Recommendations from our site
“Jonathan Slaght uses his excellent writing skills to illuminate a very remote part of the world, the far east of Russia, and an almost unknown species, the Blakiston’s Fish Owl, one of the largest species of owls in the world. Thanks to this book, I know more about this distant species of owl than some of the other owls that I find in my backyard.” Read more...
Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi, Biologist
“In a way, this isn’t an obvious book for best of climate books of 2021 because it’s about a field biologist doing fieldwork in eastern Russia along the Samarga River. What appealed to me about it was how the author—who spent four years tracking these very elusive owls that live along semi-frozen rivers and feed uniquely on fish—was so dogged, obsessive and single-minded in his pursuit of these creatures, in a very extreme and unforgiving habitat, with occasionally very odd and slightly threatening human beings lurking at the edges. It’s a classic quest story in many ways, and compulsively readable.” Read more...
The Best Climate Books of 2021
Sarah Dry, Science Writer
