A Field Guide To Identifying Unicorns By Sound: A Compact Handbook Of Mythic Proportions

by Craig Conley

A note about the price: This book is of a rare nature, not for the general public, and the author has priced it accordingly. Less affluent readers are invited to pursue used copies or contact the author directly.

A pragmatic reference replete with tips and easy-to-digest tidbits from folklore, physics, and literature, this Field Guide is at once a commonplace book, a work of refined playfulness and wit, and ultimately a self-help tool for centering and opening awareness through active listening. Blending the author's signature sensitivity to the awe and magic wrapped up in folkloric phenomena with a tongue-in-cheek bending of scientific principles to his fanciful purpose, this concise book uniquely balances humor, scholarship, spirituality, and imagination. As readers open their ears and awaken their inner senses, they are guided to effortlessly attune to whispers of the soul. Readers may set off in search of hearing a unicorn, but through deep listening they are likely to encounter their higher selves. Dozens of easy-to-grasp, deceptively sensible illustrations expertly marry science and whimsy. Delightful, enchanting, and unique, it is perhaps the ultimate in whimsical zoology.

144 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2007

Reviews

[Isabel Maskrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightfully off-kilter and surprisingly gripping.

[Thomas Hale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whimsical, silly and strangely touching, this short illustrated handbook is replete with "accounts" from literature about unicorns through history, and offers readers a comprehensive (and often contradictory) guide to spotting them. It's breezy, and rarely failed to put a smile on my face.