false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236229311m/1537440.jpg 1537440 3 From one of the finest nature writers at work in America today-a lyrical, dramatic, illuminating tour of the hidden domain of wild animals.Whether recalling the experience of being chased through the Grand Canyon by a bighorn sheep, swimming with sharks off the coast of British Columbia, watching a peregrine falcon perform acrobatic stunts at 200 miles per hour, or engaging in a tense face-off with a mountain lion near a desert waterhole, Craig Childs captures the moment so vividly that he puts the reader in his boots.Each of the forty brief, compelling narratives in THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES focuses on the author's own encounter with a particular species and is replete with astonishing facts about the species' behavior, habitat, breeding, and lifespan. But the glory of each essay lies in Childs's ability to portray the sometimes brutal beauty of the wilderness, to capture the individual essence of wild creatures, to transport the reader beyond the human realm and deep inside the animal kingdom 1529584 12 12 2007 The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild total:143|5:57|4:56|3:21|2:9|1:0| 143 590 363 51 5 2 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 11:06:11 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 22:33:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 12:45:35 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 13:05:20 -0800 2009 He weaves in scientific, historic, and sometimes animals legend to educate as well as entertain the reader - as is most common in books of this type (see any cat or dog book).

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