As Bowden told Brooke Gladstone during an interview on WNYC’s On the Media regarding his recent book Dreamland, “My dream is to invite a reader into a room and pour a nice cup of tea and then nail the damn door shut.” It is a dream that he has unquestionably realized.
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Spiders: Learning to Love Them
Of all the creatures that fly, swim, or crawl across the face of the planet, perhaps none more commonly inspire feelings of unease, queasiness, and outright fear than spiders.
Identifying and Feeding Birds
The latest addition to the Backyard Bird Guides collection of the eminent Peterson Field Guide series, Identifying and Feeding Birds presents all the essential information needed to establish a bird-friendly backyard in a style that is wonderfully conversational without sacrificing any of the basic scientific information in the process.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Calpurnia Tate is the child all naturalists wish they were as children: endlessly curious, possessing of boundless energy, and most important of all, beginning their explorations of the natural world at an age when the mind has not yet been conditioned to repress questions because they might seem silly or pointless to others.