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The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair With Nature

10,000 Birds

From Terry Tempest William’s 1992 bombshell Refuge to Cheryl Strayed’s 2012 blockbuster Wild (now a major-ish motion picture!) Though not a polemic, this book refuses to be shy about race and its practical implications. This unity lets the book rise above its format as a series of short essays and sketches.

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“Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife”

10,000 Birds

Among others, he edited The Important Bird Areas of South Africa and The Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa. The intrepid could easily discover something totally unexpected if they stray from the beaten path…”. What is it that I do not like about this book? There are very few maps. Published by Lynx Edicions.

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Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans

10,000 Birds

The single greatest challenge facing any book of science writing is balance. ” Gifts of the Crow by John Marzluff and Tony Angell finds the crucial balance between those poles, perhaps because they are respectively a researcher and an artist. Pinyon Jay by Dave Menke of the US FWS.

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