{"product_id":"wild-thoughts-from-wild-places-david-quammen-9780684852089","title":"Wild Thoughts from Wild Places","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWild Thoughts from Wild Places, \u003c\/i\u003e award-winning journalist David Quammen reminds us why he has become one of our most beloved science and nature writers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of twenty-three of Quammen's most intriguing, most exciting, most memorable pieces introduces kayakers on the Futaleufu River of southern Chile, where Quammen describes how it feels to travel in fast company and flail for survival in the river's maw. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders learn of the commerce in pearls (and black-market parrots) in the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia. Quammen even finds wildness in smog-choked Los Angeles -- embodied in an elusive population of urban coyotes, too stubborn and too clever to surrender to the sprawl of civilization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith humor and intelligence, David Quammen's \u003ci\u003eWild Thoughts from Wild Places\u003c\/i\u003e also reminds us that humans are just one of the many species on earth with motivations, goals, quirks, and eccentricities. Expect to be entertained and moved on this journey through the wilds of science and nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Quammen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 068485208X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684852089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.56w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/11\/1999 pg. 40","brand":"David Quammen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994125795583,"sku":"9780684852089","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3105249b-f5e2-4255-b22f-b4a291db3f70.jpg?v=1683328277","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wild-thoughts-from-wild-places-david-quammen-9780684852089","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}