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Montgomery, New York Times -bestselling author and recipient of numerousawards, edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing.

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A NATIONAL BESTSELLER Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous awards, edits this year'svolume of the finestscience and nature writing. ';Science is important because this is how we seek to discover the truth abo...

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A New York Timesbestseller! National Book Award finalistSy Montgomeryreflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animalsher friendswho have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by R...

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Considered the ';lungs of the world,' the Amazon provides a full fifth of the world's oxygen, and every year unsustainable human practices destroy 2.7 million acres. What can be done to help? That's where Project Piaba comes in. Join the award-win...

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By way of her adventures with seven birds--wild, tame, exotic, and common--the beloved author of "The Good Good Pig" weaves new scientific insights and narrative to reveal seven kernels of bird wisdom.

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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 shes a rock star. In these pages youll also meet Maya and Zuni, ...

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The companion to the highly-anticipated National Geographic television special, this beautifully illustrated book explores the alluring underwater world of the octopus - a creature that resembles an alien lifeform, but whose behavior has earned it...

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Finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction New 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, UK Starred Book...

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Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An America...

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2017 is the 50th anniversary of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda. Three astounding women scientists have in recent years penetrated the jungles of Africa and Borneo to observe, nurture, and defend humanity's clos...

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From the author of The Soul of an Octopus and bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, a book that earned Sy Montgomery her status as one of the most celebrated wildlife writers of our time, Spell of the Tiger brings readers to the Sundarbans, a vast...

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By the acclaimed author of The Soul of an Octopus and the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig.When Sy Montgomery ventured into the Amazon to unlock the mysteries of the littleknown pink dolphins, she found ancient whales that plied the Amazon Riv...

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Sy Montgomery--acclaimed author of The Soul of an Octopus and bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig--has shared with readers her amazing encounters with intelligent octopi, great apes, man-eating tigers, and pink river dolphins, but here her muse i...

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2017 is the 50th anniversary of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda.Three astounding women scientists have in recent years penetrated the jungles of Africa and Borneo to observe, nurture, and defend humanity's close...

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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. A Mail on Sunday "Critic's Pick" Best Read of the Year "In their wr...

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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.A Mail onSunday"e;Critic's Pick"e; Best Read of the Year"e;In their wri...

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Boston Globe nature columnist discusses the lovelorn messages sent by singing insects on autumn evenings, the messages contained in spiderwebs, the effects of winter snow on the way sound travels, the way all life depends on the unusual structure ...

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When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn't until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a brilliant scientist and prof...

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From the beloved New York Times bestselling, Sibert Honorwinning author of the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus author comes a beautifulcaptivating (Booklist, starred review) nonfiction picture book about the most exquisite and ...

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A splendid and luminous celebration of one of natures most perfect and mysterious creaturesthe hawkfrom the New York Times bestselling author of the astoundingly beautiful (NPR) The Soul of an Octopus. When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at fal...

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A splendid and luminous celebration of one of nature's most perfect and mysterious creaturesthe hawkfrom the New York Times bestselling author of the ';astoundingly beautiful' (NPR) The Soul of an Octopus. When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at...

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A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from Sy Montgomery, “one of our finest chroniclers of the natural world” ( The New York Times ). For more than two decades, Sy Montgomery...

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From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of the ';fascinatingentertaining' (The Daily Beast) National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus, a charmingly perfect gem of a book about the most exquisite and extraordinary of winged cre...

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A splendid and luminous celebration of one of nature's most perfect and mysterious creaturesthe hawkfrom the New York Times bestselling author of the ';astoundingly beautiful' (NPR) The Soul of an Octopus. When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at...

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From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of the "fascinating…entertaining" (The Daily Beast) National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus, a charmingly perfect gem of a book about the most exquisite and extraordin...

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Krächz, piep-piep, zwitscher-zwitscher, brumm

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Emu, Schwein, Baumkänguru, Spinne, Hund und Hermelin: Sie alle haben die Naturforscherin und Bestsellerautorin Sy Montgomery mehr über das Leben gelehrt als mancher Artgenosse. Leidenschaft für die Natur hat ihr Herz groß gemacht und ihr Leben rei...

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Er kann gleichzeitig 1600 Küsse verteilen, mit der Haut schmecken, seine Farbe 177-mal in der Stunde ändern und sich trotz seiner 45 Kilo durch eine apfelsinengroße Öffnung zwängen. Sy Montgomery erzählt von einem wahren Wunderwesen der Meere: dem...

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Als eine Freundin ihr ein kleines Schweinchen in einem Schuhkarton überreicht, ahnt Sy Montgomery nicht, dass der neue Mitbewohner auf ihrer Farm in Kürze mehrere Zentner auf die Waage bringen sollte. Doch Chris wird zum Liebling des ganzen Orts: ...

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