The beauty of birds / Jeremy Mynott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mynott, Jeremy.

Series:

Princeton Shorts

Standardized Title:

Birdscapes. Selections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bird watching.

Birds--Psychological aspects.

Birds.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (43 p.)

Edition:

Princeton Shorts ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Spring returns and with it the birds. But it also brings throngs of birders who emerge, binoculars in hand, to catch a glimpse of a rare or previously unseen species or to simply lay eyes on a particularly fine specimen of a familiar type. In a delightful meditation that unexpectedly ranges from the Volga Delta to Central Park and from Charles Dickens's Hard Times to a 1940's London burlesque show, Jeremy Mynott ponders what makes birds so beautiful and alluring to so many people. Princeton Shorts are brief selections taken from influential Princeton University Press books and produced exclusively in ebook format. Providing unmatched insight into important contemporary issues or timeless passages from classic works of the past, Princeton Shorts enable you to be an instant expert in a world where information is everywhere but quality is at a premium.

Contents:

Front matter

Beauty and the Beholder

Acknowledgements and Permissions

About the Author

Related Titles

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

"A Princeton Shorts selection from Birdscapes : Birds in our Imagination and Experience."

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Birdscapes : birds in our imagination and experience.

ISBN:

9786613589477

9781280494246

1280494247

9781400843152

1400843154

OCLC:

817078210