On the Wing: The Life of Birds : From Feathers to Flight
by Bruce Brooks
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0684191199
- ISBN 13
- 9780684191195
- Seller
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Boone, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Very nice copy. This attractive, enticing book is a companion to the PBS series Nature . Through lively text, skillful overview, and anecdote, Brooks examines the structure and behavior of birds. Interspersed throughout the text are 150 excellent color photos reinforcing points made by Brooks. In only six chapters he describes the world of birds. For example, the chapter on bird feathers touches on many subjects, such as camouflage coloration; how feathers enable birds to adapt to life in water; human demand for feathers; and how invertebrates living in feathers help or hinder birds. Other chapters concern flight; bill and feet adaptations; songs; reproduction; and, inevitably, birds and humans. This is a thoughtful look at birds, fully worthy of association with this excellent TV series. Recommended for lay readers and experts alike. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 4/15/89.
- Henry T. Armistead, Thomas Jefferson Univ. Lib., Philadelphia
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Henry T. Armistead, Thomas Jefferson Univ. Lib., Philadelphia
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Ridge Book Gallery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- brbg1764
- Title
- On the Wing: The Life of Birds : From Feathers to Flight
- Author
- Bruce Brooks
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684191199
- ISBN 13
- 9780684191195
- Publisher
- Scribner Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Birds
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ornithology;
- Size
- Quarto
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Boone, North Carolina
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