Featured in the vast majority of mythologies and religions, birds are generally associated with creativity and the human spirit. From the Christian dove to Quetzalcoatl (the Aztec plumed serpent), and from Raven Man to Plato's description of the soul growing wings and feathers, birds have represented the soul in contrast to the body, the spiritual as opposed to the earthly. The Bedside Book of Birds is an unexpected and fascinating treasure trove of paintings, drawings, essays and scientific observations: it marvellously ...
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Featured in the vast majority of mythologies and religions, birds are generally associated with creativity and the human spirit. From the Christian dove to Quetzalcoatl (the Aztec plumed serpent), and from Raven Man to Plato's description of the soul growing wings and feathers, birds have represented the soul in contrast to the body, the spiritual as opposed to the earthly. The Bedside Book of Birds is an unexpected and fascinating treasure trove of paintings, drawings, essays and scientific observations: it marvellously conveys the hope, the longing and the enchantment that birds have evoked in humans in all cultures and all times. Beautifully produced, the book contains more than one hundred illustrations, ranging from early cave paintings through works by Audubon, Morris and Gould, to Inuit and other works created in the twentieth century. There are writings by naturalists like W.H. Hudson, Laurens van der Post, Peter Matthiessen and Barry Lopez, and by classical authors such as Shakespeare, Coleridge, Melville and Poe. There is also a rich seam of contemporary work by Jorge Luis Borges, Ted Hughes, Italo Calvino, Bruce Chatwin and Haruki Murakami, among many others. The Bedside Book of Birds is a book to explore, to savour, and to learn from - a book for the winged soul in all of us.
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Add this copy of The Bedside Book of Birds: an Avian Miscellany to cart. $4.99, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2005 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
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Add this copy of The Bedside Book of Birds: an Avian Miscellany to cart. $4.99, good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2005 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
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Canadian writer (and Margaret Atwood spouse) Graeme Gibson is a widely traveled, deeply erudite bird lover and has compiled in this beautifully designed volume a delicious assortment of bird related tidbits. The heft , thick creamy paper, and lovingly selected illustrations all fill a fabulous feeder, but alas, the brevity of most entries makes one long for slightly more substantial fare. But, as the title suggests, this is a lovely book for those who like to prime their dreams for flight. Especially if, like me, you are one of those busy birds for whom nighttime reading consists of a few blurry pages before sleep closes the covers. Like any good anthology this one opens many new and wonderful windows to the reader and the invitation to take wing for further explorations is implicit. In all, two wings up!
