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Birdscapes : birds in our imagination and experience /
What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? And what do our ways of thinking about and experiencing birds tell us about ourselves? Birdscapes is a unique meditation on the variet...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? And what do our ways of thinking about and experiencing birds tell us about ourselves? Birdscapes is a unique meditation on the variety of human responses to birds, from antiquity to today, and from casual observers to the globe-trotting "twitchers" who sometimes risk life, limb, and marriages simply to add new species to their "life lists." |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 367 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, music |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-345) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781400832835 9781400843152 1400843154 1400832837 |