The Bedside Book Of Birds

Product Description With A New Introduction By Margaret Atwoodfeatured In The Vast Majority Of Mythologies And Religions, Birds Are Generally Associated With Creativity And The Human Spirit. From The Christian Dove To Quetzalcoatl (The Aztec Plumed Serpent), And From Raven Man To PlatoS Description Of The Soul Growing Wings And Feathers, Birds Have Represented The Soul In Contrast To The Body, The Spiritual As Opposed To The Earthly.The Bedside Book Of Birds Is An Unexpected And Fascinating Treasure Trove Of Paintings, Drawings, Essays And Scientific Observations: It Marvellously Conveys The Hope, The Longing And The Enchantment That Birds Have Evoked In Humans In All Cultures And All Times.Beautifully Produced, The Book Contains More Than One Hundred Illustrations, Ranging From Early Cave Paintings Through Works By Audubon, Morris And Gould, To Inuit And Other Works Created In The Twentieth Century. There Are Writings By Naturalists Like W.H. Hudson, Laurens Van Der Post, Peter Matthiessen And Barry Lopez, And By Classical Authors Such As Shakespeare, Coleridge, Melville And Poe. There Is Also A Rich Seam Of Contemporary Work By Jorge Luis Borges, Ted Hughes, Italo Calvino, Bruce Chatwin And Haruki Murakami, Among Many Others.The Bedside Book Of Birds Is A Book To Explore, To Savour, And To Learn From - A Book For The Winged Soul In All Of Us. Review The Most Compulsively Readable Of A Clutch Of Bird-Themed Books Out This Autumn. Taking In Everything From Classic Nature-Writing To Poetry Via Folklore And Mayan Creation Myths, The Bedside Book Of Birds Is By No Means For Twitchers Only Daily Mailthe Perfect Book For Armchair Ornithologists With An Eye For Words As Well As Feathers Daily Telegrapha Wonderful Collection Of Poetry And Prose, Folk Tales And Myths, Which Pay Tribute To Our Feathered Friend ... A Perfect Christmas Present, Even For Non-Anoraks Mail On Sundayanyone Who Has Watched Birds, Studied Them, Given Them The Least Attention, Will Find This A Treat. It Is A Compilation Of Writings That Celebrate Themany Ways People Have Engaged With Birds - Made Companions Of Them, Mythologised Them, Hunted And Eaten Them. ThereS An Account Of A Mocking Thrush Drinking From Charles DarwinS Hand On The Voyage Of The Beagle, And Of A Woman In Ohio Who Incubated 50 Hens Eggs By Laying Them Alongside The Body Of Her Dying, Fevered Husband. This Book Is Well Worth Buying For The Illustrations Alone New Scientist Book Description The Perfect Gift For Birdwatchers And Literary Ornithologists Everywhere - With A New Introduction By Margaret Atwood About The Author Graeme Gibson Is The Author Of Four Novels Including Perpetual Motion And Gentleman Death. A Past President Of Pen Canada, A Council Member Of Wwf Canada, And Chairman Of Pelee Island Bird Observatory, He Lives In Toronto With His Wife, The Writer Margaret Atwood.