| Description |
xiii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Life in the soil -- Rock-solid foundation -- The spreading chestnut tree -- When the bough bends -- O tannenbaum -- Reading tree leaves -- Hot- and cold-blooded moths -- Woolly and wondrous -- Winter guests -- Arctic bumblebees -- Beating the heat, and killing with heat -- Bee-lining vs. bee homing -- Beetles and blooms -- Cooperative undertaking -- Whirligig beetles -- Ravens on my mind -- A birdbrain nevermore -- Ravens and the inaccessible -- Phoebe diary -- Conversation with a sapsucker -- Hawk watching -- Kinglets' realm of cold -- The diabolical nightjar -- Nutcracker sweets -- Hibernation, insulation and caffeination -- Cohabiting with elephants -- The hunt -- Endurance predator -- Synchronicity -- What bees and flowers know -- Curious yellow -- Twists and turns -- Birds coloring their eggs -- Birds, bees, and beauty -- Seeing the light in the forest -- Optimism. |
| Summary |
"From the acclaimed scientist and writer, essays collected for the first time in book form, on ravens and other birds, insects, trees, elephants, and more: once again 'passionate observations [that] superbly mix memoir and science.'(New York Times)" -- Provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Heinrich, Bernd, 1940- Essays. Selections.
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Natural history -- Popular works.
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Science -- Popular works.
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| Genre |
Essays.
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| Added Author |
Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-
Life in the soil.
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Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-
Rock-solid foundation.
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Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-
Spreading chestnut tree.
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Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-
When the bough bends.
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Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-
O tannenbaum.
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Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-
Reading tree leaves.
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Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-
Hot- and cold-blooded moths.
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Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-
Woolly and wondrous.
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Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-
Winter guests.
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Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-
Arctic bumblebees.
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| ISBN |
9780544986831 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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