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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Gave up. It's all about people, not birds. ( ) The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us about Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future by Jim Robbins is journey of love and fascination between mankind and birds. A journal where man has benefited by watching our feathered friends in different ways and how they have enriched our lives, how they have helped our planet, and have pleased our eyes and warmed our hearts. It is written so warmly, and tenderly, I can feel the love for the feathered creatures from far away and it warmed me...As a bird lover, nature lover, this is a treasure! For everyone, this book will delight and open their minds to our magical friends of a feather. The author takes us, hand and wing, on a journey through differences and changes that link us together. It is amazing how we are linked together in this amazing thing called life. Thank you NetGalley for letting me read this book. The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us About Ourselves, The World and a Better Future by Jim Robbins will have you reading out loud to your spouses, friends and family. Having read a lot about bird psychology, habits, and about different kinds of birds, there is still so much to learn about them. The author divides his book into five different sections: What Birds Tell Us About the Natural World, The Gifts of Birds, Discovering Ourselves Through Birds and Birds and Hope for a Better Future. In those sections are several chapters each. In each section, I have a few favorite chapters. For example in the first section, A Murmuring of Birds: The Extraordinary Design of the Flock. I was very excited to see this chapter because, I have a lot of memories of sitting on a concrete bench after work waiting for my husband to pick me up from work. On some days, I saw hundreds of black birds fly in front of the building and take sharp turns suddenly and never being off with a lone bird in the flock. Essentially it was a long ballet of birds that went on for at least an hour. Why they seeming turn in unison and never make a mistake? How did they all know their own part in the ballet? Unfortunately once I was really caught up in this intricate moving geometry of dance, someone who sit down beside me and interrupt my wonder with conversation! The authors goes into the research about all the variables of flock movement. The more you read, the more fascinating it becomes. That is just one of my reactions, I have many to this informative book about birds. There are so fascinating facts about different birds are covered. There were many times that I put this book down and connected with my past memories of birds or just stopped to muse about how amazing birds are. The reading is very comfortable. Even some things codes be very technical, he never let my interest wilt. My love of birds is just much stronger. I was disappointed that he hunts birds but I will forgive him that for this book. My only plea to him is to please hunt with the camera instead of a gun. I highly recommend this book to all bird lovers. I received this Advance Reading Copy of the above book from the publisher by a win from FirstReads. My thoughts and feelings in this review are totally my own. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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A fascinating investigation into the miraculous world of birds and the powerful--and surprising--ways they enrich our lives and sustain the planet Our relationship to birds is different from our relationship to any other wild creatures. They are found virtually everywhere and we love to watch them, listen to them, keep them as pets, wear their feathers, even converse with them. Birds, Jim Robbins posits, are our most vital connection to nature. They compel us to look to the skies, both literally and metaphorically; draw us out into nature to seek their beauty; and let us experience vicariously what it is like to be weightless. Birds have helped us in so many of our human endeavors: learning to fly, providing clothing and food, and helping us better understand the human brain and body. And they even have much to teach us about being human in the natural world. This book illuminates qualities unique to birds that demonstrate just how invaluable they are to humankind--both ecologically and spiritually. The wings of turkey buzzards influenced the Wright brothers' flight design; the chickadee's song is considered by scientists to be the most sophisticated language in the animal world and a "window into the evolution of our own language and our society"; and the quietly powerful presence of eagles in the disadvantaged neighborhood of Anacostia, in Washington, D.C., proved to be an effective method for rehabilitating the troubled young people placed in charge of their care. Exploring both cutting-edge scientific research and our oldest cultural beliefs, Robbins moves these astonishing creatures from the background of our lives to the foreground, from the quotidian to the miraculous, showing us that we must fight to save imperiled bird populations and the places they live, for the sake of both the planet and humankind. Praise for The Wonder of Birds "A must-read, conveying much necessary information in easily accessible form and awakening one's consciousness to what might otherwise be taken for granted . . . The Wonder of Birds reads like the story of a kid let loose in a candy store and given free rein to sample. That is one of its strengths: the convert's view gives wide appeal to those who might never have known birds well."--Bernd Heinrich, The Wall Street Journal "Engaging, thoughtful . . . worthy of a place alongside David Attenborough's documentary The Life of Birds or Graeme Gibson's The Bedside Book of Birds . . . This offering will appeal to naturalists, anthropologists, linguists, and even philosophers as well as to lay readers."--Library Journal "In this deeply felt and well-supported argument for avians' value to humankind, science writer Robbins hits the full trifecta for engrossing and satisfying nature writing."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Using enchanting stories and rich historical references, Jim Robbins explores the role of birds on the evolution of human self-awareness."--Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. "It's one for the birds--what a wonderful book! It will give you wings."--Rita Mae Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungle "The Wonder of Birds provides a great and well-timed gift: a portrait of the quiet miracles around us on each day of our ordinary lives."--Michael Punke, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant "Jim Robbins writes masterfully, with lucid prose and deep insight into the human psyche and natural world."--Peter Stark, author of Astoria Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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