Random House Inc. Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World
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Shop similar productsIn Better Living Through Birding, author Christian Cooper invites readers to explore the wonderful world of birds and the unexpected lessons they can teach us about life.
- Narrative follows Cooper's avian adventures and global excursions while detailing the lessons he has learned from birds throughout his life
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Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up at the birds.
In Better Living Through Birding, Cooper tells the story of his extraordinary life leading up to the now-infamous encounter in Central Park and shows how a life spent looking up at the birds prepared him, in the most uncanny of ways, to be a gay, Black man in American today.
From sharpened senses that work just as well in a protest as in a park, to what a bird like the common grackle can teach us about self-acceptance, Better Living Through Birding exults in the pleasures of a life spent in pursuit of the natural world and beckons you to discover these joys for yourself.
View all Random House Inc. Non-Fictional AdventuresCentral Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up at the birds.
In Better Living Through Birding, Cooper tells the story of his extraordinary life leading up to the now-infamous encounter in Central Park and shows how a life spent looking up at the birds prepared him, in the most uncanny of ways, to be a gay, Black man in American today.
From sharpened senses that work just as well in a protest as in a park, to what a bird like the common grackle can teach us about self-acceptance, Better Living Through Birding exults in the pleasures of a life spent in pursuit of the natural world and beckons you to discover these joys for yourself.
| Best Use | Birding |
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| Dimensions | 8.25 x 5.5 x 1 inches |
| Author(s) | Christian Cooper |
| Number of Pages | 304 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| ISBN-13 | 9780593242384 |
| Publisher | Random House Publishing |
| Copyright Year | 2023 |