BIRDMANIA - A Remarkable Passion for Birds

A showcase of passionate bird enthusiasts, featuring gorgeous artwork throughout, with more than 100 illustrations and photographs.

About the author

Bernd Brunner's work has been published in Lapham's Quarterly, the Paris Review, the Wall Street Journal Speakeasy, Aeon, and the Huffington Post, and he has lectured at New York's Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts and Culture, the Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley, and the Goethe Institute in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. He is the author of an eclectic array of books, including Bears: A Brief History and Inventing the Christmas Tree.

Pete Dunne is the author of numerous books about birds, including Hawks in Flight. He is the vice president of the New Jersey Audubon Society and director of its Cape May Bird Observatory.

Jane Billinghurst's career has been in book publishing in the UK, the US, and Canada, as an editor, publisher, writer, and translator. She is the translator of the international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees by German forester Peter Wohlleben.

Summary

A window on the world of birders—obsessive, passionate, quirky, and always interesting.

Product details

• Authors: Bernd Brunner, Brunner Bernd
• Assisted by: Dunne Pete (Foreword), Jane Billinghurst (Translation), Billinghurst Jane (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781771642774
• ISBN: 978-1-77164-277-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 234 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 1005 g
• Illustrations: Color and B&W illustrations
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; NATURE / Animals / Birds, PETS / Birds, NATURE / Birdwatching Guides, natural history, Wildlife: birds & birdwatching, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, Birds, Including Cage Birds, As Pets