“The Thing With Feathers” is finally out!
My new book “The Thing With Feathers” is out from Riverhead Books in New York. It’s a collection of essays looking at the many surprising ways that birds and people are similar to each other. And it’s already gotten a great review in the Wall Street Journal, which said:
He thinks like a biologist but writes like a poet, and one of the small pleasures of “The Thing With Feathers” is watching him distill empirical research into lyrical imagery.
You can read the whole review here, though a sign-on may be required. And you can buy the book on Amazon here.
I’m spending this spring traveling around the country to promote my book. Then in July, I get back aboard the Akademik Ioffe for a series of polar cruises around the Svalbard Archipelago of Norway. Polar bears!
Thanks for the notification about your new book. We are enjoying reading it. We especially like that it is written in easy to read layman terms.
Noah,
This is very exciting – congratulations! I hope to catch one of your Eugene-based talks.
Maylian
HI Noah,
Just received your newest book and so looking forward to it!
Hi. I have just read your book and enjoyed it thoroughly. I was particularly intrigued that you like vultures so much – I saw many in Virginia in March and wonder where they went for the winter. I also want to mention that on the large lake which I live near in Canada, mergansers often leave many chicks in the care of one or two older birds, and it is great to see a creche of babies running along and diving under the water with a nanny watching.
In lovely prose, you convey your great enthusiasm for birds – thanks very much. I look forward to your next book! Martha G
Your presentations based on BOTH books were wonderful at our Stikine River Birding Festival last week. Thank you for coming and participating with us!! I have just started reading The Thing With Feathers and so far very enjoyable! Thanks Noah.