look at Darwin's most radical idea, and the mysteriously slow process by whic... More

Most of the pieces found in this book appeared first as installments of thee 'Natural Acts' columns that Quammen wrote regularly for Outside magazine. In an upbeat and original way of thinking Quammen writes about beetles, bats, crows, snakes and other interesting animals.A revised and expanded edit... More