David Quammen's Books
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The Boilerplate RhinoIn 1981 David Quammen began what might be every freelance writer's dream: a monthly column for Outside magazine in which he was given free rein to...Read More
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WILD THOUGHTS FROM WILD PLACESIn Wild Thoughts from Wild Places, award-winning journalist David Quammen reminds us why he has become one of our most beloved science and nature...Read More
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SONG OF THE DODODavid Quammen's book, The Song of the Dodo, is abrilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope,far-reaching in its message -- a crucial book...Read More
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Centre College, November 6, 2009
...Humana lecturer David Quammen will discuss his book The Reluctant Mr. Darwin at a convocation at 7 p.m. in Newlin Hall. The book is this year's first-year student required reading. Quammen...
Globe and Mail, October 9, 2009
...the British Empire, and America's richest murderer. Chilton writes like a cross between Redmond O'Hanlon and David Quammen, an irresistible combination. And as in any good epic, the quest is only the inspiration for the book; the important part is the...
Student Operated Press, September 18, 2009
...literary excellence, publishing such writers as Tim Cahill, Philip Caputo, Laurence Gonzales, Robert Young Pelton, Sebastian Junger and David Quammen. Over the years, Rasmus published the first national magazine articles of such well-known writers as...
Concord Monitor, June 25, 2009
...lot of fun to read, especially if you can get hold of the new, illustrated edition edited by David Quammen, published in honor of the book's 150th anniversary (you'll find it at Concord Public Library on the new book shelf). Having never read Darwin...
Billings Gazette, May 17, 2009
...one big idea, the theory of evolution by natural selection, Darwin spent his life, in the words of David Quammen, immersed 'in the beautiful significance of tiny details.' Quammen is a science writer who lives in Bozeman. Having spent most of February...
Del Rio News-Herald, April 23, 2009
...of Carrara? by Eric Scigliano; and ?Charles Darwin on the Origin of Species: The Illustrated Edition? edited by David Quammen were all presented by Ed & Carman Wiese. In memory of Billie Jan Grannis Miller Monetary donations were presented by Linda...
Star News Online, March 25, 2009
...a gift from Ann Sherman-Skiba in memory of her husband Günther Skiba. Author, journalist to talk about Darwin David Quammen, an award-winning author and science journalist, will speak on Charles Darwin at 7:30 p.m. March 30 at the UNCW's Kenan...
Interest.co.nz, February 12, 2009
...Species? Charles Darwin is finally doing his author?s book tour ? sort of. Actually, award-winning science author David Quammen is doing it on his behalf...
Bradenton Herald, February 8, 2009
...Reluctant Mr. Darwin: an Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution? author David Quammen focuses his narrative on the two decades following The Beagle?s return to England. The author examines what Darwin did during...
Adelaide Messenger News, January 20, 2009
...transporting us from suburbia into the great unknown. So, the Russian word zapovednik came from the pen of David Quammen, in the January edition of National Geographic, on his visit to the Kronotsky Zapovednik, described as a remote nature reserve on the...
Stephen Bodio's Querencia, October 14, 2009
...the population/species as a whole, make for fascinating reading, and provide fodder for debate and discussion about context. David Quammen’s review in the New York Times book review took issue with the things I love about the book, describing it as...
Shelfari, August 28, 2009
...like any good thriller about a terrorist plot"”which this is"”should. The Song of the Dodo , by David Quammen - The most moving, beautifully written book on island biogeography and environmental destruction you'll find. Air Guitar , by Dave Hickey -...
National Geographic ADVENTURE, April 28, 2009
...Junger hooks up with Afghanistan's greatest warrior Philip Caputo stalks descendants of the man-eating lions of Tsavo David Quammen kayaks the Grand Canyon seeking solace and enlightenment Peter Matthiessen voyages to the end of the Earth Gretel...
naturalistjourneys, April 12, 2009
...You know I am harpressed to believe that we Americans will not let go of the SUV come hell or high water. It is very frustrating to have an idea what might happen, and watch your neighbors buy mid size SUV’s. Sure the Ford Explorer is gone and sure the...
Baby Got Books, February 17, 2009
...Liberator: How evolutionary thought undermined the rationale for slavery . Othe rrecent books include, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin by David Quammen, which is about the twenty year period between Darwin’s theory and its publication. One of my...
Omnivoracious, February 13, 2009
...of the eloquence of explanation--of the liberal belief that slow-crawl argument beats heated rhetoric. And then here is David Quammen , the intrepid and insightful nature writer whose short biography, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin , focuses on those two...
Jacob Grier, February 13, 2009
...of altruism and is in my view less interesting, but still worth reading. The Song of the Dodo (David Quammen) — Quammen is an amazingly talented nature writer. In this book he discusses how the study of life on isolated islands reveals insights into...
erica, February 5, 2009
...How to Keep Them at Amazon.com “The real masterwork that Sue Hubbell has created is her life,” David Quammen wrote in the New York Times. This book is, like its author, a unique achievement. Weaving a vivid portrait of her own life and her bees’...
PhiloBiblos, January 18, 2009
...my December 2006 recommendation of Janet Browne's Darwin's Origin of Species: A Biography , I'll suggest David Quammen's nice little volume The Reluctant Mr. Darwin (2006), an installment in W.W. Norton's "Great Discoveries" series. Quammen's book is...
esther, January 12, 2009
...s best journalists and storytellers–including such writers as Jon Krakauer, Tim Cahill, E. Annie Proulx, Edward Abbey, Thomas McGuane, David Quammen, and Jane Smiley–have made the magazine a venue for some of their most compelling work. The...
erin, January 11, 2009
...How to Keep Them at Amazon.com “The real masterwork that Sue Hubbell has created is her life,” David Quammen wrote in the New York Times. This book is, like its author, a unique achievement. Weaving a vivid portrait of her own life and her bees’...
pinello blog, January 4, 2009
...of Bees And How to Keep Them: “The real masterwork that Sue Hubbell has created is her life,” David Quammen wrote in the New York Times. This book is, like its author, a unique achievement. Weaving a vivid portrait of her own life and her bees’...
TravelBlogs, December 9, 2008
...be effective, personal and engaging. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction by David Quammen Recommended by Ken Madsen from Bird Year Could all of the animal species on earth have fit on Noah’s ark? Does Charles Darwin...
