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Ten Birds That Changed the World (Hardback)

Stephen Moss

A history of humanity, told through ten birds

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Format
Hardback
ISBN
9781783352418
Date Published
02.03.2023

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Summary

For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religion and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art and poetry.

In Ten Birds that Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and eventful relationship through ten key species from all seven of the world’s continents. From Odin’s faithful raven companions to Darwin’s finches, and from the wild turkey of the Americas to the emperor penguin as potent symbol of the climate crisis, this is a fascinating, eye-opening and endlessly engaging work of natural history.

Critic Reviews

A superb naturalist and writer.

Chris Packham

Critic Reviews

An absorbing account . . . very heartening.

Sunday Times [on THE ACCIDENTAL COUNTRYSIDE]

Critic Reviews

Not a page goes by without at least one diverting fact.

The Times [on MRS MOREAU'S WARBLER]

StephenMoss

Stephen Moss is a naturalist, broadcaster, television producer and author. In a distinguished career at the BBC Natural History Unit his credits included Springwatch, Birds Britannia and The Nature of Britain. His books include The Robin: A Biography, A Bird in the Bush, The Bumper Book of Nature, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds and Wild Kingdom. He is also Senior Lecturer…

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