The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2026. First Edition. Hardcover. 383pp. Octavo [26cm]. Illustrated metallic gold paper over boards. Illustrated is stamped into the front board. New. Item #71605
ISBN: 9781324006848
"The Book of Birds is a field guide with a difference: It shows readers not just how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them. Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris conjure the unique spirit of nearly fifty once-common species: avocet to yellowhammer, kestrel to kingfisher, skylark to nightingale. In lyrical and incantatory essays, Macfarlane describes each bird’s habits and habitats, their patterns of flight and patterns of song, how they hunt or fish or scavenge or gather, how they nest and raise their chicks, the myths that attend them, the threats that shadow them—and how their lives intersect with our own." From the Publisher.
Price: $35.00