{"product_id":"flight-lines-andrew-darby-9781643135762","title":"Flight Lines: Across the Globe on a Journey with the Astonishing Ultramarathon Birds","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn trans-world journey with an extraorindary shorebird--from Australia's southern ocean to the Arctic and back--that explores the mysteries of the natural world and its power to heal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Winner of the Royal Zoological Society Whitely Award for the Best Natural History Book 2020* \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the sun lowered and turned Gulf St Vincent fiery, they each called a high-pitched 'peeooowiii ', flashed their black wing-pits, spread their tail skirts and took flight... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a luminous new boook, Andrew Darby follows the odysseys of two seemingly-humble Grey Plovers, little-known migratory shorebirds, as they take previously uncharted ultramarathon flights from the southern coast of Australia to Arctic breeding grounds. On these death-defying flights they dodge predators, typhoons, exhaustion, and countless other dangers before they can breed...and then survive the journey all over again and return south to their feeding grounds. But the greatest threat to these, and other long-distance migrants on the flyway, is China's \"dragon economy,\" which is engulfing their vital Yellow Sea staging spots. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eFlight Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet the dedicated people of all nationalities and backgrounds working to save these intrepid birds, from Russia to Alaska, from the rim of the Arctic Sea to the coasts of the Southern Ocean. Out of their hard-won science Darby finds hope for the birds--an unexpected bright light for our times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But his journey to understand these marvellous birds almost ends when he is suddenly diagnosed with an incurable cancer. Then he finds science coming to his rescue too, as his own story and the journey of these little birds intersect in an unexpected and beautiful way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Darby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643135767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643135762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2020 pg. 90","brand":"Andrew Darby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983312060671,"sku":"9781643135762","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02c7141b-6345-4791-bc4f-538a91f72098.jpg?v=1683265893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/flight-lines-andrew-darby-9781643135762","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}