Sibley's Birding Basics
10 best books like Sibley's Birding Basics (David Allen Sibley): The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, A Song of Ice and Fire, National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds, On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, Good Birders Don't Wear White: 50 Tips From North America's Top Birders, Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World, Player's Handbook
The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
| Author | Ayn Rand |
| ISBN | 0451163931 |
Part II of multi-part review series.
Reading Rand reminds me of teaching freshman composition at university years ago. There’s not nearly as many spelling errors, but Rand’s pronouncements bear all the markers of severe Dunning-Kruger effect: under-researched, un-theorized, insufficiently...
| Author | Kenn Kaufman |
| ISBN | 0618709401 |
At sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of the high school where he was student council president and hit the road, hitching back and forth across America, from Alaska to Florida, Maine to Mexico. Maybe not all that unusual a thing to do in the seventies, but what Kenn was searching for was a little different:...
| Author | Robin Wall Kimmerer |
| ISBN | 0870714996 |
Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.Robin Wall Kimmerer's...
| Author | George R.R. Martin |
| ISBN | 0345529057 |
George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has become, in many ways, the gold standard for modern epic fantasy. Martin—dubbed the "American Tolkien" by Time magazine—has created a world that is as rich and vital as any piece of historical fiction, set in an age of knights and chivalry and filled...
| Author | National Geographic Society |
| ISBN | 0792268776 |
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America continues to be the most sought-after, the most authoritative, and the easiest to access field guide to birds on the market. Now in its 4th Edition, revisions include 250 updated range maps, and new classification information National...
| Author | Lyanda Lynn Haupt |
| ISBN | 1570614199 |
Naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt, an ornithology teacher and researcher, examines the amazing talents and personalities of the most common of birds. She muses on the tarnished reputation of the starling, the sexed-up antics of male woodpeckers, and the mysterious behavior and startling population...
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
| Author | Dave Grossman |
| ISBN | 0316191442 |
The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. And contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques, and, according to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's thesis,...
| Author | Lisa White |
| ISBN | 0618756426 |
There's probably some unwritten law somewhere that reviews can't be written about a book until a person has finished...so sue me. :) I've only read three or four "chapters" or essays, but I'm already in love.
I think maybe even people that aren't interested in birdwatching would enjoy this...
Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
| Author | Noah Strycker |
| ISBN | 0544558146 |
Traveling to 41 countries in 2015 with a backpack and binoculars, Noah Strycker became the first person to see more than half the world’s 10,000 species of birds in one year.
In 2015, Noah Strycker set himself a lofty goal: to become the first person to see half the world’s birds in one year....
| Author | James Wyatt |
| ISBN | 0786965606 |
Everything a player needs to create heroic characters for the world’s greatest roleplaying game
The Player’s Handbook® is the essential reference for every Dungeons & Dragons® roleplayer. It contains rules for character creation and advancement, backgrounds and...
Là cá hồi có nghĩa sẽ sinh ra từ sông, bơi ra biển, đến khi cứng cáp lại ngược về nguồn đẻ trứng, rồi tan biến vào dòng suối mẹ. Cá hồi Ánh Bạc biết điều đó, nhưng nó nghĩ hẳn phải còn lý do nào đó...
