Helen Macdonald
1) H de halcón
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Español
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A raíz de la inesperada muerte de su padre, Helen Macdonald decide comprar y adiestrar un azor, el ave de presa más peligrosa y letal. Así empieza un viaje de exploración a lo más profundo del dolor y de lo salvaje, que llevará a la autora al límite de la locura y cambiará su vida.
Destinado a convertirse en un clásico, H de halcón es un libro sobre el recuerdo, la naturaleza y el ser humano. Una lección magistral acerca de cómo reconciliar...
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English
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Animals don’t exist in order to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves. From the bestselling author of H is for Hawk comes Vesper Flights, a transcendent collection of essays about the human relationship to the natural world. Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best-loved writing along with new pieces covering a thrilling range of subjects....
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ix, 261 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"In Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing songbirds from the Empire State Building as they migrate...
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viii, 82 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Publishers Weekly (01/18/2016): Macdonald, a British historian, naturalist, and illustrator, made waves with her memoir, "H Is for Hawk" but in her debut collection of poetry she goes beyond simply observing the natural world, displaying the indefatigable curiosity that motivated the early naturalists who inspire her. Macdonald employs her knowledge of the natural sciences as she deftly works scientific discoveries into poems on such subjects as love,...
5) Falcon
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English
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A sacred god, a military tool, an erotic symbol: the falcon is a natural wonder of speed, power, beauty, and ferocity that has become embedded in human cultures in myriad ways. Helen Macdonald's Falcon examines the diverse symbolism and roles attached to the falcon throughout the centuries. Macdonald presents a cultural and natural history of the falcon that spans the globe and several millennia. Her wide-ranging survey considers the many facets of...