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    A Naturalist at Large: The Best Essays of Bernd Heinrich

    Written by Bernd Heinrich

    Narrated by Rick Adamson

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    From one of the finest scientists and writers of our time comes an engaging record of a life spent in close observation of the natural world, one that has yielded "marvelous, mind-altering" (Los Angeles Times) insight and discoveries. In essays that span several decades, Bernd Heinrich finds himself at his beloved camp in Maine, plays host to annoying visitors from Europe (the cluster fly) and more helpful guests from Asia (ladybugs), and unravels the far-reaching ecological consequences of elephants in Botswana bruising mopane trees. Heinrich then turns to his great love—the extraordinary behaviors of ravens—before going on to chronicle a magical sighting of hundreds of loons congregated on a lake in Maine and observing that the human species has biological roots as endurance runners. Finally, he asks "Where does a biologist find hope?" In Naturalist at Large, Bernd Heinrich delivers an answer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateMay 8, 2018
    ISBN9781520098777
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    Bernd Heinrich

    BERND HEINRICH is an acclaimed scientist and the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Winter World, Mind of the Raven, Why We Run, The Homing Instinct, and One Wild Bird at a Time. Among Heinrich's many honors is the 2013 PEN New England Award in nonfiction for Life Everlasting. He resides in Maine.

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