Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss This reissue of At Twelve

This reissue of At Twelve has been printed using new scans and separations from Mann's prints

drawing on a novelist's insight into art

"It's as if a supernatural power compels us to turn the pages of the gripping Mexican Gothic

to reject the mainstream and build a bohemian community

Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss This reissue of At TwelveThe Book of Birds is a field guide with a difference: It shows readers not just how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them. Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris conjure the unique spirit of nearly fifty once common species: avocet to yellowhammer, kestrel to kingfisher, skylark to nightingale. In lyrical and incantatory essays, Macfarlane describes each bird's habits and habitats, their patterns of flight and patterns of song, how they