The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany
by GIBSON, Graeme (comp.)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385660480
- ISBN 13
- 9780385660488
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
A collection of various writings on birds - their observation, history, lives, uses, and transformations - from authors as diverse as Ovid, Kafka, Poe, Thoreau, and Gibson's own spouse, Margaret Atwood. Whether read in bed, while birdwatching, or in a favourite armchair, there is much here to enjoy for every ornithophile.
Synopsis
Graeme Gibson is the acclaimed author of Five Legs, Perpetual Motion and Gentleman Death . He is a past president of PEN Canada and the recipient of both the Harbourfront Festival Prize and the Toronto Arts Award, and is a member of the Order of Canada. He has been a council member of World Wildlife Fund Canada, and is chairman of the Pelee Island Bird Observatory. Gibson lives in Toronto with his spouse of thirty-five years, writer Margaret Atwood.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134850
- Title
- The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany
- Author
- GIBSON, Graeme (comp.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385660480
- ISBN 13
- 9780385660488
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Birds, Art, Literature, Nature, Avian,
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