{"product_id":"42-tales-from-life-richard-dawkins-9780300303797","title":"42 Tales from Life: A Modern Bestiary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling celebration of Earth's strangest, most extraordinary life forms--where science, art, and evolutionary wonder meet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the world's greatest popular science writer, this wonderfully accessible new book takes us on a romp through a menagerie of ingenious tales about how animals evolved into such intricately beautiful, intriguing forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Dawkins delightedly explains the galloping of fish, the shape of the rhinoceros's horn, the surprising similarities between horses and lizards, and why hummingbirds glow in such brilliant hues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is popular science and incisive Darwinian analysis at its best. Dawkins delights in the surreal and incredible moments that make up the fabric of our world, finding the extraordinary in every creature and revealing the fundamental truths behind even the most unfathomable animal behaviors. His tales are accompanied by the astonishingly beautiful art of the nineteenth-century German scientist Ernst Haeckel, whose colorful illustrations of plants, sea creatures, and other animals have fascinated Dawkins all his life. This is a book to learn from, to delight in, and to treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Dawkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300303793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300303797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Richard Dawkins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48520216379647,"sku":"9780300303797","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ffcc094d-16f2-4a8e-b1cd-454b71cf7a17.jpg?v=1778741431","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/42-tales-from-life-richard-dawkins-9780300303797","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}