David Quammen, Author . Norton $25.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-393-05140-7
With equal parts lucid travel narrative and scholarly rumination, Quammen (The Song of the Dodo) describes the fascinating past, tenuous present and bleak future of four supremely adapted predators who are finding themselves increasingly out of...
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David Quammen, Author . Atlas/Norton $22.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-393-05981-6
Charles Darwin took 20 years to write his theory of natural selection: he produced On the Origin of Species
only on learning that he was about to be scooped. Was he a chronic procrastinator? Or was he afraid of the reaction of his peers, who had...
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David Quammen, Author W. W. Norton & Company $24.95 (350p) ISBN 978-0-393-05805-5
Quammen's writing style is so delightful that his content could almost be secondary. Happily, the author (most recently of The Reluctant Mr. Darwin) and his subjects are equally engaging: from a light-hearted trope on crows, whom he surmises are ""to
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David Quammen, Author Scribner Book Company $32.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-684-80083-7
Quammen (Natural Acts) has successfully mixed genres in this highly impressive and thoroughly enjoyable work. The scientific journalism is first-rate, with the extremely technical field of island biogeography made fully accessible. We learn how the...
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David Quammen, Author Scribner Book Company $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-684-83509-9
""Humanity badly needs things that are big and fearsome and homicidally wild,"" contends acclaimed science writer Quammen (The Song of the Dodo) in this collection of short pieces, most of which appeared originally in Outside magazine. Quammen is an
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David Quammen, Author Scribner Book Company $24 (288p) ISBN 978-0-684-83728-4
Rippling with verve, this fourth collection of essays culled from the latter half of Quammen's tenure as a columnist at Outside magazine (1981-1996) displays yet again how dexterously he fulfilled his monthly mandate ""to demonstrate that...
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David Quammen, Author Graywolf Press $8 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55597-100-7
Novelist and essayist Quammen writes compelling fiction. In the three stories here, he renders the uneasy peace between willful fathers and their sons. ""Walking Out'' is a coming-of-age tale a la Hemingway about death on a hunting trip; ``Nathan's...
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David Quammen, Author Avon Books $12 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-71738-5
Quammen's collection of accessible science writing, much of which was originally published in Outside magazine, looks at subjects ranging from sex among the aphids to boredom among the crows. (Mar.)
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David Quammen. Norton, $28.95 (480p) ISBN 978-0-393-06680-7
Quammen (The Song of the Dodo) is a masterful writer who adroitly blends science and journalism, speculation and fact, as well as horror and humor in his latest tour de force. He traverses the globe exploring cases in which animal-borne diseases...
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David Quammen, Author, Grover Gardner, Read by , read by Grover Gardner. Audio Partners $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-57270-569-2
It's easy to hear why PW
named Grover Gardner Narrator of the Year in '05. He uses inflection, stress, rhythm and his rich vocal range to create an easy and often amusing conversational style. This is particularly appropriate for the modern
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David Quamen, Author, David Quammen, Author Delacorte Press $17.95 (302p) ISBN 978-0-385-29592-5
Quammen's columns in Outdoor Magazine are famed as an entertaining source of offbeat information. In this collection, he casts sidelong glances at creationism and extinction, at giant earthworms and Canada geese. But he takes a direct view at the...
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David Quammen. Simon & Schuster, $30 (496p) ISBN 978-1-4767-7662-0
Science writer Quammen (The Song of the Dodo), as he has so often done before, explores important questions and makes the process as well as the findings understandable and exciting to lay readers. Here, he delves into the field of molecular...
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David Quammen. Simon & Schuster, $28.99 (448p) ISBN 978-1-98216-436-2
Science journalist Quammen (Spillover) recounts in page-turning detail the scientific response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Many scientists, the author writes, have seen a covid-like pandemic coming for years, thanks in part to the 2003 SARS outbreak...
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