The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany.THE BEDSIDE BOOK OF BIRDS: An Avian avian /avi·an/ (a´ve-an) of or pertaining to birds. a·vi·an adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds. Miscellany GRAEME GIBSON Graeme C. Gibson (born 9 August 1934) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is a Member of the Order of Canada (1992), and was one of the organizers of the Writer's Union of Canada (chair, 1974-75). Throughout history, birds have represented mythic beings, metaphors for human aspiration, omens, inspiration, and dinner. In this beautifully presented book, Gibson, an avid bird-watcher and novelist, collects a multitude of writings and imagery that celebrate the special relationship between birds and people. He includes passages from such writers such as T.S. Eliot, Henry Thoreau, Franz Kafka Noun 1. Franz Kafka - Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924) Kafka , and Charles Darwin. The passages range from early-19th-century descriptions of toucans in the Amazon, to Bible passages on ravens, to citations of birds as literary and scientific inspiration, to descriptions of certain species as harbingers of death. Woven into the book are gorgeous images and paintings of birds. The volume ends with a list of organizations that are protecting bird species in peril. Doubleday, 2005, 370 p., color images A (digital) color image is a digital image that includes color information for each pixel. For visually acceptable results, it is necessary (and almost sufficient) to provide three samples (color channels , hardcover, $29.95. |
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