Natural Acts - by David Quammen (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This work is a revised and expanded edition of Quammen's first book of nonfiction, and reprints some of his best-loved "Natural Acts" columns, which first appeared in "Outside" magazine in the early 1980s.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>"Lively writing about science and nature depends less on the offering of good answers, I think, than on the offering of good questions," said David Quammen in the original introduction to <em>Natural Acts</em>. For more than two decades, he has stuck to that credo. In this updated version of curiosity leads him from New Mexico to Romania, from the Congo to the Amazon, asking questions about mosquitoes (what are their redeeming merits?), dinosaurs (how did they change the life of a dyslexic Vietnam vet?), and cloning (can it save endangered species?).</p><p>This revised and expanded edition best-loved "Natural Acts" columns, which first appeared in <em>Outside</em> magazine in the early 1980s, and includes recent pieces such as "Planet of Weeds," an influential new <em>Natural Acts</em> is an eye-opening journey that will please both Quammen fans and newcomers to his work.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Most of the pieces found in this book appeared first as installments of thee 'Natural Acts' columns that Quammen wrote regularly for Outside magazine. In an upbeat and original way of thinking Quammen writes about beetles, bats, crows, snakes and other interesting animals.
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