Books by Lyall Watson and Complete Book Reviews
Catherine Chalmers, Author, Lyall Watson, Author, Steve Baker, Author Aperture $17.98 (96p) ISBN 978-1-931788-39-7
It might seem odd--if not implausible--for an artistic medley of photographs to take the reviled cockroach as subject and inspiration. But the artwork and essays in this slim volume actually manage to humanize these ""flat, twitchy, squishy, spine-le
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Lyall Watson, Author . Norton $25.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-393-05117-9
Delightfully multidimensional, Watson's latest describes how through an enchanted childhood and a lucky adulthood he has been haunted by elephants. Watson fills his memoir with metaphorical tales, creating a spiritual and emotional rendering of...
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Lyall Watson, Author . Smithsonian $24.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-58834-216-4
Naturalist Watson offers a worthy successor to 2002's well-received Elephantoms
with an entertaining and highly informative survey of the humble pig that blends scientific fact with personal insight. Watson investigates several distinct pig...
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Lyall Watson, Author William Morrow & Company $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-06365-8
In a dozen essays, Watson (Heaven's Breath, Lightning Bird offers a variety of interesting topics: the etiquette of wife swapping among the Asmat of Papua New Guinea (the presumed killers of Michael Rockefeller), the remarkable properties of water,...
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Lyall Watson, Author HarperCollins Publishers $25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-017688-4
Watson (Supernature), who labels himself ""an old-fashioned naturalist,"" ranges through philosophy, psychology, anthropology, history, ecology and especially biology. He begins with the unlikely pair of Aristotle and Goldilocks, the former who...
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Lyall Watson, Author W. W. Norton & Company $24.95 (255p) ISBN 978-0-393-04908-4
There's little doubt that smell plays a significant role in the lives of humans. Watson (Beyond Supernature), like many before him, argues convincingly that odors are superb at rekindling lost memories. He is also in good company when he asserts...
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Lyall Watson, Author, Keith R. West, Author, Keith R. West, Illustrator Kingfisher $17.95 (80p) ISBN 978-0-7534-5066-6
In his first book for children, naturalist Watson (The Nature of Things) offers a lively anecdotal account of his childhood in South Africa. Key to his reminiscences is his observation that all Africans, both the ""Old People"" who lived there...
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