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The Last Quarter of the Moon

The Last Quarter of the Moon

by Chi Zijian

In this sweeping epic, full of love and loss, a woman from one of the last remote reindeer-herding tribes ...

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David Quammen

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David Quammen

David Quammen is a recipient of the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the author of several acclaimed natural history titles. His book, The Song of the Dodo, won the BP Natural World Book Prize in 1996.


Books by David Quammen

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Monster Of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind

Monster Of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind

by David Quammen

A provocative and richly detailed exploration of the critical relationship between humans and the great predators of the animal kingdom by the award winning author of The Song of Dodo.

The Song Of The Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions

The Song Of The Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions

by David Quammen

This is a stunning book with graceful reverberations' Terry Tempest Williams, author of Refuge

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

by David Quammen

A gripping and timely book about the transmission of highly dangerous diseases from animal to human populations.

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