When Dr. Boria Sax set out to discover the truth behind the famous ravens that inhabit – indeed, are kept at – the Tower of London, he almost immediately encountered divergent and conflicting histories pertaining to them.
City of Ravens
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Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England
Such a wide-angle overview of nature is only possible for a limited geographic area if the book in which it is contained is to be sufficiently compact to fit into a jacket pocket or field bag; which is why the Kaufmans limited the scope of this field guide to the nature of just New England.
Holdfast; At Home in the Natural World
Thanks to Oregon State University Press’ Northwest Reprints series which publishes classic works of both fiction and nonfiction from the past of the Pacific Northwest, a new edition of this timeless work has been published as part of the press’ 2013 list.
My Review of “The Unfeathered Bird”
My review of Katrina van Grouw’s The Unfeathered Bird (Princeton University Press) appears in the May / June 2013 edition of Bird Watcher’s Digest.