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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jonathan C Slaght , Jonathan C SlaghtPublisher: Tantor Audio Imprint: Tantor Audio ISBN: 9781665200776ISBN 10: 1665200774 Publication Date: 13 October 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor and narrator Jonathan Slaght gives listeners a unique and engaging look at life in Russia's remote Far East.-- AudioFile A stellar example of the fruitful intersection of scientific inquiry, conservation advocacy, and wilderness adventure. -- Minneapolis Star Tribune A thoroughly engaging read which will appeal both to those specifically interested in owls, as well as those with a wider interest in the natural world. -- John Gray, The International Owl Society One of the greatest survival adventure stories of our time...In the league of Jack London and J.A. Baker, it's a book packed to its brim with moments of courage in both body and spirit and of a love for nature and untamed land. -- Ralph Lauren Magazine Slaght describes a charismatic bird in peril from human influence. His race against the Primorye region's melting ice and burgeoning logging industry acts as a universal symbol for the attempts to protect the vanishing species of our planet. -- New Republic "Author and narrator Jonathan Slaght gives listeners a unique and engaging look at life in Russia's remote Far East.-- ""AudioFile"" ""A stellar example of the fruitful intersection of scientific inquiry, conservation advocacy, and wilderness adventure."" -- ""Minneapolis Star Tribune"" ""A thoroughly engaging read which will appeal both to those specifically interested in owls, as well as those with a wider interest in the natural world."" -- ""John Gray, The International Owl Society"" ""One of the greatest survival adventure stories of our time...In the league of Jack London and J.A. Baker, it's a book packed to its brim with moments of courage in both body and spirit and of a love for nature and untamed land."" -- ""Ralph Lauren Magazine"" ""Slaght describes a charismatic bird in peril from human influence. His race against the Primorye region's melting ice and burgeoning logging industry acts as a universal symbol for the attempts to protect the vanishing species of our planet."" -- ""New Republic""" Author InformationJonathan C. Slaght is the Russia and Northeast Asia coordinator for the Wildlife Conservation Society, where he manages research projects on endangered species and coordinates avian conservation activities along the East Asia-Australasian Flyway from the Arctic to the tropics. His annotated translation of Across the Ussuri Kray, by Vladimir Arsenyev, was published in 2016, and his work has been featured by the New York Times, the Guardian, the BBC World Service, NPR, Smithsonian magazine, Scientific American, and Audubon magazine, among others. He lives in Minneapolis. Jonathan C. Slaght is the Russia and Northeast Asia coordinator for the Wildlife Conservation Society, where he manages research projects on endangered species and coordinates avian conservation activities along the East Asia-Australasian Flyway from the Arctic to the tropics. His annotated translation of Across the Ussuri Kray, by Vladimir Arsenyev, was published in 2016, and his work has been featured by the New York Times, the Guardian, the BBC World Service, NPR, Smithsonian magazine, Scientific American, and Audubon magazine, among others. He lives in Minneapolis. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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