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Bumblebee EconomicsISBN 0674016394 (0-674-01639-4)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Geese Of Beaver Bogby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0060957387 (0-06-095738-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Insect Thermoregulationby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0471051446 (0-471-05144-6)
Hardcover, Krieger Pub Co
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Mind of the Ravenby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0060930632 (0-06-093063-2)
Softcover, Cliff Street Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mind of the Raven'Book summary:Beyond croaking, "Nevermore," what exactly do ravens do all day? Bernd Heinrich, biology professor at the University of Vermont and author of Ravens in Winter, has spent more than a decade learning the secrets of these giants of the crow family. He has observed startlingly complex activities among ravens, including strong pair-bonding, use of tools, elaborate vocal communication, and even play. Ravens are just plain smart, and we can see much of ourselves in their behavior. They seem to be affectionate, cranky, joyful, greedy, and competitive, just like us. And in Mind of the Raven, Heinrich makes no bones about attributing emotions and intellect to Corvus corax--just not the kind we humans can understand. He mostly catalogs their behaviors in the manner of a respectful anthropologist, although a few moments of proud papa show through when he describes the pet ravens he hand-raised to adulthood.
Heinrich spends hundreds of loving hours feeding roadkill fragments to endlessly hungry raven chicks, and cold days in blinds watching wild ravens squabble and frolic. He is a passionate fan of his "wolf-birds," a name he gave them when he made the central discovery of the book: that ravens in Yellowstone National Park are dependent on wolves to kill for them. Mind of the Raven offers inspiring insight into both the lives of ravens and the mind of a truly gifted scientist. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-birdsby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0061136050 (0-06-113605-0)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-birds'Book summary:Beyond croaking, "Nevermore," what exactly do ravens do all day? Bernd Heinrich, biology professor at the University of Vermont and author of Ravens in Winter, has spent more than a decade learning the secrets of these giants of the crow family. He has observed startlingly complex activities among ravens, including strong pair-bonding, use of tools, elaborate vocal communication, and even play. Ravens are just plain smart, and we can see much of ourselves in their behavior. They seem to be affectionate, cranky, joyful, greedy, and competitive, just like us. And in Mind of the Raven, Heinrich makes no bones about attributing emotions and intellect to Corvus corax--just not the kind we humans can understand. He mostly catalogs their behaviors in the manner of a respectful anthropologist, although a few moments of proud papa show through when he describes the pet ravens he hand-raised to adulthood.
Heinrich spends hundreds of loving hours feeding roadkill fragments to endlessly hungry raven chicks, and cold days in blinds watching wild ravens squabble and frolic. He is a passionate fan of his "wolf-birds," a name he gave them when he made the central discovery of the book: that ravens in Yellowstone National Park are dependent on wolves to kill for them. Mind of the Raven offers inspiring insight into both the lives of ravens and the mind of a truly gifted scientist. --Therese Littleton [via]
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One Man's Owlby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0613581261 (0-613-58126-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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An Owl in the House: A Naturalist's Diaryby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0316354562 (0-316-35456-2)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Racing the Antelope: What Animals Can Teach Us about Running and Lifeby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0060199210 (0-06-019921-0)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Ravens in Winterby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0099801302 (0-09-980130-2)
Hardcover, Hodder General Publishing Division
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ravens in Winter'Book summary:Ravens are among the most elusive and yet (or, consequently) fascinating animals of North American I have ever encountered. Heinrich--an incredibly patient and cold-hardy fellow, not to mention, a heck of a writer--studied ravens in the dead of winter in Maine, and made some remarkable discoveries of how these normally solitary birds would actually engage in food sharing. Few of the many works on behavioral ecology I have read so compellingly capture the tedium of field work, the inscrutability of subject animals, and the satisfaction of discovery that provides even greater warmth than a blazing wood fire in the middle of a northern winter. Highly Recommended. [via]
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The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biologyby Bernd Heinrich , Lisa ChaseISBN 006074216X (0-06-074216-X)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology'Book summary:Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's sensibilities.
In this extraordinary memoir, the award-winning author shares the ways in which his relationship with his father, combined with his unique childhood, molded him into the scientist, and man, he is today. From Gerd's days as a soldier in Europe and the family's daring escape from the Red Army in 1945 to the rustic Maine farm they came to call home, Heinrich relates it all in his trademark style, making science accessible and awe-inspiring.
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The Trees in My Forestby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0060929421 (0-06-092942-1)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Trees in My Forest'Book summary:Winner of the
New England Book Award Best
Nonfiction Award
and the Franklin Fairbanks
Award of the Fairbanks MuseumIn a book destined to become a classic, biologist and acclaimed nature writer Bernd Heinrich takes readers on an eye-opening journey through the hidden life of a forest. [via]
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Why We Run: A Natural Historyby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0060958707 (0-06-095870-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why We Run: A Natural History'Book summary:In Why We Run, biologist, award-winning nature writer, and ultramarathoner Bernd Heinrich explores a new perspective on human evolution by examining the phenomenon of ultraendurance and makes surprising discoveries about the physical, spiritual -- and primal -- drive to win. At once lyrical and scientific, Why We Run shows Heinrich's signature blend of biology, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy, infused with his passion to discover how and why we can achieve superhuman abilities.
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Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survivalby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0060957379 (0-06-095737-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival'Book summary:From flying hot-blooded squirrels and diminutive kinglets to sleeping black bears and torpid turtles to frozen insects and frogs, the animal kingdom relies on staggering evolutionary innovations to survive winter. Unlike their human counterparts, who alter the environment to accommodate physicallimitations, most animals are adapted to an amazing range of conditions. In Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival, biologist, illustrator, and award-winning author Bernd Heinrich explores his local woods, where he delights in the seemingly infinite feats of animal inventiveness he discovers there.
Because winter drastically affects the mostelemental component of all life -- water -- radical changes in a creature's physiology and behavior must take place to match the demands of the environment. Some creatures survive by developing antifreeze; others must remain in constant motion to maintain their high body temperatures. Even if animals can avoid freezing to death, they must still manage to find food in a time of scarcity, or store it from a time of plenty.
Beautifully illustrated throughout with the author's delicate drawings and infused by his inexhaustible enchantment with nature, Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival awakens thewonders and mysteries by which nature sustains herself through winter's harsh, cruel exigencies.
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A Year in the Maine Woodsby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0201489392 (0-201-48939-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Year in the Maine Woods'Book summary:Heinrich's dream was to focus on one small place and get to know it in intimate detail. He cut the logs for a cabin in the woods, dragging them into place with oxen, and then, alone except for his pet raven Jack, without electricity or running water, settled in to rediscover the meaning of peace and quiet and harmony with nature--rediscovering what it means to be alive. [via]
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